Re: Project 105

by Shank Sat 22 Jan 2011, 3:46 am

Haha, I have cichlids so if they're soley SW the only thing I'd be taking home from these stores would be pictures! Thanks for the heads up though, i'm beginning to get the impression everyone heads to salt eventually lol

by Daniel1381 Sat 22 Jan 2011, 9:57 am

nice looking stuff!! great build! you will love the elite thats what im running

by ritter678 Sat 22 Jan 2011, 11:35 am

I hit the local stores a couple times a week and almost always walk out empty handed. I get mysis and algae sheets from Petco and that's about it. I do pick up a steal every now and then on a coral but lately they have only been stocking softies. Wet Pets gets a nice coral in every now and then but if it's not picked up quick it starts to look bad. The prices are pretty high there too.

by Bryan Sat 22 Jan 2011, 12:20 pm

I have 100# of florida reef rock coming from reefcleaners.org . hoping it will be here today, will post pics when it arrives. After that shows up it will be time to get this puppy scaped and get it wet. bounce

Cant wait

by Bryan Sat 22 Jan 2011, 12:24 pm

Daniel1381 wrote:nice looking stuff!! great build! you will love the elite thats what im running

Thanks, Daniel

The elite that i picked up has ph, and temp, sl1, mlc, alc, 2 power bars. dont really think i will need any more than that. The alc will control the T5's for a dawn to dusk effect, the MH will come on for 4 hrs / day during the middle of the light cycle. Then the mlc will control the lunar cycle from there.

by Daniel1381 Sat 22 Jan 2011, 12:47 pm

Bryan great job at your research! where did you buy it from?? did you get the net module

by ritter678 Sat 22 Jan 2011, 12:48 pm

Forgot to add...those are some very nice corals and nem!

by Bryan Sat 22 Jan 2011, 12:54 pm

Daniel1381 wrote:Bryan great job at your research! where did you buy it from?? did you get the net module

I actually bought it from another reefer who had a seam give out and left the hobby, picked it up for $250 as it is. I do not have the net module but that is coming for sure, just wish i could control it over the interwebs like the apex. For the price i got i am happy though

by Daniel1381 Sat 22 Jan 2011, 2:33 pm

i got the net mod and iphone has a app i am still playing with that part!

by Grimreefer Sat 22 Jan 2011, 7:13 pm

Got some nice stuff there. Can't wait to see it all set up and running.

by Bryan Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11:51 pm

Rock showed up today, however I am in oklahoma for work so no scaping until Wed.

by Daniel1381 Tue 25 Jan 2011, 10:08 am

what kind of rock did you get?

by Bryan Tue 25 Jan 2011, 11:04 pm

Daniel1381 wrote:what kind of rock did you get?

I got 100# of florida reef rock from reefcleaners.org

This :

http://reefcleaners.org/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/33ce6ebeaa2166e1f862dac74c81818f.jpg

by Daniel1381 Wed 26 Jan 2011, 12:39 am

All dry rock?? If you dont mind me askimg how much a lb

by BigBlue Wed 26 Jan 2011, 12:44 am

Looks like you can pick your shapes, somewhat, on this site.... Not bad prices either. And it's all dry! Wooohooo NO AIPTASIA!

http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=15&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=34

by Bryan Wed 26 Jan 2011, 1:25 am

100# = $180 shipping included

by Daniel1381 Wed 26 Jan 2011, 12:03 pm

thats cheap!!

by Texas Gypsy Thu 27 Jan 2011, 12:51 am

matt_longview wrote:
Bryan wrote:not trying to rub it in, but this is what I am used to :

http://www.dfwmas.org/lfs

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You took the letters right out of my mouth!!!! Shocked

by Bryan Thu 27 Jan 2011, 12:57 am

Rock made it here, should be scaping on friday. Couple of new frags picked up today - pics after they are no longer mad at me. hope to have tank wet this weekend.

Sounds like work to me

by rml3864 Sat 29 Jan 2011, 10:55 am

Bryan wrote:few things waitng for me to finish so they can have a bigger house

nice

by Bryan Sat 29 Jan 2011, 9:26 pm

got lighting installed today, sand and dry rock is in. Now I am working on plumbing and will be adding water later tonight. Starting to actually feel like a reef tank now.

WOOOOOO HOOOOO

by matt_longview Sat 29 Jan 2011, 10:15 pm

Don't hold out on us now...you're taking pictures right? :-)

by ritter678 Sat 29 Jan 2011, 10:16 pm

Bryan wrote:got lighting installed today, sand and dry rock is in. Now I am working on plumbing and will be adding water later tonight. Starting to actually feel like a reef tank now.

WOOOOOO HOOOOO

Nothing better than a new tank! Congrats.

by J.Davis Sun 30 Jan 2011, 6:04 pm

Congrats on getting it all together. Sounds like you've put together a real nice reef!

by Bryan Wed 02 Feb 2011, 12:39 pm

ok, broke down both systems to combine everything into one tank. Had ~75-80g of water from current tanks, added about 35g of new water. Had ~60# of established LR and 100# of new dry rock. went with 80# of new live sand. Spent 2 days doing a very slow transfer and here is what i got.
Will get better pics , but these are all I have for now.

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