Richard Schmidt
Active Member
Well to quote the "Grateful Dead"......What a long strange trip it's been.
Many of you may have seen my various posts about having this tank for well over a year before I could even start setting it up. New home contractor FINALLY got all the floor issues corrected, so my fun could begin.
93 gallon cube tank before start of build, with Artfully Acrylic top:
Tank after custom stand build:
Then the light's mounted to the wall:
This was my first venture into LED lighting so I went cheap just to see how I (and the tank liked them) They are DsunY lights, yes from China. Much to my surprise I love them and they have gotten some good reviews.
Then comes the plumbing:
After that the aquascape:
Front:
Right:
Left:
First frag from my old tank, it's not much but is a good tank test.
Looks like a little green algae is starting, but that does not surprise me. Went out on a limb Saturday and got a Royal Gramma and he/she is alive, snooping around it's new world and more importantly it's eating.
Running:
Cebera Controller
Reef Octopus CLSC-110 Ext skimmer
Reef Octopus Cr140D calcium reactor (ARM substrate)
Vectra M1 return pump
Gyre 130 wave maker.
This entire build has had me fighting my cat's being in my way. Guess they got tired of it and this how they look at me when I have spent more time on the tank then with them:
It's been a long road,but it's finally done.
This is the first tank I have built with all equipment under the tank, "Boss" made it VERY clear it better be silent. I'm more than happy to report that all you hear is the occasional noise of the calcium reactor crunching up some CO2 bubbles.
I have been in this hobby for 40+ years, It all started with a 10 gallon when the newest technology was a underground filter and who knows what was in the salt. If you could keep a starfish alive for over a month you had a great tank. I, like everyone in this hobby always wants to move up in size. I moved from the 10 to a 20 long to a 55 to a 75 to a 100, the last tank I had a 200 before this move, and at my age am just as happy to downsize. My brain is still 20 years old but my body reminds me I'm 62 every day.
Will keep you updated as everything settles in.
Thanks for listening and looking. Opinions are appreciated just so I can show the "Boss" what others think. Guess that's not fair, she missed the live art as much as I did but she made her rules very clear. I still don't think I could have slept in the tank as she threatened if it did not meet her rules.
Have a great "Live Art" day:
Rick
Many of you may have seen my various posts about having this tank for well over a year before I could even start setting it up. New home contractor FINALLY got all the floor issues corrected, so my fun could begin.
93 gallon cube tank before start of build, with Artfully Acrylic top:
Tank after custom stand build:
Then the light's mounted to the wall:
This was my first venture into LED lighting so I went cheap just to see how I (and the tank liked them) They are DsunY lights, yes from China. Much to my surprise I love them and they have gotten some good reviews.
Then comes the plumbing:
After that the aquascape:
Front:
Right:
Left:
First frag from my old tank, it's not much but is a good tank test.
Looks like a little green algae is starting, but that does not surprise me. Went out on a limb Saturday and got a Royal Gramma and he/she is alive, snooping around it's new world and more importantly it's eating.
Running:
Cebera Controller
Reef Octopus CLSC-110 Ext skimmer
Reef Octopus Cr140D calcium reactor (ARM substrate)
Vectra M1 return pump
Gyre 130 wave maker.
This entire build has had me fighting my cat's being in my way. Guess they got tired of it and this how they look at me when I have spent more time on the tank then with them:
It's been a long road,but it's finally done.
This is the first tank I have built with all equipment under the tank, "Boss" made it VERY clear it better be silent. I'm more than happy to report that all you hear is the occasional noise of the calcium reactor crunching up some CO2 bubbles.
I have been in this hobby for 40+ years, It all started with a 10 gallon when the newest technology was a underground filter and who knows what was in the salt. If you could keep a starfish alive for over a month you had a great tank. I, like everyone in this hobby always wants to move up in size. I moved from the 10 to a 20 long to a 55 to a 75 to a 100, the last tank I had a 200 before this move, and at my age am just as happy to downsize. My brain is still 20 years old but my body reminds me I'm 62 every day.
Will keep you updated as everything settles in.
Thanks for listening and looking. Opinions are appreciated just so I can show the "Boss" what others think. Guess that's not fair, she missed the live art as much as I did but she made her rules very clear. I still don't think I could have slept in the tank as she threatened if it did not meet her rules.
Have a great "Live Art" day:
Rick
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