Atomic's 800g In-Wall with fish room.

atomic081 · Oct 31, 2020

We took the Family to the Newport aquarium in Cincinnati (yes I know its technically in Kentucky) yesterday. I thought you all would like to see some photos. We have a aquarium pass for the year and because of COVID they are only letting in a limited amount of people. We always get the first time of the day and as long as we stay at a steady pace, we basically have the place to ourselves. Thanks to my beautiful wife for taking the pictures!

vikinglord13 · Nov 8, 2020

I will be posting a youtube video on the Newport Aquarium here in a couple months. My wife and I went there are part of our anniversary trip!

atomic081 · Nov 8, 2020

vikinglord13 said:
I will be posting a youtube video on the Newport Aquarium here in a couple months. My wife and I went there are part of our anniversary trip!

We love Newport! I wish they had more of a coral exhibit but overall its done very well. The behinds the scenes tour is fantastic if you have the time!

vikinglord13 · Nov 8, 2020

I'd love to get the behind the scene tour! Sadly we live in Illinois so I'd rather get a behind the scene tour of our Shedd Aquarium first, much closer haha

atomic081 · Nov 8, 2020

vikinglord13 said:
I'd love to get the behind the scene tour! Sadly we live in Illinois so I'd rather get a behind the scene tour of our Shedd Aquarium first, much closer haha

I hate to say this, but I've been to both the Shedds and the Newport many times. I like Newport better! I'm sure as our kids get a little older, we will go back to Shedds and I hope It was just my mood for that day! Our next family trip after Covid-19 will be the Georgia Aquarium. They have an option to sleep in front of the big aquarium in sleeping bags that my kids would love!!!!!

Jon Fishman · Nov 10, 2020

Went to UC during the time the Newport Aquarium first opened. Haven’t been there in years, and our Aquarium in Cleveland is kinda a letdown. Kids aren’t really into the aquariums anyways, so I just check out the few they have at the zoo with them instead.

Reeffraff · Nov 14, 2020

Reeffraff said:
Very nice tank! How has the Moorish Idol been with the zoanthids? Every one I had experience with eventually ate zoas like they were candy.

atomic081 said:
I noticed that my moorish idol was the fish that was eating my zoanthids. I cant tell you how much this crushed me. This is my favorite fish and I planned the whole tank around it. So ive decided to take out all my zoanthids and go strickly SPS and Euphillia.

I figured it was only a matter of time on the Moorish Idol. That's been my experience with all of them. Model citizen for months and then ravage coral eating monsters seemingly overnight. Just an FYI, I've also experienced more than one that started going after SPS as well. Something to keep an eye on. One of my favorite fish but just not good candidates for reef tanks IMO.

atomic081 · Nov 14, 2020

Reeffraff said:
I figured it was only a matter of time on the Moorish Idol. That's been my experience with all of them. Model citizen for months and then ravage coral eating monsters seemingly overnight. Just an FYI, I've also experienced more than one that started going after SPS as well. Something to keep an eye on. One of my favorite fish but just not good candidates for reef tanks IMO.

Thanks!

I know they may pick at sps but I hope to have enough that the occasional pick isn't a big deal.

New fish! SOHAL TANG!
I saw them for sale on live aquaria for 130 so I snatched one up (small 3 inch). I then had a new fish friend come the day after I placed this order. He has a 6 inch Sohal that is picking on his other fish. Im going to trade him mine and a frag for his bigger one. Win win for us both!

jkentfite · Nov 17, 2020

atomic081 said:
Thanks!

I know they may pick at sps but I hope to have enough that the occasional pick isn't a big deal.

New fish! SOHAL TANG!
I saw them for sale on live aquaria for 130 so I snatched one up (small 3 inch). I then had a new fish friend come the day after I placed this order. He has a 6 inch Sohal that is picking on his other fish. Im going to trade him mine and a frag for his bigger one. Win win for us both!

Ah man! I want one so bad but am a tad concerned with aggression issues. Let me know how he does! With tank your size I’m sure won’t be an issue. Beauty!

ps started my tank build! Check it out if you’re bored.

Monster Build - Kent’s 500 gallon build

I’m starting a build thread for my new 500 gallon build. This tank has been about a year in the making. I had a 200 gallon double deep that recently failed on me, if you have seen my recent posts on other threads… it was every reefer’s nightmare. A seam leaked suddenly and I lost a lot of fish...

www.reef2reef.com

atomic081 · Nov 18, 2020

jkentfite said:
Ah man! I want one so bad but am a tad concerned with aggression issues. Let me know how he does! With tank your size I’m sure won’t be an issue. Beauty!

ps started my tank build! Check it out if you’re bored.

Monster Build - Kent’s 500 gallon build

I’m starting a build thread for my new 500 gallon build. This tank has been about a year in the making. I had a 200 gallon double deep that recently failed on me, if you have seen my recent posts on other threads… it was every reefer’s nightmare. A seam leaked suddenly and I lost a lot of fish...

www.reef2reef.com

Ill check out your tank build!!!

atomic081 · Nov 18, 2020

I put the new Sohal in the big tank today. Beautiful fish!

ReefBridge · Nov 18, 2020

Fantastic build! I’m very fascinated with the plywood tank build and I think my wife is concerned! It’s nice to see a fellow Hoosier reefer! Thank you for sharing!

Reefin' Alaska · Nov 18, 2020

If you don't mind me asking, did you reinforce the back seams? Or how did you make the back rigid enough to support that kind of volume?

atomic081 · Nov 18, 2020

ReefBridge said:
Fantastic build! I’m very fascinated with the plywood tank build and I think my wife is concerned! It’s nice to see a fellow Hoosier reefer! Thank you for sharing!

Always love seeing local people! If your wanting to build a plywood tank, Common over and take a look at mine in person anytime! You just might leave with a frag or 2!

Kurant said:
If you don't mind me asking, did you reinforce the back seams? Or how did you make the back rigid enough to support that kind of volume?

I do not have any seams in the back. I was able to find 10 ft plywood to span the entire length. If I had found 12 ft plywood I would have built a 12ft tank

. The back wall is built with 2x6s that interlock with the side walls. Its not going anywhere!!!

Mbmarkus · Nov 21, 2020

This is amazing!

atomic081 · Nov 22, 2020

Mbmarkus said:
This is amazing!

Thank you! I am very happy with the progress but I'm more excited for the next year to let the SPS grow out!!! I've added a lot of higher end SPS recently and I hope to add 5-10 more super high end show pieces in the next year.

tony'stank · Nov 23, 2020

Great tank. In the picture of the painted breeding station is that a lobster on the wall?

atomic081 · Nov 23, 2020

tony'stank said:
Great tank. In the picture of the painted breeding station is that a lobster on the wall?

Sorta!!! Its my lobsters Molt. I had him for 2 years and he would molt every 8 months. I thought the molts looks cool so I mounted it to the wall. No clue why he died a few months back. He always ate well.

atomic081 · Dec 9, 2020

Not a lot to update recently. I have a big order of high end SPS that myself and @AdamH300 ordered together. They will be in Friday.

I did make a purchase towards future fragging adventures! I fragged and almost killed a simple hammer coral. I decided if I ever frag my dragon soul torch this will be needed!