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10-31-2008, 12:07 AM
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Contest #1 Nano - New Rock Work
Guess who's in the game... look out people
Oh baby... oh baby it's fun already Plate Coral Tank with a modern stand concept and a super easy water change system Water change video on page 26 Budget = $395 Budget Exhausted = $390.00 Budget Remaining = $5.00 Details of Expenditure: Equipment: Heater = $24.99 x 0.75 = $18.75 - Used Via Aqua 100 watt - Originally bought at Bayside Corals Lighting = $75 x 0.75 = $56.25 - Basically 75% of a Sunlight supply 24" New Wave T5 Fixture - Used from Saskreef c/w 4 bulbs (PM me for proof of purchase) Pump = $52.50 x 0.75 = $39.50 -Used Rio 1400 - Originally Bought at Big Als Sump = $17.00 - Engineered Aquariums (actually = 1 Lunch) Total - $131.50 Livestock: Bumblebee Snails = $2 x 2 = $4.00 - Red Coral Hermit Crabs = 3 for $10 = $10.00 - Red Coral Clown Fish = $10.45 - Big Als (Actually Paid $22 ahah I had a GC) Dragonet Scooter Blenny = $8.45 - JL Price (Actually Paid $19.99 at Ocean City)- Dead Yellow Box Fish = $25.45 - JL Price (Actually Paid $29.99 at Ocean City)- Dead Finger Leather = $10.00 - Bayside Corals - Dead Toadstool = $5.00 - Originally Bought at Bayside Corals Candy Cane = $2.50 - Actually Free from sphelps but Almost Dead from Sitting in a Sump with No Lights (Almost all skeleton) Orange Plate Coral = $5.00 - Originally Bought at Bayside Corals but is almost all Skeleton from being in a 2.5 Gallon Pico (hope it makes it) - Dead Brown Plate Coral = $15.00 - Bayside Corals (Actually Paid $53.00)... hoping it might just be browned out and that it might get pretty Pink and White Plate Coral = $20.00 - Actually Free from sphelps Orange Plate Coral = $15.00 - Ocean City (Traded it for a Green Tongue Coral I bought 1 day prior $53.99) Green Plate Coral = $15.00 - ElGuappo (Actually paid $25.00) - Dead Green Plate Coral = $15.00 - De Iron Chef (Actually paid $20.00) - Dead Pink Plate Coral = $20.00 - Ocean City (Actually Paid $45.00) - Dead Brown Mushroom = Hitch Hiker so Included in Rock Prices = Free Anthelia Frag = $2.50 - sphelps (Actually Free) - Dead Crocea Clam 2" Shell = $20.00 - Ocean City (Actually Paid $35.00) Frogspawn 3" Skeleton = $15.00 - Red Coral (Actually Paid $30.00) Yellow Clown Goby = $0.25 - ColinD (Actually Free) Green Plate Coral = $15 - Ocean City (Actually $42.99) Orange Plate Coral = $15 - Ocean City (Actually $42.99) Zoa Colony = $10 - Ocean City (Actually $60.00) I fragged it up Total - $258.50 OK so some stuff died but in my defense I was planning a wedding through out the contest and then I was gone for 2 weeks for the wedding and honeymoon... just for a little back ground... I know I still let stuff die but I couldn't commit my full attention to the tank. That's just life sometimes... as I'm sure most of you know... anyway... I guess that's enough excuses for now "Free" Entry Fee = $26.50 - I entered late Tank = $20.00 - Engineered Aquariums ( Actually = Lunch... same lunch as above ) MDF = $58.50 - Home Depot Screws/Misc Hardware = $10.00 - Home Depot Hinges = $10.50 - Home Depot Wood Filler = $5.00 - Home Depot Fan Speed Control = $2.50 - Ebay (not wired in yet) Two 3.5" Fans = $2.00 ea. - Princess Auto 12 Volt Adapter = $5.00 - Princess Auto 3 Cans of Flat/Gloss Black Paint = $5.00 ea. - Canadian Tire? I had them lying around but I know I had to pay for them at some point Sand = $11.00 - Had around, originally bought at Wai's 5.5 lbs of Live Rock = $40.00 - Ocean City/ Bayside Corals 5ish lbs of Base Rock = $10.00 - Had but, originally bought at Bayside Corals Tank Shipping = $30.00 Plumbing Parts ~ $65 - Rona / Bayside Corals / Engineered Aquariums Magnafloat = $13.50 - Ocean City Eggcrate = $10.00 - Home Depot Fuge Light = $10.00 - Walmart Glass Lid = $15.00 - Big Als Coralife Battery Operated Digital Thermometer = $14.00 - Had around, but originally bought at Big Als (If I had the receipt I'd return it b/c it's out by 3 degrees) Handful of Cheato = Free - From Jay180reef Epoxy = $20 - Bayside Corals "Free" Total - $365.50 Actual Total Spent ~ $1064 **Note: Some prices above have tax included... at first most did but then it got hard Pictures Standard 10 gallon  Standard 10 Gallon w/ Overflow and sump  FTS November 15  FTS December 15 With Stand  Front  Left Side  FTS January 15  Front  Front Including Stand  Front Showing Storage  Side Including Stand  FTS March 15  FTS April 15 Front with Stand  Front Close up  Side  More pictures and water change video on page 26 Last edited by superduperwesman; 02-16-2010 at 02:50 AM. 
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10-31-2008, 12:25 AM
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Payment recieved.
Welcome. 
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10-31-2008, 06:55 AM
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Oh the things I have planned ahah
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11-01-2008, 09:43 AM
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When are we going to see some of these big plans!! Inquiring minds would like to know haahaa! And with this tank you have to keep it for more than a couple months... I don't know if you're going to be able to handle it!
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11-01-2008, 03:49 PM
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Don't worry I got plans... I got plans
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11-01-2008, 03:51 PM
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11-02-2008, 07:59 AM
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Ok... thank you again to everyone who was concerned about my ability to catch up but I assure you that I am here to play
 I started on the stand today... I made a few tiny mistakes on it but I wont tell you that they are  Here's a little taste... enjoy     
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11-02-2008, 08:44 AM
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Haahaa MDF is the prostitute of the wood world. It's cheap, easy, and will do anything you want it too and if it doesn't work out you can just chuck it out and get another piece!
Looking very abstract, I like it.
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11-02-2008, 03:49 PM
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Easy??? Not sure how easy it will be to paint the stand well enough to not swell up like a sponge... but worst case I guess I can just chuck it like you said 
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