Our 125 Tank - Page 2

pnavarro170 · 12/09/2012, 07:54 PM

Well glass is reef safe i thought. and can you explain more on why the bottles ?

stacy_vennes · 12/09/2012, 08:04 PM

Out in the wild with all the littering people do espically in the ocean, the bottles will serve as homes for certain species. Im still debating if i want to keep them in there. The idea is to break the bottle towards the bottom that way certain fish can get in/out with ease. I left the lids off cuz they rust and I wouldnt want that. Not all glass is reef safe though. It cant be painted glass but you can keep the label on it as long as you seal it. Eventually if I keep the bottles there will be zoas growing on them along with coraline, etc... Also if I have a mated pair of fish and they decide to reproduce (hopefully) it will happen in the bottles (keeps eggs safe from bigger fish).

pnavarro170 · 12/09/2012, 08:11 PM

what i would try to find is maybe a couple of larger OLD style bottles. like wine bottles. that would look older and part of the reef. But i like the idea.

stacy_vennes · 12/09/2012, 08:13 PM

Thanks. I thought of that too. just gotta find some lol

pnavarro170 · 01/03/2013, 02:32 PM

k still think it looked better without the bud light bottles. lol. hows it doing ?

stacy_vennes · 01/04/2013, 10:51 PM

so far they are still pretty lol no fish yet waiting to get back from louisiana. I have decided that the fish i will have in my tank i am going to need bigger bottles, like wine bottles. but since i live an hour away from the gulf of mexico I did manage to get 5 gallon bucket of sand and a 5 gallon bucket of crushed coral and shells to use in my next tank

. So just like my big tank most my stuff I actually got it from where i live at

stacy_vennes · 01/11/2013, 06:09 PM

Hey guys heres the lastest update new

yay

anyways more to come later and then be on the lookout for our next build thread for our sons 48 gal cube tank

peacepleasure · 01/12/2013, 09:46 AM

Good to know ya'll are back in town and things are well.

)

stacy_vennes · 01/13/2013, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peacepleasure

Good to know ya'll are back in town and things are well.

)

thank you we got back about a week ago been dealing with a few things lol. but we for something for you

. also A BIG THANK YOU FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON THE TANK FOR US WHILE WE WAS GONE. THANK YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND FOR STEPPING UP!!!!!!!!!!

stacy_vennes · 01/15/2013, 11:35 PM

new fish from today

pnavarro170 · 01/15/2013, 11:43 PM

sweet, where did you get em from ?

stacy_vennes · 01/16/2013, 07:54 AM

2 clowns and a big colony of zoa's and 1 crab from nmnative. powder blue from sea creatures. also got a 6 head torch coral from sea creatures. all doing well

stacy_vennes · 04/20/2013, 11:24 PM

ok so pics to come tomorrow but just thought we would bump this back up

cheezischrist · 04/21/2013, 07:38 AM

very nice. love the bottles and have em in my tank as well

stacy_vennes · 04/21/2013, 03:26 PM

New stand old one was starting to give out so new stand was built

filtration in the new stand

can't really get a full tank where it sits maybe if we had a better camera maybe one of theses days we will have a better one

stacy_vennes · 04/22/2013, 02:36 PM

so unfortunately during our stand rebuild and all the stresses that came about cause of it we lost most of our fish that we had in the tank so we are currently restocking everything starting with our two snowflake clowns so here are pics as of today of what is in the tank

915MANG · 04/22/2013, 05:00 PM

Nice additions, Looks good.

cheezischrist · 04/22/2013, 05:02 PM

awesome. wish i had half that much in mine

stacy_vennes · 05/05/2013, 05:45 PM

well not really much new with the tank but we did build us a new water change station and the best part of it no more lifting buckets for water changes

and for those of you wondering i snapped the pic before my husband could organize all the cords and such but they are cleaned up now anyways hope you guys like it cause we do

TimGentry · 05/05/2013, 09:58 PM

Can you explain a little about how the system works?

915MANG · 05/06/2013, 05:29 PM

That is pretty cool set up. Where did you get the large containers?

stacy_vennes · 05/07/2013, 08:45 PM

tim how the system works is the left barrel is rodi water that gets pumped into the right barrel and then add salt and it just keeps mixing til we are ready to pump it via the hose connection right into the sump and then into the tank via the return pump from our sump

we got the barrels off of craiglists from a guy that sells them for 17 dollars apiece and they are 30 gal barrels and that is exactly what we drain from our tank everytime we do a water change but one of these days we'll probably host a meeting and show everybody how the system works and how much it makes our lives so much easier when doing a water change

pnavarro170 · 05/19/2013, 04:17 PM

wow, very cool. tank is lookin great !!

pnavarro170 · 10/03/2013, 12:34 PM

any updates on this tank ?

stacy_vennes · 10/03/2013, 04:29 PM

Yeah we need to update it. Just been busy with school,work and having surgery.

12/09/2012, 07:54 PM	#26
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	Well glass is reef safe i thought. and can you explain more on why the bottles ? __________________ 150G

12/09/2012, 08:11 PM	#28
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	what i would try to find is maybe a couple of larger OLD style bottles. like wine bottles. that would look older and part of the reef. But i like the idea. __________________ 150G

01/03/2013, 02:32 PM	#30
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	k still think it looked better without the bud light bottles. lol. hows it doing ? __________________ 150G

01/12/2013, 09:46 AM	#33
peacepleasure Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Rolla, MO Posts: 145	Good to know ya'll are back in town and things are well. ) __________________ ~Lisa~ Current Tank Info: future 40B sps w/ 100g sump

01/15/2013, 11:43 PM	#36
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	sweet, where did you get em from ? __________________ 150G

12/09/2012, 08:04 PM	#27
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	Out in the wild with all the littering people do espically in the ocean, the bottles will serve as homes for certain species. Im still debating if i want to keep them in there. The idea is to break the bottle towards the bottom that way certain fish can get in/out with ease. I left the lids off cuz they rust and I wouldnt want that. Not all glass is reef safe though. It cant be painted glass but you can keep the label on it as long as you seal it. Eventually if I keep the bottles there will be zoas growing on them along with coraline, etc... Also if I have a mated pair of fish and they decide to reproduce (hopefully) it will happen in the bottles (keeps eggs safe from bigger fish).

12/09/2012, 08:13 PM	#29
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	Thanks. I thought of that too. just gotta find some lol

01/04/2013, 10:51 PM	#31
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	so far they are still pretty lol no fish yet waiting to get back from louisiana. I have decided that the fish i will have in my tank i am going to need bigger bottles, like wine bottles. but since i live an hour away from the gulf of mexico I did manage to get 5 gallon bucket of sand and a 5 gallon bucket of crushed coral and shells to use in my next tank . So just like my big tank most my stuff I actually got it from where i live at

01/11/2013, 06:09 PM	#32
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	Hey guys heres the lastest update new yay anyways more to come later and then be on the lookout for our next build thread for our sons 48 gal cube tank

01/15/2013, 11:35 PM	#35
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	new fish from today

01/16/2013, 07:54 AM	#37
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	2 clowns and a big colony of zoa's and 1 crab from nmnative. powder blue from sea creatures. also got a 6 head torch coral from sea creatures. all doing well

04/20/2013, 11:24 PM	#38
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	ok so pics to come tomorrow but just thought we would bump this back up

04/21/2013, 07:38 AM	#39
cheezischrist Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: lindenwold, new jersey Posts: 367	very nice. love the bottles and have em in my tank as well

04/21/2013, 03:26 PM	#40
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	New stand old one was starting to give out so new stand was built filtration in the new stand can't really get a full tank where it sits maybe if we had a better camera maybe one of theses days we will have a better one

04/22/2013, 02:36 PM	#41
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	so unfortunately during our stand rebuild and all the stresses that came about cause of it we lost most of our fish that we had in the tank so we are currently restocking everything starting with our two snowflake clowns so here are pics as of today of what is in the tank

04/22/2013, 05:00 PM	#42
915MANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 950	Nice additions, Looks good. __________________ Mike O YOUTUBE "915MANG" Current Tank Info: 120 Gal in progress Fish & a few corals 34G Solana

04/22/2013, 05:02 PM	#43
cheezischrist Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: lindenwold, new jersey Posts: 367	awesome. wish i had half that much in mine

05/05/2013, 05:45 PM	#44
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	well not really much new with the tank but we did build us a new water change station and the best part of it no more lifting buckets for water changes and for those of you wondering i snapped the pic before my husband could organize all the cords and such but they are cleaned up now anyways hope you guys like it cause we do

05/05/2013, 09:58 PM	#45
TimGentry Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 912	Can you explain a little about how the system works? __________________ [url=http://drugstore-onlinecatalog.com/]drugstore-onlinecatalog.com[/url] Current Tank Info: 100g Mixed Reef

05/06/2013, 05:29 PM	#46
915MANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 950	That is pretty cool set up. Where did you get the large containers? __________________ Mike O YOUTUBE "915MANG" Current Tank Info: 120 Gal in progress Fish & a few corals 34G Solana

05/07/2013, 08:45 PM	#47
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	tim how the system works is the left barrel is rodi water that gets pumped into the right barrel and then add salt and it just keeps mixing til we are ready to pump it via the hose connection right into the sump and then into the tank via the return pump from our sump we got the barrels off of craiglists from a guy that sells them for 17 dollars apiece and they are 30 gal barrels and that is exactly what we drain from our tank everytime we do a water change but one of these days we'll probably host a meeting and show everybody how the system works and how much it makes our lives so much easier when doing a water change

05/19/2013, 04:17 PM	#48
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	wow, very cool. tank is lookin great !! __________________ 150G

10/03/2013, 12:34 PM	#49
pnavarro170 S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: El Paso TX Posts: 3,963	any updates on this tank ? __________________ 150G

10/03/2013, 04:29 PM	#50
stacy_vennes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 252	Yeah we need to update it. Just been busy with school,work and having surgery.