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Join Date: May 2007
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And so it begins... the merging of "Tales of the Bedroom 90 " with the new custom 150 in Temecula, CA.
I'm moving my tank and up to Temecula and upgrading to a 150 in the process. Tank: Custom build by Charlie @ www.fishtankfactory.com Glass (not drilled) 48"L x 30"W x 24"H Rimless, 1/2" regular glass, Polished edges Stand aka "The Beast": Built by Dave @ Mitchell Construction (davocean) 49"L x 31"W x 31"H 2x4 construction to be faced later. This thing is a tank (as in the army kind with a big gun...the run over you and squish you like a bug kind) A++++ on the construction. As Dave so perfectly put it, "Glued, Screwed, and Tattooed." All Equipment will be transferred from the 90. And the story begins... I called Charlie and got a great quote from him for the tank. Literally 1/2 the cost Leemar wanted. So I ordered and gave him a deadline of the 26th of June which was only about two weeks from the day I called him. There was a chance it would have gotten done much earlier but he had jury duty, but I give him an A+ on communication through the whole build. He kept me up to date on when to expect it the whole time. I specifically ordered the tank just as it is. I wanted it without the trim at the top and polished on the edges. I couldn't afford Eurobracing, and I don't mind a center brace at all, so I ordered it with 18" openings so my equipment could fit in the openings perfectly and HOB. In then end, I picked up the tank on the 25th. I drove up to Alhembra, CA to the factory and got a pretty cool tour of the whole place up there. I'd highly recommend them for a stand or a tank. Really solid operation they have going on up there. 6/25/08 I drop off the tank in Temecula on the way down to SD. 6/26/08 Davocean begins work on the stand at his place and I go pick up 160lbs of sand and a big ol' bucket of Red Sea Coral Pro Salt. (Pics of the stand build from dave coming soon) Dave finishes the stand about 5pm (Rome wasn't built in a day, but my "Beast" of a stand sure was) and we load it into my RAV4 ("Tonka") along with 8 empty jugs of water, 160lbs of sand, and a big ole bucket of salt. That truck has never failed me in fitting an enormous amount of stuff in it and still be able to close the back door. We drive up to Temecula and my parents assist us with getting the tank in place in the final resting place, the new family room. I make a run to the closest LFS Deep Sea Creatures on the 79 and fill up 50 gals of RO/DI water. Must give huge props to this store for having an AWESOME design and layout. I talked to the owner and I guess the store design was a design final for some student. It paid off. Nicest LFS I've ever been in. The livestock was sorely lacking, but that can always be fixed later. I'll have to go back and get pictures later. Went back home, mixed up the first 50gals with Instant Ocean salt since that is what my animals are a custom to now, and put the sand to settle in that water overnight with a powerhead for circulation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After a long day of work, I thought Dave at least deserved a beer or two and a burger... we ate way too much but had a nice wrap up to a hard day of work. ![]() I'll be back tomorrow with another 50gals of water to mix and some LR and a skimmer.... the big move with the livestock is going to be Saturday. Thanks MUST go out to: Jon & Kai for moving my "non reef" stuff on Sunday Jasper for babysitting my acans. Paul for babysitting my ric garden. Dave for building me my stand and helping me with the manual labor of the set up. Jess for helping me with all the hunting down of sand and stuff and of course my parents for letting my little beasties rest in their family room for a year or so til I can get my living arrangements to something permanent. More to come... |
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Can't wait to see what it looks like when you get everything moved over! Congrats on the new tank!
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Lincoln
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Congrats on the new tank, Hope all goes well.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Uranus
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grrrreat thread jess, congrats on the new tank, i am following this thread...
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Ft Worth, Tx
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I see how it is - once the tank is full, then you stand in the picture to get the credit.
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Nice looking tank!
And that carpenter, what a handsome, intelligent looking,and obviously super skilled dude!LOL
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There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Nice!! Can't wait to see it full
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
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6/27/08
Had to pick up 80 more lbs of sand and 50 more gals of water.. Such a long day...and this time it was only me at the house ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() so of course there was about a 4 gal spill because I was too tired to lift the jug properly, and then I slipped and fell...its been a loooooong day. I had to take measures to clear up the tank for the new inhabitants tomorrow. So in goes the filter sock I stole from Jess (thanks jess ) and my skimmer... WHICH I BROKE!!!!!! UGH can anything else go wrong?! OH WAIT YES it can!! My rainsford goby decided to hitchhike in the rock I transferred and I found him dead in the bottom of the bucket. WAAAAAAAAAAAA... |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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It'll get better - casualties of the move happen.
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![]() Jon and Dave playing "catch the wrasse" because he buried himself in the sandbed ![]() Ed doin the dry goods movin ![]() Kai and Jon getting the tank ready to haul off ![]() Russ showed up with this awesome big bag to wrap the coral bin in....SOOOO glad he did because 90% of the water in that bin ended up in the bag and only trickled out into my car. I drove 1 hour with my corals in no water. ![]() I had to rip out the carpet in my truck to dry it out... saltwater in a car is not good. ![]() My not so genius idea to move my corals. Kai did a good job sectioning them off though ![]() My new remora pro with pre-filter box and mag 3 pump. Fixed the old one with weld-on ![]() Right when I tossed everything in. It went in a big pile overnight... ![]() And the next morning, I did a little bit of aquascaping to just get the corals off one another ![]() I'm thinking of making this visible from two sides. The left panel and the front. So i'm going to stack the rocks in the back right like a mountain and bring it out to a peninsula on the left. |