KrazyKuch's & Michika's 180Gal Tank Build

[michika]

Hmmm tempting...the RKE has been pretty good to me lately!

[i have crabs]

the fire shrimp i have hides all the time and is barely ever seen so for the extra price do you really want one? i probably wont unless its for a smaller tank

also mabey you need a grounding probe since kevin keeps messing up the rke mabey his animal magnitizm is messing up the corals when youve had problems
i think it might be his fault that frags keep falling over due to his magnetic field also.

[fencer]

Nice corals....at the end of summer we're going to have to do a frag swap. I should have some nice frags by that time. BTW I have never been able to keep that last blue coral alive.

[michika]

I think so too, we have a giant swap in August possibly. I'm hoping most everything will have grown out considerably by then. So far the blue blob coral hasn't been doing much. Its SLOWLY spreading its base out I think. The thing is such a slow grower its a bit hard to tell.

Kevin's just forbidden to touch the RKE now, and my new phone, 'cause I'm afraid he'll screw it up.

[michika]

It has begun...

If you remember this from a little while ago, this is now what constitutes a before shot.


Then there was this...me being silly, and its starting to become a tradition. I did it on the 230g build, and I did it tonight!


Some "quality" work had been done before hand putting up this wall. The studs ranged from 22" to 26" on center. The electrical wiring is also running quite hot to the touch. Kevin believes its aluminum. He also wants to re-route plumbing, electrical, and the heating vents while the ceiling is down.


Next we knocked down the wall to expose the extra ghetto bathroom we have in the basement.




The ducting that has an offset with no purpose. The offset is the reason for the bulkhead. When we re-route everything we'll be downsizing the pipe, assuming its okay to do so.


Where we've left off. There is still clean up to do, and a lot more ceiling to pull down.


My new little tang did eat today, and the aggression between all the fish has diminished to almost nothing. I'm still waiting in hopes of getting a photo or two for ID.

I also wish that I'd purchased better quality garbage bags. Those, along with a wet/dry shop vac is on the list of stuff to purchase in the near future.

[JDigital]

Not gonna start a new thread for the big tank?

[michika]

I don't really want to for the sake of simplicity, although maybe I should...thoughts?

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by michika

I don't really want to for the sake of simplicity, although maybe I should...thoughts?

I say a new one would be good.. lol