FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

FarmerTy · Oct 28, 2019

Jimbo662 said:
More no name stuff...hopefully we go for cheap when I'm ready for some! ;-)

I was told I didn’t have to put down names anymore. Just appreciate them for their beauty and don’t define them by their names anymore.

FarmerTy · Oct 28, 2019

Sea MunnKey said:
Heyo FarmerTy how's your sps doing? Hope they're all recovering and coming back. Sorry to see what you've lost recently. Come on over to Toronto and I'm sure you're going to end up getting extra carry ons (heading home) with sps shopping while over here ....

Things are rocking and rolling! Thanks for checking in! I wish! Airport security would tackle me on the way out of Toronto!

Sea MunnKey · Oct 29, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Things are rocking and rolling! Thanks for checking in! I wish! Airport security would tackle me on the way out of Toronto!

Not with proper & legal CITES permits and boxed up. Don't think that's going to be any issue

Sea MunnKey · Oct 29, 2019

Come over and visit Toronto .... I can only take you to one specific store and that's only it & nowhere else okay ...?

FarmerTy · Nov 1, 2019

Box of goodies came in a couple weeks ago for the backup system and I got to working!

Trigger systems Triton sump as I will not be running Triton but wanted a large chaeto chamber for nutrient control.

Two lowboy frag tanks drilled and installed overflows

Putting together two 48” aquatic life hybrid fixtures.

I’ve been cycling rocks for 2 weeks now in the sump. Added a bottle of live bacteria and been ghost feeding for a bit. I hope to plumb this weekend and just let it sit for a bit to finish cycling before I add fish.

Jimbo662 · Nov 1, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Box of goodies came in a couple weeks ago for the backup system and I got to working!

Trigger systems Triton sump as I will not be running Triton but wanted a large chaeto chamber for nutrient control.

Two lowboy frag tanks drilled and installed overflows

Putting together two 48” aquatic life hybrid fixtures.

I’ve been cycling rocks for 2 weeks now in the sump. Added a bottle of live bacteria and been ghost feeding for a bit. I hope to plumb this weekend and just let it sit for a bit to finish cycling before I add fish.

WOW...and the fun begins!

FarmerTy · Nov 1, 2019

Jimbo662 said:
WOW...and the fun begins!

Its been fun seeing it come together... but coming up is my most dreaded part... organization of wires and plumbing!!!

Jimbo662 · Nov 1, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Its been fun seeing it come together... but coming up is my most dreaded part... organization of wires and plumbing!!!

justingraham · Nov 1, 2019

I have that sump it’s tight
I drilled the holes out to 1 1/4
And then the silly return section is so darn small I have a cor 20 and m2 in there but it sure is tight

What’s your plan for pluming?
I would pump up to the top tank and then let gravity feed the second tank and sump

FarmerTy · Nov 1, 2019

justingraham said:
I have that sump it’s tight
I drilled the holes out to 1 1/4
And then the silly return section is so darn small I have a cor 20 and m2 in there but it sure is tight

What’s your plan for pluming?
I would pump up to the top tank and then let gravity feed the second tank and sump

You have the Triton44? I have two return pumps in there right now with no issues and a 500-watt heater as wel in the return section.

Yes, it’ll just feed into the top tank and gravity feed into the bottom tank then the sump.

Bruce17 · Nov 1, 2019

Sea MunnKey said:
Heyo FarmerTy how's your sps doing? Hope they're all recovering and coming back. Sorry to see what you've lost recently. Come on over to Toronto and I'm sure you're going to end up getting extra carry ons (heading home) with sps shopping while over here ....

Do you live in Toronto? I’m north of Toronto, covered in snow today

WillH · Nov 1, 2019

Those aquatic life fixtures are sweet...just moved to them myself about a month ago. Keep up the good work!

justingraham · Nov 1, 2019

FarmerTy said:
You have the Triton44? I have two return pumps in there right now with no issues and a 500-watt heater as wel in the return section.

Yes, it’ll just feed into the top tank and gravity feed into the bottom tank then the sump.

There is no way I would be able to fit a heater in my return section
What pumps are u running?

FarmerTy · Nov 2, 2019

William Henry said:
Those aquatic life fixtures are sweet...just moved to them myself about a month ago. Keep up the good work!

I’m a big fan. I wish their sleek looking newer model wasn’t so crazy expensive but since I run them in the fish room, their older models work just fine for me.

FarmerTy · Nov 2, 2019

justingraham said:
There is no way I would be able to fit a heater in my return section
What pumps are u running?

I’m just cycling so threw in a mag3 to circulate water in the sump and just placed my Jebao DCQ1000 in there this week as I start plumbing everything. I have a 500-watt stainless steel heater in there as well right now and still a lot of room left. Do you have the 46” wide version of the sump?

Sea MunnKey · Nov 4, 2019

Bruce17 said:
Do you live in Toronto? I’m north of Toronto, covered in snow today

Good morning Bruce 17. Yes I live on the east side of Toronto. I didn't see and blind to the "S" word that you'd stated earlier.

FarmerTy · Nov 4, 2019

justingraham · Nov 4, 2019

Names of above?
I like all four but the first three I likeee

Jimbo662 · Nov 4, 2019

I think those will look great in my tank! ;-)

erk · Nov 4, 2019

I like that last one a lot. Something about the colors of the polyps and how they contrast with the base flesh. And that texture of the base flesh. Can't wait to see it as a large colony.