This is where the sump, skimmer, water changes, and everything else happens. Frank outdid himself on the automated water changes, the 55g fuge, 72g sump, and 90g holding tanks. There is miles of plumbing and elbows.
Friday, April 24, 2009
The control room
This is where the sump, skimmer, water changes, and everything else happens. Frank outdid himself on the automated water changes, the 55g fuge, 72g sump, and 90g holding tanks. There is miles of plumbing and elbows.
March 2009 The canopy
Just progress. The building of the canopy, which my hubby once again hand built...
Addition of more live rock and some LPS
Fast forwarding to the addition of new liverock that was from a well established tank. I thank the lord everyday for this rock... There was also the addition of the Sohal tang.
Cycling finished adding a few fish
These were the fish from my 55g. There is a mandarine goby, purple tang, two clownfish and a damsel I wish I NEVER put into the tank.We had no choice but to put the fish into the tank, since the 55g kept crashing. The water was still cloudly form the live sand.
The cycling begins... and it's ugly
We started cycling the tank in October, and went through horrid amounts of diatoms and hair algae. It looked like we had a slew instead of a reef tank in the making.
Ready for water
Now we added water to the tank to make sure it was not leaking. It was tense watching it fill up wondering if it all would hold. We have never assembled an aquarium before, so 260g of water exploding out was horrifying.
Front pane of glass in place
We finally replaced the front pane of glass and it was scary to say the least. The glass is heavy and I was afraid we would drop it.
Now for the finishing touches on the rock wall
After all the travertine was set onto the back wall, my hubby then cut dried out live rock on his tile saw. He then masterfully siliconed the cut rock onto the travertine.
The rock wall
Prior to placing the front pane of glass on, my handy hubby used his tiling skills to create a master piece. He first used 4"x4" travertine tiles that he siliconed to the back walls and overflows.
The rebuild
We left the tank until September 2008 in pieces and finally started rebuilding it... It was brutal scraping all the silicone off and preparing it for reassembly.
The tank before we brought it home
We I bought this tank last March and could not find anyone who could move it... In May of 2008 the hubby and I cut it apart with razor blades, a rubber mallet and putting knife.
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