Mr and Mrs Reef - 290g in wall build
- Thread starter MrsReefK
- Start date
All of the frags on the frag rack were picked up yesterday along with the two zoa colonies.
(Side note) ALL of this (minus yesterdays frags) was crammed in a 20g that we purchased from a friend... we've upped it to 40g waiting for the 290 to be ready. And to this... this is ROOM for these overgrown corals and fish!
Corals from yesterdays adventure:
Two large zoa colonies:
Purple Passion
Armour of God
Frags:
Neon Birdsnest
Pink Birdsnest
KO Zoa
Rasta Zoa
Tubb blue zoa
Keds Reds zoa
Pink Infusion zoa
Bubble Rhodactus (blue)
Teal mushroom
Iron Man Rhodactus
Purple Monster Chalice
Green Leptastrea
Setosa
Blue acro
Green acro
Neon Green Monti
Mystic Sunset Monti
(Side note) ALL of this (minus yesterdays frags) was crammed in a 20g that we purchased from a friend... we've upped it to 40g waiting for the 290 to be ready. And to this... this is ROOM for these overgrown corals and fish!
Corals from yesterdays adventure:
Two large zoa colonies:
Purple Passion
Armour of God
Frags:
Neon Birdsnest
Pink Birdsnest
KO Zoa
Rasta Zoa
Tubb blue zoa
Keds Reds zoa
Pink Infusion zoa
Bubble Rhodactus (blue)
Teal mushroom
Iron Man Rhodactus
Purple Monster Chalice
Green Leptastrea
Setosa
Blue acro
Green acro
Neon Green Monti
Mystic Sunset Monti
Attachments
Last edited:
Dr Fosters had 20% off yesterday, got all of our sand ordered, 360 lbs. We're putting 2 inches deep in the DT, and then about a 3' section of the 125 fuge will be DSB and macro algaes. DSB will be 5-6" deep in the fuge.
Also ordered 2 boxes of reef crystals. Our poor UPS guy... delivering the sand and the reef crystals, his poor back.
Picked up another Radion xr30w Pro (wide lenses) Gen 3 light, putting us at 4. We actually have 5, but taking one back and going to order two more MP40 Quiet drives. After researching, we don't need 5 lights, and we know we need more flow, so it's a win win.
What's the hold up now? Why isn't the tank setup? We only have one more thing to purchase, plumbing. Then the fun starts with drilling tanks and putting everything up in place. With how much we work and I travel for work, progress is slower than we wanted, but it's coming along.
Also ordered 2 boxes of reef crystals. Our poor UPS guy... delivering the sand and the reef crystals, his poor back.
Picked up another Radion xr30w Pro (wide lenses) Gen 3 light, putting us at 4. We actually have 5, but taking one back and going to order two more MP40 Quiet drives. After researching, we don't need 5 lights, and we know we need more flow, so it's a win win.
What's the hold up now? Why isn't the tank setup? We only have one more thing to purchase, plumbing. Then the fun starts with drilling tanks and putting everything up in place. With how much we work and I travel for work, progress is slower than we wanted, but it's coming along.
goldencoralfarm
New member
Looking good. Keep more pictures coming...
Thanks guys! We came home to Michigan from our Thanksgiving in Iowa today to find this on our front porch, was delivered today. SAND! Poor UPS guy...
Picked up two frags on a Black Friday sale, reverse superman monti and a meteor shower also. Both are pretty neat, they seemed to do alright on the 7 hour drive. We had a foam cooler and heat pack with us so we were prepared.
We're in the works of planning our auto water change using the Apex and it's going to be pretty awesome! We have decided to change 30-40 gallons per week over 5 days, so changing 2 gallons at a time, two times a day, each time we feed. We will have the Apex setup to prep for feeding with an auto feeder, we will take advantage of this down time and dispose of two gallons of water into our QT tanks (2x 20L). The QT's overflow into each other, the overflow to the sink drain. Once feeding time is near the end, 2 gallons of fresh saltwater will go into the sump. When feelings over, all water levels are back where they were prior to feeding.
(The reason to change it over 5 days is so I can mix more fresh saltwater on the 2 days we're not auto water changing)
Good thing we started this thread.... I washed my phone in the washer today. My phone had over 11,000 pics on it... And of course I didn't back them up. Now we have this thread as not only a reference to hopefully help others, but our memories as well.
Picked up two frags on a Black Friday sale, reverse superman monti and a meteor shower also. Both are pretty neat, they seemed to do alright on the 7 hour drive. We had a foam cooler and heat pack with us so we were prepared.
We're in the works of planning our auto water change using the Apex and it's going to be pretty awesome! We have decided to change 30-40 gallons per week over 5 days, so changing 2 gallons at a time, two times a day, each time we feed. We will have the Apex setup to prep for feeding with an auto feeder, we will take advantage of this down time and dispose of two gallons of water into our QT tanks (2x 20L). The QT's overflow into each other, the overflow to the sink drain. Once feeding time is near the end, 2 gallons of fresh saltwater will go into the sump. When feelings over, all water levels are back where they were prior to feeding.
(The reason to change it over 5 days is so I can mix more fresh saltwater on the 2 days we're not auto water changing)
Good thing we started this thread.... I washed my phone in the washer today. My phone had over 11,000 pics on it... And of course I didn't back them up. Now we have this thread as not only a reference to hopefully help others, but our memories as well.
Bogue Chitto
New member
Everything is looking good there, I love the frag tank...
We are using compound, did you? If so, did you just rinse the heck out of it when you were finished? I'm worried of it leaving a trace of compound behind.
Thanks for the compliment, it's coming along slowly but surely.
tigger2577
New member
I would rinse the heck out of the tank. I would also wash the inner walls with vinegar
Good deal, I was thinking of vinegar as well, better safe than sorry.
We got about 3/4 of the inside finished. Did the inside entirely once, only to find out that we didn't do the first grit of sand paper on the deeper scratches. We then started from the beginning, concentrating on the deeper scratches. I took a dry erase marker to the outside of the tank and drew over every scratch that was on the inside, it really helped.
Tomorrow we will be tackling the remaining 1/4 of inside, and do the outside. It's already so much better, I can't fathom how clear it's going to be with the outside done!
tigger2577
New member
you can also do this on the inside of the tanks also, when the ink is gone you know you have sanded enough to remove the scratch.
I have not done this part but on my take I just got, also a 290 flat black hex. I plan on using a sharpie on all the scratches so I know when I get them all out.
Welcome to the club of the 290 hex flat back! Great idea with the sharpie, we will be doing this tomorrow rather than the dry erase on the opposite side.
Similar threads
