Willie's plywood adventure

[Willie McDaries]

well looks like I'm gonna get a few days rest,my ro/di is slower than molasses ...its been running most of the day,I might have 25 gallons,its supposed to be a 100gpd unit but the water temp is a little cool.....and I do need some rest

[juanell]

i was a way for a few days and am finally caught up, keep the pics up

[Willie McDaries]

Originally Posted by juanell

i was a way for a few days and am finally caught up, keep the pics up

I'm working on adding saltwater now,

I'm only mixing 30 gallons at a time and maybe making 50 to 60 gallons a day of ro/di water....my ro/di is slow,it's supposed to be a 100gpd unit....but my water is a little cool......when it gets to about half way,I'll snap a few more pics

[juanell]

cool, funny thing is i had to look up what a ro/di was LOL

[Willie McDaries]

Originally Posted by juanell

cool, funny thing is i had to look up what a ro/di was LOL

I did too,the first time I seen ..."ro/di"... sounded like some kinda disease too me

[juanell]

LOL i'm an Islander by tradition, so it sounds like an Island Dish "Roti" odly enough so dose Rotifers, and thats just disgusting



i know its an odd pic to put on a reef MB best taisting thing ever, then again i'm sure thats what sea-critters say about Rotifers "taist like shrimp!"

[juanell]

by the way, my tank build is on hold due to car repairs, so i'm stuck at wood standing agenst wall, i did aquire a new 125gal tank for $50 no cracks and very clean

[Willie McDaries]

Originally Posted by juanell

by the way, my tank build is on hold due to car repairs, so i'm stuck at wood standing agenst wall, i did aquire a new 125gal tank for $50 no cracks and very clean

125gal tank for $50......and reef ready,thats a deal you couldn't beat with a stick

[juanell]

LOL it was originally 150, but when i asked the guy whats the lease he'd take for it, he said 50, i though i miss heard him, so i asked again, and he said 50... so i stopped asking questions, i'm going to chop this in two also, and do a ply build, so it being reef ready and actually very nice looking, is unfortunate... i think my dad will kill me cause i made a big deal about this being exactly what i needed to do my projects

[Willie McDaries]

Originally Posted by juanell

LOL it was originally 150, but when i asked the guy whats the lease he'd take for it, he said 50, i though i miss heard him, so i asked again, and he said 50... so i stopped asking questions, i'm going to chop this in two also, and do a ply build, so it being reef ready and actually very nice looking, is unfortunate... i think my dad will kill me cause i made a big deal about this being exactly what i needed to do my projects

$150 would have been a great buy....you got your moneys worth,and then some

doing that is cheaper than buying the glass the size you'd need,so its still a great buy......shame to sacrifice a nice tank,but you have to look at the bigger picture,when its done,it will be a tank,built to your liking

good luck to you,

[juanell]

Originally Posted by Willie McDaries

$150 would have been a great buy....you got your moneys worth,and then some

doing that is cheaper than buying the glass the size you'd need,so its still a great buy......shame to sacrifice a nice tank,but you have to look at the bigger picture,when its done,it will be a tank,built to your liking

good luck to you,

thats exactly what i was thinking, i'm not sure if you saw the model i was looking to build, it will eat a large portion of my room, but i don't mind





i'm not in a rush and i don't care if it takes me all year just to get the part to build it, i want this set up, and sacrifice be dang, i'll sacrifice, just want it like this "barring macanical error"

[Willie McDaries]

Originally Posted by juanell

thats exactly what i was thinking, i'm not sure if you saw the model i was looking to build, it will eat a large portion of my room, but i don't mind





i'm not in a rush and i don't care if it takes me all year just to get the part to build it, i want this set up, and sacrifice be dang, i'll sacrifice, just want it like this "barring mechanical error"

yeah,I looked at the photobucket.jpgs in your post,that will be a massive system,are you gonna start breeding fish to sell?

[juanell]

not really, i just like to learn how to breed "things" hence the koi, and i have marble crayfish also

[Willie McDaries]

Originally Posted by juanell

not really, i just like to learn how to breed "things" hence the koi, and i have marble crayfish also

when you get all that set up,you should be able to do what ever you want

[juanell]

LOL my fear is i'm not going to have enough GPH to do what needs be done. i like the idea of raising Seahorses and Corals, but every thing i read about coral is high GPH and SH no more than a 2-3x turn over. whats the deal with that? why do coral need such a high turn over

by the way, i was doing spring cleaning and moving things around... i have a tank i tosses some killifish eggs in a tank and forgot about it, its been about two months since then, and took a look in that tank assuming i needed to toss the water, it just stayed so clear so i never tosses it out, this morning i noticed a killi swimming, i guess i need to move him, maybe make him my desk top fish.