CadLights 39G Signature

Oscar · #1 04-06-2008, 04:32 PM

When the replacement parts for the cabinet arrived it meant that I had to pack up the current temporary installation, drain the tank, then reinstall in it's final location. First step was transfering the LR and some of the water into the Rubbermaid tub.

Due to the layout of our house I was limited in the number of placement options. This limitation also help lead me to the decision to go with a smaller tank. The photo below shows the final location with water. The light box has not yet been added so that I could add salt.

Then the substrate was added. 20 lbs of live sand and 10lbs of non live. It only took about 6 hours for the water to totally clarify.

Then the live rock was transferred which stirred up some of the sand. No rock scaping as yet. And the hermits were slowly acclimated to the new water.

mseepman · #2 05-06-2008, 10:16 PM

Any new updates Oscar?

Oscar · #3 05-06-2008, 10:39 PM

Thanks for the reminder, I can't believe my last post is a month old already.

The last photo shows the tank just after I moved it to its final location. Since then I actually did some aquascaping, installed the light canopy and have seen quite a growth in baby feather dusters.

Then over the weekend I visited Interior Reef for some more rocks and critters.

I will try to post some more photos this evening.

mseepman · #4 05-11-2008, 07:09 PM

Bump....

Oscar · #5 05-12-2008, 11:45 AM

My last post in April was just after getting the cabinet constructed and the tank moved to its permanent position.

Next I had to wait for some replacement parts to get the lights up and running again. One of the actinics had blown over the Easter weekend and had burned out one of the sockets. It took a few weeks for the replacement parts to arrive.

Here is what the tank looked like with the lights installed and the actinics in place.

This first batch of rock is Cuban LR that I picked up from Interior Reef. Lots of great shapes, coraline algae, and as it turned out lots of interesting growth, expecially feather dusters.

A couple of weeks ago I went back to Interior Reef to get some additional LR and a couple of more hermits. After a serious rearrangment of the rock the tank now looks like this:

mseepman · #6 05-12-2008, 03:40 PM

Looks good. What are your plans for stocking? How do you find the flow in the tank with just the stock return pump?

Oscar · #7 05-12-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mseepman

Looks good. What are your plans for stocking? How do you find the flow in the tank with just the stock return pump?

Actually if you squint and look real close you can see a Koralia 1 in the centre of the rock. The pump return also has a Hydor rotating water deflector (the poor man's wave maker).

Based on the waving motion of the feather algae that has popped up the tank circulation looks pretty good.

As far as stocking goes I keep changing my mind. So far I have 5 hermits, an urchin and Lester the Lobster. The urchin was embeded in the Selembu rock I purchased from Interior Reef. My wife is from Nova Scotia so picking up Lester was a must, although he is pretty darn shy.

I have a birthday coming up so I have suggested she make the first selection of fish/corals to add. She had a very long look at the Interior Reef tanks a few weeks ago and has some ideas.

But I am always open to suggestions?

Oscar · #8 05-13-2008, 01:56 AM

Well my wife is firmly convinced I am a nerd (she was pretty sure about that before) since I started grabbing a beer, pulling up my viewing chair and watching the paint peel, er I mean watching the algae grow.

All there is to see at this point are the hermits as they make the rounds but I am keeping my eye open for new critters including feather dusters as they pop up.

And a view from the viewing chair: