Playa's Reef
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Robz
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Holy Cow !!! the new setup looks amazing Luis!!! im speachless I can only imagine how sweet thet tank is going to look when you tranfer all the corals from your other setup!!!
Im so happy for you buddy... dreams do come true
this is definatelly a TOTM for sure and with the talent you have aquascaping ... common Luis give us some more pictures!!!! CONGRATS BUDDY IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU SENOR!!!
Im so happy for you buddy... dreams do come true
this is definatelly a TOTM for sure and with the talent you have aquascaping ... common Luis give us some more pictures!!!! CONGRATS BUDDY IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU SENOR!!!Thanx Travis you are kind dude!
Holy Cow Robbie! Thanx for the enthusiasm! You have played a major role in this journey.
Just finished moving the rest of the corals to the new reef. Most of them are placed in temporary spots until I receive the corals that Brian(www.Blowfishacuatics.com) has been holding for me for many weeks. Great guy! Awesome customer service.
I also transfered most of the rocks from the 65. I really dont need anymore rock on the 180. You can say that I just completed phase one of my aquascape. I am pretty happy with the center and the right of the tank. I still have some work to do on the left side. I only bought a new 37 pound rock(One solid Rock that is in the center of the tank) the rest of the rock that is now in my 180, all came from the 65(it goes to show you how much rock I had on the 65). Crazzy!
I must have probably around 40 pounds of live rock left. I will probably put a couple of small pieces in the refugium and the rest is going to the LFS. ALso going back to the LFS for trade several colonies of zoanthids, green leather, Pom Pom Zenia etc...
My back is killing me
Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I am going to check the reef I might not sleep tonight to well.
Luis
Holy Cow Robbie! Thanx for the enthusiasm! You have played a major role in this journey.
Just finished moving the rest of the corals to the new reef. Most of them are placed in temporary spots until I receive the corals that Brian(www.Blowfishacuatics.com) has been holding for me for many weeks. Great guy! Awesome customer service.
I also transfered most of the rocks from the 65. I really dont need anymore rock on the 180. You can say that I just completed phase one of my aquascape. I am pretty happy with the center and the right of the tank. I still have some work to do on the left side. I only bought a new 37 pound rock(One solid Rock that is in the center of the tank) the rest of the rock that is now in my 180, all came from the 65(it goes to show you how much rock I had on the 65). Crazzy!
I must have probably around 40 pounds of live rock left. I will probably put a couple of small pieces in the refugium and the rest is going to the LFS. ALso going back to the LFS for trade several colonies of zoanthids, green leather, Pom Pom Zenia etc...
My back is killing me
Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I am going to check the reef
I might not sleep tonight to well.Luis
TG while the cycling is taking place, everything should be ok. Adam(Ajax)was just telling me today that as long as I left the algae alone and did not disturb it, the cleaning crew should take care of teh mess. I have started with 20 lefties, 20 blue legs and 20 snails. I will be adding twice that many in the next few days(from the 65). The tank has been up and running for a week now.
I have also added a Red sea Sailfin Tang that caught my eye this afternoon. Very docile and friendly little fellow. Also new to my reef this afternoon are a pair of tank raised perculas.
This evening I will be spending more time aquascaping the left side of the reef. I am thinking about puting back into the 65 a few of the colonies of zoanthids and ricordias(I have way to many). I have 350 ideas a minute as to what I should do on the left side and nothing rhymes in my head just yet:-(
Cheers!
Luis
I have also added a Red sea Sailfin Tang that caught my eye this afternoon. Very docile and friendly little fellow. Also new to my reef this afternoon are a pair of tank raised perculas.
This evening I will be spending more time aquascaping the left side of the reef. I am thinking about puting back into the 65 a few of the colonies of zoanthids and ricordias(I have way to many). I have 350 ideas a minute as to what I should do on the left side and nothing rhymes in my head just yet:-(
Cheers!
Luis
Luis, looks fantastic.
Two suggestions:
1. Use a quality ground fault interupter - it may save your life!
2. I suggest using a stainless steel catch pan (I had one made for about $100). The pan should be placed underneath the sump and plumbing. Even if you never have a leak (and you would be the first), it will also catch the salt creep from pipes.
I have mine drain into a drain, so in the event of a major disaster, at least I don't ruin the floor and carpet.
Mike
Two suggestions:
1. Use a quality ground fault interupter - it may save your life!
2. I suggest using a stainless steel catch pan (I had one made for about $100). The pan should be placed underneath the sump and plumbing. Even if you never have a leak (and you would be the first), it will also catch the salt creep from pipes.
I have mine drain into a drain, so in the event of a major disaster, at least I don't ruin the floor and carpet.
Mike
sharks
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Each ballast has 3 connections. A positive, negative, and a ground. Last year mine came with BNC connectors a lot like coax connectors that twist and lock down. The new ones are more like the AV cables on the back of you TV just with longer and fatter metal inserts. One of mine blew and they stopped making the BNC type. From the hood/fixture the connection is mage directly on the ballast. So you can mount the ballasts somewhere and if you need to take the fixture off you just undo the connections and take the fixture and the wire harness with it.
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