Avilamillar's 160G frag tank

[avilamillar]

Hey a few days ago I posted some questions about my frag rack so today I'm gonna be presenting my frag tank :)

I got this tank from a fellow MAAST member. Here's after intense cleaning:

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-30618-1328068542993.jpg

The stand build

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-40477-1328068562117.jpg


http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-30617-1328068587842.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-46950-1328068611732.jpg

Then wait DAYS for the RODI to make enough water

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-40476-1328068631667.jpg

I also built this "hanger" for the lights

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-21050-1328068651757.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-53833-1328068712809.jpg

Sump

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-21052-1328068758069.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-21062-1328068777551.jpg

Then wait for the water to clear up

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/photobucket-21043-1328068692869.jpg

[avilamillar]

And finally the water cleared up and I got the fish in after a few days. I didn't wait that long to cycle because I bought the complete system and I had the fish waiting in buckets. Since the rocks never were out of the water I never got ammonia spikes or anything like that. I just added bacteria.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/L1010949.jpg

To be continued...

[Zack]

I had no idea lionfish were reef safe! Awesome setup! Can't wait to see what you will do with it :)

[avilamillar]

I had no idea lionfish were reef safe! Awesome setup! Can't wait to see what you will do with it :)

They are. The previous owner had it in a reef aquarium. But during spring break I left someone to take care of the tank and when I got back it had fin rot and died a few days later :(

[Zack]

Sorry to hear about that buddy :/. Just curious, what are the dimensions of the tank?

[avilamillar]

Sorry to hear about that buddy :/. Just curious, what are the dimensions of the tank?

Yeah I was going to sell it because I always got scared of its spines. The tank is 48x48x17

[allan]

How do you keep the temp down in the garage?

BTW, very nice. I need your job, wife would throw me out if I got another complete set up.

[Big_Pun]

wow nice setup, too nice to be in the garage!! I would have tossed couch and tv in garage to make room lol

[avilamillar]

How do you keep the temp down in the garage?

BTW, very nice. I need your job, wife would throw me out if I got another complete set up.

Thanks, my chiller keeps it around 80 ;) hope it can keep it like that during summer too.


wow nice setup, too nice to be in the garage!! I would have tossed couch and tv in garage to make room lol

Thanks, I didn't have any room inside the house :P and I couldn't let it go at the price it was selling . I do have a couch right in front of the garage lol

[avilamillar]

So I build a BIG frag rack for this tank a few days ago and I have already started filling all those little squares :) Yesterday I fragged my setosa, orange stylophora, digitata and acropora(secale i think). a few new pics :)

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/20120510_175326.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/20120510_175502.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/20120510_175513.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/20120510_175531.jpg

and some frags of seriatopora that I fragged a few days ago.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn167/avilamillar/20120510_175450.jpg

[avilamillar]

What do you guys use to frag really hard corals like stylophoras? I have one of those fragging kits that have multiple tools but even with the big cutter I always have a hard time with the stylophora, I need to twist it until it breaks. Would more expensive bone cutters do the job?

Thanks for looking

[Big_Pun]

diamond saw blade either band saw,tile saw, even dremal

[avilamillar]

diamond saw blade either band saw,tile saw, even dremal

Hmm but what if i want to cut it underwater? The colony already grew onto the rocks.

[allan]

The coral colony can survive a bit out of the water if you née to take it out to frag.

Or, I wonder if they have some stainless steel ratcheting cutters.

[avilamillar]

The coral colony can survive a bit out of the water if you née to take it out to frag.

Or, I wonder if they have some stainless steel ratcheting cutters.

The thing is that I don't want to break the coral from the rock each time I wanna frag. Are those the ones to cut pvc? I got one of those a few days ago to cut the pvc for my frag rack. Ill try them tomorrow ;)