Starting 90g Reef Tank Build... Finally!!!

[JohnL]

This thread was automatically split due to performance issues. You can find the rest of the thread here: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=12809582#post12809582

 

[NanoGurl]

One more =)

 

[Schwe]

Ding Ding Ding! NG wins! :celeb1:

 

[D to the P]

:celeb1: :celeb2: :uzi: :fish2: :celeb3:

We did it. Now I can go to bed :lol:

 

[NanoGurl]

Congrats on the split!

 

[melev]

 

[parkpark]

what does it take to split?

 

[melev]

1000 posts / 40 pages of 25 posts - that's when it splits.

 

[parkpark]

oh my

 

[raen]

Congrats!!!!!!!!! I'm along for the next 999.......as for the earlier comment about the shipping, yeah totally! Gas prices suck! Did anyone notice that LA, saltwater fish have both added, in addition to normal shipping, a temporary gas price....like $15.00 or something!

 

[kudora]

woot congrats swift!!

 

[kayne_21]

Congrats on the second split, Swifty!

 

[Al Bendiksen]

Wow, well i didnt stay up to see the split... poor me

But congrats! Lets just see what happens now.

 

[Tswifty]

Haha... thanks everyone for pushing it over the edge last night :thumbsup:

That second split sure happened fast, so I'll try and VERY BRIEFLY summarize what has gone on thus far in my build.

Waayyyyy back in the beginning of April I was browsing Craigslist and found a 90g tank with a 30g sump for sale. I ended up paying $150 for it (I believe... might have been less) and it was pretty banged up to say the least, but after some TLC and LOTS of help from RC members... 4-1/2 months later, this is what I've got. My first reef in the making

The livestock list currently in the tank:

1 Powder Blue Tang (Merlin)
1 Yellow Tang (Colonel Mustard)... don't ask :rolleye1:
2 False Percula Clownfish (Dottie & Roo)
2 Yasha Hase White Ray Gobies
2 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
1 Coral Banded Shrimp ("the big guy")
20 Nassasarius Snails
10 Cerith Snails
3 Large Turbo Snails (the largest one's name is Gary)... once again :rolleye1:
2 Astraea Snails
5 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs

ORA Green Birdsnest
Pink Birdsnest
Green Acropora
Green Slimer (Acropora)
Orange Montipora Cap
Purple Acropora
Purple Tort Coral (Acropora)
Purple Chalice Coral (I think that is what it's called)
Pink Hammer Coral
Yellow Leather
Green Sinulari
Green Open Brain
Misc Palythoas
Neon Green Trumpets
A few Zoanthids

It's been quite a process and some of the more recent developments have included PAR Testing, bouts with bryopsis, black ich, regular ich, and zooanthid predatory spiders... yes SPIDERS!!!

*Above pic was added at the request of RC Member NanoGurl*

However, with all the help I have received, I have managed to make it through all of that relatively unscathed (minus one zoanthid frag). Thanks again everyone for all your support thus far... and onward we go! :lol:

 

[kudora]

things i have done because of this thread


phosban reactor....check
T5 lights.....almost check
auto-topoff.......hopefully this split
confirmation i hate spiders....check

 

[Tswifty]

Now the fun part... I tried to index the thread by topic, and here's what I came up with:

Larger Projects:

Canopy Construction
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=4

Calfo Construction
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=4

Sump Construction
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=7

Plumbing Construction
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=7

Plumbing Support
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=10

Skimmer Mods 1
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=26

Skimmer Mods 2 (Video)
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1393985&perpage=25&pagenumber=2

T5 Lighting Installation
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=28

T5 Lighting Upgrade
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1393985

Overflow Guard
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=34

Linking Phosban & Carbon Reactors
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1393985&perpage=25&pagenumber=9

Heat Issues
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1393985&perpage=25&pagenumber=17

PAR Testing Round 1
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1393985&perpage=25&pagenumber=30

Additional Misc Stuff:

Capn's Refugium Thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1410456

Heater Article
http://www.beananimal.com/articles/aquarium-heaters-what-you-need-to-know!.aspx

How to hard plumb an Eheim
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=12

Seeding Sand
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=9

Silencing Return Pump Vibration
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=16

Simple Bryopsis Solution Thread
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1113109

RO/DI Water Storage
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=23

T5 Q&A Thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1384575

Bean Animal's Plumbing Thread
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310585&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

Reef Safe Paint for PVC
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=31

Water Parameter Log Spreadsheet
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=34

Surface Flow & Agitation
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1310919&perpage=25&pagenumber=34

How to Organize Wires Thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1391757

2-Part Dosing Thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1358865

RO/DI Filter Replacement Thread... How do you know when to do it?
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1401689

Cleveland Zoo Pictures
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1393985&perpage=25&pagenumber=8

Cheato Growth & Maintenance
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1393985&perpage=25&pagenumber=11

How to dissinfect your RO/DI Unit provided by AZDesertRat
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1393985&perpage=25&pagenumber=26

Ginger Thread
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=181818

Vermetid Snails Thread
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1406668

Spiders!!!
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1393985&perpage=25&pagenumber=22

Open Brain Coral Issues
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1393985&perpage=25&pagenumber=22

 

[D to the P]

:lol: You should have set it up like the bible Tswifty.
In the beginning, Man looked to the ocean and said "Why?"
Tswifty looked to Craig's List and said "Why Not?"
And on the 2nd day he created the rock islands, on which he would place many a coral
On the 5th day he was tested by many plagues including 2 forms of ich, spiders, and a piece of live rock that would spew forth cyano bacteria.
Now, his fish must become inspired with the same Manifest Destiny that lead man across oceans and continents, and try swimming on the left side of the tank
Amen. :spin2:


And why are the Yasha gobies the only ones without a name. Like I said before, they are underrated!

 

[D to the P]

I like the index set up. It makes things very accessible.

 

[Tswifty]

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[Tswifty]

phew... there is most of it I think :lol: