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reefwars 10-23-2014 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tang daddy (Post 918068)
Nice work guys, can't wait to see this up and running. Plus 2 on a custom sump, like how you've set up ato and dosing compartments in it aswell.

Out of curiousity what does a sump like this cost?

thanks man we love the sump and i could have went a bit more crazy but this is all i really needed for this setup :)

sump was about $300 and runs completely quiet and bubble free:)

ive done sumps that make this look basic and simple , some of the crazy designs we have came up with customers have kept me on my toes lol :)


more to come!!

Misses.ReefWars 10-23-2014 11:11 PM

ok time to get the water lines on the island and waterfall and to fill this with water and take it for a test drive:)


for the island we were going to use 1/4" tubing but after going through all the trouble to install it all even hooked up to a mag 9 couldn't push water through it , an option was to use a dosing pump but they don't have a lot of flow so....we had to go with a slightly larger tubing at 3/8" diameter

the lines are fed via a " tee " off the jebao 12000 and there are three lies in total for the island and one line for the water fall , this way by using a large return pump we had some extra umfff and set the flow rate properly:)

once the lines were figured out we used some small pieces of pukani to cover them up and then some fijicrete and sand to hide it and make it not so notciable:)

you can also get a better view of the epoxy basins we made for the island:)

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one line we decided to not have a basin and flows down into the water line:

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waterline neatly hidden down the backside of the island:)

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it works:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps36147abb.jpg

Misses.ReefWars 10-23-2014 11:17 PM

water in to see how the levels all lined up:)

video of the fill:

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psbfed82a4.mp4


pics:

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had to add a small piece to the waterfall as the drop to waterline was to much and created noisee and bubbles:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0e86d5ae.jpg

Misses.ReefWars 10-24-2014 08:49 PM

ok so fast forward through our cycle and we have a rough finished look , even a few first tester corals from our prop systems:)

light has now been mounted above and about this time hooked our doser to automate additives:)

we have been carbon dosing vinegar since the first day water was added and have had no measurable No3 or P04 and to this day am still on my first batch of gfo :)

gotta love nipping it in the butt right out the gate:)

tank is being dosed 40ml of %5 white vinegar throughout a 24 hr period:)


http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psbe1e61e8.jpg

pay no attention to the ugly koralias there are rplaced by 2 x jebao rw-4 shortly:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9e80e103.jpg



getting close to where we are today , tank still has a lot of corals to add but is coming along nicely :)

we will post our stocking plans here next for corals and fish

thanks for following!!

lastlight 10-24-2014 10:10 PM

great job guys i love the look of that.

reefwars 10-24-2014 11:28 PM

ok so stocking plans:)


we have quite an extensive collection of zoanthids so the idea is to populate the island right at the water line with all our collector zoanthids , some sps and a few other frags :)

below the waterfall and bottom section of the island will be mostly lps with a few zoanthids mixed in:)

fish/shrimp so far we have :

2 x clown gobys
2 x neon gobies
1 x sailfin blenny
1 x sunburst anthias
2 x cleaner shrimp
1 x halloween crab



we would like to still add:

more cleaner shrimp ( 2 more)
some more clown gobies ( 2 more )
my pair of trojan clownfish ive had for years
my citron goby



coral list so far that we have:


too many zoanthids to list lol ( 150+ types)
large golden torch ( 6 heads)
metallic green octospawn
metallic green wall hammer
black torch ( hehe )
green tip octospawn ( wall )
ausiie warpaint scolymia
dragon soul favia ( x 2 )
25 ultra florida rics ( 100 more coming !)
large green and white flower anemone
favias ( green/red, toxic, black eye favia )
white polyp toadstool
orange clove polyps
large acan lord ( red and blue)
4 x chalices ( tubbs alien eye , alien eye , meltdown , cotton candy )
large blastmussa colonie ( 40 heads-purple and green )
gorgonians ( ORA grube, purple frilly , corky etc)
NPS gorgonian - menella sp. ( red with yellow polyps)
golden scroll coral
yellow fiji leather
australian lobo ( very nice)
cluster of red mushrooms
green and teal symphyllia
joker australomussa ( green and purple )
colony of aussie duncans


sps:

RR red diablo
ponape birdsnest
birds of paradise
pink birdsnest
joe the coral
blue tenuis
tyree pink lemonade
bali green slimer
orange setosa
a few RR wilds as well :)

inverts :5" ultra tahitian clam from reefraft





quick wish list:


master scoly
some australian dendros
orange elegance
red or blue gigantea carpet anemone
rainbow chalice
some more RR sig sps
rainbow welsophyllia
rainbow australomussa


plus im sure a lot more:)


up next , pics on where we are today as well how it all looks now :)

stay tuned!!

reefwars 10-30-2014 12:51 AM

and some pics of where we are today


still lots to add but we will post pics as we go along


enjoy!!


some fts:


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next up some close ups in and around:)

reefwars 10-30-2014 12:53 AM

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reefwars 10-30-2014 12:55 AM

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reefwars 10-30-2014 12:57 AM

some tops downs:

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reefwars 10-30-2014 12:59 AM

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reefwars 10-30-2014 01:05 AM

and heres a video we took of how the tank looks at the moment:)

enjoy!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raiJ...ature=youtu.be

eli@fijireefrock.com 10-30-2014 01:26 AM

its amazing how different taking a video from pictures as it shows the better details of the build.
And of course love the filling of corals

monza 10-30-2014 02:40 AM

It's really coming along, looks great. I wonder if there is like a beach crab or a plant or something you could add to the above water line exposed rocks might be another level of reef??

reefwars 10-30-2014 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monza (Post 918941)
It's really coming along, looks great. I wonder if there is like a beach crab or a plant or something you could add to the above water line exposed rocks might be another level of reef??

There is indeed I'll have more on that later but the top has some big plans we still have mangroves to add as well:)

Thanks guys camera sucks at picking up the tanks beauty:)

monza 10-30-2014 02:53 AM

Mangroves came to mind but I thought they'd get to tall? Looking forward to what's coming.

(My zoos are all rocking, thanks again!)

reefwars 10-30-2014 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monza (Post 918944)
Mangroves came to mind but I thought they'd get to tall? Looking forward to what's coming.

(My zoos are all rocking, thanks again!)

Hey buddy , glad you like the zoas we got some cool ones coming to add to the collection and the display :)

If they anything like my mangroves I have now it's been 2 years and I'm at about a foot lol I have some ideas for the mangroves and if they become to tall I can trim them off , I did that with the ones I have now prob why they wont grow fast lol

:)

tang daddy 10-30-2014 05:12 PM

Wow nice build, filled it fast too. Can't wait to see the tank mature....
Great job!

kien 11-06-2014 05:15 PM

Finally getting around to catching up with this thread. WOW. That's looking killer ! Love the bromie aquascape !

Misses.ReefWars 11-06-2014 05:18 PM

starting to get the bulk of our goods in there , we still have some arranging to do but here's some updated pics just after adding our clams and some more livestock:)


fish list :

2 x clown gobies
2 x neon gobies
sailfin blenny
2 x trojan picasso clowns
3 x adult mated trio of pajama cardinals
1 x citron goby
1 x heniocus




enjoy:)


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blues:

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps117f5512.jpg


once we finish arranging some things we shoot some more pics we still have alot to add lol :)

Misses.ReefWars 11-06-2014 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kien (Post 919991)
Finally getting around to catching up with this thread. WOW. That's looking killer ! Love the bromie aquascape !

good timing we just did a quick update :)



thanks kien!

Ryanerickson 11-06-2014 05:59 PM

Great looking tank mr. and Mrs. Reefwars 😃

Misses.ReefWars 11-06-2014 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryanerickson (Post 919998)
Great looking tank mr. and Mrs. Reefwars 😃

thank you, we are fully enjoying it :mrgreen::mrgreen:

lastlight 11-06-2014 07:09 PM

looks awesome love the floating scolly. your gridwork frag layout on the floor will get randomized? your photos have improved a bunch too =)

a little clip showing the water falling in would be sweet hint hint...

Misses.ReefWars 11-06-2014 07:16 PM

forgot our 1x tailspot blenny lol :redface:

Misses.ReefWars 11-06-2014 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 920009)
looks awesome love the floating scolly. your gridwork frag layout on the floor will get randomized? your photos have improved a bunch too =)

a little clip showing the water falling in would be sweet hint hint...


ahh i am on to you ;P as for the frag layout that's denny's beautiful work :lol: soon enough we will have them glued randomly onto the rock work hehe

JDigital 11-09-2014 09:38 PM

Looks awesome guys! You did a great job with it!

Misses.ReefWars 11-13-2014 12:48 AM

hey everyone:)

a little video we took :) its really starting to get full :mrgreen:

so we have 100 ricordias florida arriving tomorrow for the front as well this weekend we really start to fill in the top of the island with our zoas:)

enjoy everyone:)


cheers

video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mtE...SqTEXU_Zqv-P9g

FishyFishy! 11-13-2014 01:55 AM

Private Video?

kien 11-13-2014 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FishyFishy! (Post 920952)
Private Video?

That's exactly the kind we like around here!

.. wait, what are we talking about ?

FishyFishy! 11-13-2014 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kien (Post 920963)
That's exactly the kind we like around here!

.. wait, what are we talking about ?


BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

reefwars 11-13-2014 03:38 PM

haha fixed :mrgreen::mrgreen:

enjoy:)

reefwars 11-23-2014 05:19 PM

Took some pics over the weekend and we will post them in the next few days but tank is on cruise control , our large maxima the one that had pinched mantle seems to have made a full recovery and back to his normal self after a few fresh water baths. All our gorgs we added have now finished doing there shedding from going to a new system and look great:)

A little while ago we had a mishap with the doser and I put the wrong cap on the vinegar bottle instead of an A I put a V on the Alk bottle so I thought it was vinegar ...stupid me set it up and was dosing Alk on a vinegar schedule while another pump was dosing Alk on its reg schedule , dkh went to 14 before we caught it but is now back down and problem rectified . We got a little stn on a couple acros but that has stopped so could have been worse :)

We are going to be finishing the cabints over Xmas which we are going to be doing I think in stone if not some sort of tile :)

Funny enough the loudest part of the system and the only thing that can even be heard is the jebao dc pump even on speed 3 it drives me nuts lol the enclosing of the stand should help though:)

Will post pics soon as well another video:)

FishingGoalie 11-23-2014 05:29 PM

Just read threw the whe thread and that is so AWESOME i love the idea of a waterfall. Just wondering if you have problems with crabs and snails climbing out?

Maybe i can come take a peak at it sometime soon and get some more corals as well :)

Looking Great Ruth and Denny :p

reefwars 11-23-2014 05:38 PM

Glad you like it little buddy , so far we only have a Halloween hermit he stays down low but all the snails hang out of water all day which has been working great at keeping both the waterfall and island clean :) none on the floor yet but everyone keeps asking if the snails are OK out of water and I say they found their way there themselves lol


Swing by anytime buddy and check it all out , calgary should host a tank tours I'd gladly showoff the waterfall tank and zoanthids beds for anyone who would like to see them:)

FishingGoalie 11-23-2014 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 922293)
Glad you like it little buddy , so far we only have a Halloween hermit he stays down low but all the snails hang out of water all day which has been working great at keeping both the waterfall and island clean :) none on the floor yet but everyone keeps asking if the snails are OK out of water and I say they found their way there themselves lol


Swing by anytime buddy and check it all out , calgary should host a tank tours I'd gladly showoff the waterfall tank and zoanthids beds for anyone who would like to see them:)

Awesome ill see what my plans are for this week :)

reefwars 11-27-2014 12:03 AM

tank is crusing along well :)


lost our bannerfish though which wasnt a big surprise ive never had much luck with them before but was hoping it would be diff but alas it was not:(


as well our squamosa over the last week has been shut down , i couldnt figure out why but was home most of the day today and found out the issue ....turns out our pair of neon gobies are eating him , they are attacking him every five mins so ill have to set up a small trap and get the little buggers out its not worth losing $800 in clams for $40 in fish lol

on the plus side our large maxima tear drop on the right of the tank has recovered fully from the pinched mantle after some freshwater baths , and the gobies dont seem to be interested yet i the maximas only the squammie lol


here are some pics , i need to invite someone over that has a better camera than my s5 does but till then it gets the job done:) (kien!!!)

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Misses.ReefWars 12-15-2014 06:09 PM

things are doing well , we added the rest of our ricordias puts us at close to 100 shrooms lol as well we added a very large sebae anemone to the family :) had to move the tube anemone to the back in the dark to make room for the sebae:)


rock is becoming covered in coraline and everything is healing nicely from the dosing going awol

still at 40mls of vinegar and no readable nitrates or phosphates , still on original batch of gfo and the tank has only seen a couple water changes:)


flow is a bit of a bitch but we are working on it , still have the koralia in there until we decide what top do :)


here are some pics and a video coming once it loads:)


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all blues on :

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Zoaelite 12-15-2014 06:13 PM

Ruth I'm still in love with this tank, that being said your photos don't do the tank justice! Colors are SO much more vivid in real life.

When I come over next to grab another frag pack I will bring the Canon!

Misses.ReefWars 12-15-2014 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoaelite (Post 925313)
Ruth I'm still in love with this tank, that being said your photos don't do the tank justice! Colors are SO much more vivid in real life.

When I come over next to grab another frag pack I will bring the Canon!

100% agreed!!! Sitting in front of it zoning into all the beautiful colours and movement aren't captured as well in photos even in videos, I think most reefers will agree to this:lol:

Oooeee please do bring along the canon, we could sure use your photography expertise ;ppp


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