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Justin/TiV
01/25/2010, 07:21 PM
thinking about doing a room divider this time around...would love to see some room divider, or in walls you can see from both sides...thanks guys

Justin/TiV
01/26/2010, 10:34 AM
or does anyone know where I can find some pics...looking for some inspiration here

thanks again

boodlefish
01/27/2010, 09:40 PM
i would like to see some pics of this type of setup too.

Hookup
01/28/2010, 10:52 AM
It's in-progress but i think this counts as a room-divider.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn192/hegira_hal/stand-5.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn192/hegira_hal/stand-6.jpg

"Umm, fish?"
01/28/2010, 10:52 AM
Well, here's mine from back when I was curing the concrete rocks:

http://www.ummfish.com/rockwork.jpg

http://www.ummfish.com/rockwork02.jpg

Water return is on the left side of the tank and the overflow is on the far right.

From the other side:

http://www.ummfish.com/HB90/Images/2.jpg

IPT
01/28/2010, 03:08 PM
Hookup that should be sweet..

Justin - I think there was a thread about this in the SPS or one of the other forums. There were a lot posted (course my mind might be playing games on me but I am pretty sure about that). Might want to do a search on those. It might have just been built in's bit there were a lot of dividers.

boodlefish
01/28/2010, 10:56 PM
both very nice looking starts do we have any fully stocked to show off here?

"Umm, fish?"
01/28/2010, 11:14 PM
My system's had a lot of issues with corals. I think because of using concrete instead of live rock. But it's been running for around a year now and has some corals that are doing okay. But the fish have been doing fine. Here's my last FTS:

http://www.ummfish.com/fts_11-8-09.jpg

boodlefish
01/29/2010, 03:22 PM
Andy that looks really cool, i hope the concrete ends up working out it, for you. it is a unique look for sure. does the concrete effect eh ph or alk or something?

"Umm, fish?"
01/29/2010, 05:34 PM
Thanks, Tucker. The pH was really high at first and took lots of rinsing (=whole tank freshwater filling and emptying) until that ran down. I'm not sure whether I think subsequent coral problems were from leaching substances from the concrete or whether I think it was because it took a long time for small cleaner populations to get established. Or both. I do know that a few months ago the coralline really took off and that seemed to signal a turn-around for the corals. Now if I can just avoid doing bone-headed things maybe I can get the reef established. (I walked away from the top-off water yesterday and ran the salinity down. Grr.)

boodlefish
01/29/2010, 11:12 PM
well i cant wait to see some updated pics of that tank in a couple of months then :)

"Umm, fish?"
01/29/2010, 11:33 PM
Well, it'll be a bit longer than that, I'm afraid. The tank's so big that frags just get lost. Heck, all the way to the right on the very top of the rock is a pretty large Euphyllia (frogspawn). It'll be a while 'til things grow in.

BTW, there's another possibility for corals not doing well. I feed the fish pretty darn heavily. I _like_ spawning fish. :) Nitrates have not been an issue, but I move a lot of nutrients through the system and into algae. I'm just still working on finding the right corals that can put up with the way I do things.

So, three possible issues to work on. Maybe someday I'll get it all figured out.

TitusvileSurfer
01/30/2010, 01:57 AM
Dang Andy that looks like a well planned system with HUGE potential! You already have someone wishing to someday have what you have now at any rate.

"Umm, fish?"
01/30/2010, 04:43 PM
Well, sorry. I got to the macro thread first. :) But here it is again, my build thread if you are interested: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1295659

There was lots of planning, but I'm not sure whether it was "well" or not. More like drunken planning. :beer:

LoneRanger
01/30/2010, 04:59 PM
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs078.snc3/14537_204349931451_743521451_3137419_5561464_n.jpg

you can see the headboard to our bed if you look through the tank-
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs123.snc3/17032_215405366451_743521451_3178280_6832184_n.jpg



http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs193.snc3/20032_260980916451_743521451_3401041_2475765_n.jpg

FishBoy05
01/30/2010, 05:04 PM
Your lighting looks cool at night.

Justin/TiV
01/30/2010, 10:50 PM
Right on...cool pix guys.

Justin/TiV
01/30/2010, 10:51 PM
It's in-progress but i think this counts as a room-divider.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn192/hegira_hal/stand-5.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn192/hegira_hal/stand-6.jpg

thats looking awesome...by the way, did you do the rock on your fireplace yourself...I'm thinking of doing something really similar with mine.

Octoshark
01/30/2010, 11:42 PM
Hookup,

I can't tell from the picture how far away that fireplace is, but if you use that fireplace, is it far enough away so that it wouldn't affect your tank temperatures?

fullmonti
02/04/2010, 07:45 AM
We live in a horse barn. When we bought it there were 8 stalls down stairs & 700 sq ft apt up stairs. We converted down stairs to my wood shop, tack room, storage ect & eventually closed in 500 more sq ft in the loft, built in a 180 between original living/ktn & new living room. The photo is HDR shot

http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv100/fullmontitog/newlivingroom.jpg

boodlefish
02/04/2010, 01:31 PM
Geez, were you raised in a barn?

uh yeah actually i was.... lol

i love the set up, what a great living room/ kitchen divider.

Hookup
02/04/2010, 05:02 PM
thats looking awesome...by the way, did you do the rock on your fireplace yourself...I'm thinking of doing something really similar with mine.

Yes I did...It's very easy... It is NOT on drywall. I removed the drywall and replaced it with plywood. The paper on drywall will not support the weight of the stone. That's about it... easy as pie.

The stoneyard where I got them gave me the "right" glue to use to get them to the wall. Its a glue that when cured is more like a pencil eraser than rock hard.