Parker's 265 Build - Thread Retired

[lorenz0]

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

[Parker]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

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

[Parker]

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.

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

[mark]

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.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Parker

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.

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

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

[Parker]

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.

[Parker]

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.

[Parker]

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.

[loveless]

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.

[Parker]

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.