Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > General > Tank Journal

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 08-22-2011, 06:16 PM
Parker's Avatar
Parker Parker is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 1,012
Parker is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Codfather View Post
Im hoping by Christmas to be operational.
Yeeeeeah. Just to let you know, that's not really going to work for me.

Things are coming to gether nicly!
__________________
Robb
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 08-22-2011, 07:13 PM
The Codfather's Avatar
The Codfather The Codfather is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: St. Albert
Posts: 796
The Codfather is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Parker View Post
Yeeeeeah. Just to let you know, that's not really going to work for me.

Things are coming to gether nicly!
I was hoping for the end of summer, but..... ran into a little basement troubles. Like I said, Im trying to be realistic.
Im going to start the rock(base) work right away, hope to have it done in the next little bit. Then I can seed it with the 150 lbs I have left in the back room. Its amazing to see how many sponges have started to grow when there is nothing around to eat them.
At any rate, hope I can speed things up a bit, as I find myself becoming impatient as well. As nice as it was not to look after anything besides my kids all summer, I sure miss not having a functional tank.
__________________
There's plenty of room for all God's creatures.
Right next to the mashed potatoes.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 08-22-2011, 07:16 PM
fishytime's Avatar
fishytime fishytime is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: E-town
Posts: 5,390
fishytime will become famous soon enough
Default

I'd be Jones- n too ..... It's looking really good tho mang!
__________________
260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 08-22-2011, 07:23 PM
The Codfather's Avatar
The Codfather The Codfather is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: St. Albert
Posts: 796
The Codfather is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by fishytime View Post
I'd be Jones- n too ..... It's looking really good tho mang!
Thanks it's actually starting to look like something. Im even starting to miss my monthly stop at RC. Haven't had a chance to see the new place yet, looking forward to that though.
__________________
There's plenty of room for all God's creatures.
Right next to the mashed potatoes.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 08-22-2011, 07:58 PM
martinmcnally martinmcnally is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Red Deer
Posts: 603
martinmcnally is on a distinguished road
Default

Looking good man, love that rock overflow you built. Was that just base rock and some kind of cement mix in between them?

I wanna new tank!
__________________
Western Database - Custom database, software design and cloud hosting.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 08-22-2011, 08:19 PM
The Codfather's Avatar
The Codfather The Codfather is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: St. Albert
Posts: 796
The Codfather is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by martinmcnally View Post
Looking good man, love that rock overflow you built. Was that just base rock and some kind of cement mix in between them?

I wanna new tank!
It was base rock zipped tyed to eggcrate. I then used spray foam(used for waterfalls, and is marine safe when fully cured), when it was still wet I dumped sand and crushed coral on it, I still may epoxy it with another layer of sand, but Im sure the coraline algae will just cover it anyway and it will be all for not. It was actually quite easy to do, and I had alot of help from a few guys on RC that had done it before.
As for the new tank, can't help you with that one.
__________________
There's plenty of room for all God's creatures.
Right next to the mashed potatoes.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 09-12-2011, 02:11 AM
The Codfather's Avatar
The Codfather The Codfather is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: St. Albert
Posts: 796
The Codfather is on a distinguished road
Default

Well a few things to update. Mike was kind enough to stop by and wire in the panel for me. Thanks Mike, I owe you.



I was in Calgary last week and managed to talk to Brad about a sump, so that's been ordered. While I was in cowtown I picked up a new light. Well new to me. It's a 6' solaris I5 and is in really good shape, I figure I will use this until I get my lighting figured out. It's LED old school(Brett, if you read this, this still gives me the option to join LWL by the way). Im actually quite surprised of how bright this thing actually is, and the programming(which is basic), is really nice as well.

__________________
There's plenty of room for all God's creatures.
Right next to the mashed potatoes.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:54 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.