Been a long time coming!

[greg97527]

Used to be a very active member here until my girl and i split in 07 and she sold all 13 of my tanks etc etc (long story short)

Any who...
I found one **** of a deal and didnt pass it up so it's time to get back in it. picked up a 200 gallon cube, stand, hood, 30 gal refugium/sump and all the plumbing and 1000 gph pump today.........all for 200 BUCKS OMG reef ready. I missed this place and hope i know some of the members or that they will remember me. not sure if my tank galleries are still on the site or not but im a "fragger" lol and copepod culturing etc so gimme a few months and maybe we will get somewhere. i'll post progress pics but it will be slow till i can get the LR and sand and lighting while money is tight.

good to be back.

[AJ :)]

Used to be a very active member here until my girl and i split in 07 and she sold all 13 of my tanks etc etc (long story short)

Any who...
I found one **** of a deal and didnt pass it up so it's time to get back in it. picked up a 200 gallon cube, stand, hood, 30 gal refugium/sump and all the plumbing and 1000 gph pump today.........all for 200 BUCKS OMG reef ready. I missed this place and hope i know some of the members or that they will remember me. not sure if my tank galleries are still on the site or not but im a "fragger" lol and copepod culturing etc so gimme a few months and maybe we will get somewhere. i'll post progress pics but it will be slow till i can get the LR and sand and lighting while money is tight.

good to be back.
Awesome deal! Looking forward to your progress. :)

[greg97527]

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[greg97527]

sorry for the double post. dont have the hang of tapatalk yet lol

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[purerebel]

Welcome back!! Lookig forward to your progress, please keep us updated:fish2:

[Tom@HaslettMI]

I'm glad you're back! Nice find on the tank setup.

Tom

[slapshot]

Welcome back..... And that is a crazy deal. A great way to make a comeback!

[larryandlaura]

Awesome tank cant wait to see it up and running!

[greg97527]

same here. it will be after xmas though, kids are first and then maybe i can afford a bit of salt and rubble to start cycling the tank. still looking for a skimmer and lighting though.

[greg97527]

ok so i picked up most of what i needed. (could not wait) plumbed everything and turned it on.... ugh bad impeller on my return pump, to broke to buy one. anyone know a good place to buy an impeller for a decent price?
numbers on the pump are
E160713
Model 24 Utility pump.
i think its 1000 gph or so.

[greg97527]

4009
Foggy still but up and running. Need lots more LR. Going to get the damsels this weekend.

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[greg97527]

Sump/refugium http://img.tapatalk.com/447638df-5ba2-4101.jpg

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[slapshot]

.......and a new reef is born!

[AJ :)]

Nice set up. :)

[BEETLE60]

Bummer of a story but the ending is all good hey ! looking forward to seeing that cube up and running

[greg97527]

Got the damsels in and got the LR today. Almost there.

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[jimsflies]

This is going to be one sweet tank!

[greg97527]

Gotta buff out a scratch on the tank but the levels are good so now its about the cash shortage lol.

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[greg97527]

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[greg97527]

I'll put up more pics soon when i get some taken with something other than my cell phone. got a couple snails and hermits and a cleaner shrimp today. we'll see how they do. if all goes well i may be ordering a few corals and inverts pack from saltwaterfish.com next week. anyone got other fav sites they use with good prices and quality livestock?

[greg97527]

Out of cycle. Time to get it cleaned up. Picked up 50 astrea and 50 hermits. Also got a shroom, galaxia, star polyps and a couple really nice frags of zoa's.
Thanks to Jody Grow of totally exotic corals of southern Oregon. Will look better when I get the led lighting.

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[greg97527]

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[greg97527]

4063

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[greg97527]

Tapatalk will only let me do 1 pic At a time ugh sorry.

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[Fish Dad]

How did you get it through the cycle so fast???

[greg97527]

used mostly live rock, pressure washed the dead rock, used lots of live sand and an instant cycle product i've used before. its actually been since middle to end of december.

[greg97527]

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2593 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2592 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2591 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2589 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2590 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2588

gonna have to get rid of the majano's though ugh here comes the aptasia paste!

[AJ :)]

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2593 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2592 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2591 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2589 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2590 http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2588

gonna have to get rid of the majano's though ugh here comes the aptasia paste!
Looking good! :)

[greg97527]

didn't like the way the sump/fuge was looking so i decided to replumb and set it up right. picked up some macro and a dirty 2700 k light and a bunch of rubble, changed overflows to 45 elbows and gate valves instead of 90's and ball valved, relocated the skimmer etc. picked up some more corals which ill get pics of later for you but here's what it looks like now compared to the last you seen.

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2604&thumb=1 ('http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2604') http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2605&thumb=1 ('http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2605') http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2603&thumb=1 ('http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2603') http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2606&thumb=1 ('http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2606')
big bristle below
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2602&thumb=1 ('http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2602')
old setup below
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2585&thumb=1 ('http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=321&pictureid=2585')

[BEETLE60]

Hey it's taking shape , would a couple peppermint shrimp help with the majano's ? ,I know they helped my tank with an aptasia problem a while back

[Badfish]

Nice set up, what kind of LEDs are you looking at?

[bluwc]

It's coming along quickly. Bet the kids enjoy it too, just probably not as much lol

[greg97527]

Majano are gone now. Looking at some cheapies that are about 170 per 120 Watt setup. Equivalent to a 400 halide. Thinking about 2 if they will fit.

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