CR's Frag Shack

[RichtheReefer21]

More like, T minus 5 months! LOL

Ya but mom gets 2 months maternity leave for u to tie up loose ends! Haha

 

[Hubtech]

Congrats. Funny thing is i've also keyed my little space as the frag shack. . . and my wife too is due in aug-sept. ha

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Congrats. Funny thing is i've also keyed my little space as the frag shack. . . and my wife too is due in aug-sept. ha

Lol. That’s awesome, and congrats. I want to see some pics of your shack! Never too proud not to steal ideas.

 

[dante411x]

Lol I like your style. Majority of people would say no more time for reef, baby on the way, time to sell stuff off. You? Nah. I’m gonna make an escape pod.

Lol. Congrats!

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Lol I like your style. Majority of people would say no more time for reef, baby on the way, time to sell stuff off. You? Nah. I’m gonna make an escape pod.

Lol. Congrats!

Yup gotta stay busy to stay sane! Since my spare 75g busted when I was drilling it for the overflow, I decided to start a new project...

Instead of letting the 20" ESM overflow collect dust, or trying sell it, why not put it on the 20L I have taking up room. LOL

Who knows... one day momma might let the kids have a tank in the house and I'll be all set!

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Traded a frag of Jack O Lantern for an old 4 bulb T5. It needed some TLC but it turned on and the control panel/timer worked perfectly. I wish I had a better before pick, but this thing was full of old salt creep. Like 1/4" square crystals... imagine straight up rock salt.

Anyway, disassembled the light as much as I could, completely gutted it to be honest. Cleaned out all the salt, wiped down and "buffed" the reflectors, wire brushed the corroded aluminum, sanded the rusted parts, spray painted with a flat enamel, then put it back together. Honestly turned out pretty decent considering I did it in a single Saturday afternoon...

It is missing a leg, but a coral frenzy jar is the perfect height LOL... I'm looking for a hanging kit so it shouldn't matter anyway.

EDIT: Open to 4 bulb combo suggestions. Leaning towards 3 B+ and 1 Coral +, or maybe 2 B+, 1 Super Actinic, and 1 Coral +

 

[PerplexyHexy]

Traded a frag of Jack O Lantern for an old 4 bulb T5. It needed some TLC but it turned on and the control panel/timer worked perfectly. I wish I had a better before pick, but this thing was full of old salt creep. Like 1/4" square crystals... imagine straight up rock salt.

Anyway, disassembled the light as much as I could, completely gutted it to be honest. Cleaned out all the salt, wiped down and "buffed" the reflectors, wire brushed the corroded aluminum, sanded the rusted parts, spray painted with a flat enamel, then put it back together. Honestly turned out pretty decent considering I did it in a single Saturday afternoon...

It is missing a leg, but a coral frenzy jar is the perfect height LOL... I'm looking for a hanging kit so it shouldn't matter anyway.

EDIT: Open to 4 bulb combo suggestions. Leaning towards 3 B+ and 1 Coral +, or maybe 2 B+, 1 Super Actinic, and 1 Coral +

Heck yeah!!!

 

[PerplexyHexy]

Right now... im rocking 2B+ 1P+ and 1C+ on my reefer... I like it

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Right now... im rocking 2B+ 1P+ and 1C+ on my reefer... I like it

I see that combo mentioned a lot... just not sure about the P+. This will be my first go at a T5 only setup.

 

[PerplexyHexy]

The p+ is pretty sharp... I like it

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Just went and watched the bulb video Tidal Gardens did a few years back. Turns out the B+ and P+ combo was actually my favorite! I guess I'll give it a go. Thanks.

 

[dante411x]

Nice. I run 2B+ and 2P+. That’s supplemented with a couple radions though

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Yeah I run 2 B+ and 2 actinic bulbs as supplemental lighting for my Hydra 26s. Looks good with the LEDs but alone looks very washed out.

 

[Coastie Reefer]

My cousin printed me a couple of locline random flow generators. $0.50 in filament vs 36 bucks retail? I’ll take that deal any day!

 

[RichtheReefer21]

My cousin printed me a couple of locline random flow generators. $0.50 in filament vs 36 bucks retail? I’ll take that deal any day!

Those are clean.. luv it.

And nice trade for the jack frag. T5 grail

 

[Nem0]

My cousin printed me a couple of locline random flow generators. $0.50 in filament vs 36 bucks retail? I’ll take that deal any day!

can your cousin print me some

 

[Hubtech]

Lol. That’s awesome, and congrats. I want to see some pics of your shack! Never too proud not to steal ideas.

 

[joelbegt]

How the shack doing? Any updates?

 

[Coastie Reefer]

I wish I had more to update, but not a lot has been going on, at least not the kind of stuff you want to share lol. It’s been one battle after another it seems. Had a nasty bout of dinos that put a hurting on a lot of my sps. Did a 4 day complete blackout and dosed nitrates up from 0 to 10 and it seemed to completely disappear. Currently I’m dealing with a decent bubble algae outbreak, so I got a small army of emeralds and a one spot foxface to try and battle it naturally before I move on to something like vibrant.

The 20 long is currently being used as a holding tank for a buddy that’s moving back down to south Louisiana. It’ll be another month or so before it’s vacant, but the rock I got for it has been cooking in a brute storage container and has completed its initial cycle. Considering I’m wanting to do 100% sps in the 20l I’m not adding s single frag till the new rock is decently covered in coralline. I seeded it with coralline from my buddy’s tank, probably a good heaping tablespoon full shavings.

That said, the shack itself did get an upgrade this past weekend. Built a 4x12 deck in the 92 degree Louisiana heat!!!

 

[Coastie Reefer]

I've been slacking on this thread some kind of bad and need to do a few update posts... There's been several changes and fish additions, but not so much coral. System is just starting to get over the shock of moving to it's new home (only took 6 months!!!). Had issues with 0 nutrients and sps fading and dying. I think it's getting to a point where I'm going to start adding more corals if I can get my hands on them... hard to find good SPS without having to drive a couple hours.

Here's a little update till I can post more. We just went on vacation a couple weeks ago so I added a couple wifi cameras to keep an eye on things while I was away. Just screenshot these off my phone not long ago.