I had a 24 x 24 x 18 cube and a 30 x 18 x 18 tank set up for the past 5 years or so. Due to some aluminum wiring going bad in the house a little over a year ago, I decided to completely rewire my home. I talked with one of my neighbors that knew the original owners of my home. Apparently they finished the basement together and would often work on it while downing a case of beer after work. That definitely explains the wiring work that was done as well as the curious decisions in how to frame.
One of my tanks was down in my finished basement, which had to be gutted and rebuilt from the studs up. Somewhere during the process, I had a large infusion of dust get into the tank. I'm pretty sure it happened when the mud was put on and sanded. That dust gets everywhere. I tried sealing the tank up but apparently failed miserably in my attempt :headwalls:
I ended up losing most of the livestock in the tank, and the cube suffered due to frequent power outages and a lack of enthusiasm.
Most of the work is now done, and I've managed to salvage a few pieces of coral and fish from my old tanks. They're currently sitting in two small holding tanks while i get things prepared for the new tank.
I ordered a DSA 135 gallon 48x24x27 and the corresponding stand. I built my last two stands but didn't want to go through the hassle this time. The tank and stand were delivered yesterday. I currently have 2 kessil a360 WE tuna blues with the spectral controller, I'm going to add 2 more to complete my lighting. I'll be using a 40 breeder for my sump. I still haven't decided on a skimmer. I'll use one of my old SCA 80's to get the tank going until i figure out what to do. The return pump is a jaebo dct 8000. Flow will be handled by a vortech mp 10, jaebo wp 10 and 2 jaebo rw15's for now. I'm looking a gyre, but i'm not sure how it'll work with the position of my overflow
For stock, I'm looking to do mostly sps, with a few pieces of flubber mixed in. For fish, I'm looking to do something a bit out of the norm. One of my old tanks was mostly gobies. I'm leaning towards going down that route again. Stocking loads of different types of gobies (including dartfish, and mandarins but no stinking clown gobies), with maybe a nice harem of ignitus anthias or a collection of flasher wrasses.
I know tiny fish tend to get lost in large tanks, but every time I've dove on a reef I've always been enthralled by the huge numbers of tiny fish darting in and out of the rock work. With the larger fish cruising above and around the corals. I've burned an entire tank just hovering in front of a bommie and watching the blennies dart in and out of it. In my mind, a reef doesn't look right without tiny fish swimming around.
I'm hoping to have everything plumbed over the weekend. I have about 50 lbs of rock that I've been cooking for about a month. Once I get the new tank set up, I'm going to cook my old rocks in a vinegar bath to hopefully kill off the vermetid snails and bubble algae that took over my old tank. Then add some of them to the tank.
I will hopefully have some pictures up in the near future.
One of my tanks was down in my finished basement, which had to be gutted and rebuilt from the studs up. Somewhere during the process, I had a large infusion of dust get into the tank. I'm pretty sure it happened when the mud was put on and sanded. That dust gets everywhere. I tried sealing the tank up but apparently failed miserably in my attempt :headwalls:
I ended up losing most of the livestock in the tank, and the cube suffered due to frequent power outages and a lack of enthusiasm.
Most of the work is now done, and I've managed to salvage a few pieces of coral and fish from my old tanks. They're currently sitting in two small holding tanks while i get things prepared for the new tank.
I ordered a DSA 135 gallon 48x24x27 and the corresponding stand. I built my last two stands but didn't want to go through the hassle this time. The tank and stand were delivered yesterday. I currently have 2 kessil a360 WE tuna blues with the spectral controller, I'm going to add 2 more to complete my lighting. I'll be using a 40 breeder for my sump. I still haven't decided on a skimmer. I'll use one of my old SCA 80's to get the tank going until i figure out what to do. The return pump is a jaebo dct 8000. Flow will be handled by a vortech mp 10, jaebo wp 10 and 2 jaebo rw15's for now. I'm looking a gyre, but i'm not sure how it'll work with the position of my overflow
For stock, I'm looking to do mostly sps, with a few pieces of flubber mixed in. For fish, I'm looking to do something a bit out of the norm. One of my old tanks was mostly gobies. I'm leaning towards going down that route again. Stocking loads of different types of gobies (including dartfish, and mandarins but no stinking clown gobies), with maybe a nice harem of ignitus anthias or a collection of flasher wrasses.
I know tiny fish tend to get lost in large tanks, but every time I've dove on a reef I've always been enthralled by the huge numbers of tiny fish darting in and out of the rock work. With the larger fish cruising above and around the corals. I've burned an entire tank just hovering in front of a bommie and watching the blennies dart in and out of it. In my mind, a reef doesn't look right without tiny fish swimming around.
I'm hoping to have everything plumbed over the weekend. I have about 50 lbs of rock that I've been cooking for about a month. Once I get the new tank set up, I'm going to cook my old rocks in a vinegar bath to hopefully kill off the vermetid snails and bubble algae that took over my old tank. Then add some of them to the tank.
I will hopefully have some pictures up in the near future.
