125 marineland build

[electricrcplane]

So just got the tank home, thanks Chris and Cedric. 3 sides star fire and one sweet setup.http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/22/e6yzunus.jpg

[electricrcplane]

Us its rimless too!

[350gt]

That's a nice tank!

[Paul28]

very nice is it 48x24x24 :)

[electricrcplane]

48 x 24 x 25

[Paul28]

Nice !

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Lol Thats a sweet tank!! Congrats. very nice footprint and rimless. :bigsmile:

[Big_Pun]

glad this tank went to a good home and person. glad I could help both you and ced!

[reefreak]

SWEET!

[electricrcplane]

I'm trying to decide if I should light the new tank with MH or LEDs.

Here's the thing, I have a like new ICECAP fixture that is black and looks awesome on the tank. It has 2 x 250 HQI double ended MH, 2 T5s, 2 LED bars. I've seen the performance on this light and it is pretty amazing and also produces very little heat. I could use this and get close to the color of the AI Vega.

I have an AI Vega over my current tank and would have to order two more $1000. I could list the ICECAP fixture but probably wouldn't take less than $400 as the fixture new was $1200 with no bulbs, just LED.

I'm on the fence... drop a grand and move to the Vega's or go with a light that I've seen in action that produces vivid colors and exceptional growth with sps.

[KING]

I dont know what ur other tank looks like but this 1 is a sexy tank you should go sexy all the way so if the aI is going to look more sexier an cleaner look go with them..but its all up to you at the end..lol..good luck. .

[BBQHILLBILLY]

I say go sexy:bigsmile:LEDs are more fun. You control the lighting.

[350gt]

Up to you!


if you plan to eventually go led, might as well do it now.

3 of those ext bars that mount to the back of the tank would look sessy over that tank.... Going to be kind of hard to mount them if its already set up.....


or what of you start with mh and transition later to led.... You could risk all the corals by shocking them.. It happens..

But your right mh is proven, it would be the cheapest way to go.... But is it what you want?



:)

[electricrcplane]

So I guess I'm committing to LEDs, I really like the icecap fixture, but changing stuff out after I set it up would be a pain. Using a trigger systems sump, and trying to get a hold of a octopus 3000sss or 2000sss. I have the 1000sss and it has been reliable and a great skimmer. ATO will be controlled via my reefkeeper.

[electricrcplane]

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Refinished the stand, I also add a two part lawyer to the bottom and silicone the seams, this way if I have a spill it stays in the stand. Makes it water proof and easy to clean. Also did the back of the doors, when dry I will turn them over and do the front.

[electricrcplane]

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The new trigger systems sump.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

pretty sump. Looking sharp.:bigsmile:

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Octopus 2000sss skimmer, trigger systems ruby 35s sump.

[Scutterborn]

Just saw this in person and I can sum it up in 1 word. Fantastic!!


-Ben-

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Light fixture is hung

[Big_Pun]

your moving quick, but looks good. im so glad you got this tank.

[electricrcplane]

Thanks Chris I'm really happy with it.

[SinisterLou]

Looks nice and fresh airman

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With lights, yes fixture will be centered.

[hobogato]

cant wait to see that carpet anemone in here!

[electricrcplane]

I can't wait either, but it's probably going to be 45 days or so to allow me to get nitrates down to zero and some copepods established for my Mandrin. I'll slowly move corals over first on the left side and the other half will be for the giganta.

[electricrcplane]

Looks nice and fresh airman

thanks Lou!

[allan]

Airman??? Eric, you in the Air Farce?




:)


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[koa25]

No. He was a seaman. Er um. Sailor.

[electricrcplane]

I was in the US Navy, yep the best of all the branches, we have boats, airplanes, and marines.

[Scutterborn]

Um, I got an itch...


-Ben-

[SinisterLou]

I was just messing with Eric because of the rc airplane hobby he has. He knows I kid with him. I didnt mean no harm by it. Did you catch the fresh in there Eric?

[FireWater]

I'm sure they knew that Lou. You have one Army dude, another Army office cubicle guy, and an inactive Marine poking fun at the Navy guy.


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[Scutterborn]

Inactive? I know my build is taking awhile but, geez!


-Ben-

[electricrcplane]

I was just messing with Eric because of the rc airplane hobby he has. He knows I kid with him. I didnt mean no harm by it. Did you catch the fresh in there Eric?
I did Lou and I get the reference, LOL.

[koa25]

Um who is the cubicle jockey? Allan or me? Cause I consider myself more of a chairborne ranger..... and i work in a basement... And I'm pretty sure once a marine, always a marine right Ben?

[electricrcplane]

Inactive? I know my build is taking awhile but, geez!


-Ben-
Inactive is correct since 1995. Yes my wife said the tank is like another woman in the house getting all the attention, her requirements are quiet, minimal smell, and she did not like the hanging fixture but my daughter did.

[allan]

Yeah, interservice rivalry. The navy is the one branch that seems to have held on to all of its traditions which is more than I can say for the Army... And the Air Force has t been around long enough. The Marines, of course, is a sub component of the Navy. So any compliment to the sailor is also a compliment to the Marines.

I had a Chief Petty Officer that worked for me back in my enlisted days that was about as predictable as a tang that's not supposed to eat coral.

And got locked up by a CWO 5 while in combat that I had called Chief. Never made that mistake again.


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[electricrcplane]

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Nothing like a reef octopus with a bubble blaster pump. Full tank shot. My daughters artwork above the tank. It's coming together.

[electricrcplane]

switching lights to 3 AI Vega's. Depending on the performance may add MH to the mix, but for now going to go straight LED.

[SinisterLou]

With three vegas on a four by two where would the halide go?

[SinisterLou]

I can see a halide in the middle with two vegas on the side.

[Scutterborn]

I can see the best option, 3 Vegas.... Done

;)


-Ben-

[electricrcplane]

Vega's only at this point.

[koa25]

Tanks looking amazing Eric. Need a tank shot of the vegas over it ha ha.

[electricrcplane]

working on that now, as soon as I get my small rails from AI I'll post a pic with it all lit up.

[Scutterborn]

working on that now, as soon as I get my small rails from AI I'll post a pic with it all lit up.

How small? I just cut up a pair and have about 12" sections left over.


-Ben-

[electricrcplane]

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I picked up this LED light to light the area in my sump from Costco for $29. I can create disco lighting in my sump, LOL. I also installed the Vega's and rails just waiting on two rails I ordered from Salty supply, (Ben if you have the new AI rails I'll get them from you, if not I'm going to go with the Vega rails to give it a clean finish. Also included a picture of the Reef Octopus biopellet reactor with the pump in the bottom.

I picked up some Dr. Tim's at Elegant today to seed the biopellets as well. I've had it setup for two weeks and biopellets for maybe two days now. No amonia, Nitrites were high, Nitrates were 5 ppm. As soon as I get it down to all zeros I'll be ready to start moving livestock and corals. Going to take it slow as eventually I'll put the blue giganta in the tank.

Anyone have tips on a good coral dip that will kill any/everything except the coral? I have a white stringy sponge that I don't want following me to the new tank.

[electricrcplane]

Yes, I have a rats nest of wires right now, I'll clean that up once I move my reefkeeper over from the 29 gallon. Gotta install my Tunze ATO and MP40 and probably another week or two and I'll be ready.

[alton]

When you get a chance can you post a picture of the LED light? That controller looks just like the RGB controller from Ecoxotic?

[Scutterborn]

Mine don't look fancy. :)

Are you hiding it in a canopy or completely open top?


-Ben-

[electricrcplane]

I'll take a picture Alton. You get 4 strips with adhesive backing and I put these in the top of the sump.

Ben, the led strip is hidden in the sump. AI's will be mounted using their product, just have one more to add.

[electricrcplane]

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[reefreak]

You think those will work for softies Eric? Looking great Eric!

[electricrcplane]

Maybe?, they're really more of accent lighting.

[electricrcplane]

Woohoo, measured my water parameters last night and everything is zero. Time to start moving some coral over.

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[hobogato]

very nice! how long do you plan to let it run before moving the gigantea in?

[koa25]

Nice Eric. Everything is looking good. Great looking tank man.

[electricrcplane]

at least a month, maybe less gotta check Mike's timelines. I'd think it would be ready as I'm at zero for everything but I want to give it time for me to see how the tank behaves to ensure I don't have any swings with the giganta.

[hobogato]

sounds like a good plan, that big anemone will be a bit of a load on the filtration.

[electricrcplane]

Thanks for the compliments gents.

[Big_Pun]

mh would look better

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[Big_Pun]

looking good!

[electricrcplane]

looking good!

Thanks!

[Paul28]

Very nice !

[electricrcplane]

Very nice !

Thanks, it's coming along.

[reefreak]

looking good! loving the scolies!

[electricrcplane]

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The giganta has arrived. Mike koa25 did an exceptional job keeping it healthy and happy.

[hobogato]

:hypnotyized: i. am. speechless. :hypnotyized:

[koa25]

I have so much room in my tank now lol. It was an awesome guy to have in the tank. My clowns are lost without it ha ha.

[koa25]

Looks great in the tank Eric. Might need a bigger tank soon. Pretty sure it grew while in my tank.

[electricrcplane]

Looks great in the tank Eric. Might need a bigger tank soon. Pretty sure it grew while in my tank.

Yeah, I think it did grow and ate 1.5 pieces of shrimp tonight. I can see this consuming my tank and yes Mike it was fun to feed it.

[koa25]

RIGHT!? It is so cool to feed. I want just for that reason alone ha ha. Are your clowns checking it out? I see one hovering under it.

[Scutterborn]

This was so impressive in person I was only half joking about buying off ya, Eric! Really looks phenomenal in person.


-Ben-

[Paul28]

man thats nice !!! i miss my big guy

[electricrcplane]

RIGHT!? It is so cool to feed. I want just for that reason alone ha ha. Are your clowns checking it out? I see one hovering under it.

The Blacker Ice/female kept biting me as I took away the frogspawn the clowns were hosting in. They check it out but haven't gone in yet; however, my exquisite is getting awfully close to becoming a meal.

[electricrcplane]

The Blacker Ice/female kept biting me as I took away the frogspawn the clowns were hosting in. They check it out but haven't gone in yet; however, my exquisite is getting awfully close to becoming a meal.

My exquisite is now freaking out and swing back and forth along the tank; also, colors on the exquisite have changed significantly. Not sure if he had a close call as he's definitely amped up right now.

[electricrcplane]

:hypnotyized: i. am. speechless. :hypnotyized:

you and me both......

[CoryDude]

I will gladly take that wrasse off your hands, unless Alex can get me one in their next shipment.

[electricrcplane]

I will gladly take that wrasse off your hands, unless Alex can get me one in their next shipment.

He simmered down, if he's still going crazy tomorrow I'll let you know.

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Few shots with the iPhone.

[electricrcplane]

saw this at a LFS and even though they're tough to keep figured he'd have a better chance in my tank than the store. In two days he's starting to eat so I'm really hoping he'll eat long term with a varied diet. If anyone has suggestions of diet and has kept a hawaiian cleaner long term let me know.
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Thanks Ace, picked up some nice clams this is after a few hours in my tank.

[koa25]

Nice score Eric. Very cool Clams and a gorgeous Cleaner. I will have to snag a couple of those guys when i get to the island ha ha. Need an updated FTS.

[electricrcplane]

Nice score Eric. Very cool Clams and a gorgeous Cleaner. I will have to snag a couple of those guys when i get to the island ha ha. Need an updated FTS.

Thanks Mike, I'll get an updated FTS soon.

[reefreak]

Don't know any tricks but I think the key is a sand sifting goby because of the Bacteria he gets in his mouth I've seen my dads cleaner about half way down his diamond gobys throat.

[FireWater]

Haven't kept a Hawaiian one before, but my old cleaner wouldn't eat prepared foods when I first got him. Started with brine shrimp - the snickers of the fish world. Then I started adding other foods to the mix as time went on. Before long he was a pest and would eat anything. He was the first fish to ever bite me. Lol

[FireWater]

Nice score on the clams too. Everything's looking good.

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I always wanted a little herd of Helfrichi, 6 of them and 5 purple firefish. Unfortunately my exquisite decided to make a leap from the tank to the floor and I didn't catch him in time. I think I'm going to add a screen over the top to prevent this in the future I know it takes away the look of the rimless but I really dislike losing any animals in my reef.

Cleaner is eating a little and has a perfect little cave he likes to hide in and poke his face out of. He's eating a little brine and also rotifers.

I'm going to have to rearrange a little for the clams as they're huge.

[electricrcplane]

Nice score on the clams too. Everything's looking good.

Thanks!

[electricrcplane]

Haven't kept a Hawaiian one before, but my old cleaner wouldn't eat prepared foods when I first got him. Started with brine shrimp - the snickers of the fish world. Then I started adding other foods to the mix as time went on. Before long he was a pest and would eat anything. He was the first fish to ever bite me. Lol

My blacker ice female bites me all the time if I'm in her territory. Good thing she's still not too big and she was the first fish to bite me.

[CoryDude]

Unfortunately my exquisite decided to make a leap from the tank to the floor and I didn't catch him in time.

I think I'm gonna cry!

[electricrcplane]

Had a bout of bryopsis and finally got rid of that. Still working on getting rid of this turf like algae. Everything is healthy and I'll probably add a small refugium to try and take care of the algae.

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[Mr Cob]

Looks great Eric... Glad to see the clowns doing well. That premium snowflake was sweet. Hard to find those these days. They are always out of stock on wholesale lists. Did the blacker ice get pretty dark?


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[koa25]

Looking awesome Eric. Everything is happy. Bryopsis can be a hell of a time. How did you treat it? Magnesium?

[electricrcplane]

Rob, the blacker ice looks great as well as the premium snowflake, I'll have to take some pics.

Mike, I used magnesium which cost me a few sps colonies :(, but it's gone now which is good.

[electricrcplane]

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Blacker ice and premium snowflake.

[electricrcplane]

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New tang from Alex at Phenomenal. Tang is extremely healthy and should fare well and was an exceptional bargain.

[koa25]

Dude. That's a clean looking tang for sure. I will miss the Wednesday rush for their new stock.

[electricrcplane]

Dude. That's a clean looking tang for sure. I will miss the Wednesday rush for their new stock.

Yeah, I wasn't expecting to add another tang but he fit in perfectly with my blue hippo and philippine yellow. The purple is already eating and after a little bit of back and forth with the yellow I think they settled down nicely. Also he was on the Friday order as Alex has been ordering a few times a week on occasion.

[electricrcplane]

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[electricrcplane]

So I need to upload pictures but I think I've finally licked the bryopsis and turf algae, it took me some time but I did it with a cleaner crew and some cheap hydrogen peroxide dosed directly to the tank. I must say for the amount of money spent on hydrogen peroxide it was well worth it. I'll take some pictures and upgrade once the lights are on.

[Mr Cob]

Awesome, I love hydrogen peroxide 3% dipping and dosing : )

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[CoryDude]

So I need to upload pictures but I think I've finally licked the bryopsis and turf algae, it took me some time but I did it with a cleaner crew and some cheap hydrogen peroxide dosed directly to the tank. I must say for the amount of money spent on hydrogen peroxide it was well worth it. I'll take some pictures and upgrade once the lights are on.

Eric, I have that same turf algae and was thinking about washing the rocks outside of the tank in a 50/50 water/peroxide mixture. At what levels did you dose directly to the tank? What kind of time frame did it take?

[BBQHILLBILLY]

what dosing peroxide straight to the tank. fish acting weird. really hmm i have this ugly green turf type algae in one of my tanks too. i blow it off with maxijet and comes back.
i run gfo/carbon/pellets it comes back.

[electricrcplane]

I dosed at 5 ml for 1 week daily and upped it 5ml per week until I reached 15 ml per day. I also added some sea slugs/10 turbo snails and upped my magnesium to 1400. It did take close to 3 months but it appears almost all is gone now. You also can up the peroxide to 1ml per 10 gallons but I wasn't that brave. I do dip corals and rocks especially ZOA's in straight peroxide to rid it of algae and flatworms which works exceptionally well. If a new frag even looks like it has some type of algae it gets a dip.


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[slm222]

What mixture do you use of water and peroxide? Any particular brand of peroxide?

[electricrcplane]

Peroxide at Walmart in the brown bittle , $0.98

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[electricrcplane]

When I dip ZOA's its straight peroxide with no dilution and I leave them in there about 5 minutes. The ZOA will take a week or so to fully open back up.

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[slm222]

its just amazing to me what some corals can take and still be ok. peroxide, bayer bug killer etc... as well as fish. I would never of thought to dip a saltwater fish in freshwater.