jaydsl's 150g tank
 

hi all just thought i would start a journal also :)

well this may take a bit due to my overtime money pays for my toys ,
i had a 55g tank running for about 2 years but always wanted a bigger one . so i came across this tank for 150$ had to do it .
so i got it going cycled then swapped contents

so far :
a bunch of base/live rock about 100lbs
sand bed coming
and i'm building the sump some time next month
skimmer is a weipro sa-2016

here are some pics so far
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010080.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010084.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010085.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010099.jpg

updat
 

ok i started to change things on friday , had an idea to move and raise the tank , and created some pipe work to hold the rock ,
i see every one drilles holes in the pipes so you dont get any standing water ,
what i did : i drilled just live every one else but i'm going to run a power head on it , so for the caves i want to do will always get a blast of water :) and no standing water in pipes ,

some more pics :

and it works :)
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010151.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010164.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010153.jpg

rock work
 

ok now time to add rock :)

i had some caves in mind , and overhangs

i think i got it with my pipe work

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010171.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010169.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010172.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010174.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010176.jpg

fill up
 

now to put all the water back , it has been in garbage cans with heat and power heads for 2 days

it was nice to get it filled again and drain my old 55g

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010182.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010178.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010181.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010185.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010194.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010196.jpg

last one for today :)
 

here are the last of the pics , and ounce the tank clears i will get some more shots,

my cucumber
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010198.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010197.jpg

nice piece of rock , i will get a better shot in normal lite tomorrow
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010206.jpg

Very interesting pictures. I really like the aquascaping and what you're doing with the extra flow. Looks good.

i had someone suggest that to me after seeing my pvc substructure. I thought it was a really cool idea. You may want to think about the placement of the power head that feeds the pvc. I cant tell from the pics if you can get it out easily to clean it? Cool idea and the tank looks good.

Very cool looking tank.
I like the idea of running wather through the pipes to create flow under the rocks.
What is the dimension of the tank?

Bad news :(
 

well every thing was going well , every one was happy but woke up this morning and after a year with the cucumber and no probs , this morning i found the cucumber sucked into a temp powerhead and then notices
pepermint shrimp
b/w angel
lawnmower
yellow golby

!DEAD!!

yellow stripe clown
black blenny
still missing :(

wow after 2 years now i have to start again :(
now i have to get the mushrooms
frog spawn
toadstool
out and fix this

Sorry to hear about your losses. Cucumbers are cool critters but not worth the risk IMO

How old has the tank been setup? I would imagine the cucumber would starve to death in a bb tank. Tank looks great though! I like the idea of the pipework waterflow too, albeit I've never liked bb.

the cucumber was in my 55g that has been running for 2 years , cucumber was 4 month in the other tank and crush is coming for bottom , i don't like BB aswell , not natual looking , at least thats what i think . , now that i have some time i will be finishing the stand and lights if my ideas come true , it will be cool i'm thinking polyester piano polished finish , as i work in a finishing shop sky's the limit with ideas we use high end italian products for some jobs ,

here are a couple things i have done :


http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010031.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010038.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010005.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010001.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/P1010040.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...l/work/021.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3.../P10100292.jpg

and just the other day i picked up a new toy for the tank , all in original box was used for a few months then tank shut down , i got it for 60$ :wof:

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...P1010207-1.jpg

Holy awesome score!!! Next time you find one like that let me know eh? I should add one to my tank too. Light upgrade first though. Awesome woodworking projects!

You're going to put crushed coral in there? I would seriously reconsider that idea for a reef!!