72x30x18 DIY build thread

[Lost in the Sauce]

My wife has the quote "its always something"

She kinda right...... It's fun.

 

[Nate Chalk]

She kinda right...... It's fun.

I have plans to eventually build a display refugium and tie it into the system

Upgrade to a larger sump

Eventually automate testing, dosing , ato

Add another set of orphek bars

Maybe thats it?.....

 

[F i s h y]

Let me know when you hit relax and chill mode. I'm still looking for it

Same

 

[F i s h y]

I have plans to eventually build a display refugium and tie it into the system

Upgrade to a larger sump

Eventually automate testing, dosing , ato

Add another set of orphek bars

Maybe thats it?.....

Then it will be time to focus on the other 2 or 3 tanks you will be setting up... yea it happens...

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I have plans to eventually build a display refugium and tie it into the system

Upgrade to a larger sump

Eventually automate testing, dosing , ato

Add another set of orphek bars

Maybe thats it?.....

Yup that'll be it. Before a big uv, filter roller.. fill in the blank. Then the next tank goes up.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Then it will be time to focus on the other 2 or 3 tanks you will be setting up... yea it happens...

3 more tanks 3 more tanks!

 

[Nate Chalk]

With the whites on today!

 

[Nate Chalk]

I spotted a single apistasia today. I’ve read i can glue it? Any other ideas? I also have new coral pics coming soon)

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I spotted a single apistasia today. I’ve read i can glue it? Any other ideas? I also have new coral pics coming soon)

You can glue over it. If there's any escape hole, it will. I glue, then smush a piece of purple epoxy over it.

 

[Nate Chalk]

it was growing from under my blasto plug, i removed the plug, applied super glue, then re glued the plug on that super glue once cured. Should be buried :fingers crossed:

 

[Nate Chalk]

Alot of new corals added including

sunburst monti
Setosa orange
Lepto jackolantern
Orange lobo
Aoi zoa
2x cypahstrea
Goni
Another monti
Purple tip torch
Green pink tip
Toxic frog spawn
Green splatter hammer

all that and my more vibrant green pink tip is coming back from the dead! And the pink digi too.

will do macro shots of the things worth it sometime soon. Some are just frags settling now.

 

[Nate Chalk]

O and i added this nicrew light above the mangroves for a little extra light another started to open up… its been like 8 months.

4/5 survival rate

 

[Nate Chalk]

Drilled a hole for the refill line, eventually ill run and ato and dosing pumps. This was my set up from the old house where i had to move water 75 feet and 20 ft up.

Our hobby brings electric and water so close together

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Ahem

 

[Nate Chalk]

Ahem

I’ll take close ups soon. Your camera is amazing compared to mine

 

[F i s h y]

I cant take a decent pic typically to save my life... Mrs. Fishy is the one that gets the good ones

 

[Nate Chalk]

Any suggestions on a good ato?

 

[Nate Chalk]

Dinos I believe are trying to come back on the new rockwork. Last time they were short lived going to roll with it this time. Tone down the whites.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Dinos I believe are trying to come back on the new rockwork. Last time they were short lived going to roll with it this time. Tone down the whites.

And keep nutrients above zero with @fishguy242 ’s method

 

[Nate Chalk]

Installed double auto top offs today , quick 20 minute project!

should be a nice peace of mind quality of life while on trips