Hello from Northern Manitoba
 

Hello Canreef,

Thought I'd introduce myself and show a little bit about what I do up here in the north. I have been a member of Canreef for a while, but haven't really posted here much as I devote most of my time to our local forum. However, with the reading I've done here I thought I'd dip my toe in the water.

I'll start with a few photos of my tank. I work in a Nickel Mine up in Thompson, Manitoba and have no LFS. Everything in my tank has travelled a minimum of 750 km to get here.

I'm an avid DIY'er and have built everything myself out in my shop.

So here goes.

The tank is a 144 Gallon Starphire Reef. I built the stand, overflow and plumbing myself. I built the LED's custom from RapidLED.com.

It all started with a basic shell of a stand:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/3933d4cb.jpg

Which I had to dress up a bit of course:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/IMG_2387.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/28c26c79.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...19318175-1.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/b7e17f2e.jpg

Tried to figure out an aquascape

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/c0d34266.jpg

And some drilling and plumbing of course

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/c8fc95a6.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/768a8e70.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/78bf31ed.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/fb403973.jpg

Wired Up some LED's

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/658f7cca.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/6fccddd4.jpg

Built a Canopy and Some doors in the shop

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/76fca8da.jpg

And added a bit of Life!

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...9/cbcccaae.jpg

I hope you like it. I have a ton more photos and intend to put a build thread together ... but thought I'd show a quick preview and introduce myself. I look forward to spending some time with the CanReef community.

--Tyler

Wow. Looks fantastic.

Nice woodwork, Stand looks excellent!

Sweet setup!

Sweet tank and stand. Looking good :biggrin:

Tyler looks great. Man. Doug who is a mod on here he worked in Thompson at the nickel mine ginko I believe. He was a crane operator.

Welcome to Canreef! Great looking setup. What are your goals for the tank (what sort of things are you planning to keep in there)?

Very nice! Looking forward to more details!

Yeah its a small world. Doug was a Hoistman in the mine when it was still INCO. We have since been sold to a Brazilian company, VALE.

Doug's son Cliff is actually one of my converter operators in the Smelter, I'm currently working as a Foreman at the same mine.

And thanks for all the kind words, I appreciate them! I'll definitely post a few more pictures.

The plans as they stand now is a nice healthy mixed reef. I love the challenge of SPS, but love the look and sway of most LPS. I have a weakness for Zoa's, but they've just never done well in my tanks for some reason.