Sweet pics Mike ! Tanks looking great! How ya liking the flow inductor ?
I like it a lot, that and the vortec make all the flow I need, for now.
Originally Posted by chort55
Man Mike I thought u said you were taking your time and going to be picky this go around.... brown zoas and trumpet coral.... lol
LOL! The Trumpet stays, this particular version is from my old tank. It is a frag from a frag that I sold to a friend a long time ago. I bought this particular coral from the Trop back in the late 90's, it was one of my very first corals.
Now as for the zoa's/paly's those are going away... Logan picked them up at the MMMC meeting, I'm not a fan. Under just Blue LED they actually look pretty cool though.
Lots of updates, unfortunately they are not good ones. I am getting a divorce. I have moved, the tank came with me though, but I am now in an apartment. I could not set up the basement sump here. I have the 30L under the tank, the 45 went to a friend that helped me move. I had to remove the shelf from the stand to fit the sump under the tank, now I need to skin the stand.
Overall I had only one loss during the move, which I will call successful. Funny how your life can change so quickly, less then 6 months ago, everything seemed to going so well.... now I am sitting in a whole new apartment with half my stuff in another apartment that Stacey lives in.
The good news is that I will have more time to work with the tank, and hopefully enjoy some doing a couple of DIY projects.
I'll post up some new pictures either later tonight or tomorrow evening.
Sorry to hear that Mike ! Looking forward to seeing what ya do with it. Hang in there. My hippo fragged my blue tip stag so if you need a nice piece LMK !
Ok, I had a BRIGHT idea the other day, and decided it was worth a shot, worst case if it didn't work, I would be out basically nothing.... I have a need to add Ca/Alk to the tank, and with funds being short, DIY is the only way to go. I have been keeping my eye out for the 5 gallon buckets of "Driveway Heat" but have not come across any, and I have a 3lb bag of Baking Soda around here somewhere. So... Any guesses?
I know, an empty gatorade bottle...
Epoxy? A paper plate? WHAT!?!?
This will NOT keep the gatorade in anymore....
Are those 1/4" tubing couplers? On top of a GatorAid Bottle? Yes, yes they are!!
Hmmm.... What could that be?
PRESTO CHANGO!!! KALK REACTOR!
$10 worth of plumbing parts, some of which I already had, and about 30 minutes later. (Okay a couple hours to make sure the epoxy was good and dry.)
I have a 5 gallon bucket full of Lime, so I am "in there like swimwear" on that. I know this is a bandaid, and I will DIY up a real nice one as I get my life back on track. I am thinking of a dual chamber DIY, Kalk reactor on one side, with a CaRx on the other.... a couple small chambers, 4" square buy 12" tall would fit in my stand nicely.
I hope you enjoy the update, it was a fun afternoon project.
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Originally Posted by binford4000
lol
I have the 30L under the tank, the 45 went to a friend that helped me move. I had to remove the shelf from the stand to fit the sump under the tank, now I need to skin the stand.
