Well since my big tank is on hold for awhile I'm going to build a 90 I had lying
around.

The rock is just piled in there, I started to drill the tank last night. I need to pick up a new hole saw to finish it.

I'm going to use my 400,'s over it and my BM250 is in a ten gallon sump below. I'm not sure how well that's going to work, we shall see.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_1999.jpg

Cool on the 90. What size tank is that skimmer in? is that all your going to use for a sump?

It's sitting in a ten gallon sump, that's all that will fit under there. I would like to go bigger, but I don't want to waste too much money on a tank that will only be up a year or so.

Well I finally got the 90 gallon up and running today.. It's not much to look at though. Anyone have any frags in a month or so? :lol:

90 Gallon
Bare Bottom
BM 250
400 W HQI - Not hung yet.

Heres my weak attempt at aquascaping.. I suck royally at it!

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_2013.jpg

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/%5B....jpg%5B/IMG%5D

maybe it would look better if you took some out

The pillar on the left has to stay.. it's hiding most of my stand pipe.

I'll get my better half to give me a hand with it.. I have no artistic eye what so ever.

For those of you that were following the big tank build thread, here's how the stand turned out.. Still waiting on door clips... almost finished.

We have decided on a new tank size.. 315 gallon. I have to hold off on ordering it for awhile though :-(

Cathrine, you were right... it ended up full of books!

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_2030.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_2029.jpg

what's the dimensions of a 315?

84x24x36

It will be a pain to maintain, but oh-well

Introducing Gilligan:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_2095.jpg
My wife is the name giver to all the fish. She went from Sailfin > Sailor > Gilligan

It's a little bare in there, I have a small frag pack coming from CoralMaster to get things started.

Picked up some SPS from CoralMaster. This is my first real shot at SPS, I hope I don't kill them.

My picture taking skills are lacking to say the least.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_2111.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_2110.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_2109.jpg
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http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_2105.jpg

Sheesh, I stop building the big tank and everyone disappears! :mrgreen:

Rescaped, I probably took out close to 50 lbs of rock. I also picked up a Powder Blue Tang

I'm going to have to get some food in him.....

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_2126.jpg

New scape looks good.. bare, but good... :lol:

There are corals in there........ really. You just can't see them. :lol:

Yep, much nicer with the islands.

Where you get the PBT?

I picked it up from Blue World. So far he has been great. Zero aggression against the Sailfin and it's eating like a pig.

Is it wrong to love a skimmer?

eeeewwww
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http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMG_2150.jpg

Yeap :mrgreen:

Very nice power blue tank. The skimmer looks to be the right size for your tank. may be you will need two for the next tank.:lol:

looks awsome. i really want some of that blue polyp birds nest as well. but i have to agree, the land scaping is amazing

Thanks!


Talk to Greg over at CoralMaster, that's where I picked up the Birdsnest

Lost my PB tang today. Not sure what happened, she was swimming fine and eating like a pig last night, she had put on a ton of weight since I got her. :sad:

I haven't changed anything in the tank lately except my P04 media.

Well that's a crappy thing.

Had a Potter's that went after 18 days in QT, eating and swimming, next time I looked dead. Always figured if the fish make it through the first week all would be okay but no.

Harsh, really sorry to hear that.... soooo many fish deaths lately... I lost a 6line Wrasse, Clown, and Anemone in 48 hours...

I think I'm going to stick with the two fish I have ( Sailfin & Clown ) and focus on corals until the big tank is running. Speaking of which if my wifes hinting means anything I should be able to order some time around X-mas.

Well looks like I'm battling Dino's now. I thought it was a diatom outbreak on steroids until I did some research. So for now I have taken my MH offline and I'm lighting my tank with a CF fixture I had sitting around for a reduced photo period. I also did a good sized waterchange, plus added all the powerheads I had to the tank. I changed out my PO4 media last week so that should be ok.

Well we have come to a crossroads of sorts, as some of you remember the glass brace on my 265 broke and that was followed up by the left hand pane cracking. The decision was made to replace the tank with a taller tank, around 36" or so. Well the quotes have come in for 36" glass and acrylic tanks. My wife and I have discussed the prices and neither one of us thinks the extra 6" gained is worth the 200% increase in price over a standard 265 gallon Reef Ready tank. I'm going to take the day to think about it, but it looks like we will be going with a standard 265 gallon.

Wow that sucks. I want to build an 8 footer starting in the new year. Looks like the dimensions might have to sacrifice a bit.

I'm working on getting the old tank out of the stand and out of the way, I'm not having much luck. I think I'm actually going to have to break it to get it out. I'm trying to avoid the mess that might cause though. :redface:

by breaking hope you mean breaking down as in cutting the silicone joints apart,

Nope, by breaking I mean breaking. ( Tape all the panes and crack them ) I can't get to any of the bottom seams, the tank is counter sunk into the counter top. I can't raise it out because the stand is wider then the tank by about a half inch and catches on the countertop. I can't remove the countertop because it is glued in across the front and at the two seams.

There would also be no leverage to try and lift the tank out, dropping the new one in should be easy as it's half the weight.

that's to bad.

1/2 the weight, going acrylic?

Good to see this build is slowly building back up... Good Luck getting the old tank out, sounds like you will need it.. :lol:

Who needs luck when you have a big hammer! :lol:

You should sell tickets for the a crack at smashing some of that tank. Say 20.00 per swing. Or at least Video it for you tube. :)

Shrink-wrap it before you bust it up if you can.

Well the new tank has been ordered, should be here in the next month or two. I went with glass, the more I thought about acrylic the more it scared me. I know for a fact I would scratch it. I'll have to find a few people for help when the time comes, but it only has to be moved once.

Anyways, here is the final drawing for the tank.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...kDrawing-1.jpg

Two months??? *lets that deep breath Ive been holding out*. Well the drawing looks good:mrgreen:.

I should draw up all the equipment and paste it all on the wall. It would be cheaper! :lol: