My Foray Into Reefing In The Mountains

Ippyroy · Nov 2, 2021

I can’t enter my kitchen because I have my Brutes in there with rocks and water. I can’t sleep in my bed because I have my lights and other parts on it. I have to move my bed out to build a train set for the hotel. I will call BRS in the morning and see what they can do. If I can get the tank on Wednesday if I have all the plumbing I need I might be able to pull it off. Hopefully they can do something.

fishguy242 · Nov 2, 2021

fingers crossed...

Ippyroy · Nov 2, 2021

We’ll come to find out the tank has to be drop shipped and that won’t happen until Friday. Therefore; I have to cancel the order. I am working on returning most of the stuff I ordered. I am now down to my 20 gallon AIO. Somehow it went went from an upgrade to a huge downgrade. I am very unhappy right now. I wish I knew how that tank was going to be shipped. I would have done it all differently. Oh well. Live and learn I guess. This will be my last post for a while.

fishguy242 · Nov 2, 2021

bummer...hope to see you in the good morning thread,once in a while.
again that really blows...

Soren · Nov 2, 2021

Ippyroy said:
We’ll come to find out the tank has to be drop shipped and that won’t happen until Friday. Therefore; I have to cancel the order. I am working on returning most of the stuff I ordered. I am now down to my 20 gallon AIO. Somehow it went went from an upgrade to a huge downgrade. I am very unhappy right now. I wish I knew how that tank was going to be shipped. I would have done it all differently. Oh well. Live and learn I guess. This will be my last post for a while.

Sorry to hear about your troubles with your tank and this new planned setup.
Do you still want/need the AvastMarine Plank corner shelf? I'll follow up in our PM.

TheShrimpNibbler · Nov 22, 2021

I hate to hear that things didn’t turn out how you hoped. Hopefully your able to get a setup that you’re happy with at some point even if it’s not the near future. Good luck with whatever happens though!

Ippyroy · Dec 2, 2021

Well, it's not snowing and 45 today. It was 39 for a low. All of the snow has melted and one of the hotels I work for is cutting labor. This is great news for my reefing. I am down to only 60 hours a week. I also got my hours cut back to only 70 a week for the summer. I reordered the tank and it was shipped quickly this time. I should receive it on Tuesday, which means it should be cycling with in a week or two. I also won the $250 coral packs from Queen City Corals. Hopefully I can it all plumbed and running over the next 2 weeks.
All of my rock is dry and dead now. I will be taking it slow, allowing it to cook in the tank. I will be doing several massive water changes. My plan is 50 - 60% every 2 weeks. Hopefully this will help with the die off and NO3 spikes. Hopefully nothing happens between now and then like a massive snowstorm that dumps 3-4 feet on uswith in the next couple of weeks. Fingers crossed!

Ippyroy · Dec 12, 2021

I ordered the Carib Sea Live Rock shapes and 40lbs of dry sand today. I am too tired to try to build a new scape and I don't trust the used sand. I might use part if it along with the old rocks in the Fuge tank. I will add the old used rocks into the crypto area. I haven't done anything else. The 3rd dose of Moderna knocked me out for a week.

Today I plan on clearing out the top of the stand and placing the new Frag tank on it where it will go. Hopefully I can also start setting up the sump area. I also need to make RODI, but that is very simple and doesn't take long. If i have time, I will also try to plumb in the return pump to the 32. I will set up a manifold and run the Frag/Fuge off of it. If everything goes to plan, I will have water running by Saturday afternoon, fingers crossed.

TheShrimpNibbler · Dec 15, 2021

Ippyroy said:
I ordered the Carib Sea Live Rock shapes and 40lbs of dry sand today. I am too tired to try to build a new scape and I don't trust the used sand. I might use part if it along with the old rocks in the Fuge tank. I will add the old used rocks into the crypto area. I haven't done anything else. The 3rd dose of Moderna knocked me out for a week.

Today I plan on clearing out the top of the stand and placing the new Frag tank on it where it will go. Hopefully I can also start setting up the sump area. I also need to make RODI, but that is very simple and doesn't take long. If i have time, I will also try to plumb in the return pump to the 32. I will set up a manifold and run the Frag/Fuge off of it. If everything goes to plan, I will have water running by Saturday afternoon, fingers crossed.

Wow, you’re moving right along here! Glad that this build is starting to get back on track, I hope you’re enjoying it!