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Old 09-14-2010, 05:05 PM
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Lol seriously this build is so simple. I didn't even seal my wood it's like a whitewashed plywood cover slapped on! Thanks though! Maybe it's the drawer slides I've sorta made them my buildBeatch?

And you know where this build likely leads but maybe I'll have livestock in it for a little wee bit haha.

Nice disclaimer tho. Consider it adopted =)
Maybe its your creativity with lighting and photography then I wonder if it might be the white. I really thought Tony's tank room was sharp. Maybe I should paint my stand white and it will look more professional instead of the plywood and 2x4/2x6's that it is now.

And yes, those drawer slides are pretty sexy.
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:51 PM
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Transfer went super well except for a few things:

- I got too frustrated with the volume of rock I had bought. Way more than I thought I needed and 2 feet of depth is not that much. Rockwork turned into a big pile but I'm ok with that.

- Incorporating my 4 large rocks with glued-on corals SUCKED.

- My tiny frags look even smaller now

And some good news:

- The blenny I lost more than a month ago in the tank slide/move into the kitchen turned out to be in the skimmer compartment! I usually let just a few food pellets make there way down the overflow just in case and it paid off! He's cruising the tank like a champ!

- Corals didn't even slime while some have lost a little colour overall things look really good.

Solana got emptied and tossed in the basement. I have my water change setup plumbed thru the wall for a reason with the big tank. Didn't want to STILL be doing the bucket thing with the small tank at the moment so the dedicated nem tank is on hold.

Pics with just the T5s on (My mh shots seem to blown out so I didn't bother) but with the fiji purple and coral light tubes everything in the tank also looks either red or green but you get the idea:





















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Old 09-24-2010, 11:18 PM
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Looks good your going to have a lot of pruning to do when those frags take off.
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Old 09-24-2010, 11:30 PM
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Whats in the door behind the tank with the caution danger tape across it? Monsters?
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Geez it looks fantastic Brett. It's going to look incredible once you get some coraline and some coral growth happening. Like the background colour too.

Ok that settles it, I'm putting water in my tank this weekend. Screw the lack of skimmer, screw the lack of T5's. I want a new tank now darn it all!

Very skillfully drilled hole on the side of that overflow. Whomever did that must be one handsome fellow, and probably soopr smrt too!
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Old 09-25-2010, 12:43 AM
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That looks sweet, are you still liking your skimmer?
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Old 09-25-2010, 01:12 AM
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Glad to hear the move went well. Everything looks to be in good shape.
Now GROW corals GROW!
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Lookin good there Brett. Looks like that little guy has alot of charcater
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Old 09-28-2010, 10:10 PM
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Yeah so I sorta got new fish already. I never said I was perfect

Bangaii I had already mentioned. He's been in another reefer's care for a year and is nice and large. Eating mysis like a pig. Kole grazes like a machine and loves mysis too. Working on pellets. Wrasse hunts pods with a vengeance and today also had some mysis.







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that wrasse is bad a** ha ha. Looking great bud
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