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I would offer you a solution, but Im to busy bragging about my tank:mrgreen::lol:
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Doug your keyboard is broken! It missed an apostrophe and an o there. :lol:
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And you finally found that comment? Hahah. Jokes BYE! |
beautiful build, love the precision and attention to detail..
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So my rock arrived today. It's KILLING me having to finish some work work before I can get down to business with these filthy yet SEXY pieces of rock.
Big shelf piece: http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/rock1.jpg Pop can is on my base rock for my tower. Beside it is my other shelf piece which I think WAS even bigger than the other but two 6" pieces were broken off in my box. Does anyone think it is worth trying to superglue the pieces back onto the rim of the parent piece? http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/rock2.jpg Bucket of various boulders: http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/rock3.jpg Measurements. Both shelf pieces are in this box so my kid doesn't jump on them (I hope!) http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/rock4.jpg Measurent of my base rock which the shelves will mount to: http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/rock5.jpg I wasn't the only one that BRS made happy today! http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/rock6.jpg |
You are a lucky man to be able to have all that stuff on the nice kitchen counter and stove... I would get a lickin'!
Now let's get on with putting it together and more pics... I think I started after you three....and ummm...*cough cough*.. Nuff said :) |
Nice pieces. I love that shelf rock from BRS. A warning though: I believe there may be considerable amounts of phosphates tied up in that rock. When I used it I had an unbelievable outbreak of hair algae.
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Guys I found a DEAD FISH jammed into the top of one of the shelves haha. Yeah there's gonna be some phosphates! I'm not lighting the tank for at least a month. Just let it run and do weekly water changes.
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The rock's DIRTY stuff. My plan is to assemble the structures in the empty tank. Should I fill/drain the tank with cheap tapwater a few times after I'm done to get rid of a BIT of the crap/phosphates in the rock and then do ro/di? I know tapwater has phosphates etc but wouldn't this at least work like diffusion? Rock must have way more an some would leech out...
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You could pressure wash it?
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Is the crap on the outside (which washing would help knock off) my biggest concern or is it what's inside the rocks? I was thinking of at least scrubbing each rock in the sink before I used it...
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If it were me ... I'd just give the stuff a hosing and deal with it. Especially since the plan is to run a little while still without livestock .. just let it diffuse and cycle out.
Those pieces are massive!! Should be great to see the final 'scape. Dez, you really need to get that cough checked out! LOL! |
Tony layoff Dez. He's about buying coral and has no time for this crap LOL!
Yeah I'm giving each rock the ole rub'n'tizzug in the sink and putting the puzzle together. I am takin' it slow and will try and keep the lights OFF but I imagine I'll be sitting in front of the tank even with my dead rock in it. |
Hurry up and get the DAMN rock in the tank! I can't wait to see those big shelves. Any idea yet how the 'scaping is going to be? A couple of big towers?
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The left will be a really big tower I think with most of my shelf pieces. Maybe all of them. Then open sand maybe. Then on the right will be the two pieces I've had laying in there for some time. Tho I may build them up a bit. But much more open on the right side...
Of course when I start getting dirty who knows what I'll decide. I change my mind every 10 minutes. |
Ha Ha I know what you mean. The end result of my scape wasn't anything like the way I had it pictured in my head. I liked the way it turned out though. (after 3 hours of.........move this rock here, no here. Yes, no, maybe.)
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Is your rock on egg-crate Lance?
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You know what Brett.... I had all these hopes and dreams of using rods and stuff to put my rock together. I also thought about building a pvc frame....
But in the end I got too anxious and didn't want the hassle of trying to hide the pvc or glue rock together - plus I was dealing with live rock, not dry rock... Soooo, what I'm suggesting is to .... um, just put the rock in there and get some life in it.... No, actually I really appreciate your patience and attention to detail in this build. There better be stuff in there at Christmas cause I'm always in Calgary every year at Christmas...wink wink, nudge nudge.. |
I'm desperately trying to wrap up some work here with a Sunday deadline. The rock is in my office behind me. Like 4 feet away and I can smell it's sweet and gut-wrenching stench. It's in my nature to start washing rock NOW but I can't until I finish.
So why am I on canreef? Hey now...I'll ask the questions here! If I wrap up tonight on work...I'll have the rocks in the tank by Monday. Nightowls get'er DONE (when their wives sleep and can't stop'em!) |
I was NOT laying on Dez ! Geez, you make it sound so dirty. *LOL!* I promise I will lay off Dez and everyone for that matter. Oh no wait, crud, that sounds even worse. :neutral: No pink slips!
Ok, hmmm, I think I might actually be sillied out for the moment. Strangely enough I have a Sunday deadline too (dog gone TOTM's, people want them out at the start of the month). And it's DST weekend on the first of the month. It's .. pretty much a perfect storm this weekend. Good luck with your work, good luck with your rock. |
Always good to have a fellow night-owl around. Plus you're dirty. That last bit of nonsense was LMAO. Might be my fatigue setting in. Wife had her gallbladder out last week so I've been doing EVERYTHING at home and then my own work after everyone goes to bed. Yet I'll find the energy to aquascape.
DIET PEPSI for life =) |
This thread is getting intense on so many levels.. :-)
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Lol. You just wanna arm wrestle man. Shouldn't you be in bed?
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Trust me you don't want to arm wrestle me, just ask tony!
I am in bed :-) |
LMFAO. Ok you're very right. Why the hell does Tony know you're in bed?
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That's not for you to know :-)
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It's a known fact that Reef Central contains roughly 5% of the silliness we're accustomed to here. Canreef just feels like home.
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Brett what did that rock cost you, looks pretty good.
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My back is ON FIRE.
Built everything in about 8 hours. The tower on the left is held together with 1/2" pvc and the middle one is a lot of zip-ties. You'll notice I tossed reef epoxy over zip-ties since I hate how they look. Also the lower shelf on the right tower is actually 2 pieces that broke off the top shelf piece in the left tower during shipping. I zipped it back together...almost as good as new! Tomorrow I get the ro/di up and running. http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/aquascape1.jpg http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/aquascape2.jpg http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/aquascape3.jpg http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/aquascape4.jpg http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/aquascape5.jpg http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/aquascape6.jpg |
Those pictures were well worth the wait for me..... Can't wait till your corals grow man. It's going to look stunning? I can't remember, are you going mixed reef? Or Sps?
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Nice job.:biggrin:
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Wow.. that rockwork looks awesome!!! :mrgreen:
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Ooooooooh! That looks great! Good job. Those big, heavy pieces aren't easy to work with are they?
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Looking good there Brett.....are you still gonna pick up a few pieces of LR to seed the tank?
Tony better be ready to receive the full brunt of our harassment when you finally fill this sexy thing up.:biggrin: |
When *I* fill Brett's tank? That makes no sense at all Doug, your keyboard is really in need of replacement. Now it's shifting objective focus mid-sentence and not just randomly dropping characters!
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