BK's will be wrasse and SPS Dominated 120

bknapp · Jun 6, 2016

Well, there's good news and then there is bad news (told y'all this was going to be a bumpy ride)...

I'll start with the good news. The tank seems to be running smoothly, no leaks, quieting down, rock is getting closer to being ready, fish are doing well and should be starting copper on them soon.

Now, the bad news. The build is potentially being put on hold due to things outside of my control. May have to move soon and I can't justify starting the tank just to tear it back down especially with an unknown time frame. It could be as little as two months or indefinitely and that's just too unnerving for me.

hybridazn · Jun 7, 2016

bknapp said:
Well, there's good news and then there is bad news (told y'all this was going to be a bumpy ride)...

I'll start with the good news. The tank seems to be running smoothly, no leaks, quieting down, rock is getting closer to being ready, fish are doing well and should be starting copper on them soon.

Now, the bad news. The build is potentially being put on hold due to things outside of my control. May have to move soon and I can't justify starting the tank just to tear it back down especially with an unknown time frame. It could be as little as two months or indefinitely and that's just too unnerving for me.

Oh no, hopefully everything works out for you. Best of luck! Keep us posted if you can

bknapp · Jun 7, 2016

hybridazn said:
Oh no, hopefully everything works out for you. Best of luck! Keep us posted if you can

I just hope there's a quick resolution either way.

Thanks.

Greenstreet.1 · Jun 7, 2016

Good luck bro hope all works out for you don't give up the fight

bknapp · Jun 7, 2016

Greenstreet.1 said:
Go luck bro hope all works out for don't give up the fight

What sucks the most is the fact that its all from outside sources well beyond my control. And I don't want to divulge too many details right now as I'm still a learning all the details myself. God has carried us this far no reason for him to stop now.

Putting the personal side of it away for a minute I'm not real sure what to do with the livestock, there are things that I obviously don't want to lose but not sure how happy they can be where they are now. I've already lost one fish and had a couple RTN issues while I was out of town.

Greenstreet.1 · Jun 7, 2016

If you have a friend or a reef club that can hold them for you try that until things get worked out.

bknapp · Jun 7, 2016

Greenstreet.1 said:
If you have a friend or a reef club that can hold them for you try that until things get worked out.

Good idea. Just don't like not having any kind of time frame or idea of what's going to happen.

Greenstreet.1 · Jun 7, 2016

I am the same way don't like to be waiting at all sad but true lol[emoji855]

bknapp · Jun 7, 2016

Greenstreet.1 said:
I am the same way don't like to be waiting at all sad but true lol[emoji855]

Its not so much the waiting that bothers me its the not knowing.

Jimbo · Jun 7, 2016

Having gone through a similar situation as you I'd say it's probably easier for you to just sell all the livestock and just start over when you're more settled. I moved across the country though , so if you're staying local that might be a different story.

Good luck whatever you decide. I know what you mean about the unknown, I knew I was moving but didn't know to what state for a couple of months.... Hang in there you'll know soon enough

bknapp · Jun 7, 2016

Jimbo said:
Having gone through a similar situation as you I'd say it's probably easier for you to just sell all the livestock and just start over when you're more settled. I moved across the country though , so if you're staying local that might be a different story.

Good luck whatever you decide. I know what you mean about the unknown, I knew I was moving but didn't know to what state for a couple of months.... Hang in there you'll know soon enough

I've got some difficult to find livestock that I don't really want to lose but selling off the livestock isn't out of the question it is however not something I want to do.

Thanks.

Jimbo · Jun 7, 2016

I hear you man, I didn't have much of a choice really. Had to sell everything. Hopefully everything works out for you !

Greenstreet.1 · Jun 7, 2016

It's hard very hard to give up wrasses

saltwaterpicaso · Jun 7, 2016

following I have a tech 90 and have been trying to find the size you have for years. hope you get it up and running

bknapp · Jun 7, 2016

Jimbo said:
I hear you man, I didn't have much of a choice really. Had to sell everything. Hopefully everything works out for you !

Me too! Thanks.

Greenstreet.1 said:
It's hard very hard to give up wrasses

Always. Especially expensive ones that aren't always available.

saltwaterpicaso said:
following I have a tech 90 and have been trying to find the size you have for years. hope you get it up and running

Thanks for following.

I hope for a quick resolution to my current issues to finish this thing.

bknapp · Jun 12, 2016

Build is still more or less at a stand still. My current residence is being shown today so my future is up in the air.

However, I did get my new end caps in and got the T5s and ballasts wired in and fired up. Still have a little tweaking to do but its more or less done.

Also made one small change to the sump, they come with white Jon Guest fittings which are nice but they stick out like a sore thumb so I had to rectify that.

Before:

After:

I love the red color of the sump!

bknapp · Jul 3, 2016

Well, finally some good news!

The build will commence once again in early August. Glad to be moving in the right direction after the last month or so.

slayeroftheshadow · Jul 29, 2016

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bknapp · Jul 29, 2016

The tank got moved into its new home last Sunday, haven't even had the chance to work on it yet, hope to make some progress this weekend.

Special thanks to @ToXIc and @mrsaltwatertank for their help.

All the fish made the move successfully and have begun copper treatment using Mardels Copper Safe after two rounds of PraziPro.

bknapp · Aug 4, 2016

Had one of the clowns jump through a small hole in my tops on my QT now I'm down to one lonely clown.

I've been making slow progress since the move. The ceiling in the tank room is much too high to hang my fixture from so I decided to try my luck making a conduit hanger like @revhtree built for his. I think it looks pretty good for my first try at it.