Deep blue 90 new build

helen ann · Sep 17, 2016

I am going to need to light a fire under the fish bf's butt!!!
I am tired of watching other's build threads!!!

FMF0331 · Sep 17, 2016

just curious, would the egg crate and tiles trap leftover food ?
will it cause water problem down the line ?

jazonPartij · Sep 17, 2016

Why acid wash rocks? And what do the plates on the bottom of your tank do?

I Take Cars · Sep 17, 2016

FMF0331 said:
just curious, would the egg crate and tiles trap leftover food ?
will it cause water problem down the line ?

It will hold some detritus, and it will get caught in the seams but the tile should cover the eggcrate. Trial and error for my first bare bottom tank.
Just need to clean the crap up during waterchanges.

I Take Cars · Sep 17, 2016

jazonPartij said:
Why acid wash rocks? And what do the plates on the bottom of your tank do?

Acid washing the rock removes the first few layers, so phosphates trapped inside dont get realeasd into the water. It also removes any kind of hitch hikers on the rocks. Nice clean start
The tiles are for a bare bottom tank. No sand. Eventually would like the bottom covered in coral

I Take Cars · Sep 25, 2016

Progress... lights hung and now on to aquascape...

helen ann · Sep 25, 2016

I Take Cars said:
Progress... lights hung and now on to aquascape...

Woot Woot, when that aquascape in there, will be expecting pics!!!

I Take Cars · Sep 28, 2016

john.m.cole3 · Sep 28, 2016

super nice! Are those the aquatic life light hangers and the ATI 6 bulb?

mattstanks2016 · Sep 29, 2016

I Take Cars said:
I am getting ready (in 4 or 5 months) to move. I am lucky that I can start my new smaller [emoji13] tank now so it cycles and then I can slowly move you corals over. Here's the list of what I have already. Tank and stand, sump, skimmer, return pump, and ATO. All I need now is lights.

However, I need to remove this large wall mirror first.

Should be a fun build. It's been 15 years since I was able to build a new tank. Lots of thing have changed in 15 years.

Where did you get the tank? LFS? I am thinking about getting a tank from glass cages but am looking at other options also.