reefwars 55g natural seawater custom build from scratch:*check out the new rockscape*

[jphong]

Hey Denny, glad you made it home safely! Its good to see youre making a lot of progress on your tank in such a short time, cant wait to see it running. Take care buddy

[reefwars]

thanks john buddy, glad to have something going even if it is only 60g today im going out shopping for some sort of something to mount my retro fit halide.....shopping for unique lights for a cube is fun!! alot of cool ideas as opposed to your average 4' updates later today!!!


cheers little buddy and thanks for the babysitting favor your a good fellow

[ALang]

Glad to see that you are good to go, Denny!
No down time, eh?
We're missing your sunshine face and personality at our meetings.
Very best of good luck and cheers!!
Lenny.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by ALang

Glad to see that you are good to go, Denny!
No down time, eh?
We're missing your sunshine face and personality at our meetings.
Very best of good luck and cheers!!
Lenny.

thanks lenny i couldnt not have a tank lol glad to say theres a reefmeet here once a month and i was at my first meeting wednesday night


updates coming later for the cube!!!!! stay tuned and dont change that station!!!!!

[jphong]

Hey Denny wheres the pics!

[The Grizz]

Denny what type of blade where you using on the wet saw?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Denny what type of blade where you using on the wet saw?

just your standard diamond blade, gold series at home depot for $20 .......nothing fancy

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by jphong

Hey Denny wheres the pics!

hahaha funny you should ask as ive gotten all my plumbing supplies today, wasnt easy i tell ya but its all figured out now....so tonight i will fill and test for leaks and then do the plumbng tomorrow.... herbie style overflow.


ill have some pics here right away, ive also built the stand and its now ready for what ever i decide. im thinking just tile nothing too crazy.


ive also got my light ready and its just a retrofit 250w metal halide so im going to mount the light to something cool me and a friend stumbled upon the other day.....its a giant curved leaf about 2' high and metal or steel in color....and is steel lol on the leaf will be mounted a small metal box the same as the leaf is made from and in that box facing down my actual light will go so it will look like the leaf is curved over the tank we hit just about every home decor store and department store on the island and took about 1000 pics of different things together before we came up with this its gonna lok pretty cool with the stone stand....



pics soonnot much hapened over the past week or so as ive been letting the tank harden so tonight i fill for a test cheers

[reefwars]

the number of pictures retrictions on this site is f ing stupid....two hours typing up **** and 60 pics and cant upload it.....bullshit!!!



p.s- to the maker of apple computers i am going to seriously burn my laptop in the woodstove tonight!! lol

[reefwars]

hey guys so i have a quick up date , ive went and did all my water tests but i cant find one around here for mg so ill have to hope for the best untill i can order one soon.



before i supplemented with instant ocean my water was as follows and this is natural seawater with me doing nothing but raising the temp.


salinity- 1.012
amonia- 0
nitrite- 0
nitrate- 0-5
phos-0
alk-7
cal-380
mg-???



as the salt was only at .012 i had to add some so i added instant ocean it was the only salt available to me here and after i added the salt this is where i stood.


salinity-1.025
amonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-0-5
phos-0
alk-9
calcium-460
mg-????(im assuming around where it should be)



today i started to run carbon in the tank and added a handfull of established sand to my refuge to kick start the bacteria into reproducing.


ive also added a couple yellow tail chromis as my tester fish and will be monitoring them closely over the next week or two. so far they seem very happy and are eating some flke food soaked in garlic. they were also very healthy looking and i got the two i thought were most active and responsive.within minutes after acclimation they were swimming about and eager for food and attention.they come to the top alot looking for flake so i believe they are familiar with people.



to help on the build up cost i am bying a tank from some one here locally its a 55g with all kinds of goodies including 75-100 lbs of live rock .....350 but a 7 hr drive so i will be taking lots of rubber maids with me and a heaters/ powerheads.....there are only two fish and no corals so im not worried to muc about casualties. the cost of the rock i need from an lfs is more then it is to buy this whole set up so i figured tim to start playing it smart


the pet store here has also agreed to get me some mangroves as i noticed they had some on stash out back but the are not for sale and after some begging he has agreed to order me in a bunch with their next order..... sweet so now i will be plumbing a mangrove trough into the tank and toilet sump



heres the pics hope you enjoy