1200 pounds of fun

[Myka]

Sorry I'm late to the party, but holy crap, that was a close call!!! How did it all work out in the weeks following? ...and what do you mean RIP to the camera?

[Ram3500]

Originally Posted by Myka

Sorry I'm late to the party, but holy crap, that was a close call!!! How did it all work out in the weeks following? ...and what do you mean RIP to the camera?

Since you asked my mother in law passed away July 16 th after a long battle with cancer her last gift to me was security cameras. I am very thankful for the gift she gave me . I would have never known about the power outage if she never gave them to me every thing in my tank would have died as I wasn't coming home for another five days. I did the coral for cancer auctions on can reef a year and a half ago in support of her fight and thanks to this forum we raised over $2000.00 . She was a amazing lady here is a neat link about all she did .

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/1...topped-caring/

[Myka]

So sorry for your loss. She must have been looking on you.

[Ram3500]

It's kind of one of those when I am so board I almost wish I was at work any way I need something to do so here I am bumping my thread.

I am sure I am not the only one here who has wanted to put new flooring in but has a few thousands of reef in the way. I have been debating how to deal with this for over a year.We wanted to put hard wood floors but this damn tank isn't going anywhere.

I decided that it would be to much work to take it down and set it up so I had the floor built around the tank. It far from perfect but when I put a moulding at the base of the stand and around the back of the stand no one will know but me.

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You can see how I had a small leak that stained the sub floor hopeful that will be the last one.

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Here is a few top downs

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This one will be going to a canreef auction soon.
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Every thing is grow fast some to fast. I am regretting ever getting a monti it looks nice but its growth is just to fast . I am constantly breaking off pieces and scraping away at it. I think I will be removing it and a few other weeds to make room for some more desirable acros. I am also thinking of adding some more live rock possibly a large shelf in the middle of the tanks for more sps.

[Myka]

Wow, looks awesome!!! Love the coral in the first top down. I'll be bidding on your auctions once you get into Acro frags that's for sure!

The new floor looks really nice. Fwiw, you can drain a tank your size into a large tub beside the tank using a 1" hose in about 5 minutes, get a couple people pushing on it, and you can slide it over (on a smooth floor only, and only if the bottom of your stand is smooth too), and refill it with a pump in about 10 minutes. Total effort - about 30 mins max.

[Ram3500]

Fwiw, you can drain a tank your size into a large tub beside the tank using a 1" hose in about 5 minutes, get a couple people pushing on it, and you can slide it over (on a smooth floor only, and only if the bottom of your stand is smooth too), and refill it with a pump in about 10 minutes. Total effort - about 30 mins max.[/quote]


I thought of doing that but the rock structure would have collapsed all my rock work is held together by gravity no epoxy here. For the most part I am happy with the rock work and didn't want to risk a rock slide and broken sps. lucky for my friend is a wood installer and it wont be a tough or expensive for me to finish the floor if I decided to move the tank in the future.

[gregzz4]

Corals and new floor look awesome Ian !!