Saltwater shit

[Fatso]

Figured I would share my build log of the aquarium from the beginning. :happy:
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The brittle stars that I tried to save from the previous tank. A little difficult since I used zero of the LR from my 75....
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/Heathd_1500/130%20Das%20build/DSC01000.jpg
And on their merry way after a drip acclimation.
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[RM90]

Looks very nice. I bought fish once and they all died in 2 days :roflpow:

[VmaxEngage]

BAMF I always wanted a salt water tank

[Mr.Rogers]

Dam heat that's sexy as fuck !! Love that coral. How hard is it to maintain the water? And those lil starzz are bamf

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[Fatso]

BAMF I always wanted a salt water tank

Do one

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Dam heat that's sexy as fuck !! Love that coral. How hard is it to maintain the water? And those lil starzz are bamf

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Its easy once you get past the first couple of months. I cycled it for two months, thought it was ready, but it still isnt. Having a cycle of diatom bloom right now, so, I will be doing a water change this weekend.

But once my biopellets kick in, it will be easy mode. I had quite a bit more coral, but gave it away when I did the tank transfer. The corals I gave away were trouble makers, always stinging peaceful corals and shit.

[Mr.Rogers]

Gawd daaayum dude that's hard core. I didn't know u had to cycle water for that long, its less for normal water tanks or same?

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[Fatso]

Gawd daaayum dude that's hard core. I didn't know u had to cycle water for that long, its less for normal water tanks or same?

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It took so long cause I used dry live rock. If I bought shit straight from the ocean, it wouldnt have been so bad. Problem is, the shit straight out of the ocean is expensive as fuck and comes loaded down with pest. Rarely do you get something nice in the shipment.

Freshwater, I never cycled. I said fuck it. I would de-chlorinate the water and then shove the fish in after acclimating to temperature. It so easy to do a water change in freshwater tanks.

When I do a saltwater change, I have to dig out my 35 gallon trash-can used strictly for mixing, fill it it ro/di water from my filtration system (which would take about 5 hours, since its a 75gpd system), throw in a pump, throw in the salt, and measure the salinity with a refractometer until it reads 1.025 sg.

Or you can buy it for a dollar a gallon. Salt mix is about 20 bucks for 50 gallons of mix.

[stonehenge]

:horyshet: bamf imo. Saltwater tanks are so sexy, the fishehs are all so colorful and beast looking

[VmaxEngage]

Way too much work for me. Might have one when I get my own place.

[Fatso]

no, you do it now

[VmaxEngage]

Paypal is ready.

Please send monies

[Fatso]

you send me monies first

[Mr.Rogers]

That's pretty bad ass dude it seems like a really time consuming hobby but BAMF overall !

Juan true that I love the colors on them saltwater fish

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[VmaxEngage]

you send me monies first

a/s/l?

[Fatso]

Some pictures I took a couple of nights ago. I cant get the white balance correct on my camera, so the colors of the corals arent as vivid.

This coral is non-photosynthetic, and require to be hand fed daily. They are eating mysis shrimp in this photo.
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/Heathd_1500/130%20Das%20build/DSC01005.jpg

Maroon clowns yucking it up. I hope to breed these one day.
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Surface is skewed because I took it from the top. Water pump was causing ripples.
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[VmaxEngage]

hand fed? :awwyeah:

I will have one of these one of these days

[Fatso]

Yea, I have to thaw out the shrimp, and then grab each one with tweezers and try to get each polyp to take a shrimp

[Mr.Rogers]

U using special lighting ? Cuz they look like they glow in le darks

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[Fatso]

I have a 4 bulb t5ho fixture. One bulb is a 10k, another 14k, third is a fiji purple, and the last one is an actinic.

The actinics and fiji purple bulbs are on the blue side, like 420 to 450 nm, and they cause corals to fluoresce. Most corals posses this ability, but like i said, I cant capture it because my fucking camera has a shitty white balance setting.

[Mr.Rogers]

Dang dude all the shit sounds expensive I just recently upgraded my dragons cage and spent like 200 and most was on lighting, but ur shit sounds $$$$ :sneaky:

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[Fatso]

Dang dude all the shit sounds expensive I just recently upgraded my dragons cage and spent like 200 and most was on lighting, but ur shit sounds $$$$ :sneaky:

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Lighting for a reef tank can get retarded, real fast. Im looking at switching out to leds in the near future.

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Pics of said dragon?

[Mr.Rogers]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/aluthevampire/2011-10-02_17-13-40_387.jpg

My lil bearded dragon

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[Fatso]

I might convert my old 75 gallon into a reptile cage. What all is involved with them? I was thinking about some anoles, or a pacman frog.

75 is too big for a pacman, but they're so damn cool.

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He looks like he is ready to rape your anus or something.

[VmaxEngage]

lizard anus rape :scared:


My friend had one, built a huge cage for it when he got more. They were cool as fuck


Get vid of feeding skrimps to polyps :stimpy:

[Fatso]

No way I can juggle a camera and feed them the shrimp.

[Mr.Rogers]

I heard anoles are pretty BAMF but since I am in Az its kinda hard to keep the humidity levels high. So I went with a beardy instead and they aren't very skiddish. Lol he pooped in juan the other day :cheeky:

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[Mr.Rogers]

Get vid of feeding skrimps to polyps :stimpy:

:imo: :fistbump:


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[Fatso]

He pooped in, or on?

[Mr.Rogers]

:lol: aahahahahahahahahahahha ON lolllllll

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[Fatso]

Always wanted one of those BAMF fogger/hummidty machine thingys. Maybe I can buy some bulk clay and make some bad ass rock like back ground with plants and shit.

[Mr.Rogers]

That would be a bad ass project

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[VmaxEngage]

omg the lizard pooped in juan?!?

I knew yall were into some kinky shit but damn :scared:

[Fatso]

I probably wont do it. Only place I would have for it is in the office, and tiffany would murder me. She just got the living room back, lol

[Mr.Rogers]

I probably wont do it. Only place I would have for it is in the office, and tiffany would murder me. She just got the living room back, lol

Lol true that my wife was pissed when I bought that 60 gallon tank. "where the fuck ur gonna put that?"
Was like :okay: so I put him in my game room FIDIL

omg the lizard pooped in juan?!?

I knew yall were into some kinky shit but damn :scared:

:kiss: wanna join?


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[VmaxEngage]

ill let ape know of the invitation, but i cannot join. sorry

[theholycow]

Looks very nice. I bought fish once and they all died in 2 days :roflpow:

:word: I can't keep fish alive no matter how hard I try, how much research I do, etc.

Figured I would share my build log of the aquarium from the beginning. :happy:

I just shared a log with the toilet...luckily it wasn't saltwater shit.

[SarkOzy]

Awesome. I've always wanted an aquarium. :jester:

Although I wouldn't put tropical fish in there. I'd have to walk down to the beach and net a few spot, angelfish and maybe something else that looks pretty and is decently small. Can get urchins, coral, etc too. Just gotta hit up the inlet at low tide. :hmm:

[stonehenge]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/aluthevampire/2011-10-02_17-13-40_387.jpg
Wrex ftw
omg the lizard pooped in juan?!?

I knew yall were into some kinky shit but damn :scared
:ujelly:

[VmaxEngage]

aint even

[linden]

man ive been wanting a salt water set up for awhile but there is no way i could keep up with live coral very cool.

[2005_Silverado]

Looks very nice. I bought fish once and they all died in 2 days :roflpow

pescado prawlee rather die than be ur pet :roflsad:

[Fatso]

Why vmax always trollin?

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[stonehenge]

pescado prawlee rather die than be ur pet :roflsad:
:lol:
Why vmax always trollin?

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cuz he likes cockstars and dislikes his ps3, that shows you what kinda person he is

:disappoint:

[VmaxEngage]

:lolwut: i has no cockstars

[stonehenge]

Prolly you cried when traded them away

[VmaxEngage]

:lol:

Nah was happy to be rid of ripoff jeep

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Why vmax always trollin?

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[.GARY.]

Phenomenal looking tank Heath. I have always wanted to try one out but never did. Maybe one day when I have the available time I will get into it.

[stonehenge]

need moar pics :crossarms:

[Fatso]

Thanks gary. I might take some more pics, but I am having a flatworm issue right now. I have no fucking clue where they came from either.

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[stonehenge]

fiance tired of your shit, throwin worms up in there :sneaky:

[Fatso]

I bought a bucket of used sand to help cycle the tank. I figured it may have come from there, nut I have no way of knowing for sure. I can dose with flatworm exit, but its just a huge pain in the ass.

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[race2c]

badass looking setup Heath. seems like lots of work, but well worth it when it gets up and running.

What kind of maintenance do you have compared to a freshwater tank?

[Fatso]

Maintenance just depends on what equipment you are using and what you intend on keeping. Fish only salt tanks are on par with freshwater, where sps reef tanks take serious money and attention to detail.

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[race2c]

sps reefs?

[Fatso]

Small polyp stonies. Its a generic term for a group of corals who use lots of calcium and magnesium to build their skeletal structure. They have small polyps and a thin layer of tissue covering the skeleton. They require pristine water conditions, very strong lighting and flow, and good waste capture and export. There are a few exceptions to the rule, but acropora and millipora fit that well. Birdsnest are pretty easy to grow so long as mag and calc levels are good.

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[race2c]

like this? judging by the pic sps tanks must be extremely pricey.

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/uploads/post-34-1118952834.jpg

[Fatso]

Yea. Sps on top and lps on the lower part of the tank. The equipment cost gets stupid. I have a calcium reactor waiting for install, but I need to make an effluent chamber that can hold my ph regulators probe, also need to drop about 250 on a co2 tank, regulator, and valve.

Once I get it running, ill start adding more lps and doimg some sps.

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[stonehenge]

:fulloffuck:

[TATERNATER]

the colors, duke. the colors!

[fatkidkustomz]

Awesome setup Heath. Had one a long time ago. But, after my last saltwater adventure crashed and cost me a $3500 setup, I've since gotten into fancy goldfish. I'd rather lose 2 $15-$20 freshies than an entire tank of $40-$50 salt water fish.

[Fatso]

Started on my Aux/Frag stand. The frag tank will need to be custom built ,but will easily plump into the main displays sump. The real reason though, for the second stand, is to hold and hide shit like my dj power switch panels, auto-top off tank, various electrical controllers, and a co2 tank with regulator/valve.

I want to cover the stand in maple, like the stand for my display, but I think I am hosed. Maple is going to be about 400 bucks in material. Ash is similar in color but but doesnt come in ply locally, so I can only get 4'x8' sheets of 10mil veneer... no thanks.
I guess I am stuck with poplar and birch. FUCK YOU LOWES, HOME DEPOT, ACE, and WOODCRAFT.

[stonehenge]

I am not sure what 80% of that post means but I think it means bamf fisttank

[Fatso]

:no: thats not what it means.

It means I cant use the species of wood I want to use cause they fgts. :okay:

[stonehenge]

Oh i understand that part but here is a list of terms that idkwtf:

Aux/Frag stand
frag tank
plump into
main displays sump
dj power switch panels
auto-top off tank

[Fatso]

Oh i understand that part but here is a list of terms that idkwtf:

Aux/Frag stand
frag tank
plump into
main displays sump
dj power switch panels
auto-top off tank

Aux/Frag stand= stand whos main purpose is holding items like the power switch panels, auto top off tank, and co2 canister.
Frag tank= holds corals that I will fragment, separated from the colonies in my display tank. Serves the purposed of letting them grow out, so I can sell them later at a prawfit.
Plumb into- plumbing into the sump that handles all the filtration for my display tank.
Main displays sump- sump refers to a tank or large container that sits in the stand of the display tank. It holds filtration items such as the return pump, carbon reactor, biopellet reacor, and protein skimmer. Can also house a refugium, if the sump is large enough.
Dj power switch- google it
Auto-top of tank- tank that holds fresh water (not salt) to replace water that evaporates out of the display tank or sump. Its controlled by one or two float switches, which trip a relay that powers a pump in the top off tank. Pretty handy.

[stonehenge]

:insane:

[Fatso]

Got some more work done this weekend on the stand. I need to sand, route, and stain it. Hinges need to be adjust a little as well, but the worst of it is done.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/Heathd_1500/2011-11-13165527-1.jpg


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[stonehenge]

you made it from scratch?

[Fatso]

Well I didnt cut down the tree, but I bought all the shit I needed from lowes and cut it up.

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[theholycow]

Lame.

When I needed a cabinet, I created rocks, pulverized them, created and pulverized life, mixed the pulverized life and rocks to make soil, then molecule by molecule I made a seed to grow a tree. Once the tree was grown I chopped it down with a herring (which I had made myself, also) and proceeded to mill it using tools that I made.

[Fatso]

I kill cows

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[stonehenge]

:datCustomCabinet:

You be carpenter like jezuz

[Fatso]

Finally got a pic of my newest fishy. He has been a shy one.
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/Heathd_1500/DSC01021.jpg

[stonehenge]

:datBrightColoredFesh:

[Fatso]

Some random shots and new creatures. Added a pair of fighting conchs, they're about the size of my palm and have maybe another inch to grow.
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/Heathd_1500/DSC01078.jpg
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[stonehenge]

Bamf immfo