My carpet ate my first one and I just hot mh second one from aquarium illusions took it right from the box lol they go realllllllyyyy fast so j jumped right on it:)

what to be at bye!!!!!!!!
 

hey all i need some advice or for someone to brainstorm on what im gonna put in my tank lol so heres the layout the tank is as you all know 4x4x20" .....it has a section dived off at 36lx24wx20" origional plan was to house my snowflake eel.i believe its just about 75 gallons.

so all in all i have a " L " that is 130 gallons and a box that is 75 gallons

i was thinking possibly aggressive tank or non reefsafe in the 130 and do a mini reef in the 75 or i could do it vice versa have a small predator section and large reef any thoughts???

Yay rock:)
 

Picked up another 75 lbs of live rock yesterday so I'm up to about 130lbs and the rest will be tonga branch if I can find some dried. The rock I got last night has some really cool pieces and I got to pick out the best pieces from around 400lbs :):) swweeeeeeettttt!!!!!!

here is a pic of some of the shapes i have i think its really nice with lots of holes for corals especially zoas:)


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if anyone likes this rock i have a friend who has alot for sale its 5$/lb but has some real nice pieces big or small:):) cheers:)

Is that rock dry or live? You got some sweeeeeeet pieces!

Is it too late to take the divider out and just have one big tank? That's what I would do! Either that or move the divider so that it is half and half. I think it would look funny the way it is...? Got a pic? I'm assuming the two-tanks-in-one will share a sump? Might not be a good idea to have a predator share water with your reef. Predators tend to have big turds.

its all live rock a friend of mine has a overload of it i went through about 200lbs to pick out this stuff i was looking for specific pieces , hes got a load more for sale but no ads made just selling to friends etc.


here is a pic of the tank it is divided in half so from the front view you would see half and half and the tank is a full walk around tank with all 4side viewable. they will share the same sump and im literally still in the air about what to do with my two halfs see i have a snowflake eel hes still a juvie now but he will get bigger and then bigger again lol and soon he will start seeing food where he didnt see them before so he needs his own area .....so i think anyways.....that he will go in the 75g part pretty much to himself with a load of zoas .i will do a full on reef in the 130 lps/softie with the rock in the picture for one side and a mix of that rock and tongabranch on the adjacent side with some hardier sps and maybe some nems. im excited to own shrimp again lol my eel really likes them and after my last eel ate 5 cleaner shrimp in one night i wasnt taking any chances with this guy lol:)

the pic is a crappy pic but the left side of the pic will be the front so you will see a bit of both and then the 130 will wrap around the 75 in a " L " shape:):)

lol sorry here is the pic lol:):)http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1288051922

the next rock i buy will be tonga branch i will be buying dry rock and seed it in my liverock bin untill needed im hoping to buy around 60 lbs of it:):)

Uhm...I probably missed something, but there's a crack in the glass?! :eek:

Honestly, if I had that tank I would consider it such a shame to not have it one whole tank. I would buy a 6' 125 for the Eel. Cool to watch them swim one side to the other imo. That way you could put a few more predators in there put a giant chaeto filter in the sump. But that's just me. I would love to have that tank, I have always wanted a square tank with a center overflow.

Sump should be here next weekend along with replacement glass, light ring to mount my halides will be here by the end of the month. J finished the stand yesterday and got some 1" s&m foam for under my tank.

Lately alot if lights have fond there way into my house lol so here's what I got snd here's what I'm thinking :)

I have:

4x 400w pendants and ballast plus reflectors(no bulbs)
2x 250w fishneedit pendants and ballasts
48" Hamilton 2x175w metal halides plus actinics and ballasts
250 w mh retrofit plus ballast that runs 3x250w mh's
6 bulb t5 54w
4bulb retrofit actinics 39w

would you belive out of all this the only two I'm gonna use are the 2x250w fishneedit pendants I'll be buying 2 more I was also looking at the Cree led's and was thinking about buying 24 it would be 6 between each halide. Where my tank is only 20h do you think they would be alright??:):) thanks all

if someone has 2 250w fishneedit pendants and would like to do a trade for something in the list pls let me know:)

4x400w pendants? Hehehe...hello electricity bill! :p

Yeah I dontvthink they'll be used in this build but I may them all as a package for my other pendants and apex:)

tank is now on stand and in place ready for repair, believe it or not i trusted my roomate agin to help me put it up there lol ...he did good this time:) hes gonna start a profile here with his nano soon and call himself tankdropper lol too funny:):) heres some pics of the tank on the stand:):)http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1290229638







one for size comparison:)


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Just an FYI.... but I don't think Duct Tape is gonna do the job. Might consider screws or nails. LOL.

haha nice but how do you think i kept the tape down ??? lol

Very cool Denny, glad the tank made it safely to the stand this time. Also love the idea of it being split into two sections so you can house different types of fish in the same tank without issues of them hurting one another.

So how is the sump going to go in there? Place sump and set stand on top?

the back of the stand is completely opened and will have two magnetic doors on it and the sump has been measured by myself and the builder and designed to fit in there with comfort:) any idea where to get magnetic doors to??

thanks laurie im so glad it went well truth be told i moved it from the kitchen by myself lol i just put it on a blanket and dragged it lol:)

Where to buy them? I would say get some industrial magnets and build the doors yourself.

Otherwise I am sure Home Depot has those little magnet door things like you see on bathroom cabinets.

Either way I am sure you need to build the doors and simply add magnet attachment.

Well glad to say the sump arrived today and I also got my tank repaired today as well with new glass. Thans to reefcanada for building me a kick ass sump , thus thing is massive and designed with a large fuge and fragtank. Fragtank and fuge will be visible from the front of the stand through acrylic:)

Next step is to hunt down some plumbing and bulkheads and gather up some things like sand, salt

I have a phosban reactor I'm gonna buy in mind and I'm also buying a ro/di, apex controller, mp40, 2 chamber media reactor just after Christmas:)

it's going to be a few weeks before I can do a freshwater fill because if the repair so tomorrow I'm gonna start the outside of the stand , nothing to fancy just drywall and nice trim.the idea of short shelf/step right around the bottom to view in through the top and do maintanance came up abd I'm thinking I may go for it :)

light ring will be here shortly abd I can mount the 4 metal halide pendants and order some led's

Still alot of work left to do and I don't expect to see anything in there living untill spring sometime so I have lots of time to work out bugs:):):):)




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Yes indeed your light ring is coming, if I am lucky I can built it next week and bring it up to you next weekend. Have been stupid busy the last month working 7 days a week and up to 18 hrs a day :wacko: ,have even had a couple 36 hr days:faint:

Keep you posted, look forward to seeing the finish set-up.

full tank pics and sump shots:):)
 

well finally got some pics ,sorry been a busy week but here they are:):)



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Dam that is one sweet sump!! Now the pressure is on that lazy ass who is building your light ring to get his act together and get it done :redface:

Looks really cool... but WAAAAAAAY too much for me.

no rush here buddy lol its two weeks minimum before i can add any water so ill wait around three and then im going to do a freshwater fill and im thinking i will get the 75g part up and running so my fish in my house will be happy and i will then work on the reef part:):) so no need to rush im takin er slow lol:):)

thanks little buddy shes coming along, i think the zoas are gonna love it :) your tanks looking nice btw glad to see your getting the algae problem licked:):)

thanks, the fuge and fragtank take up a good chunk and will have their own drain and i have the room for 2 return pumps and lots of room for my skimmer plus reactor section:):)

its made so it holds 8" of water and the section with the fuge and frag tank will be just about filled and viewable from the window in the stand.im going to use leds to light them up. i think i am going to add some shelfs to the fragtank to keep them higher and insight without having to look in and down:):)

Well I still need to get it done, material is going to be picked up tomorrow. I will send you some pic's as I build it for your thread.

that would be sweeeeeet :) thanks grizz:):)

OH. WOW.
I'm speechless.
I was away for a bit and, WOW!! Denny!!!
I am so JEALOUS!! I wanted to rush and show Tim what you did (but he's at work right now). It is massive! and beautiful! and all that!! And it doesn't even have water in it yet! Cannot wait to see it filled. Greaat job, Denny. Love the sump, too.

Thanks Lenny I'm loving it I sit there and stare at it in my living room and like you said it doesn't even have water lol

I have enough stuff to get it running but I'm gonna wait untill I have the things I really want . Besides salt and other small things like plumbing my next purchases are gonna be ...apex, reactors, LEDs, ro/di :) it's a few weeks before it can even get wet so I'll tinker with the stand , order the LEDs, and hunt down some reactors and an ro/di. I'm gonna start stock piling change water from my other tanks and see how many gallons I can get built up:):):)

Humm good idea! :lol: Awesome sump and its great to see the tank put back together! I can't wait to see it with water :multi:

Was a good idea eh Wayne lol how come you never thought of that lol :) well your idea worked like a charm it slid easy peasy japaneasy:):)

Well I was a little bored today and decided to build something in hope's that someone might be interested in it, take a look and if you know anyone who might like to have this over there tank LMK. :biggrin:




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i doooooo!!!!!!!!! lol that looks sweet man looks even better than i thought it would:):) thanks grizz for building this for me i cant wait to see it over the tank when its all running:) very clean looking:)

No problem, now I just have to get it up to you. Should be able to come up next week.

No worries grizz buddy glad to see it done and it's just what I wanted I'm gonna mount the pendants on the " x " part and LEDs on the " + " part:) :)

Wow, what an amazing building thread!! Looking good Denny!!