fishiefish Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 hello first of its a pleasure to meet all of you. now for my intro....okay so I was a member on this forum about a year ago.started my first tank had water in it and ooolala 5 pieces of live rock this was in my 29 it ran well for alittle while even had a mean little damsel (will not be getting on of those again). well got lots of imput from spectra ,impur ,and nyles even bought magnets and dish thingie that nyles then cut into pieces for me...thanks again(rock2).anyways all was going well I was borrowing lights from a friend and setting up my 55 had my darling 29 which had several new additions and had been doing great, transfered into 55 over a period of a little over a month doom doom dooom then came camping trip................................................ very bad day of my life when the person who was checking on my fish called to say "um there's no water in your tank but your carpet is soaked". the tank had a small very small but effective crack. clean up was not fun(flame) yes so that was my short stint into the world of salt water. well so I met a man who comes to my work and donates ( I work at a plasma center ,we pay people to let us poke them) to get money to spend on his reef tank. well as you can imagine I already had the salt water bug and was going through withdrawls (drooler)so hearing about the stuff this guy was buying every week was torture......hence I'm back. But truly it was fate cause now I buying a wonderful setup from another member on here...worked out perfectly the day I logged in he dropped his price...thanks gopens! so in exactly 5 days I will have my new "to me" tank and will be posting pics asap.I love imput, advice ,questions, and people selling cheap frags!!!!!(laugh) I was alittle worried because for awhile I couldnt have access to the site when I logged in and couldnt get in to my old member loggin so if this posts a couple of times I'm sorry.DOH! hope everyone is haveing a great day and looking forward to meetin you all ...dont be a stranger:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miniwhinny Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hey, welcome....urrr...back LOL. I'm new here too but am loving this site and the folks on it. I'm sorry to hear about your tank cracking...yikes how aweful! I'm really looking forward to hearing all about your new tank and the plans you have for stocking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Yes, welcome back. It is good to see another reefer south of the Salem/Portland area. As you have already found out, we have a number of great members in the Eugene/Springfield area. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralreefaquarist Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 cant wait to see pics. (clap)take lots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Yes, welcome and please, ask if you wish we all are here to help. Nothing like getting your hands dirty. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 thanks nyles I'mm looking forward to getting my hands dirty and finally using my dishdrainer /rock lift! hows your office tank doing......couldnt find any pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Here are pics of old office tank http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/nyleswright/office%20tank/ I sold it to dstonburg... its currently for sale by him. I needed a skimmer for a frag tank I was setting up so I traded him the setup for his DAS-EX skimmer. I don't think hes sold it yet. I don't miss dragging water from home to the office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 thanks nyles I'mm looking forward to getting my hands dirty and finally using my dishdrainer /rock lift! hows your office tank doing......couldnt find any pics Did you buy those rocklifts from me? If so post up some pics when you get them in, next time my rock comes out I will be putting some in to, Impur has them in hes tank and they are doing great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Yah you can't even see them anymore!! Welcome back, i'm always around to help. Just ask if you need it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 impur how deep did your sand bed have to be? did you pile up the rock in front or glue on rubble too the front ? ya got pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 oh yeah yep I got them from you nyles and you cut them into little squares for me ..thanks. I just hope one is enough for my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I just put them on the bottom of the tank, then put in the sand. My sandbed is maybe 2-3" deep max. Its all covered with coralline now. Just looks like juts of rock sticking up. I'll try to get you a few more pics on sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 thanks I appreciate it. I'm setting up my tank tuesday I Have about 100 pounds rock and 100lbs sand so hopefuly it will work out I may need to get another and redo some scaping later...but hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Well i was taking pics and forgot to take pics of just the lifts. I'll do that tonight. Here you can't even see them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180Brandy Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 hello and welcome back !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 thanks 180brandy wow thats a nice pic miles your tank sure has filled in....hey didnt you tint the back of your tank? is that the same tank.....do ya like it and would you recomend it? my tank is going to be up against green curtains....so I was thinking I need a back drop of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Yah i did use tint. I would do it again in a second. Its so simple to do and isn't permanent. I recommend it to everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 well I'm going to be redoing my rock this week my tank had the back painted so I didnt need to tint it after all, I hope to use the rock lifts this time....I was in way to much of a hurry before and forgot but I can see there will be a problem with detrius if I dont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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