Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit!

Mr Bojangles · 01-28-2007, 10:49 PM

well I am gana start one, but I don't have alot of time to fully document everything in the tank right now but I can start at the very beginning and finish at the now point. I am currently in the remodeling stage of my sump/skimmer setup after working on Lynns and Franks tanks, and the coming of our first baby give me an excuse to move things around, so I will start at the beginning....................

We originally bout the tank as a complete setup from a couple back in March of 2004 with stand, wet dry, ext....... needless to say we ditched everything and just used the tank, everything was built by me from the ground up, here are some construction pics............

Back of framing.......

And now its complete! You can see that I went for being able to fully access everything with removable sides, full doors, and I even have a fraggin shelf built into the stand.

JFK_Jr · 01-28-2007, 10:53 PM

Congratulations... beautiful tank!

Mr Bojangles · 01-28-2007, 10:59 PM

Ok, now for more, the tank was set up in our new house in May 2004, the move from our 75g went smooth, all that was lost was a green slimmer and a cleaner shrimp, I also had a coralvue lamp blow (a problem that they had when they first cam out) So I had a XM 10k in one side of the tank

Sump and frag tank...

This is when the story gets sad..... this is the time when Florida got hit with four hurricanes, it was grand time, well we were out of power for a week with no generator, it was bad..................... BUT! after a few weeks I left everything on when the power was turned on and some corals, even SPS, were still alive! Especially my encrusting green hammer that I love so much......

That's enough of the story for tonight, I will post some more tomorrow after I am done re plumping my sump

Witfull · 01-28-2007, 11:06 PM

i love the shroom rock...looks like the one i have....

Woodstock · 01-28-2007, 11:16 PM

Awesome DIY skills on the stand and canopy! Beautiful Reef! Great Job

blue_eyes53813 · 01-28-2007, 11:20 PM

Hello welcome to Rs... Nice tank

lgerold · 01-28-2007, 11:22 PM

Very nice! I love the stand, canapy, etc. Karma to you for sticking with it after the hurricane. That had to be rough.

billyr98 · 01-28-2007, 11:26 PM

welcome to RS! Great looking thread!

lcstorc · 01-29-2007, 12:06 AM

Welcome to RS! I love the way you started your chronicle.
I look forward to seeing more soon. If not I'll just harrass you again at the next meeting.

Seriously though you did a great job on setting up your tank. The stand is awesome and everything looks great. Now I know why you said ours was "easy" for you to do.

bluespotjawfish · 01-29-2007, 12:39 AM

I love that stand. I am jealous!

Mr Bojangles · 01-29-2007, 09:25 PM

Thanks everyone! I am done cursing now since I just re plumed my tank again today! Wow, I only have one bloody knuckle to show for it. I know have a extra 25g sump with a NW-200 skimmer. My next plan of attack is to redo the plumbing for the calcium reactor, kalk reactor and my power heads.

Unfortunately my main computer with all my pics and camera hookups is down so I cant post new pics......... but I can continue my story........

.......After the hurricanes I rebuilt and had mixed results. A local reefer that I was friends with moved to miami out of harms way and donated frags to repopulate, but there where ups and downs, I would buy new stock, tank would crash, and the cycle would continue on. Here are some more pics...........

November 2004..

Had to add a fan to keep temps down........

Frag tank........

This is my old gravity auto top off and CC skimmer

saltwaterfarm · 01-29-2007, 09:31 PM

Welcome... great tank! Can't wait for more...

Mr Bojangles · 01-29-2007, 09:34 PM

In February it looked like things where turning around, the tank seemed to be stable, I got some new toys and added some more base rock. I had a powder blue tang and a new clam too!

New VHO's

Full attinic shot..

Happy Tangs

In May 2005 I added a real electric auto top off and a DIY kalk reactor.....

Dentoid · 01-29-2007, 10:53 PM

Very nice reef. Great job on the carpentry and the set up.

Woodstock · 01-29-2007, 11:02 PM

Looks great! How is the DIY kalk reactor working?

01-28-2007, 10:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mr Bojangles Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Port St John, FL Posts: 81 View Gallery Karma Komment	Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! well I am gana start one, but I don't have alot of time to fully document everything in the tank right now but I can start at the very beginning and finish at the now point. I am currently in the remodeling stage of my sump/skimmer setup after working on Lynns and Franks tanks, and the coming of our first baby give me an excuse to move things around, so I will start at the beginning.................... We originally bout the tank as a complete setup from a couple back in March of 2004 with stand, wet dry, ext....... needless to say we ditched everything and just used the tank, everything was built by me from the ground up, here are some construction pics............ Back of framing....... And now its complete! You can see that I went for being able to fully access everything with removable sides, full doors, and I even have a fraggin shelf built into the stand. __________________ Tanks: 125g Reef, 92g corner bowfront anemone tank, 75g aggressive semi-reef Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...money-pit.html Feeding My Haddoni Blue Carpet Anemone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgynZHl0ao "Nothing ever happens fast except problems" "The solution to pollution is dilution"

01-28-2007, 10:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
JFK_Jr Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hallandale Beach FL Posts: 2,108 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! Congratulations... beautiful tank! __________________ *JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire*

01-28-2007, 10:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mr Bojangles Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Port St John, FL Posts: 81 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! Ok, now for more, the tank was set up in our new house in May 2004, the move from our 75g went smooth, all that was lost was a green slimmer and a cleaner shrimp, I also had a coralvue lamp blow (a problem that they had when they first cam out) So I had a XM 10k in one side of the tank Sump and frag tank... This is when the story gets sad..... this is the time when Florida got hit with four hurricanes, it was grand time, well we were out of power for a week with no generator, it was bad..................... BUT! after a few weeks I left everything on when the power was turned on and some corals, even SPS, were still alive! Especially my encrusting green hammer that I love so much...... That's enough of the story for tonight, I will post some more tomorrow after I am done re plumping my sump __________________ Tanks: 125g Reef, 92g corner bowfront anemone tank, 75g aggressive semi-reef Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...money-pit.html Feeding My Haddoni Blue Carpet Anemone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgynZHl0ao "Nothing ever happens fast except problems" "The solution to pollution is dilution"

01-28-2007, 11:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,500 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! Awesome DIY skills on the stand and canopy! Beautiful Reef! Great Job __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

01-28-2007, 11:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 8,024 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! Hello welcome to Rs... Nice tank __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

01-28-2007, 11:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
lgerold Scopas Tang Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brainerd, Mn Posts: 473 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! Very nice! I love the stand, canapy, etc. Karma to you for sticking with it after the hurricane. That had to be rough. __________________ Lucy Upgrade from 125 long to 210 on 1/7/07. 66 gallon sump/refugium. 10 hrs of light: 500 watt pc actinic 10 hrs 400 watt pc daylight 6 hrs 500 watt MH 4 hrs 180 lbs branch liverock. 100 lbs + assorted liverock. 3"+ DSB. Fish - Foxface, Yellow Tang, Mimic Tang, 2 Tomato Clowns, pair True Percula Clowns (and their 6 inch pastel green carpet), Mandarin, Scooter Blenny, Bartlett's Anthias, Royal Gramma, Pseudochromis Splendens. Blue/Gold Crocea Clam, Teardrop Squamosa Clam Coral favorites include: 2 Acanastreas, Pink Cynaria, Green Cynaria, Birdsnest, Trumpets, Red and Pink and Green Goniporas (3), Frogspawn (peach favorite), Fox Coral, Diploastrea, Blasto, 3 Fungia (orange, purple, and green) and many others.

01-28-2007, 11:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
billyr98 Reefing Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Posts: 5,409 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! welcome to RS! Great looking thread! __________________ Billyr98 - I'm BACK!! -

01-29-2007, 12:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! Welcome to RS! I love the way you started your chronicle. I look forward to seeing more soon. If not I'll just harrass you again at the next meeting. Seriously though you did a great job on setting up your tank. The stand is awesome and everything looks great. Now I know why you said ours was "easy" for you to do. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

01-29-2007, 12:39 AM	#10 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 4,942 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! I love that stand. I am jealous! __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots - Journey of the 2nd Year ...The 2nd Year - Photoshow Check out Mr. BJ and friends... Mr. BJ's Aquarium - PhotoShow Please Donate to the American Cancer Society: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/lorrainerichards

01-29-2007, 09:25 PM	#11 (permalink)
Mr Bojangles Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Port St John, FL Posts: 81 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! Thanks everyone! I am done cursing now since I just re plumed my tank again today! Wow, I only have one bloody knuckle to show for it. I know have a extra 25g sump with a NW-200 skimmer. My next plan of attack is to redo the plumbing for the calcium reactor, kalk reactor and my power heads. Unfortunately my main computer with all my pics and camera hookups is down so I cant post new pics......... but I can continue my story........ .......After the hurricanes I rebuilt and had mixed results. A local reefer that I was friends with moved to miami out of harms way and donated frags to repopulate, but there where ups and downs, I would buy new stock, tank would crash, and the cycle would continue on. Here are some more pics........... November 2004.. Had to add a fan to keep temps down........ Frag tank........ This is my old gravity auto top off and CC skimmer __________________ Tanks: 125g Reef, 92g corner bowfront anemone tank, 75g aggressive semi-reef Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...money-pit.html Feeding My Haddoni Blue Carpet Anemone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgynZHl0ao "Nothing ever happens fast except problems" "The solution to pollution is dilution"

01-29-2007, 09:31 PM	#12 (permalink)
saltwaterfarm Manta Ray Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,222 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! Welcome... great tank! Can't wait for more... __________________ Lisa 90 Gal AGA, DIY Sump/Fuge, Current Outer Orbit 250w MH's with T5's. AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer, RK2.[/font] Purple LTA, pair of Percula Clowns, Clams, Softies, Shrooms, Ricordea, Echinophyllia, Torch, Frogspawn, Blastos, Sponges, Acro, Wellso, the NEW Zoa Mountain, and some more stuff... 3 Gal Sexy Shrimp Pico. 29 Gal Oceanic BioCube, Current Sunpod 150w MH.

01-29-2007, 09:34 PM	#13 (permalink)
Mr Bojangles Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Port St John, FL Posts: 81 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! In February it looked like things where turning around, the tank seemed to be stable, I got some new toys and added some more base rock. I had a powder blue tang and a new clam too! New VHO's Full attinic shot.. Happy Tangs In May 2005 I added a real electric auto top off and a DIY kalk reactor..... __________________ Tanks: 125g Reef, 92g corner bowfront anemone tank, 75g aggressive semi-reef Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...money-pit.html Feeding My Haddoni Blue Carpet Anemone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgynZHl0ao "Nothing ever happens fast except problems" "The solution to pollution is dilution"

01-29-2007, 11:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,500 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mr Bojangles 120g Money pit! Looks great! How is the DIY kalk reactor working? __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

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