Our 65 Gallon Shallow Tank Build

Oh and for the record i did fix the sump, and cut down the baffles, i took out about 3 inches of what they were normally to fix the issues beefy had told me about and after having a decently long convo with him on the phone about it too :)
 
After a long last 2 days, finally got everything hooked up, wired up, and plumbed to my liking, was able to fill it up tonight, so now the waiting period begins... to let it all cycle out..

i must say the vortechs arent a big issue like some people had thought they were gonna be, with this being a shallow tank, they arent really blowing that much sand around, everythings going good so far :) tanks clearing up pretty fast, i just cant wait for the cycle to be done now, if anything the Mag 7 i got on this might be too much flow, kind of strong but eh, since i plan on going sps we'll see how this all plays out :) should be good.

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Pictures of the rockwork to come... after it clears a bit.
 
Just annother update since the water seems to be clearing up pretty good :) thought i would show pics of the rockwork.. im still not 100% satisfied with marco's flat pieces.. but eh, i work with what i got. i tried to go for a aquascape that gave Depth i think i might mess with it a bit more while its in its cycling stage before i go and add corals/fish and everything but let me know what you think, i turned the mp10's down so the surface wasnt so rippled to try and get a shot without turning stuff off..

Oh and btw i just want to leave some feedback on some stuff.. i know im behind on the high end fancy technology so this is my first time working with it and im excited

Mp10ES W x2 - perfect for this tank, and i must say definantly worth the money in my eyes, the ability to adjust the flow and dial it down is just awsome

ReefKeeper - LOVE ITTTT, was fustrated at first cause i thought the manual it came with was pretty non descriptive of stuff, but after playing with it for about 30 minutes it all clicked in and i love it, i suggest any new reefer get one of these..

and i cant yet review my skimmer yet as i dont got it hooked up yet, ill run it in a couple days after the shrimp i threw in decays.

Onto the pictures of the rock
Full tank shot.. no light for the fuge yet, will be here this week. i think it looks like a spaceship with the Mp10 Lights and the RK Light
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Close ups
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Right Side
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Left Side
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Top View
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The middle pillar rock, along witht he right side of the tank
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Looks awesome. I hear your complaint re the shelf pieces, but I think the smooth surfaces and sharp edges give your tank a more unique look.
 
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Glad to see you went with the Halide! (It's about time... lol) GL
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Someonessss going to be quite angry... haha
CHANGE OF PLANS!!!!!!!!!!.... going LeD from the beginning, i was gonna go MH for a year then change over, but i was suprised with these 2 fixtures from my brother, they are 3w Cree LeD's, on 2 seperate dimmers for each fixture, 1 for white and 1 for blues, 20 LeD's each fixture for a total for 40, and then 12 on the dimmable par38 bulb. :)

here's pictures and yes i know they are crooked at the moment, haha i straightened em after i took the pictures


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WOAH WOAH WOAH!!!, too long without an update .. :P i can tell your all worried, sorry for the delay, but here's some pictures, tanks cycling well, i picked up 2 frags just to see if they would live and so far they are, so thats a good sign.. i also picked up something i probably shouldnt had, but its been something ive been looking for since my Haddoni Died awhile back, i went to my LFS and they had a really Bleached S. gig anemone, now i know i shouldnt have bought it at all, but the price.. ($20) ... i couldnt pass it up, and the tanks they were in i figure my cycling water was a hell of a lot better then that.. and i atleast know what im doing with one to some extant as the employee's didnt as they kept calling it a Sea mat... lol but anyways.
only reason i bought it even though it was bleached is it had good tentacle extenstion, and SUPER tight mouth, and was still really really sticky, its been in my tank since Last Saturday.. still a tight mouth, still sticky, and has not deflated once, which im really shocked at.. i was definantly expecting it to deflate during acclimation.. but ya time will tell with this one..also shocked me when he stuck to the rock he's currently at in a matter of me placing him there and took him literally..15 seconds to attach. I know 4 days is no feat with these creatures, i wasnt even gonna post about him till i got past the 2 month mark but figure since he is in my FTS i would explain why he is there.

PICTURE TIME!!!

FTS - the 2 flat pieces all the way to the left will be moved they had just kind of been sitting there for now in the sand.
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Sump
Ignore my shorts..
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Here you can see i took some of the suggestions and lowered that baffle about 3 inches to lower the water level... the only thing i didnt do which i wish i did do was add a 3rd baffle to it, its not a HUGE deal, everythings still working fine, and i have almost no micro bubbles in the tank.. so..so far so good.
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2 Frags
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Bleached S. Gig
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So far no complaints, its nice to have white and blue be seperately dimmable, in a couple months ill give a better review on em, with coral growth and all.. :)
 
You might want to watch the salt creep from the drain/skimmer section of your sump. I would move your controllers to the return side.
 
crooks said:
You might want to watch the salt creep from the drain/skimmer section of your sump. I would move your controllers to the return side.
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i was considering moving all controls to the outisde but with my brothers 1 yr old walking around she tends to touch stuff, so perhaps ill do what you suggest and move everything to the return side :) thx for the advice, i noticed the salt creep a couple days after setup and was like erm... that probably isnt good.
 
Just thought id do an update since its been a bit... things arecoming along nicely, the red millie is encrusting nicely and grown a wee bit, the S. Gig is getting alot of its color back, still got a long way o go ith him, but def improving... Here's Pics :) ive made Minor adjustments to the Rocks

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S. Gig's getting some color back :)
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THis monti with really bright blue polyps has started to encrusted to the rock
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This Piece is starting to Encrust around the base and pool out
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and on the red millie you can see almost the entire frag plug is encrsted now, and the growth tips starting to shoot out
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going to tag along . that tank looks killer . i can only hope mine is as nice when i am done
 
So i had the day off of work today, and i decided to come up with a hitlist..
NO! NOT THAT KIND OF HIT LIST...

Coral Hit list.. :D for my tank...since i wanna go more of the SPS route.. obviously most of my list is for SPS... but contains some others..
these are corals that i wish to purchase
My Coral Hit List..

____SPS___

1) Blue Turaki
2) Blue Oregon Tort
3) Hawkins
4) IceFire Echinata
5) Red Dragon
6) Strawberry Shortcake
7) Palmers Blue Millie
8) Tyree Joe's Rainbow Acro
9) $500 Efflo
10) Purple Monster
11) Garf Bansai
12) Purple Monster
13) ATL's Limeade Acropora
14) 10,000 Leagues Lokani

_____Monti's___
1) Jedi Mind Trick
2) Rainbow Monti
3) Apple Berry
4) Mystic Sunset
5) Starberry Field
6) Reverse Sunset

______LPS____(mostly chalices)
1) Oregon Mummy Eye
2) Tyree Red Watermelon
3) Meng's Mummy Eye
4) Wet Thumb's Insane Flame
5) Crazy Fox
6) WWC Hologram
7) Bubble Gum Monster
8) Boobies Chalice
 
SO went on a shopping spree this weekend, got some new goodies for my tank.. some chalices and acros..and another S. Gigantea..i know this is definantly some risky business with the tank being so new, but the prices were all so right i couldnt pass them up!

Cali Tort
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Captain America Paly's
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True, Pink Lemonade Acro
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Red Planet Frag, Green Mnti Cap, Purple Monti Cap
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And this guy =D
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These chalices
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i definantly gotta send a huge tanks to Beefy for some of these frags, and another guy Joe i met up with this weekend as well! =] both great guys.

The new Purple S. Gigantea
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Just thought i would show how well my Captain America Paly's are opening up after a week of being in the tank

they look amazing cant wait for them to become a huge colony!

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I also thought this picture of this frag turned out really well, im started to get pretty decnt with my camera :)
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Alright i got a very PICTURE INTENSIVE Update... =D


Since my female jumped out i decided to buy my Booyah Snowonyx a new buddy, it was labeled a Rod's Onyx Clown.. so curious to see how it blackens up in the S. gig =] the snowonyx and onyx got along instantly, and play in the s. gig together..
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The sweet chalice i picked up from beefy couple weeks back
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Cali Tort, starting to encrust
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Look how much that red millie has encrusted now
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this guy has encrusted alot at the base... and always has good PE
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I also just like taking pictures of these Captain America Paly's
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Pink Lemonade, MY favorite :)
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Just a Pic intense update.. =] some new corals i got, along with some old corals that have grown

Pink Lemonade still my favorite acro =] my old piece died, so i had to get a new frag
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i did go and buy a rather LARGE purple see fan, he's been in my tank now for 2 weeks, and still happy =]
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This Monti... idk the name of it anymore, but was under the impression it was a hologram monti? the polyp has that white shimmer in it
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Jedi Mind Trick =] has been in my tank for roughly 2 months =] coming along nicely
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i moved the chalices to the bottom of the tnak in hopes they will grow out proportional and even =]
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this guy about 2 months ago, has grown a new head and is rockin along nicely =]
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got this guy last night from beefy =]
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my bleached S. gig has gotten some nice color coming in
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got this guy way back when, and it has encrusted alot =] really like its green it really pops
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FULL TANK SHOT =]

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and Superman Monti =]

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