jtarmitage

Sorry, he found a new home this afternoon

Pending...

Juvenile emperor, starting to show hints of the yellow adult coloration. He has a bit of HLLE and is not safe with zoas or LPS. Free to a good home, but would appreciate a frag donation to help fill up this tank 😁 No pic atm, as he's hiding in my 110g sump, but I picked him up from lovesalt not long ago.

Well, the emperor is doing well, but has decided he likes the zoas and favias in my tank. So, it's time to find him a new home again. If anyone is interested, let me know...

Looking for a heater and pump for mixing saltwater. I'm in happy valley. Lmk what you've got. Jeremy

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Very nice. I'd love a frag as well. Gotta get this tank stocked 😁

Getting there. The new sump is operational, though I still need to tidy things up and move the controller downstairs. I'll add shelving at some point, but I'm happy to hit this point and have everything working well with no leaks 😁. I built an acrylic overflow in the right corner and put live rock in that empty space as I made it large enough to house an internal pump should I choose in the future. A bit of LR under the drains, and a LR baffle between the "fuge" section and the rest of the tank.

LOL. I've thought about that. In time I'm sure. For now I'll have a couple of cans to the right for RO and saltwater, with shelves above. Gotta stock the main tank before I worry to much about the future frag system 😁 I've got the holes cut and run the flex pvc. Not really looking forward to actually doing the rest of the plumbing 😂. Also, I decided to run a deepish sand bed with a plenum in the tank as I had the vertical space. Just built an overflow in 1 corner with the external yellowtail pump below the tank. The manifold system will be added at a later date. Filling it with water today and adding the extra live rock i picked up. Still need to build a skimmer stand and start connecting the plumbing.

Looking good. That border makes a big difference on the stand.

Getting a little closer...I must say I hate waiting on things to dry...drywall mud, a couple times, texture, paint, paint again...The tank is officially in place(no pic yet), but still need to run the plumbing. Turned out pretty well for my first shot at doing drywall.

A bit of progress...Finished tearing out the old shelving downstairs, fixed a leaking water line, added a new faucet, ran a new 4 outlet GFCI line, and threw up some insulation(more for sound suppression than anything). Will put up some sheetrock tomorrow and hopefully start building out the stand and shelves later this week. I also picked up some additional live rock that I've got simmering as I have a bunch of room at the bottom of this 110g tank, so might as well add some additional biological filtration

Yeah, if you're using white off, clear is definitely the way to go for aesthetic purposes, though I strongly urge people to still use primer. You can get that in clear as well and makes for far better bonds. As we have a lot of vibration in our systems and tend to bang the pipes now and then working around our tanks, the primer creates a much stronger bond resulting in fewer leaks. I'd much rather do the plumbing right the first time than deal with the mess later...😲

All out and about. Settling right in 😁

Very nice. Looking forward to seeing the build once you get settled.

Lol. Looks good 😂

Very nice 👍

Thanks Brian. Still pondering how I'm gonna set it up and segment it. Hadn't planned on such a deep tank, but that's what was on the market for the right price when I was looking lol. It'll have at least 1 baffle, likely 1 on each end as water enters and exits the sump. I'll obviously have to elevate the skimmer and I'm thinking about doing away with the filter socks as the fudge is just a wee bit bigger...I'll add a bunch of live rock down low and create a bit of a cryptic zone, with the macro and frag rack up top. It'll be a bit before I add a frag setup as I'll need another light and have loads of space in the display, and the wallet needs a little recovery time 😂😂😂

Lol. He was all tied up at the time😂

Have a new project underway....😁 Decided while the current setup works well enough, it could be improved upon. So, we have this wonderful storage space located downstairs nearly right below the tank. Decided to use it and picked up a cheap 110g glass tank to use as a sump/fuge/frag tank. Needs a bit of work cleaning up the tank, removing some shelving, and building to suit. Will run the plumbing into the closet and down through the floor. As it happens, we already have a drain in the floor and a water line right where the tank is going. The water line has a shutoff valve for an exterior spigot with a leaking seal, so while we fix the leak, we are going to add another spigot to supply the RO/DI.

Lol, what a simple yet brilliant idea

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Just amphipods and copepods

No. They have $14-15 sheets of it

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