Murdoch's 160G Tank Build

doch · #1 07-22-2011, 02:03 AM

Here's the photo's I promised.
Still looks pretty blue, but the colours are better than the other camera.
Here is the little island of rock I talked about earlier... close up style.

And a few coral shots, with some specific areas included.

Evidence of my dead M. Cap...

Dez · #2 07-22-2011, 02:21 AM

Looking good there Camino. Man, all of your negative space kinda makes me jealous. The phrase "open water" doesn't exist in my household.

doch · #3 07-22-2011, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Dez

Looking good there Camino. Man, all of your negative space kinda makes me jealous. The phrase "open water" doesn't exist in my household.

Funny... your lack of negative space makes me jealous. Maybe we could work something out...? I'll trade you some negative space for some colonies!!

I guess it's true, eh? We always want what we don't have!

Any thoughts on my stock list? I think I'm sitting pretty good, but I wouldn't mind the Dez seal of approval!

doch · #4 07-23-2011, 03:57 PM

Busy night last night!! Wasn't feeling well all day, so I ended up napping on the couch off and on for most of the day... and then of course, couldn't sleep last night. Took the opportunity to get a few things completed.

First, I hooked up my Moon Light Controller for the RKE. I had to run about 20' of extension wire for each pod as my controller is in the fish room which is about 25 feet from the tank. 4 lunar blue LED pods strategically placed to shine over the good areas. Looks amazing when they're on. I'll try to snap a pic or 2 tonight with them on... hopefully it turns out ok.

Then, I mixed up 4 gallons of Calcium Chloride, Soda Ash, and Magnesium Sulfate/Chloride. I couldn't remember which dosing pump I used for each, so I set up the pumps to pull water from the sump and just return it back in. Hopefully this will flush it well enough that I don't end up with any solids forming and plugging.

I then FINALLY hooked up the tunze ATO to my RO reservoir. All I need now is a level switch of some sort fro the reservoir.

And last, but certainly not least... I cleaned up after 'hurricane upgrade' that hit my basement while all of this was happening. YIKES!!! Can't believe that my wife didn't kill me in the mean time!