Great pics. Ha. Better get my camera out instead of stupid cell phone

Looks like you've been busy internet shopping!!! :D Looks like some nice frags!

Yea. Its the wines fault again. :lol:

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Well all my new rock & water is back in the 90g. The lonely chromis is glad to be out of tub by the looks of him. Cruising all over. Boss man for now. :smile:

That's a nice looking piece of equipment! We need pics of the tank or it didn't happen. ;)

Yes it's a very good quality reactor. Part of the reason I went with George.

Tank looks same as before. Almost exact same rock placement. I take a pic tomm of my tank and super duper Concept overflow. :biggrin:

Well that's no fun! ;)

It was nice the first try so used the same. Two more from my 50 need to go in also. To many corals encrusted not to.

Took a couple pieces of rock from my sump and put them on the tank. Mandarin & copperband are all over them.

30 plus years of plumbing aquariums, never a plumbing leak. NOW however!!!!!!! Small leak in return line...shut off pump, close drain valves, tank runs over because I unplugged skimmer instead of return pump.
Fix and clean up mess. Turn back on next day. ..New return line leak. How is that possible. Cut all drains and returns off near sump and redid them all. Still drying.
This is last time before a Red Sea Max 250. I know where theres one with my name on it.:D

Well I redid it and turned it back on yesterday. Another dribble. I can't speak. Must have a bad plc glue or something. Even Im not that stupid. :lol:
Then looking at my fish and my scopas who's been back in my tank for over a week, has ick. How the &^%# does he go from perfect health in a healthy tank to ick. Good thing I have bad luck as otherwise I would have none at all.
Im feeding Garlic infused frozen & flakes. Hopefully it clears up.

Oh ya and I redid the plumbing yet again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Much neater. :mrgreen:

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Lookin good Doug! That sucks about your plumbing woes!

Thanks Mindy. I think the plumbing woes are fixed. Heading home from Calgary today with a nice haul of sps frags. Got to meet Greg and see his jaw dropping tank. Was a nice visit with a great host

Sorry to hear you were in Calgary, but that's awesome you got Snappy frags! :D

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What the heck is all of this Doug I can't speak lol

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Where is your tank Mikey. I have a 90g you can have cheap. :lol:

LOL i gave my nephew my cube for helping me installing a filtering system and plus the tank would go good in the house.

Glad we finally got to meet after all these years. :biggrin:

Nice tank doug

I enjoyed the visit Greg. Love looking at tanks as accomplished as yours. :thumb:. May have to come for more frags though. :smile:

Thanks Mike but had big problems. No answers or ideas. Never before such problems. Lost corals, and fishes. My clowns are sick but in quarantine being treated. :sad:

I have a 35g RSM with my stuff moved in. Pretty nice tank as you know. Not the large one but thats fine.

What is wrong with the tank. Maybe the silicone

No idea Mike. Don't think so. Even used reef safe. Its all wrapped up outside for sale now.

I'll look forward to your next visit & maybe we can take more time

Tanks DONE. Wrapped up waiting for sale. Can only take so much. Lost several hundred $$$$$$ in frags. Scoops gets ick out of the blue?????? Lost several fish. Never in all my years have I had problems like that.
Now I have my prized pair of percs in quarantine trying to save their life, with momma looking out of the glass at me for help. SAD.
I have moved my remaining corals and frags plus the surviving fish to my 35g RSM I got from a good friend. Will start a thread on it at a later date after this passes.
Anywho its the end of this one. Shows you should be happy with what you have. My 50g Fluvial was doing great, fish happy and great coral growth & colour. But oh no, have to upgrade. BLAH !!!!!!

For sure Greg. I would like that. :smile:

Sorry to hear about the bumpy road this build took. Forgive me if I am misunderstanding, but your scopas got ick (and died?) and you have the clowns in QT, but you moved other fish and coral to the 35g RSM? Wouldn't that guarantee the the RSM has ick now? It's also very late, so I may be missing something obvious.

In any event, you must have the patience of Job to continue after this roller coaster of a tank build. I'd feel like throwing in the towel if I had to go through this! I hope things settle down with your next one.

The three in the RSM did not show sick signs. My copperband, {of all fish}. bangaii & leopard wrasse seem to be all fine. The 35 was not running before. Contents are form the larger reef. I had to save what corals I could, especially the rack full I just brought back from Calgary.

I lost the male clown this morning. The female was giving him little pushes to get him moving. :sad: Mind you she always did that. Was a terrible morning for me. I sure hope the female makes it.

All my remaining rock is outside in a large tub with a couple of large powerhead. Will have yo go fishless for a couple months before use is another tank. Not mine, its for sale $200 for about 150lbs.

Thanks for the post.

Any news on your tank

Its outside all wrapped up. You want me to send it to you? :lol:

What size

Standard 90g & stand

No info. Hmm, wth happened??

I really have no idea Mindy. It started downhill for who knows why. The scopas developed ick. My water looked like crap. Checked every parameter. Either something got in there or problem with the rock.
Corals started to recede. Nothing stopped it. Water changes, etc. Ick spread. Moved my clowns to quarantine to try save them. Took stuff out t see if it could be saved. Ended up being the whole tank. All the corals that survived went into my 35g. Lost half of them over the next few weeks.
Clowns put up a good fight but lost in the end. I sat there and cried as they suffered. My copperband of all fish never missed a beat. Bangaii, fire fish, leopard wrasse and all inverts fine. Who knows. I tried using all my 35 yrs experience to turn it around or figure it out. BLAH. Just excepted it for what it was. DOH !!!!!!!!!

:sad:Very sorry for your loss.

Thank you

Ya, so sorry !
Your scaring me , my tank transfer is coming up.
Mark