yeah its pretty exciting, more than likely, it will still be a 6footer, but a bit deeper wide and more shallow and also a new sump would be involved as well.

and a killer looking stand!:mrgreen:

Dougs in on this. Now I am really getting interested on what this tank looks like or have I all read seen it?

This is a tank in progress, no one has seen it.

well its offical, there is a new tank in the works.

here are the dimensions

72x24x20

abit longer than Sunny X ' s build

Its going to be alot different than my previous tank as this one is being built to my liking. Its not awhole lot bigger than my current tank but aesthetically this tank has me stoked.

Ooh.. New tank!! Exciting! I really do need to come see your existing tank before it is gone. Man, is Calgary like the only major city that doesn't do tank tours???

By the way, awesome tank dimensions! :-D

Dude you need more than 24 front-to-back COME ON. You grow colonies after-all.

yeah, i am stoked, and the tank break down has already started, the large orange birdnest is gone as well the sunset milli, its still packed, saturday a large part of things will be gone.

I am going to try n work things out so that i can have the coral and tank gone, before the new one arrives, just keeping the liverock in rubbermaids.

I have gone over it in my head many times now, and it should work out.

probably take a day off work to make sure things go well.

I wanted to go 30 deep but there was no way that it would fit in the same spot, so i went with keifer :razz:

I had received a piece of sample glass to see the polishinig, here are the pics.

its going to look sweet.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...000/glass2.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...000/glass1.jpg

We used to all the time! Geeez, you young newcomers think you're so everything. :p All it takes is for someone to organize one ....

Tony and Kien I really want to see your tanks sometime.

maybe in a few weeks. ????

so a quick pic of the old tank and an updated shot with colonies removed.

sorry for the quailty of the last pic, you can really tell that the glass is abit dirty. :redface:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/lastshot.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r.../lastshot2.jpg

Any ideas on what lighting system you will be running on the new tank John? Can't wait to see the tank built, that's going to be one amazing looking SPS tank considering the last one.

How do you plan on keeping your levels constant? Any reactors or dosers in the mix yet?
Levi

I am looking at the line of ATI fixtures, the new light will be for sure T5;s.

for the start up of the build and following willl be dosed the same ol way i have been doin. Seachem CA in the morning, Seachem KH at night.

A doser might be a good idea, but not sure yet. As its beenig planned out, but I will not know the total aspect of things until the tank and stand get here.

I hope I can live up to all these expections. One thing the new tank will be, less is more.

If you're ever down south drop me a line. Compared to yours or Kien's tanks though mine are not worth seeing, so I personally wouldn't beat a huge path to my door. :p

will do Tony, i heard your gorgs are awesome.

Just say when, door is always open (unless it happens to be closed, in which case ring the doorbell) :biggrin:

ring ring, thanks after I get things sorted out here, I am going to be making rounds to get inspired.

You can come look at this CRAZY colony I just got off some guy :lol:, pretty much just made my tank Uber nice.

Thats awesome, I will have to come by and check out your system as well.

The formosa will be a great piece for your tank, if you can find room, :lol:

Oh I found room pretty quick, I will grab a shot right away here but I'm actually laughing I'm so happy with how it looks in the tank.

yeah man, post that pic ASAP, it will be awesome to see how it looks in your tank.

Only have the crappy point and shoot right now, Devan added a bunch of Coral Snow right before I was about to take the photo so its a little white :neutral:.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5752/dscf9749n.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2199/dscf9750.jpg

i picked up some rod for the new rock work, i always said the next tank will not be a leaning tower of SPS.

I also did a huge move today to bring some of the colonies, (hahaha) to a friends tank. We got it all in, and i took pics along the way.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3840-1.jpg

Nice! So did you go with the solid rods or the hollow ones?

:razz:i went with the solid ones, two sizes, i think one is 1/2 inch and the other is 3/8.

thanks for the link Kien. :razz:

No prob! Looking forward to see what you do with those rods. I went with the hollow ones myself. Both should work just fine though.

yeah i seen those, i think either would be fine, they have alot of cool stuff at that shop.

well here is the move, a few shots of coral out of water, i thought the colors were looking good and a few size shots.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3845-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3848.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3850.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3852.jpg

this was probably the biggest i took out, 16x16 :twised:

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3855-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3857-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3860-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3859-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3861.jpg

hitting low tide, as water was coming out

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3865.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3867.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3868.jpg

Lobsterboy's formosa bucket. Leo eat your heart out, just jokes.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3872.jpg

LOL, I told my buddy just a few colonies. LOL

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3875.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3880-1.jpg

everything well really well, only one colonies got damaged like 15 frags damaged. Here they are in the new home. Awesome.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3894-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3891-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3887-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3890-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3888-1.jpg

and lastly, a current FTS of my tank.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/IMG_3873.jpg

Looks like the apocalypse, except that everyone has been transported to an alternate reality and are safe and sound :biggrin:

Wow, some of those colonies are HUGE! Isn't it crazy what fits inside the tank with everything intertwined together? I don't envy you, I would hate to be moving corals around. Looking forward to your new tank build!

yeah tis brutal in there now, and yes they are safe and sound. which is a HUGE relief.

yeah it was insane, took just over two hours, to get it all bagged and lugged to the car, only two trips though.

going to start to get the equipment together here soon enough.

i have some ideas, one thing is a new light fixture, which has been ordered.

here are some pics of some equipment that arrived today, thanks Bob for hand delivering the skimmer from Edmonton.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3924-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3923-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3925-1.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMG_3922-1.jpg

Lookin' sexy there John. Have you confirmed whether this is my old toy? If so clean it WELL.

confirmed its not your toy.

Glad your happy John, what we talked about still holds. Let me know if you have any questions.

yeah its pretty sweet, I will have to get a rubbermaid to get the break in time, so i can just bloop it in the sump.

When I was bringing it in to my place, a guy in the street said

" hey man nice bong "

needless to say I didnt try to explain to him what a protein skimmer is.

Wait till you fire that pump up! Then you'll truly be convinced that a BK in not to be messed with.

yeah I really cant wait, I am sure it will preform much better than my tunze nano. LOL.