Moving on up 20L to 29 (with a 170 mile move in the middle)

plus the wood for the canopy i had the wire

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i got the bulbs used from a local club member they will need to be replaced soon
 
Got a freebie!!!! I have always wanted tonga branch rock

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NICE ROCK and a freebie at that
im definitelly jealous now lol
everythings lookin great bud

that light set up sounds like its in my price range, you know how it is bein a bum *** unemployed college student
i too need a job, i see my tank the way it is now, wow wait till i actually get a job makin real money

OH almost forgot what i wanted to ask ya, is the tank set up in Mo-Town or ur home?
 
I made the doors it was very easy todo all they are is a 9 inch wide pine board from lowes cut to length and rourtered. The whole conopy is made from pine. The worst part of it all was finding pine boards that were not bowed like He$*
 
The first livestock went in today a clown goby!!

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He is not much but i like him I have plans for 2 maroon clowns and 2 orange clowns
 
Tank is doiing great everything reading 0

Clown goby is doing fine as well and eating like a pig.

I was worried about a heat problem with the 12 hour mh light cycle and a 250 watt bulb over a 29 gallon reef. The tank has been averaging about 77.7 at 11 at night which is about 1 hour before the light goes off. So i don't think im going to have any problems.


The one thing I have noticed is its evaporating about 1.5 gallons of water a day!!! I think that is alot for a 29G !!! What do you think????

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my tank evaporate around 1/2 to 1g a day, and i was thinking thats alot, 1 1/2 everyday i think is a bid too much
 
Good news!!! Skimmer will be here tomorrow

Bad News!!!!
Befor
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I was sitting in the other room when i heard "pop" i knew what it was the second i heard it, it was one of the bone cringing pops. I was praying it was not the display as i crept around the corner every thing looked good i was so happy. Then i opened the cabnit oohhhh a huge crack in the sump. I have no clue what caused it i think it was just matt giving people falty goods lol jk He did giver it to me but there was nothing wrong with it then lol

For real thought I think it was a baffle to large wedged to tight opps my bad didn't sand the acrilic enough lol Funny how thing like that can come back to bite you in the as$.

I drained the sump tonight and siliconed it over should be ready for 100 more years of service in the morning :-)
 
schscountryboy, do yourself a favor and change the sump, it will crack again, well i mean the crack you have will get bigger everytime you open or close a door, just change it now that you emptied

Gabriel
 
Yikes nathon. I would definetly change the sump out as Gabriel suggested.

I had that tank setup for maybe 8(?) years and you have it for 2 months and it breaks :D

I am glad to hear you were there when it happened.
 
Well it went for about 2days till i noticed it it leaked about about 1/8 of a gallon lol i will change it one day but it will not be for several weeks i just spent all my mad money on a skimmer. it looks to be doing ok its not leaking now and it running fine soo....

The one thing that i noticed about it was the cracks were all the way from top to bottom so they can extend
 
at least i found out how much water in in the sump lol by pumping it into 5 gallon bottles lol 5.5 gallons lol
 
The UPS man came today and droped all goodies!!!

Corallife Super Skimmer!!!!! $74.99 Foster and Smith!!!I don't know how they sell them so cheep ohh well!!!!!
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sorry to here about your sump..hope you get the cash and change it out before you get the tank full of livestock.
i had a problem fitting everything into the sump when i had it parted out. so i got rid of the baffles and refuge, to make room for the G2(coming soon)
your tank look like mind. here's my tank w/175watts mh before the upgrade to the 250.
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