Mheavens 40 breeder.

[mheaven]

Just a little back ground of me with this beautiful hobby of ours. I started the salt water hobby back in 04 after I got back from my honeymoon in Hawaii. My first tank was a 72 bow, mixed reef. By 07 I needed to relocate the tank (kids). Also I was going through a rough time at that point of my life (mother was ill with cancer). She lost the battle but won the war (no need for her to suffer any more). I set up a 33 cube. That tank lasted till this past Jan. I set up my new tank back in Jan, a 40breeder. Love the extra space. Now my corals have some room to breathe. Well here are some pics in order of build.

Here is the 33 cube before the teardown: don’t mind the date on the pic.

Now to the 40b

 

[mheaven]

More pics;

 

[mheaven]

Here is the live rock curing. 50lbs of marco rock.

 

[mheaven]

And finaly the new tank: love all the room the fish have to navigate.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Great tank! Looks great! Why did you do the sliding drawers for?

I have been thinking of doing that with a frag tank. Where did you get yours?

 

[mheaven]

See attached pics:

I can slide out the cal reactor & the kalk reactor to add media to them. I found the brackets at Lowes

 

[rarelyseriousb]

aww I wanted to be the first with a slide out fuge. Also i like how you left the cardboard on the curing tank. lol

 

[mheaven]

well thats another story. I had a disater when i was finished moving the live stock. The sump was supposed to look like this:

See the baffles. If you look at the pic of the current sump you cant see any baffles. The pic with the cardboard is the sump now.

 

[Suppressivefire]

I really like the rock work, good job!

 

[mheaven]

thank you all. Ill be taking some more pic in the morning.

 

[Alti]

Nice tank Danny

 

[roshi719]

Lookin' good.

 

[mheaven]

Some coral pics

 

[roshi719]

Nice! which tort is that? Cali or Oregon?

 

[mheaven]

the small one (3rd pic)is oregon, the big one (2nd pic) is cali.

 

[roshi719]

That's a nice colony of Cali you have there. I may have to hit you up for a piece. My colony just STNed on me. Strangest thing I've ever seen.

 

[mheaven]

No problem, ive cut that corals plenty of times. Some more pics