336 Peninsula build

[Tub Life]

SHRIMP!

Immediately after being transferred into the display, my pair of Blood-red shrimp are getting harrassed for a cleaning lol. They hadn't even had the chance to explore the tank or find a perch yet! These were acquired in 2019.

Bought a couple of Scarlet cleaner shrimps because they are must-haves for me.
Med-sized $75 for the pair.

Paired and perched. One is carrying eggs, so the tank will get some healthy "treats" shortly.

 

[Tub Life]

Time for everyone to move in!
Moved the rest of the fish, misc rocks and corals. Jan 15th, 2024.

Banggai Breeding Pair, acquired in June 2023 from a fellow reefer.

Wild Discus lol. Nah, just a mad tang. My Red Sea Sailfin tang, acquired in 2019.

Breeding pair of Maroon clowns. Female Gold Stripe, and male Gold Lighting.
Acquired from a fellow reefer in Sept 2021.

Flame Angel, acquired 2019.

Blue-striped / Springeri Dottyback, acquired 2019.

Dispar Anthia, acquired 2019.

Trio of Black Bar Chromis / Chromis retrofasciata, acquired from fellow reefer June 2021.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Time for everyone to move in!
Moved the rest of the fish, misc rocks and corals. Jan 15th, 2024.

Banggai Breeding Pair, acquired in June 2023 from a fellow reefer.

Wild Discus lol. Nah, just a mad tang. My Red Sea Sailfin tang, acquired in 2019.

Breeding pair of Maroon clowns. Female Gold Stripe, and male Gold Lighting.
Acquired from a fellow reefer in Sept 2021.

Flame Angel, acquired 2019.

Blue-striped / Springeri Dottyback, acquired 2019.

Dispar Anthia, acquired 2019.

Trio of Black Bar Chromis / Chromis retrofasciata, acquired from fellow reefer June 2021.

Great looking fish!

 

[Tub Life]

Panhandling for Gold!

The tub is about ready to be shut down now. Scooped out some gunk from the bottom. Time to go panhandling!

Here's some of the gold I got!

Had a healthy population of these Nassarius snails, hoping they re-establish themselves again.

 

[Janci]

Panhandling for Gold!

The tub is about ready to be shut down now. Scooped out some gunk from the bottom. Time to go panhandling!

Here's some of the gold I got!

Had a healthy population of these Nassarius snails, hoping they re-establish themselves again.

That are a lot of snails.
Share a FTS when possible?

 

[Tub Life]

Aquascape; WIP

1st rock.

Ispired by branch dominated aquascapes.

Diggin the openness of this type of layout.

Progressing.

Transferred fish over. Work in progress.

 

[Ironwill723]

Looking good! Could you tell me how thick of glass was used for your external overflow box? I need to make something similar for my tank. Thanks.

 

[Tub Life]

Looking good! Could you tell me how thick of glass was used for your external overflow box? I need to make something similar for my tank. Thanks.

Thanks.
Box is 18" x 5" x 12", 3/8" glass.

 

[GK3]

shim city. will add more once adjusted perfectly. time for another fill and drain before last adjustments.

looking down the raceway.

and lenghtwise...

doing the unconventional cycle with ducks!

Tanks not big enough for that many ducks. You should only have 1” of duck per 25 gallons.

 

[Ironwill723]

Thanks.
Box is 18" x 5" x 12", 3/8" glass.

Thanks so much, very much appreciated! I was debating between 3/8" or 1/2" glass.

 

[Tub Life]

Jan 29th, 2024. Clowns laying eggs.

They eat 'em, as fast as they lay 'em.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Aquascape; WIP

1st rock.

Ispired by branch dominated aquascapes.

Diggin the openness of this type of layout.

Progressing.

Transferred fish over. Work in progress.

Glad the fish transfer went well!

 

[Tub Life]

Dosing.

Calcium has been hovering around 400. Have the Vertex CaRx going at 1 bubble/sec and 60ml/min, should get my Ca up in no time.

Have decided to try my hand at carbon dosing, going with Vodka and starting off at 10ml/day dispensed at noon, cuz hey who doesn't like day drinking.

I guess when I go to do any maintenance downstairs I can reward myself with a shot too.
Need to set up a doser with some good stuff, not this cheap stuff hahaha.

 

[Tub Life]

New fish.

Added 5 x lined chromis (Chromis vanderbilti).

added 7 x blue/green chromis

and 1 pintail wrasse (Cirrhilabrus isosceles), that my wife and kids surprised me with for Valentine's Day!

They have added some much needed movement to the tank!

 

[Janci]

Great fish.
The pintail looks stunning

 

[Illini_Fan]

The floors were reinforced when the original tank went in.
3 x laminated wood beams were added, signed off by a structural engineer. If I recall I think the plans only called for 2.
We were doing renos, so it was a now or never moment for a large main floor display tank!

here you can see the beams in the basement ceiling, along with 4 x 1.5" runs, 3 for drains and 1 for return.

As for stocking, I've always gone mix reef and this will be the same. Sticks are awesome, but so are rics, and zoas, anemones, clams and fish! All are welcome!

That photo made me think of a question as I go down my own path of a basement equipment/sump room. Do you have any noise from the pipes? Do you insulate them in any fashion to reduce potential noise. I really have no idea if this is a concern, but don't want to build our house and then find that I can hear the water moving through the pipes 24/7. thx

 

[Tub Life]

That photo made me think of a question as I go down my own path of a basement equipment/sump room. Do you have any noise from the pipes? Do you insulate them in any fashion to reduce potential noise. I really have no idea if this is a concern, but don't want to build our house and then find that I can hear the water moving through the pipes 24/7. thx

Hey,

FWIW I do not hear the noise of water running in the pipes. I just ran downstairs into the basement to double check lol. As can be seen in the pics, the pipes run in the floor below the tank (ceiling of the basement) and do not have any extra insulation.

And that is a very good question to ask. Definitely something to consider.

 

[althyu]

New fish.

Added 5 x lined chromis (Chromis vanderbilti).

added 7 x blue/green chromis

and 1 pintail wrasse (Cirrhilabrus isosceles), that my wife and kids surprised me with for Valentine's Day!

They have added some much needed movement to the tank!

Do the different Chromis species school together?

 

[Tub Life]

Do the different Chromis species school together?

Nah. They get along fine, but they don't school together.

 

[Tub Life]

Here's a shot of some of the chromis.
Note, the lined chromis stay small. They haven't put on much size and are less than 1.5" head to tail while the blue/greens have grown considerably. The black bar chromis also stay small, albeit a bit "taller".