As everyone knows, I sold my 100gal system due to us relocating to a much smaller house. I traded my skimmer with FPerkins to get the 30gal DSA rimless tank. However, it's been a slow movement to getting that system up and going.
Then, I just had to go and break my ankle! Which was a huge a bummer. So, I've been out of my casting/walking boot for little bit now. Doc says I'm back to normal, but will take up to a full year for me to heal 100%.
Hearing such good news, I just knew I had to get back into the hobby. So, an opportunity presented itself when DaveG99 decided to sell his 40g breeder. I took it off his hands!
Needless to say that move was a lot of fun. We got everything emptied out of the tank, was in the process of cleaning it and Dave noticed it was cracked on the bottom. Talk about devastating. A frantic search to find another tank had ensued. We called around to several different locations to find one, finally found one but they wanted an arm and a leg. Petsmart @ $109.99, had to go get it. Had to find out who had the bits for the club ... learned Mark had them. Then we had to drive all the way out to BFE Mesquite () to get the drill bits. Admired Mark's tank some .. and off to Plano we went. We stopped at Lowes to get a portal drill press to help keep the circles 100% straight down and no wiggle room, just to learn they did not have it by some grumpy old man, that said "NO, WE DON'T HAVE THEM." when asked. Then we decided, hey maybe .. just maybe Home Depot will have them. Sure enough they did have the drill press. YAY!
Obasticle #2 - was down one bulkhead, because I went small this time than the original bulkhead to ensure no tank cracking under the overflow! I had to wait all night long, just to get to Aquatic Design the next day to purchase a bulkhead.
Everything was sitting in my "temporary holding system" for 2 days [it's a good thing I still had my 30 gal long sump/fuge -- everything was jammed into that little thing
]. Cause I ran new water, didn't use any old. Used new sand (caribsea sand), and the rock is Dave's. So, mixed water up and off we went.
Here are some photos of the system now that most of the corals are in there. Fuzzball has some of my corals, so I can't wait to get my hands on them.
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I also have some growth pictures of one of the acans I got in a group buy from ReefKingdom this past spring. This photo is shortly after I got it.
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When I was having some nitrate issues in the 100gal, I took the acan over to JoelQ's house to be babysat. His lighting was different than mine, as he was running all T5's .. but this is what I have now!
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Then, I just had to go and break my ankle! Which was a huge a bummer. So, I've been out of my casting/walking boot for little bit now. Doc says I'm back to normal, but will take up to a full year for me to heal 100%.
Hearing such good news, I just knew I had to get back into the hobby. So, an opportunity presented itself when DaveG99 decided to sell his 40g breeder. I took it off his hands!
Needless to say that move was a lot of fun. We got everything emptied out of the tank, was in the process of cleaning it and Dave noticed it was cracked on the bottom. Talk about devastating. A frantic search to find another tank had ensued. We called around to several different locations to find one, finally found one but they wanted an arm and a leg. Petsmart @ $109.99, had to go get it. Had to find out who had the bits for the club ... learned Mark had them. Then we had to drive all the way out to BFE Mesquite () to get the drill bits. Admired Mark's tank some .. and off to Plano we went. We stopped at Lowes to get a portal drill press to help keep the circles 100% straight down and no wiggle room, just to learn they did not have it by some grumpy old man, that said "NO, WE DON'T HAVE THEM." when asked. Then we decided, hey maybe .. just maybe Home Depot will have them. Sure enough they did have the drill press. YAY!
Obasticle #2 - was down one bulkhead, because I went small this time than the original bulkhead to ensure no tank cracking under the overflow! I had to wait all night long, just to get to Aquatic Design the next day to purchase a bulkhead.
Everything was sitting in my "temporary holding system" for 2 days [it's a good thing I still had my 30 gal long sump/fuge -- everything was jammed into that little thing
]. Cause I ran new water, didn't use any old. Used new sand (caribsea sand), and the rock is Dave's. So, mixed water up and off we went.Here are some photos of the system now that most of the corals are in there. Fuzzball has some of my corals, so I can't wait to get my hands on them.
I also have some growth pictures of one of the acans I got in a group buy from ReefKingdom this past spring. This photo is shortly after I got it.
When I was having some nitrate issues in the 100gal, I took the acan over to JoelQ's house to be babysat. His lighting was different than mine, as he was running all T5's .. but this is what I have now!
