joshbrookkate
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I dipped and placed all the beautiful frags I picked up at the London Frag Fest. I'd post a picture if I knew how!
what did you guys did or buy for your tank today
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IowaJeeping
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Got me 2 mp40's and jbj ATO and BRS reactor from my LFS spring cleaning for only $220
ZeeSparrow
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what did you guys did or buy for your tank today
Spraying back of tank black, moved stand into house, and ordered sand and ATO.
Oh, and broke my RO skimmer. :-(
Spraying back of tank black, moved stand into house, and ordered sand and ATO.
Oh, and broke my RO skimmer. :-(
homer1475
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Added a small frag of frogspawn(been looking for some for a few weeks now). Finally bought a refractometer(need calibration fluid, been using swing arm type). @0 years ago when I was in this hobby, swing arm was all we had, I really didn't know any better. For the price of a refractometer Vs. a swing arm type, your better off spending the extra 20$ and buy a refractometer.
Ooh, and after talking to my lfs guy about tank raised marine betas, ordered one of those also, and a black capped basslet.
Ooh, and after talking to my lfs guy about tank raised marine betas, ordered one of those also, and a black capped basslet.
Jeremiah_Conway
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I added a midas blenny to the family.
ZeeSparrow
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Ordered glass for my sump baffles, and replacement skimmer body.
jchassie6312
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The other day I got the second fish in my 75 gallon setup. Its a little 2 inch lawnmower blenny! Tried to post a pic but it wouldnt let me!
Roccus
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major "maintenance" on the reef and sea horse tanks ..including blowing off the rocks, changing GFO and carbon reactor media, washing the skimmer and power heads in vinegar and soaking "extra " filter socks in bleach water... followed by vacuuming both tanks ....topped off with a 25% water change....I added heater controllers to both tanks as a fail safe ... finished the evening by washing out my ATO and kalk tank.. cleaning the reactor and refilling it with fresh Kalk..
Look what arrived from the UPS driver last night. My new Trigger Systems Emerald sump and Nyos Quatum protein skimmer. You know what I'm going to be doing today on my day off.
The build quality of Trigger System sump and Nyos protein skimmer are simply amazing.
Since I would normally have to take down my tank to install the equipment from the backside, I've engineered some special rigging, 4 x 4 support beams and cross members along with a 4000 pound floor jacket to help support my 90 gallon reef tank, while I remove the front panels on my pine stand and install my new sump and skimmer.
I would rather go on overkill with the temporary support rigging, then damaging my tank.
I going to drain my tank about 2/3's of water and place some of my corals in my spare 50 gallon tank that's in the garage. My fish will remain in the tank with one of my vortech pumps running and a heater of course. The whole install should take about 4 hours or so, which I'll take pictures and videos as I go.
Attached are a few pictures of my new equipment.
Off for some fun now,
Randy
The build quality of Trigger System sump and Nyos protein skimmer are simply amazing.
Since I would normally have to take down my tank to install the equipment from the backside, I've engineered some special rigging, 4 x 4 support beams and cross members along with a 4000 pound floor jacket to help support my 90 gallon reef tank, while I remove the front panels on my pine stand and install my new sump and skimmer.
I would rather go on overkill with the temporary support rigging, then damaging my tank.
I going to drain my tank about 2/3's of water and place some of my corals in my spare 50 gallon tank that's in the garage. My fish will remain in the tank with one of my vortech pumps running and a heater of course. The whole install should take about 4 hours or so, which I'll take pictures and videos as I go.
Attached are a few pictures of my new equipment.
Off for some fun now,
Randy
homer1475,
Not to worry, I'll have a full support beam running on the backside of the tank, which will be supported by 4 x 4 beams as support legs. Directly running underneath and through the top of fish tank stand, will be 4 x 4 support beam to carry all the weight, which I'll adjust the tension with my floor jack. I have also cut 3/4" plywood panels to the exact height, which will be placed on the most outer edges of the front panel to help carry the load bearing weight. Just to let you know, most of the load beaming weight is on the four corners of the stand and with removing 2/3's of the water, the remaining weight is around 500 pounds or so. Since my tank is sitting on a 3/4" flat surface and my stand was built over 20 years ago, which they built the stand with quality back then, I not worried.
I only need 36" in the front panel of my stand to remove the old sump and then install my new sump and skimmer.
Since my tank is also acrylic and not glass, that's why I have opted to not to take down my entire tank.
Once I have taken pictures of the entire temp support structure, you'll have a better idea of what I've been planning out.
Here's a picture of my tank and stand
Thanks,
Randy
Not to worry, I'll have a full support beam running on the backside of the tank, which will be supported by 4 x 4 beams as support legs. Directly running underneath and through the top of fish tank stand, will be 4 x 4 support beam to carry all the weight, which I'll adjust the tension with my floor jack. I have also cut 3/4" plywood panels to the exact height, which will be placed on the most outer edges of the front panel to help carry the load bearing weight. Just to let you know, most of the load beaming weight is on the four corners of the stand and with removing 2/3's of the water, the remaining weight is around 500 pounds or so. Since my tank is sitting on a 3/4" flat surface and my stand was built over 20 years ago, which they built the stand with quality back then, I not worried.
I only need 36" in the front panel of my stand to remove the old sump and then install my new sump and skimmer.
Since my tank is also acrylic and not glass, that's why I have opted to not to take down my entire tank.
Once I have taken pictures of the entire temp support structure, you'll have a better idea of what I've been planning out.
Here's a picture of my tank and stand
Thanks,
Randy
christopherjudd
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got some new socks, bucket of red sea coral pro salt
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