Large Reef Aquarium(91g-180g) All about the Build My 95g [Archive]

lamajo25

11-14-2006, 07:25 PM

Well I couldn't figure a better place to put this (if the mods want to move it great and thanks). I figure I'll take some pics as I go so everyone can see. Some of these are new items that I got in the tank.

My wife picked up some pink shelled turbo snails, a torch coral, and a couple of black turbos to help clean the tank. She also got a blue and black goby for the big tank. I'm moving the Aquapod next to the big one to transfer everything more smoothly.

P.S. in the pics of the live rock. When I opened the bag with the torch coral it had two very small brittle stars hitch hiking. That was the only one I could get a snapshot of. The other one disappeared into a hole before I could get the camera.

lamajo25

11-14-2006, 07:27 PM

Okay here are the last couple of pics for now and a while. I have to get the plumbing for the fuge and the u tube for the overflow before that is up and running. Everything else is going great. Shouldn't be too long.

I am pretty impressed with the fuge parts that I bought. That's what's set in the 20g long. It's good and sturdy and should work well.

lamajo25

11-21-2006, 12:17 PM

Well the bottom of the tank cracked. AAAGGGHHH! Everything is in the sump tank for now and I'm getting quotes for a new piece of glass. I'm gonna put them back into the aquapod since it's up and running until I get something going.

jojo22

11-21-2006, 12:27 PM

Sorry to hear that!

Sweetpea

11-21-2006, 07:28 PM

That really bites! So sorry!!! :(

iVgOnMaD

11-24-2006, 03:19 AM

How did it break?

bobert

11-24-2006, 09:53 AM

:banghead: it's cracked boy that must suck

bobert

11-24-2006, 09:55 AM

:banghead: it's cracked boy that must suck

hummer

11-24-2006, 12:15 PM

sorry to here about you miss forturen about the sump how did it brake ? and congrateson the hitch-hikers p.s ...are pink and black turbo snailes the same spieces?

lamajo25

11-25-2006, 07:24 PM

It actually was the tank itself. The 95g tank that cracked. It cracked from a corner on the front to about a foot from the corner on the back. It's okay. I called around ant got some quotes on glass initially. For a tempered piece of glass it was going to be $175.00 plus tax. Kinda expensive. So I went to a LFS and bought a 55g with the built in overflow. Just have to get everything set up soon. Have to paint the back tomorrow and then will go from there. Everythings looking good so far.

jojo22

11-25-2006, 07:29 PM

Glad to hear it working out for ya. Sorry to hear you're takeing a 40 gallon loss.

Sweetpea

11-25-2006, 09:23 PM

Sorry to hear you had the break, but glad you're back on track! Keep us posted!

lamajo25

12-04-2006, 02:44 PM

Well the 55 is all plumbed into the fuge and ready to go. I was looking at substrates the other day and the one that was in the 95 was a very coarse crushed coral. I really didn't want to just get rid of it beause it was somewhat expensive just to throw away. So I decided to see if I could crush it up more. A hammer and two ziplock bags later it wasn't working. So I was thinking, my coffee grinder. Way too much work way to small. So the remedy, a blender and some water. I'm getting fine to some rubble pieces in the blend. It's working great. I love doing things on my own.

jojo22

12-04-2006, 03:00 PM

I would try to get it as small as you can. Don't want any dead spots for crud to build up in.

greg97527

12-04-2006, 03:11 PM

so much for the blender lol

lamajo25

12-05-2006, 03:13 AM

For the most part it's fine sand. It has some larger pieces of rubble but I figure a Jawfish of some sort would love to use them. I'll try and take a pic so you can see how it came out. Oh and by the way, the blades are just as sharp as they were when I started. It's one of the ice crushing machines. No I wouldn't use it for anything other than things like this anymore.

jojo22

12-05-2006, 03:14 AM

Yeah you don't want to have to wounder why your smoothie tastes weird.

lamajo25

12-05-2006, 03:16 AM

Not a chance.

lamajo25

12-06-2006, 09:24 AM

Well there's water in the tank, it's flowing nicely, seem's to be doing great. I'm gonna put in the live rock that I didn't put back into the nano as I wanted more room for the anemone initially. He's huge (the reason for the larger tank). Anyway, question for anyone who has one. I'm using the Allglass Aquarium with Overflow and Accessory. Yeah that one. Does anyone else have a problem with it burping constantly or is it not supposed to.

jojo22

12-06-2006, 09:49 PM

Try adding a peice of airline to that nipple on the standpipe, then put an adjustable valve on it and play with that it should help. If not I will dig you up a link to a different set up.

lamajo25

12-16-2006, 10:56 AM

Okay, I finally got some time and some pics. A bit of an update. The 55 is up and running well with the sump. The burping solved itself for some reason. The wife and I got some new things: 2 large feather dusters (One crawled out of it's tube, tossed it's head, and disappeared), Pumping Xenia, and a six line wrasse. I've found two green and black brittle stars on the rock that my mushrooms came on, plus a couple of others here and there that are finally coming out of the live rock. I found a buyer for the Aquapod, one of my co-workers. Just don't need that many tanks anymore. I still have to put some doors on the cabinet. Anyway here's some of the pics.

lamajo25

01-05-2007, 12:13 PM

Well I've got a bit of update. I've located numerous White Brittle Stars. They have absolutely no color to them. They are everywhere on my liverock. Plus I've located a clam that, for the longest time, I thought was just a part of the rock. I noticed it because the wife bought me a small led light for looking at night. A quick question for everyone. Has anyone had a large outbreak of small feather dusters? I have thousands everywhere in the tank. On the glass, on the rock, on the snails, on some of my polyps. They are everywhere. They start out and curl for a while then turn out into the water. Sorry I'm not sure I can get a good picture because my camera doesn't have macro but I'll try. Going to the Valley today, will look around for some new things.

dakar

01-05-2007, 08:00 PM

The little feather dusters are not a bad thing by a long shot... just some of nature's little filters. Any guesses or description of the clam you located? Hitch hikers can be so cool..

lamajo25

01-06-2007, 07:22 PM

No idea on the clam. It's about a half an inch long from front to back. It's wedged into a hole and has three polyps attached to it's shell. Turning a light on it doesn't help because it only stays open for a few moments after that. It's mantle appears to be black right now, but then again I can't get a really good look at it.

We went down and got a bunch of new things. Three Giant Turbos (A bit larger than a golfball), a Kole Yellow Eye Tang, a Green Clown Goby (the wifes idea), a new Green Pearl Bubble Coral, and a Christmas Tree Rock (Absolutely beautiful).

lamajo25

01-07-2007, 01:14 PM

Well here's some pics of the new things. Some are a bit blurry. Sorry The new turbo's are still cleaning.

lamajo25

01-19-2007, 08:38 PM

Wow I'm gonna go broke. I swear, I went to the valley to get some pants ordered for work, no sooner that I left the store there I was at Pet's Inc in Tempe. Shortly after that I was at Aquarium Arts in Mesa. Wow I'm gonna go broke.

At Pet's Inc I bought a few things (all on sale). Two sexy shrimp (now that the Hawk Fish is gone), a yellow leather coral, and a black sun coral.

Onto the next store. At Aquarium Arts I bought a Frogspawn (which, may I say, is huge for the price I paid), and a yellow tunicate. He's amazing for it's size, and again, great price. Couple of fish foods, Blah, Blah, Blah.

I'll post pics as soon as I take them. They are acclimating right now.

hummer

01-20-2007, 01:31 AM

cant wate to see

RWalston

01-22-2007, 01:18 PM

Make sure you come down for our next "FRAG" meeting. Best way in the valley to get nice corals frags for your tank at a very nice price. Most people give things away for free, other will trade or just put a price on the coral they have. The last one they had a 24gallon nan cube for a raffle.