Yukonblizzard's Shark and Ray Reef Lagoon

[yukonblizzard]

Looking good, I'm pretty excited for you too :spin1:
Also, how many pounds of rock is that and what sand did you use?

Thanks Clownfreak, I got 50 pounds of rock and 320 pounds of sand. Both are from Marco Rocks.

 

[stormrider27]

WOW! I can't believe how much progress you have made in only 20 days. Well played! :beer:

 

[yukonblizzard]

WOW! I can't believe how much progress you have made in only 20 days. Well played! :beer:

Thanks Stormrider! I am suprised that I got it done so fast too! I thought for sure that it would be around 6 months.

 

[clownfreak]

Do you plan on adding more rock, 50 pounds sonds like very little. Another thing you may want to look into is making rocks, with this size rock can get really expensive.

 

[yukonblizzard]

Do you plan on adding more rock, 50 pounds sonds like very little. Another thing you may want to look into is making rocks, with this size rock can get really expensive.

Yeah 50 pounds is very little, but keep in mind that the sharks and rays need plenty of surface sand to swim over. But I would like to get more, and make the rock formations taller. I actually do have 3 large DIY rocks that I made a while back that I will probably put in the tank, but I like the look of the natural rock better.

 

[Jade]

That's great!! Love this build. This is one of the best threads ever. Keep up the good work, this project really gives people some ideas.

 

[yukonblizzard]

That's great!! Love this build. This is one of the best threads ever. Keep up the good work, this project really gives people some ideas.

I appreciate it Jade!

 

[clownfreak]

OK, you know a lot more then I do anyway :spin3:

Where in MI are you located? I'm in the Grand Rapids area.

 

[stevejrnc]

this is very cool love the tile whole set up

 

[Lps157]

This is looking great! Great job on the build. Can't wait to see some livestock in it.

 

[jbird69]

Awesome!!! You have water!!!

Can you take a picture of the rest of the room. Id love to see the viewing area and such.

 

[JoeyTheGreat]

Looks great!!!!

 

[SeaIsle]

And we have water AWESOME!!!! Looks great

One thing I am wondering is if the flow through the sump will be sufficient for keeping the heat in the tank stable. Just because it such a large volumn of water and from what I can see there are only heaters in the sump. Maybe placing a heater in the fuge since it is at the other side.

 

[ufbrad24]

Looking great. Can't wait to see it all come together.

 

[LionfishFinatic]

thought i would bump this to the top for everyone anxiously waiting for an update (like me !)

 

[newtoreefs]

Awesome build man. Following and waiting for more updates!!!

 

[yukonblizzard]

OK, you know a lot more then I do anyway :spin3:

Where in MI are you located? I'm in the Grand Rapids area.

I am about 45 minutes north of Detroit, in the Washington Twp area.

this is very cool love the tile whole set up

Thanks Steve!

This is looking great! Great job on the build. Can't wait to see some livestock in it.

Looks great!!!!

Thanks Joey!

Looking great. Can't wait to see it all come together.

Thanks Brad!

thought i would bump this to the top for everyone anxiously waiting for an update (like me !)

Yeah sorry its been so long, just been pretty busy this past week.:wildone: But I will definately update later today.

 

[yukonblizzard]

Awesome build man. Following and waiting for more updates!!!

Thank you NewtoReefs!

Awesome!!! You have water!!!

Can you take a picture of the rest of the room. Id love to see the viewing area and such.

Yeah I can do that, its a pretty cluttered right now with my frag tanks, but you will get the idea.

And we have water AWESOME!!!! Looks great

One thing I am wondering is if the flow through the sump will be sufficient for keeping the heat in the tank stable. Just because it such a large volumn of water and from what I can see there are only heaters in the sump. Maybe placing a heater in the fuge since it is at the other side.

Thanks SeaIsle!

That is a problem that I have been thinking about, I think that the fuge has to slow of flow to heat the water efficiently, so would you think if I put more heaters in the sump would that help at all?

 

[acharpenter]

Subscribed!!!

+1 on a pic showing the whole room - nice!

 

[yukonblizzard]

Subscribed!!!

+1 on a pic showing the whole room - nice!

Thanks Acharpenter!

I'll get some room pics up in 10 minutes.