WarDog's Tank Thread : Episodic Trial And Error

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

lol, Ya I was going to comment on the company you're keeping Warren. This may not be a wise choice of associates

That's not true Warren, don't listen to these guys. You need a bigger tank first before we can put more frags in there.....might need to reno the basement for a fish room to go with the 250 gallon tank. Oh wait, that's Dom's built. and they say we are bad influence. Lol

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

lol, Ya I was going to comment on the company you're keeping Warren. This may not be a wise choice of associates

Originally Posted by Aquattro

You have no idea!! lol

Yeah, these guys definitely make the 'dark side' very attractive to a young padawan like me.

Originally Posted by Bblinks

That's not true Warren, don't listen to these guys. You need a bigger tank first before we can put more frags in there.....might need to reno the basement for a fish room to go with the 250 gallon tank. Oh wait, that's Dom's built. and they say we are bad influence. Lol

Lol.

[Tn23]

Looking good so far Warren.

That's a pretty exotic SPS wish list you have there. You might have to visit R and M soon for those bad boys

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by Tn23

Looking good so far Warren.

That's a pretty exotic SPS wish list you have there. You might have to visit R and M soon for those bad boys

Thanks Thomas, I hope to acquire more frags from you in the future. The hammer and the chalices I got from you at the swap seem to be doing well. My wish list is just that. I need to learn how to keep the 'easy' SPS's happy before I get into that stuff... maybe in a year. Who are R and M?

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by WarDog

The hammer and the chalices I got from you at the swap seem to be doing well.

My bad... I got those pieces from Albert.

[Tn23]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Thanks Thomas, I hope to acquire more frags from you in the future. The hammer and the chalices I got from you at the swap seem to be doing well. My wish list is just that. I need to learn how to keep the 'easy' SPS's happy before I get into that stuff... maybe in a year. Who are R and M?

Haha Ryan and Mike. They'll really Drain your wallets dry, but no one can resist the eye candy is too strong!

[Bubbles_]

spent the last hour going through all 33 pages. simply amazing build

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by Bubbles_

spent the last hour going through all 33 pages. simply amazing build

Thanks, it's been a wild ride... With plenty of regrets lol.

[WarDog]

So the tanks been running about 2 months now and everything looks fine. Got my daily and weekly maintenance routines down. They are not as bad as I was expecting (testing et all).
Just waiting on a BRS bulk order before I get started with dosing (should be around Tuesday). Diatoms continue to recede and the corals appear to be happy campers. No sign of nuisance algae (knock on wood).

My first water change proved to be a bit of a nightmare, and took far too long to mix and heat the new SW.

So I've tried to simplify and speed it up a little with a Friday night project.

Step 1 : Gather necessary items to construct a portable mixing station.

It's a 32 gal Brute with a Speedwave 790, air pump and Jager 300W heater.



Step 2 : Put it all together while trying to watch 'Girls' on the PVR with the wife. Damn... that show is funny!

Here is the mixing side assembled (with a little bit of influence from daplatapus)...



...and the filling side, with the piece that goes into the tank missing.



Step 3 : Try to justify the cost to the wife.

I think I will have an acrylic top fabbed up in the future to mount a ro/di float valve, the air pump, a heater bracket and electrical plugs. For now I will probably just notch out the lid.

Thanks for looking.

[daplatapus]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

That's not true Warren, don't listen to these guys. You need a bigger tank first before we can put more frags in there.....might need to reno the basement for a fish room to go with the 250 gallon tank. Oh wait, that's Dom's built. and they say we are bad influence. Lol

ROFL, Touche!
But.. he's not hanging around with us, traipsing through others coral beds, perusing perfect polyp stick farms