30 gallon Mixed Reef wonderland

Skimmerking · #1 03-15-2010, 11:06 AM

hey man love the tank. what is the back chamber for .

bauder1986 · #2 03-15-2010, 06:45 PM

Thanks asmodeus, the back chamber was tossed in as a 'sump' of some sorts. its main porpuse is a spot to have my protein skimmer and future phosban reactor hang with out having thier pumps in the way of everything in my tank. I also have a heat in their, another pump and maybe a future refugium. It functions as a sump in every way possible but I kept it pretty simple. And in the mean time I can aquascape any way i want and not have to work around heaters, and pumps of skimmers and such.

superduperwesman · #3 03-15-2010, 07:49 PM

Yeah it looks good. Like the dimensions

bauder1986 · #4 03-15-2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by superduperwesman

Yeah it looks good. Like the dimensions

Thx alot.

Yah shallow cubes are awesome, lots of room to play with and you dont need expensive lights for it. Though pretty soon here i plan on upgrading my 150 MH to a 4 or 6 bulb T5 set up just for the color spectrum.

BKTruong · #5 03-15-2010, 09:15 PM

Hey great frag tank! I noticed your halide has what seems to be LEDs hanging off of it? Could we see more pictures of what you did and how it looks on without the halide on such as its function at night?

bauder1986 · #6 03-16-2010, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BKTruong

Hey great frag tank! I noticed your halide has what seems to be LEDs hanging off of it? Could we see more pictures of what you did and how it looks on without the halide on such as its function at night?

yah for sure man, ill have to get my buddies camera though, my camera is toast

so be patient with me while i get photos of that up for you with a proper explanation.

bauder1986 · #7 03-16-2010, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BKTruong

Hey great frag tank! I noticed your halide has what seems to be LEDs hanging off of it? Could we see more pictures of what you did and how it looks on without the halide on such as its function at night?

K so I now have your answer and picture. I am using a auto LED that I found at walmart. one package comes with 4 LED in a strip that is wired together, so I bought two packages. Each LED has their own 3M tape on them for fastening and they run off of 12V power supply. I spliced the two string together and grabbed an old 120V to 12V cell phone charger plug-in and wired it all together and stuck all the LED on my MH and surprisingly the MH doesnt get hot enough to melt them

Ill try to get some decent night shots if I can for you....but in the mean time here are some frag pics.

oh and do try to ignore the open brain in the back of this pic, your not suppose to no about it yet haha

bauder1986 · #8 03-16-2010, 11:09 PM

bauder1986 · #9 04-01-2010, 10:13 AM

Guess what people! Im a true blue DIY guy haha! Wanna know how? My first tank that I ever built....LEAKED

So Yah I was sitting here at this computer thing playing Sim City for the hell of it and then I realized that I can hear the water from the built in sump trickling. And I thought to myself, well that aint right, I just filled that thing to the tits, I shouldnt be hearing any running water till tomorrow....So I turn around and look at it and I saw about and inch of water of missing! OH NO WHERE DID IT GO?!?! Oh wait...its on the f'ing floor!

Super stund Josh to the rescue! First thing to do is.....call Terry! He is focused and calm right now! He can think for me! LMAO So out comes the hidden stash of buckets, water jugs and styro containers and the trusty syphon hose. and the rescue op begins!

And good 'ol Terry(minor emphases on 'ol just for you buddy haha) shows up with more buckets and starts wipping stuff together and I went to pull the good ol' reliable ten gallon out of the deck and clean it up and get it ready. Short story even shorter, got everything transfered and safe.

So...with my landlord here which happens to be my aunt noticing some water around she put down her first law ever with me and that is 'professionally name brand made' tanks only.....pfffft

So yah In the market for a bigger "professionally made name brand' tank in the next month or so....but for now Terry and his wife there let me use their 20 gallon tall tank just so the fish have some room to swim....and yes its a 'professionally made name brand' tank....got everything transfered over to that tonight and the aunt helped me out even in the late night transfer from the ten to the twenty.

Oh yah and just for those that have known me through all my tanks....Im still using the same freaking stand

Oh and a side note, got another t5ho ballast and 2 more lights on the tank now...looking good. ill give you people pictures tomorrow. nite