180G UK reef - Page 3

adddo · 10/26/2007, 02:13 AM

Wow this really looks nice! Looking forward to see it with water in.

Nammy · 11/08/2007, 09:04 PM

Really like it!

Tiggsy · 11/12/2007, 02:38 PM

Water goes in tommorow!!!!

Spent the weekend picking up some great fishto complete my stocking - al being held in the 900 litres of sump at the moment - cant wait to get them in!!!!

The final list:

1 X Sargassum Trigger - Xanthicthys ringens
1 X Black Tang - Zebrasoma rostratrum

Pair X Onyx Clowns - Amphiprion percula
Group X Dispar Anthias - Pseudanthias dispar
Group X Tuka Anthias - Pseudanthias sp

1 X Mystery Wrasse - Pseudocheilinus ocellatus
1X Hawaiian Wrasse - Cirrhilabrus jordani
1 X Rhomboid Wrasse - Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis
1 X Wetmorella
Three X Yasha Goby - Stonogobiops yasha
1 X Pygmy Hawk - Plectranthias sp.
1 X Peppermint Hogfish - Bodianus Masudai
2 X Neon Sailfin Goby - Ptereleotris hanae
Pair X Banded Longfin Basslett - Belonepterygion asciolatum

Kannin · 11/12/2007, 08:27 PM

Amazing rock work. I am building a 220 right now and I think I am going to cover most of the back with the foam rockwork. I am very intersted in your's. What kind of foam did you use and what kind of resin. Is it just insulating foam spray that one would use to insulate a window frame.

Tiggsy · 11/13/2007, 02:50 AM

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=1

discussed in more deatil here - but yes, normal expanding foam coated in coral gravel and resin from the model shop that sells toy boats and planes to people that cant get laid

mahalamata · 11/13/2007, 07:49 AM

hey! great work man.i really like your rock/foam/egg crate idea!wish i had thought of something like in my tank too.would have stopped the rock slides,lol.Good to see another UK reefer on RC.
keep up the good work cant wait to see it with water and fishess!!

Tiggsy · 11/16/2007, 04:05 PM

Started the fill today....nearly there!

Nammy · 11/17/2007, 10:30 AM

Awesome!

Tiggsy · 11/18/2007, 10:45 AM

Good news - its full, its heated and salted and smells of nothing (absolutely no smell at all) and test are all negative for any death!

Bad news - after 24 hours its still no where near clear (maybe i was expecting too much?) the flow to sump is pretty low (OR3500 prob pushing 2000lph net) the skimmer in the sump is running wet and pulling out a cup of very very weak tea every few hours. Just thought it would settle faster?

Still - nice that its smell less and running silent.

Last night

Now (24hrs later)

Ps- the sausage is carbon in case anything nasty is in there...its not a sausage.

cubano2480 · 11/18/2007, 01:02 PM

very very nice rock work!!! post pics of the filtration system to

Tballa · 11/18/2007, 02:20 PM

It takes time to settle especially with such small particle size on the sand. It will take a little while, but it looks like it has cleared up significantly just in 24hrs. Love the rockwork!

tanked001 · 11/22/2007, 09:24 PM

Very cool and looks awesome!!

I think you inspired me to re-scape my 120 FOWLR

Most of the rock in there now is DIY and it took forever to cure... (wish I knew about this months ago)
There's fish in the tank now, My concern is adding these fresh DIY foam rock section in an established tank...
So did you add those fish yet? How did it go?

Tiggsy · 11/23/2007, 03:02 AM

All fish are in!

Pics over the weekend

Hopeful Reefer · 11/23/2007, 06:34 AM

Man, wish I would have seen this DIY rockwall thread before I did my 75g...that would have been great...75g is nowhere near what you have, but man it would have looked awesome...

Can't wait for those pics...

dme330i · 11/23/2007, 06:42 AM

Looking good.

dzones · 11/23/2007, 06:44 PM

awesome idea!
I am setting up 4 nano's and am gonna borrow your idea for the backs. I always thought bare black backs needed some help.
Can't wait for the pics

Je®vis · 11/23/2007, 10:38 PM

Totally impressed by the effort put in... amazing!

Tiggsy · 11/26/2007, 02:03 PM

Ok.....fish are in! Only fish left to add from the sump is an algae and a couple of anthias that hid in rocks in the LR sump (TBH they may not be caught any time soon!) Only added a couple of the easy corals to add - still got a few more in the frag tank but thats a weekend job.

Bluespot jaw fish went in yesterday. There's a good clean up crew in already of huge mex turbos and redlegs with ceriths, vibex, money cowreis and 7 blood shrimp to go in tomorrow.

few pics- bear in mind its all only a few days old so not exactly looking like a mature tank....but you get the idea! (now i NEED that decent camera for xmas!)

Only this end of the tank is lit (for the nem) so its a bit dark at the other end! 2nd halide (or maybe T5's going at the other end in the new year)

Very pleased with the dark blue background

The rock wall has so many hiding spaces every fish in the tank cab vanish in a second! At night it looks empty!

Black tang looked lonely and wife and kids said they much prefer yellow so added 2 little yellows - so far they all get on fine and the yellows follow the black around.

jmccown · 11/26/2007, 02:03 PM

pics...

Tiggsy · 11/26/2007, 02:04 PM

Rhomboid and bluespot

In an ideal world it would have been a bit bigger - but the aquascape and lots of smaller fish makes it feel big!

Stunning nem

You can see how little of the weir is on show - yet its shifting the return from two OR3500 with ease (and silet too....which is more than can be said for the vortech pump)

George the Trigger hangs out here as its under the feeding ring which is 6" above the vortech...flake is added every 3hrs and pulled under by the vortech to be blown about for the fish to grab (if George doesnt eat it first!)

Next step is to tidy the sump room and add in the last of the corals - also got a big CUC to go in tomorrow to boost whats already there.

So far so good!

Tiggsy · 11/26/2007, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jmccown
pics...

See...if you had waited 10 secs more you would have had them

Swanwillow · 11/26/2007, 06:57 PM

wow, thats SO nice, I like the lots of little fish VS a few big ones, it looks a LOT better.

jmccown · 11/26/2007, 08:13 PM

LOL, I swear there weren't any pics when I posted that. Anyhow, AMAZING. I love that look. Thumbs way up man.

jasonak · 11/26/2007, 09:50 PM

very cool!

GandHaquariums · 11/28/2007, 12:34 AM

That is awsome. You could do so much with that application from backgrounds to powerhead covers anything, thats just great. You should feel great about your tank it looks awsome i hope you keep posting pics i'd love to see that tank in 6months. Once again great job
~Richard

10/26/2007, 02:13 AM	#51
adddo “Goodnight, tiny humans.” Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 1,008	Wow this really looks nice! Looking forward to see it with water in. __________________ If Pacman had affected us as kids, then we'd all be running around in a dark room, munching pills and listening to repetitive music //Bjarne

11/12/2007, 08:27 PM	#54
Kannin Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fall City, WA Posts: 1,538	Amazing rock work. I am building a 220 right now and I think I am going to cover most of the back with the foam rockwork. I am very intersted in your's. What kind of foam did you use and what kind of resin. Is it just insulating foam spray that one would use to insulate a window frame. __________________ I used to target feed mojanos... until I found out that they weren't baby bubble tips.

11/13/2007, 07:49 AM	#56
mahalamata Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK,Portsmouth Posts: 244	hey! great work man.i really like your rock/foam/egg crate idea!wish i had thought of something like in my tank too.would have stopped the rock slides,lol.Good to see another UK reefer on RC. keep up the good work cant wait to see it with water and fishess!! __________________ 30g nano dispaly tank 10g sump/fudge Eheim return (3000 lph) 4x24w t5 luminare(2x14K marine white,1xactinic,1x 10k) Tunze DOC 9002 skimmer Koralia 1 Current Tank Info: 30g nano

11/22/2007, 09:24 PM	#62
tanked001 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SS Chi Burbs Posts: 42	Very cool and looks awesome!! I think you inspired me to re-scape my 120 FOWLR Most of the rock in there now is DIY and it took forever to cure... (wish I knew about this months ago) There's fish in the tank now, My concern is adding these fresh DIY foam rock section in an established tank... So did you add those fish yet? How did it go? __________________ What's in your Tank? Current Tank Info: 180 gal. Mixed Reef & 120 gal. FOWLR

11/23/2007, 06:34 AM	#64
Hopeful Reefer Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Just Southwest of Richmond, Virginia, USA Posts: 2,802	Man, wish I would have seen this DIY rockwall thread before I did my 75g...that would have been great...75g is nowhere near what you have, but man it would have looked awesome... Can't wait for those pics... __________________ -=< Jason >=- Yellow Tang // Black & White Clown // Golden Head Goby Blue-Green Chromis // Psychadellic Mandarin // Sebae Anemone Current Tank Info: 75g w/ 29g sump/refugium, 250w 15k MH (x2), T5 39W (x2)

11/08/2007, 09:04 PM	#52
Nammy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Maryland Posts: 1,638	Really like it!

11/12/2007, 02:38 PM	#53
Tiggsy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United Kingdom (just left of France) Posts: 167	Water goes in tommorow!!!! Spent the weekend picking up some great fishto complete my stocking - al being held in the 900 litres of sump at the moment - cant wait to get them in!!!! The final list: 1 X Sargassum Trigger - Xanthicthys ringens 1 X Black Tang - Zebrasoma rostratrum Pair X Onyx Clowns - Amphiprion percula Group X Dispar Anthias - Pseudanthias dispar Group X Tuka Anthias - Pseudanthias sp 1 X Mystery Wrasse - Pseudocheilinus ocellatus 1X Hawaiian Wrasse - Cirrhilabrus jordani 1 X Rhomboid Wrasse - Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis 1 X Wetmorella Three X Yasha Goby - Stonogobiops yasha 1 X Pygmy Hawk - Plectranthias sp. 1 X Peppermint Hogfish - Bodianus Masudai 2 X Neon Sailfin Goby - Ptereleotris hanae Pair X Banded Longfin Basslett - Belonepterygion asciolatum

11/13/2007, 02:50 AM	#55
Tiggsy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United Kingdom (just left of France) Posts: 167	http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=1 discussed in more deatil here - but yes, normal expanding foam coated in coral gravel and resin from the model shop that sells toy boats and planes to people that cant get laid

11/16/2007, 04:05 PM	#57
Tiggsy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United Kingdom (just left of France) Posts: 167	Started the fill today....nearly there!

11/17/2007, 10:30 AM	#58
Nammy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Maryland Posts: 1,638	Awesome!

11/18/2007, 10:45 AM	#59
Tiggsy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United Kingdom (just left of France) Posts: 167	Good news - its full, its heated and salted and smells of nothing (absolutely no smell at all) and test are all negative for any death! Bad news - after 24 hours its still no where near clear (maybe i was expecting too much?) the flow to sump is pretty low (OR3500 prob pushing 2000lph net) the skimmer in the sump is running wet and pulling out a cup of very very weak tea every few hours. Just thought it would settle faster? Still - nice that its smell less and running silent. Last night Now (24hrs later) Ps- the sausage is carbon in case anything nasty is in there...its not a sausage.

11/18/2007, 01:02 PM	#60
cubano2480 Moved On Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: miami fl,on a nice raft Posts: 2,008	very very nice rock work!!! post pics of the filtration system to

11/18/2007, 02:20 PM	#61
Tballa Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 230	It takes time to settle especially with such small particle size on the sand. It will take a little while, but it looks like it has cleared up significantly just in 24hrs. Love the rockwork!

11/23/2007, 03:02 AM	#63
Tiggsy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United Kingdom (just left of France) Posts: 167	All fish are in! Pics over the weekend

11/23/2007, 06:42 AM	#65
dme330i Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: SC Posts: 94	Looking good.

11/23/2007, 06:44 PM	#66
dzones Moved On Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Humboldt, TN Posts: 821	awesome idea! I am setting up 4 nano's and am gonna borrow your idea for the backs. I always thought bare black backs needed some help. Can't wait for the pics

11/23/2007, 10:38 PM	#67
Je®vis Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 124	Totally impressed by the effort put in... amazing!

11/26/2007, 02:03 PM	#68
Tiggsy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United Kingdom (just left of France) Posts: 167	Ok.....fish are in! Only fish left to add from the sump is an algae and a couple of anthias that hid in rocks in the LR sump (TBH they may not be caught any time soon!) Only added a couple of the easy corals to add - still got a few more in the frag tank but thats a weekend job. Bluespot jaw fish went in yesterday. There's a good clean up crew in already of huge mex turbos and redlegs with ceriths, vibex, money cowreis and 7 blood shrimp to go in tomorrow. few pics- bear in mind its all only a few days old so not exactly looking like a mature tank....but you get the idea! (now i NEED that decent camera for xmas!) Only this end of the tank is lit (for the nem) so its a bit dark at the other end! 2nd halide (or maybe T5's going at the other end in the new year) Very pleased with the dark blue background The rock wall has so many hiding spaces every fish in the tank cab vanish in a second! At night it looks empty! Black tang looked lonely and wife and kids said they much prefer yellow so added 2 little yellows - so far they all get on fine and the yellows follow the black around.

11/26/2007, 02:03 PM	#69
jmccown Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northport, Alabama Posts: 3,185	pics... __________________ "When I die, my biggest fear is that my wife sells all my toys for what I TOLD HER I paid for them" Former member of the "Huge tank club" Current Tank Info: 300 Deep Dimension FOWLR

11/26/2007, 02:04 PM	#70
Tiggsy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United Kingdom (just left of France) Posts: 167	Rhomboid and bluespot In an ideal world it would have been a bit bigger - but the aquascape and lots of smaller fish makes it feel big! Stunning nem You can see how little of the weir is on show - yet its shifting the return from two OR3500 with ease (and silet too....which is more than can be said for the vortech pump) George the Trigger hangs out here as its under the feeding ring which is 6" above the vortech...flake is added every 3hrs and pulled under by the vortech to be blown about for the fish to grab (if George doesnt eat it first!) Next step is to tidy the sump room and add in the last of the corals - also got a big CUC to go in tomorrow to boost whats already there. So far so good!

11/26/2007, 06:57 PM	#72
Swanwillow goby girl Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bemidji MN Posts: 2,025	wow, thats SO nice, I like the lots of little fish VS a few big ones, it looks a LOT better. __________________ my advice:walk away. do nothing. til tomorrow. if its still alive, it will hopefully be fine. If you do not see it, do not try to find it. it may be hiding. just LEAVE it alone Current Tank Info: starting over! 125 gallon. Soon to be home to Blackfoot clowns, A. nigripes

11/26/2007, 08:13 PM	#73
jmccown Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northport, Alabama Posts: 3,185	LOL, I swear there weren't any pics when I posted that. Anyhow, AMAZING. I love that look. Thumbs way up man. __________________ "When I die, my biggest fear is that my wife sells all my toys for what I TOLD HER I paid for them" Former member of the "Huge tank club" Current Tank Info: 300 Deep Dimension FOWLR

11/26/2007, 09:50 PM	#74
jasonak Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 327	very cool! __________________ I know violence isnt the answer.I got it worng on purpose! Current Tank Info: 300 mixed reef /30 and 120 community fresh

11/28/2007, 12:34 AM	#75
GandHaquariums Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oologah,Oklahoma Posts: 93	That is awsome. You could do so much with that application from backgrounds to powerhead covers anything, thats just great. You should feel great about your tank it looks awsome i hope you keep posting pics i'd love to see that tank in 6months. Once again great job ~Richard __________________ "Humans fear there own ignorance" Be nice it will take you farther ~Richard Current Tank Info: 46g reef in the making