fishytimes 360ish g mixed reef

[fishytime]

got some preliminary aquascaping done on the tank this last w/e....I knew I wanted to do a massive over hang in this tank so I picked up a few fittings and a length of 1" pvc...the bulk of the structure is done with two huge pices of rock, one massive piece at the bottom of the structure for ballast and another big piece forms the start of the overhang.....the top surface of the structure measures about 22' long and the over hang is about 10" off the sand......I have to do some epoxying to firm things up a bit, but I wanna wait and see if Im happy with it.....one thing I think it needs is a small piece attached to the bottom of the overhang to break up the straight line that is sorta has.....that ought to be fun








we then rinsed 90lbs of sand.....40 lbs in the middle then piled all the rock in the center of the tank to add the other 50 lbs to the ends





the tank tested out at zero last week....I added about 30lbs of rock from the sump of the 100g on Friday(transported in water) and Laurie tested the tank today....ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrates were 2....so I gave girly the go ahead to put in a "canary" chromis......if the tank still reads similarly on Thursday then the first of my fish will be going in this w/e.....

[gregzz4]

Lookin forward to the final shots of the scape
I agree the overhang needs something to break it up, but the concept is awesome
Nice job

[JDigital]

This tank has be coming on the forums everyday now, looking for an update. Interesting overhang.. How much more rock do you plan on adding to the tank?

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Lookin forward to the final shots of the scape
I agree the overhang needs something to break it up, but the concept is awesome
Nice job

thanks man.....ya, I think it needs a little something on the bottom.....I think I have a plan to make it happen......gonna find a suitable piece goop it up with some "Orca" underwater glue, then cut a length of pvc the wedge it up against the overhang while it cures.....the theory is sound, so we will see if it works....I will likely fill it in a bit on the sandbed as well to get it looking more natural.....

Originally Posted by JDigital

This tank has be coming on the forums everyday now, looking for an update. Interesting overhang.. How much more rock do you plan on adding to the tank?

Im not sure man.....I will be doing a couple piles in each corner to try and hide the overflows a bit.....one thing for sure, I have waaaay too much rock.....it looks as though I have almost enough for the piles in the tank right now and I still have all the rock in the 110g plus another 30-40lbs in the sump....some of the rock in the 110g has some undesirables on it (like aptaisia and palys) so I may decide not to use that stuff....it will kinda be a shame not to use it as some of it has some really cool shapes....I do have the option of sticking the aptaisia rocks in Lauries tank for a few minutes to let her copperband go at it......and I do mean minutes....I put one rock in there on the w/e and the copperband barely let me put the rock down and he had the two aptaisia stripped off the rock.....he is a machine!

[JDigital]

A copperband that eats aphasia in a tank?!?!? Lies!!!

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by JDigital

A copperband that eats aphasia in a tank?!?!? Lies!!!

not all CBBs are created equal.....Ive heard of a couple that didnt eat a dang thing

[JDigital]

I've been out of the game so long I don't even remember how to spell "aptaisia" apparently. haha I'll just blame it on my iphone spellcheck.