Basement Reno And In-wall 205g Reef

jroovers

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That's awesome, still can't believe how quickly you did all of this. Agree regarding the lighting, going to look amazing, and the SPS won't mind either ;)
 
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Unless I have forgotten something, the job is more or less complete! I still need to aquascape and clean up the electronics. For now, I have placed all the coral encrusted rocks on the left and the rest of the rocks on the right. I didn't realize how many corals I had, and how big some of them were, until I started lifting them out of the tank and inspecting them while they were in my hands!!! My Monti caps are enormous - bigger then my hands. The coral rocks take up the entire left hand side of the tank. I was thinking that I would need to add more live rock, but now that I see everything in there I am not so sure... the entire sand bed is nearly covered... so once I start stacking things I think it will be the perfect amount to leave gaps between the rock and walls for flow.

heath said:
wow.. I'm curious though, why do you have a skimmer going in the tank?
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I had the tank cycling for about a month while I took care of other tasks, and I decided to place the skimmer in the tank when I noticed the surface was starting to get scummy. I wasn't able to have the sump running at that time because I was doing work under the stand, and my only return pump was still being used to run the 90 gallon.
 
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curiousphil

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Got snowed in today, so after shoveling the driveway out I came downstairs to inspect the tank. Water was all cleared up, and I appear to have only lost one coral!! And when I say lost, I mean literally... lost. Can't find it. I placed my purple Monti Cap on top of a rock and it seems to have blown who knows where....

The Tunze wavebox and pair of 6105's are doing a perfect job, I'm very pleased that I chose to go with them. Running at full power (well, the 6105's are on a 7096 controller ramping up and down alternately) and it's just about the perfect amount of flow.
 
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That is a sweet setup for flow, you'll be happy with it I'm sure, as will the coral. Good to hear about the transfer, sounds like things couldn't have gone any better!
 
curiousphil

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Yeah it really did go about as perfect as it could. Only damaged one coral too, broke a very small piece off my green Monti Cap because it's rock is a monster and I almost lost my grip on it lol.

I decided to move most of the crushed coral substrate at the last minute, and with it came some nasty gunk. I could have gravel vacced first but I was trying to move as much water over as possible and I was getting tired/lazy lol. If not for that, the water likely would have stayed clear - it was already more or less clear after I was done moving the rocks! I put felt socks on my drains for the time being to help with the water clearing. They seem to have done their job, just have them a good cleaning.

Skimmer is almost tuned in, I think, and starting to pull some nice garbage.

I'm not looking forward to aquascaping lol. Might wait a week or two for that. I've got a two week vacation coming up starting this Friday.... going to Quebec City for valentine's day where I'm going to be proposing to my girlfriend :D.
 
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curiousphil said:
Yeah it really did go about as perfect as it could. Only damaged one coral too, broke a very small piece off my green Monti Cap because it's rock is a monster and I almost lost my grip on it lol.

I decided to move most of the crushed coral substrate at the last minute, and with it came some nasty gunk. I could have gravel vacced first but I was trying to move as much water over as possible and I was getting tired/lazy lol. If not for that, the water likely would have stayed clear - it was already more or less clear after I was done moving the rocks! I put felt socks on my drains for the time being to help with the water clearing. They seem to have done their job, just have them a good cleaning.

Skimmer is almost tuned in, I think, and starting to pull some nice garbage.

I'm not looking forward to aquascaping lol. Might wait a week or two for that. I've got a two week vacation coming up starting this Friday.... going to Quebec City for valentine's day where I'm going to be proposing to my girlfriend :D.
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Cant wait to see it all aquascaped! And congrats buddy.
 
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curiousphil said:
Yeah it really did go about as perfect as it could. Only damaged one coral too, broke a very small piece off my green Monti Cap because it's rock is a monster and I almost lost my grip on it lol.

I decided to move most of the crushed coral substrate at the last minute, and with it came some nasty gunk. I could have gravel vacced first but I was trying to move as much water over as possible and I was getting tired/lazy lol. If not for that, the water likely would have stayed clear - it was already more or less clear after I was done moving the rocks! I put felt socks on my drains for the time being to help with the water clearing. They seem to have done their job, just have them a good cleaning.

Skimmer is almost tuned in, I think, and starting to pull some nice garbage.

I'm not looking forward to aquascaping lol. Might wait a week or two for that. I've got a two week vacation coming up starting this Friday.... going to Quebec City for valentine's day where I'm going to be proposing to my girlfriend :D.
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Looking good as usual and wow those are some beuty caps :) i allways use fine socks as well when i move sand it pulls it all out in a day or two tops.... and congrats there is no better place to propose then good ol quebec (being im a frenchie) lol so bust some moves
 
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