Renton's Evolution from 200 to 440 gallons

underwaterfirefighter · Oct 18, 2013

Wow! That looks awesome. Very nice work.

Renton777 · Oct 19, 2013

The world champion bbq'er continues his excellent work. The rim for the top of the tank is sitting on the stand in this picture.

Renton777 · Oct 21, 2013

The craftsman has been busy!

Minwax red mahogany stain:

Renton777 · Oct 22, 2013

It will be installed tonight!

MounteeFrag · Oct 22, 2013

Can't wait to see pics!

KingOfPain86 · Oct 22, 2013

Fantastic tank! What's the stand specs? 1.5in with 3/8 wall?

Renton777 · Oct 22, 2013

Tank skin is installed!

dwilliams87 · Oct 22, 2013

The skin looks great. I've been considering doing the same to my 20g. Your tank just got me the approval from my wife. Thanks

CastAway · Oct 22, 2013

Incredible in every aspect!

Renton777 · Oct 23, 2013

dwilliams87 said:
The skin looks great. I've been considering doing the same to my 20g. Your tank just got me the approval from my wife. Thanks

Thanks! Any time I can help another hobbyist in negotiations with their spouse I am happy. Sometimes I need all the help I can get when the hobby and my wife collide

And this stand skin has gotten me and the hobby some brownie points from my wife (which i am sure I will use up quickly).

JeffBowlin said:
Incredible in every aspect!

Thanks! I am really happy with how it turned out, my friend did an outstanding job building the skin.

Reloadeddevil · Oct 23, 2013

Amazing skin for an awesome tank.

Renton777 · Oct 26, 2013

2013 C-SEA Swap aquisitions. Lets just say that its a good thing I had to leave early

One I have had for a couple months but first time I got a good picture of it.

Reloadeddevil · Oct 26, 2013

Ohhhhh that shroom gonna do wonders for your tank.

Renton777 · Oct 30, 2013

Than, from Tidal Gardens just finished up a video update of my tank.

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revhtree · Oct 30, 2013

Great additions! Nice video.

MounteeFrag · Oct 30, 2013

Just watched the video, NICE!

CastAway · Oct 31, 2013

Wow. Impressive. Inspiring.

Swine · Nov 14, 2013

Sweet tank!

I see that you use some putty around the frag plugs so the chalices will grow out nicely (very smart might I add), do you find that you have to turn of the skimmer when you introduce these pieces to your tank? Your skimmer might be too big to notice but I am afraid of using that stuff because the instructions say to turn of the skimmer for 24 hrs. I really dont need to risk wet skimming again.. I found 5 gallons of tank water on my floor one morning...

aquavista99 · Nov 15, 2013

Those new chalice frags look amazing! :wink: Very nice job on your new reef as well :thumb:

Renton777 said:
2013 C-SEA Swap aquisitions. Lets just say that its a good thing I had to leave early

One I have had for a couple months but first time I got a good picture of it.

Renton777 · Nov 15, 2013

Swine said:
Sweet tank!

I see that you use some putty around the frag plugs so the chalices will grow out nicely (very smart might I add), do you find that you have to turn of the skimmer when you introduce these pieces to your tank? Your skimmer might be too big to notice but I am afraid of using that stuff because the instructions say to turn of the skimmer for 24 hrs. I really dont need to risk wet skimming again.. I found 5 gallons of tank water on my floor one morning...

Thanks! When using the epoxy I generally do not need to turn the skimmer off. On occasion, the skimmer will skim a bit "wet" for but not too bad and only for 10 to 20 minutes. The only time I had to is when I used a large amount of epoxy to cover up some pesky blue clove polyps.