92 Gallon Corner

[ElChicano]

After waiting for sometime . The tank is finally getting done. The arrival of our daughter diverted the funds to the nursery and all the items that only get used once... Now she is a year old and its time to finish the project. 92 gallon Corner bowfront, with a 30gallon L-Shaped sump built by ace, went with a HOB overflow. Didn't want to drill it and void the warranty. Here it is.,, more pics to come..

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[Mr Cob]

looks great! Congrats, nice sump too :)

[LuckySingh]

nice congrats.....:)

[koa25]

Sweet tank. look forward to watching the progress.

[mistaflicksta]

I think you should sell me the tank and sump. LOL! Ive allways liked the corner bow front tanks. Hope to see it up and running soon.

[ElChicano]

Rock , and Sand are in the Tank, Light is in place. Rodi is being made.. should have 100 gallons of water done by tomorrow morning..

I went with the famous atinic shot
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Tank has some depth to it.. So its hard to see all the caves and tunnels in this pic. ..

[koa25]

Dang. That is looking sharp. Looking forward to the continuous build. Slow and steady.

[reefreak]

Nice what lighting do you have

[ElChicano]

Def slow and steady..

For lights I went with a 36" AquaticLife T5 fixture ,4-Lamp w/Lunar LEDs . It's all on a built in timer. Leaves more room on the outlet strip , since it just uses one plug.

[ElChicano]

Now the fun part.. cycling the tank. Time to grab a few cold ones.

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[ElChicano]

The cycle is def in full swing. Came home today after a day in Austin, and a smell was def present in the home.. Time to add carbon to the sump..

[ElChicano]

The cycle continues . I was expecting a brown algea bloom, but this looks like neon green.. Good or bad ?15630

[allan]

Doesn't look bad

[ElChicano]

Just started today. Is it coraline algea?

[Tristan23]

Do you have the light on daily when you cycle the rock?

[ElChicano]

First week lights were off.

[CoryDude]

Dude, that tank looks totally sharp. Love it!

That bright green algae is perfectly normal. My bright green algae graduated into little strands of filamentious algea and then slowly disappeared after a month or so.

[ElChicano]

Thanks Cory dude.
Im going to keep my eye on it,see what it does the next couple of days. I have been searching online for info and have come accross a few thing. One is its its just algea. Another stating that its coraline algea , that will start to turn pink the withing a few weeks then purple. I turned off the daytime lights and just left the blues on. To see how it does.

[ElChicano]

Gone for a few days. Green Algae is going strong. Guess cutting down on the lighting hours didnt help much. Did come home to a working skimmer. About 1/2 a cup of nice yellowish water.. ammonia down to 0 ppm . 15669

[Mr Cob]

love the rock work Hugo, nice job.

[350gt]

starting to like these corner tanks more and more.......


Like rob said nice rock work...

[ElChicano]

Thanks guys. I need to take some video of the tank. With the depth of the tank hard to see all the rock work.

Picked up a small clean up crew today at elegant reef. They went straight to work. Turbo snails have been working non stop. Hermit crabs , god only knows where they went. But the few I saw were hard at work. Astrea snails are moving around also getting to work.

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[ElChicano]

Day 3 of the tank with the clean up crew. 70 percent of the rock is algae free.

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[Scutterborn]

Your CUC is hard at work!!


- Ben -

[ElChicano]

Im giving them another week and a half to work their magic on the rock.. Then the fish will slowly start to get added.. Not sure what will go in first.. So many Choices so little space..

[hobogato]

looking great hugo, man those snails worked fast!

[ElChicano]

They sure did Ace. Have been working non stop from the moment they were put in the tank. Im surprised to see the speed they are getting the rock cleaned at. Guess they dont call them turbo snails for nothing..

[ElChicano]

Had the Day off. So I took a video of the Rock work in the tank,.I will be adding fish next week... Might take a Video Once every few weeks to see the progress of the tank once I begin to add Corals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGP2rBhye38&feature=youtube_gdata

[koa25]

Fancy looking. Like the music with it. Made me want to take a nap. Coming along buddy. Lookz real nice.

[jburgos26]

Chicano, nice... that algae grew pretty quickly and that cleanup crew mowed it down!

[ElChicano]

Super happy with this guy . Within a few hours of being put in the tank, he began eating everything I was feeding him. Has been doing great in the tank. Swimming around in and out of the caves..

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[Flyride95]

Man he looks awesome! My wife don't like that fish for some reason and it is driving me nuts. He looks great!

[ElChicano]

Bummer.. Wife is in love with him. Hoping this gets me some leverage to get a bigger tank soon. Cause we all know tangs need lots of space to be happy.

[ElChicano]

The kiddo enjoys feeding time as much as the fish.

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[CoryDude]

I love that last pic. Makes it all worth it when the kiddies become interested in the tanks.

[ElChicano]

Def makes it worth it. More of a reason to start thinking of another build..:D

[ElChicano]

Havent posted much on the tank. All the corals are doing great and even have a good population of pods going in the tank seem to be all over the place.

[jburgos26]

Can we get a pic(s) of the corals?

[ElChicano]

Here are some pics I took with my phone.

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[ElChicano]

Today marks week three of my tank in fallow after the ich outbreak it had. How much longer should I wait. I have read anywhere from 21 days, to a very lenghty 11 weeks :eek:..

[allan]

If you're truly intent on doing this, I'd say go the maximum required time. I thought that was six to eight weeks.

[ElChicano]

Def going the time required. Im set on 8 weeks. After the loss I took , Im not taking any chances.

[ElChicano]

Had the day off today. Did my water change and all the other fun stuff. Jumped on the computer and found out they make a 235 corner tank :D time to start saving.

http://www.fishtanksdirect.com/185galloncornerbowfront48x48x24byclarityplus-1.aspx

[FireWater]

Dude that's a beast. When does it quit being a corner and become half a room?

[Scutterborn]

When does it quit being a corner and become half a room?

Lmbo! John, it's all relative to the room.


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[ElChicano]

LOL... Its Def a good sized tank. I think this would be the max size for a corner tank. With my 92 its already hard enoungh to get to the back corner. I cant help myself, I really like this shape.

[jburgos26]

I'll buy the 92!! :hypnotyized:

[ElChicano]

Hello everyone, I went on a Hiatus for a bit. Things got busy for me , finally finished school and changed to a new job. Will post pics of the tank soon..

[Cammed_02]

Good to see ya back Hugo! Get some pics up

[Mr Cob]

bout time Hugo! lol

[ElChicano]

bout time Hugo! lol

Lol, Better late than never.

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[koa25]

Pics. I miss my corner tank and need to live vicariously through your tank ha ha.

[ElChicano]

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From this pic you can see a little of whats going on in the tank. I will take some more pics this weekend.

[ElChicano]

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Here are some more pics of the tank.

Livestock
Yellow Eye Kole Tang
Blue Hippo
Flame Angel
Pair of saddle back clowns
Yellow assessor
Mozembique blenny
Six line wrasse
Dragon goby


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[koa25]

Looks awesome Hugo. Everything is happy and healthy looking.

[allan]

Lookin' good!


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[hobogato]

very nice hugo, looks like everything is thriving.

[ElChicano]

Thanks everyone. Im very happy with current status of the tank.

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[jburgos26]

Looks GREAT Hugo! I rebooted my 75 gallon and am looking to getting back into the hobby!

[ElChicano]

Just when you think everything is running perfect. I came home after being out of town for a few days. Corals look good. Then I do a head count on the fish. Yellow eye Kole tang and Mozambique blenny are dead. What a bummer. :(

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