ReefSafari Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Well the final showdown has begun, after "Trying" to share our first 40g Column tank it didn't take long before Amanda (my wife) took over the "Frag Tank" and made it her own little Nano, but one can only do so much with a 15g nano....So, As any good relationship goes, things have to be equal right?(laugh) I have never done a "Build Thread" before, I always think of it after the fact, we have thought long and hard about getting one big tank, and giving the whole share the tank thing a try again, but we chose to go ahead and do a couple of 40g breeders instead. We are both very competitive with each other, so this will be interesting. This is what we are going to do...We are going to have just about everything the same, same lighting, same sized tank, same filtration, the only thing that will be different is what goes into our tanks, meaning how we do the aquascaping, what corals we put in there, what fish we get, ect..ect.. We will give ourselves say 1 year to finish our "Designs"...after that year we will take pictures of each of our tanks and post them for a vote of who likes which tank better, we won't say which tank is who's, the winner gets to go out and buy whatever peice of coral they want, and gets bragging rights of King (or Queen) of the Reef in our house.... Anyway...so here is the first pics...I know whoowee(scratch) not much to see yet...but I plan on documenting EVERY little step of this Dueling Build... Bringing home the Tanks... Next step..build custom stands for them.... Meanwhile here are a couple of tank pics of our current tanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyInside Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 This should be interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Go Amanda! Go Amanda win one for the girls!(rock2) Would those be 40bs from Petco by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 lucky dog, i can't even get my wife to listen to me when i talk about saltwater anything. it puts her to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Re: Dueling Tanks lucky dog' date=' i can't even get my wife to listen to me when i talk about saltwater anything. it puts her to sleep.[/quote'] Awesome....sorry man but I am actually happy to know I am not alone here....maybe we should let them 2 hang out and we can talk tank Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 2 40 breeders puts a whole new spin on " its a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand" LMAO! Hey, if you ever wish to sell the 40cyl tank, I would be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 Thanks everyone... Well, we have hit a snag....after much argueing, it looks as though we cannot come to an agreement, I wanted everything to be the same, same lighting, same filtration, leaving just the design of the inside of the tank to the individual, but we couldn't come to an agreement... so...we have changed the original "rules", Amanda wants T5 lighting, I want Metal Halides, She has her own ideas for filtration and so do I, so....Basically the only thing that will be the same will be the size of the tank...LOL(laugh) We both have a 40g Breeder...everything else, lighting, filtration, corals, fish, ect.ect...will be up to the individual person...may the best person win.... We will keep everyone updated as the build progresses...Thanks everyone for your replies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Good choice doing separate systems. The filtration and lighting designs could match the type of corals that are meant to be housed...I like both lighting choices...either one, or a combination of both will look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 dueling breeders(wife) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 lucky dog' date=' i can't even get my wife to listen to me when i talk about saltwater anything. it puts her to sleep.[/quote'] I feel ya on this one! Every once in awhile she will show interest in something but it is "just a sliver in time" when it happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I feel ya on this one! Every once in awhile she will show interest in something but it is "just a sliver in time" when it happens! My sliver of time miraculously occurs at the LFS in which i end up buying her that cute little fishy in the window which costs twice as much as i wanted to spend and then dies in a few days which is still all my fault. DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 Quick update... My father who is a amazing carpenter chose to suprise us for our anniversery by building us a couple of custom 40g Breeder Stands:eek: I had talked to him about possibly building some stands and wanted his imput on how we could do it, and within a few days I get a call to stop by thier house, and was astonished that he had gone ahead and built them for us....(clap) We are super stoked, and this build off is going much faster than we had anticipated...Whoooo Hooo!!! Here are a couple of pics...More pics shortly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 Temporary just to see what the tanks look like on the stands....I like em(clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Re: Dueling Tanks Very nice Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Verry nice you guys. This should be fun to keep tabs on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 Thanks guys:D...I really do think it will be interesting, we both have such different views on every aspect, our tanks will be totally different from each other, but like I said...may the best person win...I'll just say I already have an idea of what I am going to buy when I do win...(naughty)..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxicPoison Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I wonder if I could convince my wife to do something like this... She does seem to have a passing interest in my tank, perhaps this will put her over the top! This should be fun to watch. (popcorn) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 David and Amanda that's really cool! Awesome stands too! The setup looks great so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Nice surprise! How big of sumps are you going to have? I ask because the door opening is a little small. Very nice looking stands, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee77 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 nice stands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 It was nice to meet you guys. I love the idea of the dueling tanks and David's "color theme" tank. I'm tagging along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miniwhinny Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Oh this is going to be so cool. I've just started my 40B build (sorry it's on nano-reef) they're awesome tanks. I'm for sure tagging along with your builds. It's going to be cool watching as they progress. I'm also interested in seeing what equipment you each decide on and how that goes together with the livestock you pick. P.S. LOVE the "tanks in the jeep" pic (clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicenter Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 This sounds like one to watch, hanging on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 Nice surprise! How big of sumps are you going to have? I ask because the door opening is a little small. Very nice looking stands' date=' though.[/quote'] I am still figuring it out, Amanda is going to go Sumpless I am still researching ideas for filtration for mine. It was nice to meet you guys. I love the idea of the dueling tanks and David's "color theme" tank. I'm tagging along Shhhh...Its a secret suprise..(whistle).....lol(naughty) Thanks everyone, Well Amanda has hit the ground running, while I am still trying to figure out what kind of sand to use, Amanda already has sand and WATER already going....Her tank has a BIG head start on mine....She is going to slowly start adding live rock to her tank...I snapped some pics of her working on it this weekend...I will post them when I get home... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 This is probably one of the coolest 40g breeders I have seen EVER....He had it set up for 5 years that way, until he recently broke it down and got out of the hobby....Its pretty amazing how he was able to not only keep but GROW coral like that with no fancy equipment....its very interesting. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1506957&highlight=sumpless+skimmerless+40 I like equipment, I like researching equipment, compairing, ect...Amanda likes simplicity...she is going minimal and simplicitic.... P.S. I don't know if linking to another forum is allowed, please delete if its not ok...I just thought it was so cool I thought I would share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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