Ocelaris, 250 build

Ocelaris · Dec 16, 2018

Naso, Desjardii, yellow eye kole, vlamingi and a magnificent fox face on hold for next weekend. Need a convict tang though to round out the tang gang. They'll go in the 110 for a month in quarantine and then on to the big tank.

Ocelaris · Dec 23, 2018

Vlamingi, blond naso, hippo, Desjardini, yellow, yellow eye kole, blue throat trigger, magnificent foxface and a chocolate tang are in the 110 doing quarantine time. The wrasses and clowns went in the big tank today. I'm entering the ugly Dino phase. I have the two kessils on to start the lighting cycle. It'll be about three months when the tang gang joins the big tank. I'm aiming to diffuse aggression with as many different genus of tang as possible. Wish me luck, I've never had so many big fish before. The naso is like 8"!

1WildBill · Dec 24, 2018

Congrats on the tang family. Good luck.

Ocelaris · Dec 27, 2018

Spent a ton of time getting the wiring cleaned up and power spread across both circuits. Lots of labels and mounting gear. 3x Eb8s and 2 power strips and everything is programmed in the Apex. I have to still work out some of the kinks and work on an antisiphon device for the main returns as they're below the water level holding capacity of the sump and the back flow preventers don't hold back the water properly (and they shouldn't be relied on as primary device).

It may look messy, but it's a small space 36 deep by like 30 tall to mount everything and I still ran out of space!

The cabinet with the ups will hold the dosing containers once they are set up as I have curious kids who would love to grab the containers.

jorahx · Apr 23, 2019

great tank! few questions
how did they make the stand so it splits in half?
why did you decide to do a 3 month cycle?

MSB123 · Apr 23, 2019

Ocelaris · Apr 23, 2019

Sorry, I've been a bit lackadaisical in updating this thread. The door would only fit 30" width, so they basically sawed the stand and there are metal rods that go inside the two pieces, worked great. Everything is doing well, first sps pack came in a few weeks ago from battle corals. The three month cycle is following the brs hybrid reccomedations if you've followed their latest build threads.

jorahx · Apr 23, 2019

Ocelaris said:
Sorry, I've been a bit lackadaisical in updating this thread. The door would only fit 30" width, so they basically sawed the stand and there are metal rods that go inside the two pieces, worked great. Everything is doing well, first sps pack came in a few weeks ago from battle corals. The three month cycle is following the brs hybrid reccomedations if you've followed their latest build threads.

Would you mind taking a pic of the metal rods? Sounds like a good idea.