Wayne's 225

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by waynemah

I'm not planning to get all of the above fish, but will pick and choose depending on what my system will allow. Anyone know of a good way or rule of thumb for this?

It's kinda gonna depend on how much rock you plan on having in there.....your list may be ambitious if you plan on doing the minimalist approach with your aquascaping......we can't expect to keep 30 fish with only 50 lbs of rock.... that being said, I think that as long as you go slow when adding fish, to give the system enough time to adequately recover, then the tank and your fish will tell you when to stop addin

[waynemah]

I'm hoping to fit 150 - 200 lbs of rock in there, a bunch being in the sump.

I agree with taking time with the fish, also helps the wallet. I could see myself picking something up each month or so.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by waynemah

I could see myself picking something up each month or so.

Good luck with that. Famous words those =)

[Lance]

Nice looking build. Nice and tidy and well thought out. Keep up the good work.

Helpful hint: Next time you order Ca, Alk, from BRS get them in the 5 gallon size. With a 225g you'll save yourself a lot in time.

[waynemah]

Originally Posted by Lance

Nice looking build. Nice and tidy and well thought out. Keep up the good work.

Helpful hint: Next time you order Ca, Alk, from BRS get them in the 5 gallon size. With a 225g you'll save yourself a lot in time.

Thank you!!!

5 gallon... I just checked it out, it's about $550 shipped, 1/2 shipping and 1/2 product! Is there some other method of getting this stuff? Hot tub store?

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by waynemah

Thank you!!!

5 gallon... I just checked it out, it's about $550 shipped, 1/2 shipping and 1/2 product! Is there some other method of getting this stuff? Hot tub store?

Check out the bulk chem's from Marco Rock (Eli) I can't remember exactly what the website is actually called.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by Lance

Nice looking build. Nice and tidy and well thought out. Keep up the good work.

Helpful hint: Next time you order Ca, Alk, from BRS get them in the 5 gallon size. With a 225g you'll save yourself a lot in time.

Actually I've messed around with the shopping cart at BRS a lot. Shipping is purely based on weight so 5g is 5g. But you save money if you order 5 x 1g containers vs 1 x 5g pail due to quantity discounts.

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Actually I've messed around with the shopping cart at BRS a lot. Shipping is purely based on weight so 5g is 5g. But you save money if you order 5 x 1g containers vs 1 x 5g pail due to quantity discounts.

with that much in shipping. its probably less expensive to have them pack up a crate and ship it up via truck

i've shipped a crate full of car parts from florida for less than 250

and i've shipped 4 car rims (about 80 pounds total) via bax global air for 150 from california

in both of these cases, they let you know when it arrives and you pick it up from their warehouse

[waynemah]

I feel a bulk shipment coming on!

Oh -- LED's arrived!!! I'll have some pictures up later.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

with that much in shipping. its probably less expensive to have them pack up a crate and ship it up via truck

i've shipped a crate full of car parts from florida for less than 250

and i've shipped 4 car rims (about 80 pounds total) via bax global air for 150 from california

in both of these cases, they let you know when it arrives and you pick it up from their warehouse

I'm def going to email them about this for next time.