jaydsl's tank - Frag Outpost Forums - Coral Propagation and Reef Aquarium Forums

jaydsl · 03-07-2006, 11:55 PM

ok here is my tank but bare with in the works and have to fix my photo list lost some from the move to the pc but stil on the mac so soon i will get them all on here but any way here they are

tank and stand

jan 19 06

chili coral (Alcyonium sp) in the day

and at night

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D12monkey · 03-07-2006, 11:59 PM

Nice tank...

jaydsl · 03-07-2006, 11:59 PM

my xenia before

and now but 3 not seen

my frogspawn

my broken frogspawn

since broken i have split and so far so good i have 2 and i was told
it was 90% to loose both it has been about a month since split i will take a pic later of the 2 split
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jaydsl · 03-08-2006, 12:01 AM

this shroom just showed up one day from no ware

i will take some more pics next weekend and i will try to find some old ones

found one from about 3-4 months ago just worked out the time line and i got this tank in september and started with nothing last salt water tank i had was about 9 years ago

ok i will get some more pics in soon
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D12monkey · 03-08-2006, 12:01 AM

I doubt that you will lose both or any of them.

D12monkey · 03-08-2006, 12:02 AM

Well as long as your water quality is good.

D12monkey · 03-08-2006, 12:03 AM

Interesting combination of Crush coral and fine sand for your sand bed.

FragOutpost · 03-08-2006, 12:09 AM

Tank looks nice. The frogspawn looks good for 1 month and will most likely make it. It looks like the xenia has taken root in your tank. 6 months from now you will have a forest of xenia

What size tank? What are you dosing?

jaydsl · 03-08-2006, 12:09 AM

i thought of trying some thing with having big crush and for the sand sifters some fine sand so far seems to work realy good and looks cool too not worried of cross over i'm in the process of building a 150g plexi tank then i will put all medium fine crush in this is just a 55g

just getting back in the hobby from 9 years ago

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jaydsl · 03-08-2006, 12:16 AM

all i have been doing is ounce i got it started kent marine tech-cb

and food concists of brine and mysis for the fish . medium crill , silversides for the snowflake eal and for the filters phyto-feast live

my next step is to get a calk reactor or what do you guys think i should do you know better then me

coaline is taking off on all pumps and starting on glass now
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FragOutpost · 03-08-2006, 12:22 AM

How long until you have the 150 set up? When it comes to equipment I qould buy everything oversized that way it will all work for the 150 too, unless you plan to keep the 55 going too. What are your future plans? Do you plan on keeping mostly softies, lps, sps, clams, mixed, etc? If you plan on keeping corals with high calcium demands you may want to consider a calcium reactor.

jaydsl · 03-08-2006, 12:55 AM

i think i have to get all new stuff the 55 is going i will build a sump to fit the tank too no sump on the 55 , i just got a 175 wat mh so i will keep that but add another or a new light setup for the future plans i would like to keep a little of all corals if i could , i didn't plan on the new tank but ounce i seen the life and the stage i was able to get to with the 55 on a budget i thought that it was the next step and the fact my stand will fit a 150g didn't help

but i do have 2 more boxes and i could get a 300g tank on it but don't let my wife know :P no i find a 4 foot tank is easy to place any ware compared to a 6 foot or bigger
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jaydsl · 03-08-2006, 01:13 AM

i think i might try to do a sump like this one or some thing simalar

http://www.melevsreef.com/dfwmas/plin/115g_sump.html
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Peterock · 03-08-2006, 01:51 AM

i really like the 4 foot tanks but when i upgrade from the 90 my next one will be a custom made 320 cube so but i will still be under 5 feet. But anyway your tank now looks nice. If you are going to a 150 or you might want to concider using some 250 or 400 watt mh get more penetration or even t5's. Keep us up to date on the progress....

EvilTwin · 03-08-2006, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jaydsl

i think i might try to do a sump like this one or some thing simalar

http://www.melevsreef.com/dfwmas/plin/115g_sump.html

That's a kick-ass sump/refugium. It's bigger than my entire tank. I like the way it is compartmentalized with a small propogation tank. Very nice.

FragOutpost · 03-08-2006, 09:52 AM

Do you plan on building the sump yourself?

jaydsl · 03-10-2006, 12:17 AM

yes i am going to build the sump and tank , sump first to see how good i am then the tank . probably 1/4 inch plexy for sump then 1/2 inch for the tank maybe 3/4 but price just about doubles for 3/4 from 1/2
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FragOutpost · 03-10-2006, 12:52 AM

What are the dimensions of the tank you are planning on building?

jaydsl · 03-10-2006, 01:03 AM

tank 48 long 24 wide 30 tall

sump will be around 30 long 20 wide 12-18 tall
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FragOutpost · 03-10-2006, 02:28 PM

On a 30 inch tall tank it might bow a little using 1/2" depending on how you do the top. Are you thinking about doing a Euro-Style Top? Are you familiar with the pins method?