RG's 209 Oceanic dt

rgfast

Active Member
well in the beginning I would just look at it sitting as it had for two moves an 15 years.I had told myself an anyone who asked that I was not going to set it up till I could do it right an that when I did it was go to be reef tank.back in the early 90s people didn't have home reef systems this size or should I say was rare an most impessive to see.So this is what I would look at a tank sitting in my mustard yellow den which I couldn't paint till I could move the tank
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rgfast

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OK now in the home which I plan on staying in the rest of my life,already showwed my wife where to plant me in back yard when I'm gone ah ah anyway one Friday when she was at work got wild hair and this is what she came home to

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not near as mad I as would have thought explaining I was setting the tank up an we could finaly paint the room I hate painting so started the cabnit

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do you know how hard it is to paint over mustard yellow!

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starting to look like stand

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rgfast

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time goes on house is a wreck but I explain it will get better


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tank finally set lights installed, remember the old state ment buy what you need not what will get you by well those lights one set is now over qt and the other againtest the wall

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almost christmas finally got water in her and built doors

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live rocks in may the fun begin

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rgfast

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this being my first reef I read as may books as I can and RS every day the books helped me understand what I was seeing on the web, sort out the good infow from the bad.At this point just knew had to have ref. so came
up with plan and started building again

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while all this was going on the brute trash can had to go mixing 30gals of ro/di water was just a pain and there had to be better way order some 1/4 arcylic, weldon glue and bunch of bulkheads

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one water change system built it works great half is mix tank witch has float switch for ro/di, pump and heater. It holds 40gals 20 measured cup gives you 35ppt. the other half is flow thue from ref. by just turning few valves I can do 40 gal water change in less than 10 min.

gonna skip the good stuff like month of aglee cycle and bring you to date the next pics. are where I'm now still new an learning everyday and must say how much all of you have been of help to me thank you and did I say thank you. I have found new friends here on RS and hope that I can help other people as all you have done for me

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still need to straighten wire up time where does it go

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rgfast

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thanks been trying hard,just took shot dinner time

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all the guys come out and for far end of tank

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good shot of whisker coral has about 7 new heads right now

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the crab coming out of hiding

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Eric

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Wow very nice! I didn't realize you had a view from the other side of the wall, that's just cool :)
 

rgfast

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thanks makes it harder to place rock though you get it like you like it on one side then! what do see on other side
 

rgfast

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shot of ref its on reverse light cycle an moon light in dt kind of hard to take pics. of
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Val

Member
Amazing build, love the rockscape... have to admit I don't understand it all yet. It looks great.
 

1Reefer

Active Member
Thanks for sharing Rg! That rank is beautiful, and the double room veiw is an awesome idea! Great work on the build, all the cabnetry looks awesome too, I love that dark wood look...
 

rgfast

Active Member
thanks Val

1Reefer the wood is brich, all the trim is rough cut that I milled in my shop as for the finish cherry stain with three coats of high gloss uv outdoor urethane
 
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