Finished the all important egg create on top of the overflow (however I'm sure the little gobies who will first be living in this tank will find their way though :mmph:)
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Made some egg create stands. One for the pump to sit on (hose for the pump was a few inches to short to reach the bottom)
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one for the skimmer
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skimmer taking a vinegar bath
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Did a power out situation (I don't have the loc-line pieces I need to raise the water level higher) to make sure the sump wouldn't over flow, needless to say I have an inch to spare, cutting it close though.

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Added salt :mrgreen:
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Which raised the water level a lot more then I thought it would. The black line is where the water level was, and I drew an arrow to show where the level rose to.
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Looks nice it's coming together! Is that a marineland tank? looks like it... they're nice.

As for the stand for the return pump... I've plumbed my last 2 tanks with the return pump dangling from the piping so the bottom doesn't touch the glass. Helped a lot with noise levels on my eheim 1262 and well... my current laguna pond pump doesn't have a flat base anyways lol.

Ya, Im just nervous about suspending it..... It's only on there with one of those plastic ratcheting hose clamps ATM.....it would suck if the pump popped off the hose..... I will probably secure it a little better when I go up next

Ya I made a stand cause Doug (for the reasons he mentioned above) told me to.

Not sure what brand of tank it is. I bought it from another canreef member. I'll check it when I'm at home and see if it says anything on the tank.

Back to froggy pic's and my new feather duster

Excuse me mister duster I'm coming though
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What you taking pictures again?
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Here get my good side
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feather duster
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Doug's zoas
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Mystery coral that was on the zoa frag plug above, but was stinging them so I broke it off.
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Finally got around to hanging my T5 light over my 80g (thanks to my Mom for helping) and got the light (that was over the 80g) up over the 34g.

let there be light :biggrin:
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Now to rinse some sand :mrgreen:

looking awesome Laurie! That feather duster is sweet and love Doug's zoa's!

oooh really digging the new frogs crib

Thanks got the feather duster from AI on the store tours. I remember you asking about the fisheri angel I got at breakfast, I did post a pic of it in my 230g tank journal thread.

Thanks, it's coming along nicely. It will be awhile though before froggy get his upgrade though. It will be a nice home for Doug's little fish and critters from his 30g tank first.......and maybe a pipefish fish or two will sneak their way in :wink:

Maybe someday I'll get to come visit the zoo :mrgreen:

If you're ever in town your welcome to see my zoo :mrgreen:

Tested the salinity and it was at 1.030 :surprise: Oops! transferred some RO water and got it to 1.025 and took some water out to make room for the sand.

Hello sand storm! Skimmer is on line now, turned down low, I'm kinda paranoid cause I don't want it to overflow.

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Once the sand has settled I'll eventually add the rock :mrgreen:

Thats a sweet little setup

Thanks Blom

Sand is in and water is clearing up :biggrin:
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Now I just need to motivate myself and move the rock in :mrgreen:

I missed this thread somehow. I love the new setup! Froggy's are sooooo cute! Hey, I should put one in MY nano!

How are you liking the BM? I haven't ever looked at them or considered them before...looks a lot like a SWC or Skimz. Seems like having the pump in the skimmer body is the new fad for small skimmers. I like this new fad...makes nano sumps a lot easier! :D

Thanks Mindy. I do like the BM skimmer pulled out a lot of foamy gunk after I added the sand. Love having the pump in the skimmer body, saves a lot of room that way, especially when you don't have a lot of room to work with in the first place.

The BM skimmer was orginally supposed to be a small Nac 3.5 but Dave (concept aquatics) didn't have them in stock so I got upgraded to a Nac-7, got an excellent deal on it which I couldn't turn down. A bit over kill (rated for 130-185g) but I figure if I ever upgrade I wont need a new skimmer :lol:

:lol: Always thinking of the upgrade! That's what I was thinking when I bought an SWC 120 cone for my 20 gallon nano! :D

Good to know I'm not the only one :mrgreen:

Oh and you should totally put a frogfish in your nano :thumb:

Rock is in :mrgreen: The "Ideas for aquascapeing thread" had these pic's in it

http://reefbuilders.com/files/2010/0...-aquascape.jpg

http://www.3reef.com/forums/attachme...1&d=1297280257

Which inspired me to do this (took a few tries and a small puncture in my finger to it get to right and fairly stable). I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. Water isn't entirely clear yet as I just finished scaping not to long ago but you get the idea :biggrin:

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That looks pretty darn sweet!!

Very very sweet, that is perfect for that size of tank, nice job Doug's girly :biggrin:

Thanks it took me an hour and a half to get it done, but all in all it wasn't to bad, and like how it turned out (which normally doesn't happen when I aquascape it myself). I have to admit the pic ideas helped me stick to a plan so it was easier to follow though on that idea then to place rock where ever and hope it looks good :lol:

Nice work how is that thing held together?

Feng shui balance :wink:

Just spent a lot of time tetris"ing" the rock on top of each other until I could press down on it without it being too tippy.

So fill me in here, is this tank right near your front door? I thought the groggy was behind the bar? You might have posted it earlier but I am to lazy to star at post one :biggrin: What all to do plan to put in this tank with Mr Kermit?

Nice build! I love that froggy too! I have the bm skimmer and its pretty good. I got it from my brother. The only complaint is that the meshwheel break (I'm not sure if yours came with the meshwheel or if they have upgraded to the needle style wheel, but I would recommend having a spare on hand just in case).

Looking forward to seeing more of this cute little guy :biggrin:

groggy? I don't have a groggy...I have a Froggy :razz:

My frogfish is in a 10g tank that is by my bar downstairs. My 34g is in my main living-room, upstairs by the front door. The 34g will be home to Doug's tankmates from his 25g, so he doesn't have to move his 25g and 110g all at the same time. Then after he is fully moved in and he has his 260g running (wont be until after March 2012 sometime) and has added on a 30g ish tank to that system, then we'll move his fish and coral over (the ones that will be in my 34g) to his small tank, and then move my froggy to my 34g.

Good to know thanks :biggrin:

Water is clearer now so better pic's

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They always put light switches in the worst spots don't they? :lol:

Nice rockwork!

Actually that is my mystery light switch, it doesn't seem to be connected to anything.

Thanks :biggrin:

Looks great Laurie!

Fireplace maybe?

The fireplace is a wood burning one, so no that wouldn't be it. I've tested many ideas over the years to see what it could possibly be connected to, but nothing panned out. Literally doesn't seem connected to anything.

It would be a kick if every time you flick the switch the neighbours kitchen light went on & off :lol:

poor guy next door is like "WTF goes on with these with these gosh darn lights!!!:noidea:":mrgreen:

:lol: A few years ago my friend suggested the same, doubtful but it would be funny.

When I tried to put a GFIC plug in for the tank (couldn't get it to work) I noticed that there was 2 extra black wires (capped) in the plug outlet. That outlet is right below the light switch so maybe there is someway to connect it to that :noidea: