Our 40g Island waterfall [Archive] - Reef Central Online Community

reefwars

10/18/2014, 11:56 AM

so since we shut down our last tank my wife for the last year has been after me to set up another display tank. with our frag systems still running and work busy for us both we just didnt have any mojo :)

near the beginning of summer one of my co-workers and friend was planning to set up a small frag tank for himself to prop some sps , he made it all the way to the lighting stage then realized he doesnt have frags lol the offer was there to buy a small stylish shallow tank and included a already made stand and light :mrgreen:

so we bought the setup with no real plans in mind and brought it home the following weekend.

me and ruth talked about what we wanted to do for the design and we agreed we would do another theme tank and just needed to settle on a theme. her last tank was a nano waterfall tank where water flowed over three panes of glass into a moat so she wanted to do something along the lines of a waterfall theme , i wanted to do the island volcanoe theme i had always liked.

so we met half way and settled on a tank that would house a vertical structure in the center of the tank that rose out of the water and on top of the tank in the back corner we would build a water fall. this is to be a mixed reef with all our nice zoas around the islands water edge and select sps pieces and lps etc to fill the rest of the tank:) fish ...TBD

so it began.......

the idea is to have water lines which are fed via the return pump to feed the waterfall and to have a few lines that ran over the island. the water that flows over the island ( 3 outputs ) will collect into some basins in which we will grow some corals in :)

we will try to keep this updated and log as much as we can as this will be a pretty interesting build:)

so here's what we got , we are actually already running with fish and corals but we will start this from the beginning as all good stories start:)

next up ....the set-up:)

enjoy!!!

denny:biggrin:

reefwars

10/18/2014, 11:57 AM

ok so now thew theme has been determined we needed to figure out how we are going to run this idea:)

so heres what we came up with:mrgreen:

tank specs:

concept aquariusm custom made aquarium
36 x 20 x 14h
rimless aquarium
polished edges
external overflow on back panel
drilled for herbie silent overflow
1 x 3/4" returns on the back panel right side of overflow
black silicone
black acrylic back panel

stand: 2 x 4 construction painted black ( skirted later)

stand dimensions: 36 x 20 x 36h

sump: 32 x 20 x 16h -

its full custom built from concept ( obviously) and designed by me and ruth we maxed out every last inch of space available so its a bit of a jig saw puzzle lol

drain entry from display chamber
1 x 7" filter sock section
refugium section
skimmer section
return section
ATO compartment
custom built in dosing chambers ( ca/alk/mg/vinegar)

equipment:

t5 6 bulb tek light
bubble magus curve 5 protein skimmer
2 x 150w eheim jager heaters
jebao dc12000 return pump
2 x koralia powerheads (2 x jebao rw-4 wireless on order)
kamoer 4 channel doser
tlf 150 reactors x 2 ( gfo/carbon)
tunze osmolator 3155

here are some tank pics once we got it home from our friend and plugged in the lights:)

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skimjim

10/18/2014, 12:11 PM

reefwars

10/18/2014, 12:21 PM

my only concerns are that a constant waterfall will cause lots of microbubbles which leads to highly saturated oxygenated water which leads to:

> major algae
> water looking cloudy with all the microbubbles
> the churning off the waterfall will turn your entire tank into one large skimmer
> some fish will develop illnesses due to their gills exposed to highly oxygen saturated water column

I'm no marine biologist... but i think you might run into problems.

I'd research this all out before putting time and money into a project.

i actually design aquariums and set-ups for a living ( concept aquariums ) so we figured all this out years ago on other waterfall tanks we did the science behind it is pretty simple , water will only create bubbles if it has to free fall with/through oxygen ( think herbie overflow system) , the water from the island is routed back into the island and exits through the center of the rock structure and the waterfall has a step down right into the water level of the tank so it never bubbles:)

the tank has been set up all summer and is fully running with fish and corals we are just starting the journal from the beginning to show everyone how we created it all:)

stay tuned more pics and explanations to come!!

Eac7466

10/18/2014, 12:43 PM

I look forward to seeing how this develops :)

reefwars

10/18/2014, 12:49 PM

so before the island we did the waterfall:)

for the waterfall we entertained the idea of buying an already made structure and simply modifying it to work in a reef , well that didnt work as none of what we seen online was going to work , so denny has a background in stone work and figured you know what we will just make it ourselves lol

so while we had our tank home we went and picked out some rock for the waterfall , the idea was to buy a thick piece of shelf rock shave the back to a perfect 90 degree angle so it sits flush on the rim of the tank in the back corner , with the shelf rock we wanted to create a basin in the lowest part so that we can put some corals in to grow. then we would build up and then down after the main plate/basin was created.

problem........

all the shelf rock is either very flat or doesnt have a already made basin in it

kinda like this:

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so we broke out our 4" angle grinder and diamond blade and went to work making our own stone basin and working from there.

here are some pics of the cutting to make a basin we had to do......was dusty stuff :)

we had to make a plywood tank template to make sure when we got home it fit the tank perfectly:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_20140722_185330_zpse9999a7c.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_20140722_185330_zpse9999a7c.jpg.html)

some grid lines up and down and left to right then snapped off the slivers with a flat head screwdriver , once it was all removed we used the saws blade and scratched back and forth untill it was all smooth.

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placing the basin inside the tank.....yeah that was to much work and then we had to find a way to make it sit up there permanently ( cant have it break under its own weight right)

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reefwars

10/18/2014, 12:50 PM

this was the dry sScape we finished with that night and was to be the starting point on the waterfalls overall design:) we had one main output in the front and then i made two emergency outputs on the left and right side slightly higher just in case a snails sits on the waterfalls main output and clogs it and water flows over the back side....couldn't risk that lol

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_20140722_193210_zpsa1d90a29.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_20140722_193210_zpsa1d90a29.jpg.html)

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brought home and a quick dry fit before we sealed it all and made it one piece:) still is a bit shaky!

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top down of the raw rock after being cut out, still alot of work to be done on this before its running:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/471_zps45519cb7.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/471_zps45519cb7.jpg.html)

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next up: the island design!!

enjoy!!

denny:mrgreen

reefwars

10/21/2014, 10:12 AM

next up we started to work on our island , we didnt want to use multiple small rocks to build the structure we were hoping to find either one large one or two large ones joined together.

to get the look we wanted we ended up with two large rocks , out of the box they weren't exactly a perfect fit but had the right profile....just needed a little trimming:)

out came the old saw again and we started cutting to what we wanted:)

problem was neither rock had a flat bottom to it so one had to be trimmed in order to fit comfortably on the other rock :)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/479_zps3c9436b9.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/479_zps3c9436b9.jpg.html)

about this much had to go :

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reefwars

10/21/2014, 10:12 AM

repeat as necessary:)

getting there:

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reefwars

10/21/2014, 10:15 AM

brought it home for the final touches and a quick idea of how it looked in tank:mrgreen:

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/496_zps3ddf8809.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/496_zps3ddf8809.jpg.html)

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lights:

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nice straight alley in the back:

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FF184

10/21/2014, 10:26 AM

Cool concept, following along . . .

Sugar Magnolia

10/21/2014, 11:41 AM

This is interesting. Have you thought about how you'll handle the salt creep from the splashing of the waterfall?

reefwars

10/21/2014, 12:13 PM

This is interesting. Have you thought about how you'll handle the salt creep from the splashing of the waterfall?

absolutely , in fact its running flawlessly as we speak , the only saltcreep we get from the waterfall is what precipitates out the pores on the rock , the actual waterfall doesnt spill water it flows through the rocks and steps down into the tank ,we had not planned on the creep making it through so we had to go and seal the rock completely from the outside as well but still manages to get through so ill be going a step further and it will be siliconed :)

thanks for the kind words we will try to get more updates going:)

reefwars

10/21/2014, 02:51 PM

next up we had to seal the waterfall to hold water in its basin as well to make sure it didnt leak through the back and onto the floor , as much as we liked the all natural stone look seeing the water seep through the pores had me worried about if the waterfall backed up or if we may have missed something when planning , so we decided to seal it from the bottom and backside :)

good ol fijicrete to the rescue ( fast setting mortar) to seal the stones and then we used spray foam , 2-party epoxy and silicone to seal the outside and finish off the top off the waterfall :)

after making our cuts i realized this wont hold water lol

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/515_zpsd7325360.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/515_zpsd7325360.jpg.html)

hmmm...big hole here...that wont do either lol

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the lip of the waterfall , as well the emergencies on each side(less noticable)

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the underside of the rocks.....see this wont hold water at all lol

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reefwars

10/21/2014, 02:55 PM

fiji crete:

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a can for mixing:

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some water:

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very technological mixing spoon:)

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top portion of the waterfall also needed to be sealed:)
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reefwars

10/21/2014, 02:56 PM

time to get messy:)

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consistency of peanut butter:)

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reefwars

10/21/2014, 02:58 PM

like icing a cake:)

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dont be afraid to get your hands in there:)

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afterwards a little shot of water and then smoothed out with my finger to get full coverage and make sure theres no pinholes in the mortar:)

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reefwars

10/21/2014, 03:02 PM

while that dried we got to work on the water channels for the island , since this rock is so porous we decided to use some vertex 2-part epoxy to create our water channels and focus water where we want it , as well to build our basins/pools that the water flows in to later:)

stinky stuff but molds well and doesnt dry nearly as fast as that fiji crete lol

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/590_zps861058f7.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/590_zps861058f7.jpg.html)

poke it right in there:

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looks ok?

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basins at the bottom:)

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saltline

10/21/2014, 04:49 PM

gotta say babe she really came along nicely ;)

roooler

10/21/2014, 05:04 PM

very cool!!! need more pics!!

cthedaytrader

10/21/2014, 05:15 PM

Really cool idea, cant wait to see it in action

reefwars

10/21/2014, 05:21 PM

very cool!!! need more pics!!

Really cool idea, cant wait to see it in action

thanks everyone , more is coming soon and will post more pics as well:)

reefwars

10/21/2014, 06:29 PM

next up now that our fijicrete was dry was to build the aterfalls platforms

we used a mix of expanding foam , epoxy and fijicrete to complete it all:)

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had to seal all the outside as well:0

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then coated the inside with fijicrete to hide all the foam and epoxy as well create a stone look:)

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inthedeep2

10/21/2014, 10:51 PM

nice build so far cant wait to see it come together

fishgate

10/22/2014, 06:37 AM

discoreefer

10/22/2014, 07:56 AM

Very cool idea, can't wait to see it in action. Thanks for sharing.

reefwars

10/22/2014, 07:57 AM

Great idea! I would be worried as well about salt getting everywhere. I think you are going to need to wipe this down daily. If this works out as a prototype perhaps think about a 150 high tank 1/2 full of water and the above 1/2 out of water with your waterfall. Freshwater guys do this all the time I love the terrarium/ocean look.

Good work!

Thanks , this is already running with fish and corals and has for a while and is running smoothly so we've worked out all the little kinks already :)

There is no where for salt be it saltwater or saltcreep to come out , the whaterfall dispenses its water back into the tank without a drop its a smooth drop down into the displays water line and the island has three outputs for water all of which end up back in the rock work :)

Will explain a bit better later but You'll see soon in pics :)

That's guys more coming today :)

reefwars

10/22/2014, 08:00 AM

nice build so far cant wait to see it come together

Very cool idea, can't wait to see it in action. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks guys , the dry parts I'm sure are a bit borng just yet lol but we wanted to do a detailed journal this time around as my usual journals are wham bam thank you mam and then it's all about the corals lol

More pics today and maybe we will even hit water :fun2:

Sugar Magnolia

10/22/2014, 11:12 AM

Looking forward to it!

GSep

10/22/2014, 01:27 PM

Subbed. Looking forward to seeing the process for this tank.

The gf wants me to do and island/waterfall tank after I showed her the video of the volcano tank. Looks like this will be a good resource.

reefwars

10/22/2014, 03:50 PM

ok so we had to design a sump , this is right up my alley and we got to work and drew something up

these were the plans we made:

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/dennyandruthsnewsump_zpsad04547b.png (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/dennyandruthsnewsump_zpsad04547b.png.html)

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basically our down pipes from the external overflow are plumbed into the chamber marked drain entry form display , water then flows over the baffle and onto a 7" filter sock try , when the socks are running normal water flows under the baffle and when they clog water flows over the notch and into the fuge , after the socks water flows thorugh the refugium and then into the skimmer , thorugh some bubble traps and into the return. we have added a small ATO in the back corner as well some dosing chambers for vinegar, alk , cal and mg:) there is an acrylic cover for both the ATO and dosing chambers with holes drilled for lines:)

will post actual pictures of our sump next:)

reefwars

10/22/2014, 04:07 PM

and the actual sump all glass:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/0055_zpsdb0e20a8.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/0055_zpsdb0e20a8.jpg.html)

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under the stand

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skimmer and reactor laid in place and plumbing done:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/0174_zps4bea3b11.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/0174_zps4bea3b11.jpg.html)

reefwars

10/23/2014, 05:12 PM

ok time to get the water lines on the island and waterfall and to fill this with water and take it for a test drive:)

for the island we were going to use 1/4" tubing but after going through all the trouble to install it all even hooked up to a mag 9 couldn't push water through it , an option was to use a dosing pump but they don't have a lot of flow so....we had to go with a slightly larger tubing at 3/8" diameter

the lines are fed via a " tee " off the jebao 12000 and there are three lies in total for the island and one line for the water fall , this way by using a large return pump we had some extra umfff and set the flow rate properly:)

once the lines were figured out we used some small pieces of pukani to cover them up and then some fijicrete and sand to hide it and make it not so notciable:)

you can also get a better view of the epoxy basins we made for the island:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/0254_zpsaf49d106.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/0254_zpsaf49d106.jpg.html)

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one line we decided to not have a basin and flows down into the water line:

reefwars

10/23/2014, 05:17 PM

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waterline neatly hidden down the backside of the island:)

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it works:)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/092_zps36147abb.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/092_zps36147abb.jpg.html)

reefwars

10/23/2014, 05:17 PM

water in to see how the levels all lined up:)

video of the fill:

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/th_VID_20140810_205038_zpsbfed82a4.mp4 (http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/VID_20140810_205038_zpsbfed82a4.mp4)

pics:

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had to add a small piece to the waterfall as the drop to waterline was to much and created noisee and bubbles:)

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jeffdenney

10/23/2014, 05:32 PM

Best sump ever??!!!

reefwars

10/23/2014, 07:47 PM

Best sump ever??!!!

Thanks it definitely turned out great ive designed sumps for customers that make this look simple I just didn't need anything else down there :)

Cheers

Denny

Fallling

10/24/2014, 02:06 PM

Very interesting build. Following along. :)

reefwars

10/24/2014, 02:48 PM

ok so fast forward through our cycle and we have a rough finished look , even a few first tester corals from our prop systems:)

light has now been mounted above and about this time hooked our doser to automate additives:)

we have been carbon dosing vinegar since the first day water was added and have had no measurable No3 or P04 and to this day am still on my first batch of gfo :)

gotta love nipping it in the butt right out the gate:)

tank is being dosed 40ml of %5 white vinegar throughout a 24 hr period:)

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pay no attention to the ugly koralias there are rplaced by 2 x jebao rw-4 shortly:)

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getting close to where we are today , tank still has a lot of corals to add but is coming along nicely :)

we will post our stocking plans here next for corals and fish

thanks for following!!

hogfanreefer

10/24/2014, 04:35 PM

I love the volcano tanks. I saw one that had a little basin big enough for some zoas and a crab in it. Look forward to seeing this one mature.

Whiterabbitrage

10/24/2014, 04:46 PM

Following!

reefwars

10/24/2014, 05:27 PM

ok so stocking plans:)

we have quite an extensive collection of zoanthids so the idea is to populate the island right at the water line with all our collector zoanthids , some sps and a few other frags :)

below the waterfall and bottom section of the island will be mostly lps with a few zoanthids mixed in:)

fish/shrimp so far we have :

2 x clown gobys
2 x neon gobies
1 x sailfin blenny
1 x sunburst anthias
2 x cleaner shrimp
1 x halloween crab

we would like to still add:

more cleaner shrimp ( 2 more)
some more clown gobies ( 2 more )
my pair of trojan clownfish ive had for years
my citron goby

coral list so far that we have:

too many zoanthids to list lol ( 150+ types)
large golden torch ( 6 heads)
metallic green octospawn
metallic green wall hammer
black torch ( hehe )
green tip octospawn ( wall )
ausiie warpaint scolymia
dragon soul favia ( x 2 )
25 ultra florida rics ( 100 more coming !)
large green and white flower anemone
favias ( green/red, toxic, black eye favia )
white polyp toadstool
orange clove polyps
large acan lord ( red and blue)
4 x chalices ( tubbs alien eye , alien eye , meltdown , cotton candy )
large blastmussa colonie ( 40 heads-purple and green )
gorgonians ( ORA grube, purple frilly , corky etc)
NPS gorgonian - menella sp. ( red with yellow polyps)
golden scroll coral
yellow fiji leather
australian lobo ( very nice)
cluster of red mushrooms
green and teal symphyllia
joker australomussa ( green and purple )
colony of aussie duncans

sps:

RR red diablo
ponape birdsnest
birds of paradise
pink birdsnest
joe the coral
blue tenuis
tyree pink lemonade
bali green slimer
orange setosa
a few RR wilds as well :)

inverts :5" ultra tahitian clam from reefraft

quick wish list:

master scoly
some australian dendros
orange elegance
red or blue gigantea carpet anemone
rainbow chalice
some more RR sig sps
rainbow welsophyllia
rainbow australomussa

plus im sure a lot more:)

up next , pics on where we are today as well how it all looks now :)

stay tuned!!

tclndcrz

10/24/2014, 10:41 PM

i love the waterfall concept. how many gph are you getting with just the waterfall?

FF184

10/25/2014, 06:35 PM

Looks awesome.

Adam G

10/25/2014, 06:51 PM

Nice work. Very natural looking.

reefwars

10/25/2014, 07:45 PM

i love the waterfall concept. how many gph are you getting with just the waterfall?

Not sure exactly what's getting pushed over its pretty slow though , it's fed from the return line and controlled via ball valve on back of the tank , it's choked back pretty good right now , using the dc pump helps for setting the whole system as a whole :)

Coralline is already growing on both the island and waterfall , as well there are two resident turbo snails that seem to have called the waterfall home so algae isn't becoming an issue up there yet , they both climbed up there them selves:)

We entertained the idea of a small rock arch bridge connecting the waterfall to the island but feared the crabs would get to the waterfall from the island and jump the edge to the floor, smelly crab shells that the dog would probably chew up and leave all over the house....the wife wouldn't like that ;)

Thanks guys we will post some up to date pics in the next while :)

justinky

10/25/2014, 08:27 PM

Great tank and concept, look forward to seeing it progress.

red gigantea carpet anemone

Did you mean Stichodactyla Haddoni? Don't hold your breath on ever seeing a red Stichodactyla Gigatnea :)

GT350pwns

10/25/2014, 11:31 PM

Beautiful tank. I can't wait to see more progress!

reefwars

10/29/2014, 06:51 PM

and some pics of where we are today

still lots to add but we will post pics as we go along

enjoy!!

some fts:

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next up some close ups in and around:)

reefwars

10/29/2014, 06:53 PM

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reefwars

10/29/2014, 06:55 PM

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reefwars

10/29/2014, 06:58 PM

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10/29/2014, 06:59 PM

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reefwars

10/29/2014, 07:05 PM

and heres a video we took of how the tank looks at the moment:)

enjoy!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raiJ-48C0Ic&feature=youtu.be

Ilsimen

10/29/2014, 07:24 PM

Wow, you're giving me crazy ideas! Looks awesome!

Kellyh14

10/29/2014, 08:18 PM

I just watched the video and it looks amazing, great job

bitwise

10/29/2014, 08:53 PM

Wow, great job. Very clean. That thing must have a pungent smell. :)

reefwars

10/29/2014, 08:56 PM

Wow, great job. Very clean. That thing must have a pungent smell. :)

Thanks funny enough I'm asked that a lot and so far we haven't noticed anything but it's still young :)

Tactical33125

10/29/2014, 09:18 PM

OMG ricordea heaven.... :D awesome tank.

reefwars

10/29/2014, 09:24 PM

OMG ricordea heaven.... :D awesome tank.

Thanks alot , Wait a few weeks as we have 100 in total to add and ordered:)

inthedeep2

10/29/2014, 09:33 PM

wow cant wait till its all filled in

reefwars

10/30/2014, 11:37 AM

wow cant wait till its all filled in

thanks , it still has a way to go and we still have quite a few things to add from our prop tanks

were goiong to be making some small epoxy sleeves and we have a few small maximas to go as well a large squammie:)

mangroves still have to be added as well the critters for thew top of the island;)

thanks all glad everyone enjoys it:)

reefwars

11/06/2014, 12:19 PM

starting to get the bulk of our goods in there , we still have some arranging to do but here's some updated pics just after adding our clams and some more livestock:)

fish list :

2 x clown gobies
2 x neon gobies
sailfin blenny
2 x trojan picasso clowns
3 x adult mated trio of pajama cardinals
1 x citron goby
1 x heniocus

enjoy:)

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reefwars

11/06/2014, 12:20 PM

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blues:

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once we finish arranging some things we shoot some more pics we still have alot to add lol :)

reefwars

11/12/2014, 07:47 PM

a little video we took :)

starting to get really full lol

so we have 100 ricordias florida arriving tomorrow as well this weekend we really start to fill in the top of the island with our zoas:)

enjoy everyone:)

cheers

video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mtEJX54CwM&list=UUWM64MlYISqTEXU_Zqv-P9g

Portsie

11/12/2014, 08:13 PM

Video showing as private.

Ilsimen

11/12/2014, 08:44 PM

Video won't play. Says it's private.

reefwars

11/13/2014, 10:36 AM

fixed:)

weird lol

renato120

11/13/2014, 07:31 PM

niceee!

jmowbray

11/13/2014, 08:03 PM

reefwars

11/14/2014, 08:25 AM

LOVE THE TANK.

One thing I see though (may have been covered already but didn't read anything just looked at the amazing pictures). The large clam on the right of the tank. What's the story on it? It's concerning to me as every picture you posted the mantel is retracted.

It's a clam I had in a 500g tank but did a flatworm exit treatment on that tank just recently and the clam didn't take well to it and ended up with pinched mantle , we've brought him home and he's gotten several freshwater baths and seems to be opening more each day:) this cam is quite a few years old and pretty hardy;)

Thanks:)

jmowbray

11/14/2014, 09:11 AM

ok sounds good. My clam had PM and looked like that but didn't make it so I was worried for you.

AudiSportB5S4

11/14/2014, 11:27 AM

How does the heniocus do in your tank? On Live Aquaria they recommend a tank of >125 gallons for it.. Cool looking fish would love to have one but thought 60 cube was too small.

reefwars

11/14/2014, 04:28 PM

How does the heniocus do in your tank? On Live Aquaria they recommend a tank of >125 gallons for it.. Cool looking fish would love to have one but thought 60 cube was too small.

long term they would need a larger tank for sure , i have several other large tanks he can go in once he gets to big or worst case scenario he will go to my work:)

hes been doing great eats everything i offer and doesn't bother anything in the tank , hes out and about all the time and is very healthy so far:)

thanks guys:)

reefwars

11/23/2014, 12:18 PM

Took some pics over the weekend and we will post them in the next few days but tank is on cruise control , our large maxima the one that had pinched mantle seems to have made a full recovery and back to his normal self after a few fresh water baths. All our gorgs we added have now finished doing there shedding from going to a new system and look great:)

A little while ago we had a mishap with the doser and I put the wrong cap on the vinegar bottle instead of an A I put a V on the Alk bottle so I thought it was vinegar ...stupid me set it up and was dosing Alk on a vinegar schedule while another pump was dosing Alk on its reg schedule , dkh went to 14 before we caught it but is now back down and problem rectified . We got a little stn on a couple acros but that has stopped so could have been worse :)

We are going to be finishing the cabints over Xmas which we are going to be doing I think in stone if not some sort of tile :)

Funny enough the loudest part of the system and the only thing that can even be heard is the jebao dc pump even on speed 3 it drives me nuts lol the enclosing of the stand should help though:)

Will post pics soon as well another video:)

reefwars

11/26/2014, 07:05 PM

tank is crusing along well

lost my bannerfish though which wasnt a big surprise ive never had much luck with them before but was hoping it would be diff but alas it was not

as well my squamosa over the last week has been shut down , i couldnt figure out why but was home most of the day today and found out the issue ....turns out my pair of neon gobies are eating him , they are attacking him every five mins so ill have to set up a small trap and get the little buggers out its not worth losing $800 in clams for $40 in fish lol

on the pus side my large maxima tear drop on the right of the tank has recovered fully from the pinched mantle after some freshwater baths , and the gobies dont seem to be interested yet i the maximas only the squammie lol

here are some pics , i need to invite someone over that has a better cam,era than my s5 does but till then it gets the job done

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11/26/2014, 07:06 PM

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reefwars

11/26/2014, 07:06 PM

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reefwars

12/15/2014, 01:11 PM

things are doing well , we added the rest of our ricordias puts us at close to 100 shrooms lol as well we added a very large sebae anemone to the family :) had to move the tube anemone to the back in the dark to make room for the sebae:)

rock is becoming covered in coraline and everything is healing nicely from the dosing going awol

still at 40mls of vinegar and no readable nitrates or phosphates , still on original batch of gfo and the tank has only seen a couple water changes:)

flow is a bit of a ***** but we are working on it , still have the koralia in there until we decide what top do :)

here are some pics and a video coming once it loads:)

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reefwars

12/15/2014, 01:11 PM

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all blues on :

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reefwars

12/15/2014, 02:25 PM

we took a video of the tank enjoy :)

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7a2KloYg_c&feature=youtu.be

Mental1

12/15/2014, 06:30 PM

Looks beautiful. So jellie ... my reef is suffering and I miss all of my beautiful corals that I have lost. Never mind .. will get it all going again. How do you plan it so that you don't get coral stinging and fighting issues? I can see that you group certain corals together - it really is lovely.

reefwars

12/30/2014, 08:04 PM

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reefwars

12/30/2014, 08:05 PM

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reefwars

12/30/2014, 08:05 PM

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reefwars

12/30/2014, 08:06 PM

here's a quick video we took the other night:)

enjoy!!

video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llvlKZcayzg

renato120

12/30/2014, 08:44 PM

Amazing!

Indiana Reefin

12/30/2014, 09:33 PM

One of my favorite tanks! I love the record is idea. I would love to covermytank bottom with Ricordias

reefwars

12/31/2014, 02:55 PM

Amazing!

thank you im glad you like it :)

One of my favorite tanks! I love the record is idea. I would love to covermytank bottom with Ricordias

thanks , im a huge ricordia fan but the damn things cost so much lol

Indiana Reefin

12/31/2014, 05:43 PM

I actually looked into buying 50-100 ricordea. How many do you think I would need for a 22x12 area?

reefwars

12/31/2014, 06:47 PM

I actually looked into buying 50-100 ricordea. How many do you think I would need for a 22x12 area?

Haha going to take a lot , full coverage probably 300-500 . I have about 100 in a 5" x 8" area , 100 will turn into that many though with enough time :)

Fudz Cwerner

12/31/2014, 06:56 PM

reefwars

12/31/2014, 07:10 PM

Beautiful tank and aquascape! My wife now wants a 3rd tank because of that youtube vid. Your corals look so happy together, mine think they are starring Braveheart and sting and kill each other every chance they get.

Thanks , pics are all taken with a cell phone so it's hard to capture the true look and feel as well in the video the flow is off so you don't see the full movement of the tank in that either :)

Now that the lps has its places were going to start to fill in , We have quite the extensive zoanthid collection so were going to start adding those now as filler as we didn't put a whole lot in yet , should have some extra color soon and we will make a new video then too:)

Cheers and happy new years

Indiana Reefin

12/31/2014, 08:06 PM

Haha going to take a lot , full coverage probably 300-500 . I have about 100 in a 5" x 8" area , 100 will turn into that many though with enough time :)

Man oh man :uhoh3:
how quickly do they reproduce under proper conditions?
How long will it take your 100 to turn into 200?

reefwars

01/28/2015, 12:02 PM

little late on the update but here goes:)

over the last while we added a bunch more inverts so our list now includes cleaner shrimps(6), anemone crabs(2), anemone shrimp(3) , harlequin serpent star(1) , fromia sea star(1), candy pistol shrimp(1) , blue legged hermits(20) , emerald crabs(1) ,halloween hermit(1) , pom pom crab(1)....plus more im sure im forgetting lol

the problem was though as nice as it is having shrimps running around with no fear of predators they were picking on the clams and just about anything else that moves lol

we dealt with this for a while but the clams were getting worse so......

enter the guard dogs!!!

we added a full grown pair of scott's fairy wrasses

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so now the shrimp are in hiding...caves, ledges etc. not as active but the reef overall appreciates it and these two seem to show no interest in the shrimps and are the show fish of the tank (damn costly lol)

reefwars

01/28/2015, 12:03 PM

we added a large sebae anemone a while ago but was hit or miss one day it would attach the next it wouldn't , after killing the flow for a few weeks we decided to pull the bugger out so that space is now empty and we are debating on doing an acan garden in that spot or reserving it for something else down the road lol

we haven't added much for corals but a few more zoanthids around the top :)

we are fully stocked for fish atm

3 x full grown pj cardinals
2 x trojan clownfish
1 x citron goby
1 x sailfin blenny
1 x baby kole tang
2 x scotts fairy wrasses

here are some pics of how it sits today , we finally did another water change last night of 5g to freshen things up a bit.

water results have stayed consistent and still no measurable po4 or no3 and this is even with me babysitting 9 fish in my sump, no new gfo as of lately either.

tank is maturing on schedule and without a hitch :)

reefwars

01/28/2015, 12:03 PM

pics:

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reefwars

01/28/2015, 12:04 PM

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will post some full tank shots here next :)

hope you enjoy!!

reefwars

01/28/2015, 12:05 PM

and some full tank shots , a mix of blues and whites

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gnatophillum

01/28/2015, 12:37 PM

Awesome tank!!!!

renato120

01/28/2015, 12:43 PM

Beautiful as always! An Acan garden would be awesome! Thats what im doing in my tank.
I already have 8 different types of Acans. One of my favorites LPS corals.

reefwars

01/28/2015, 12:53 PM

Awesome tank!!!!

thank you very much im glad you like it , we are going to be doing some close ups of the waterline and all the corals at the top soon so stay tuned:)

Beautiful as always! An Acan garden would be awesome! Thats what im doing in my tank.
I already have 8 different types of Acans. One of my favorites LPS corals.

i love them but problem is both finding them and affording them lol we will get there but its so far the direction we may head , the alternative was a small red or blue carpet anemone but small spaces and these species dont mingle well especially with the tang and the two wrasses in there now:)

thanks for the kind words im glad you like more to come soon!!

Indiana Reefin

01/28/2015, 12:54 PM

I love this tank! I wish I had the creativity and skills to pull something like this off!

gnatophillum

01/28/2015, 04:01 PM

Close ups... Very very good. I love to take macro and close up photos.

Sams Reef

01/28/2015, 04:52 PM

Beautiful tank!!

Grayson84

01/28/2015, 06:58 PM

Crazy! In another year the whole sand bed will probably covered that looks so cool.

Good Job keep up the pics

Cheers Dan

reefwars

01/28/2015, 07:02 PM

Close ups... Very very good. I love to take macro and close up photos.

same here i love the macros most:)

Beautiful tank!!

thanks im glad you enjoyed it stay tuned as it matures and grows:)

Crazy! In another year the whole sand bed will probably covered that looks so cool.

Good Job keep up the pics

Cheers Dan

thanks , that's the plan for the rics so far they seem to be doing very well :)

glad you like our little tank we will try to keep you all updated on its progress:)

reefwars

01/28/2015, 07:30 PM

if anyone has any questions about the system , how its ran or how we set it up please don't be afraid to ask we would love to teach:)

cheers

deny and ruth:)

s_kelley

01/28/2015, 09:03 PM

reefwars

01/28/2015, 09:12 PM

Wow how did I not see this before? The waterfall idea is so cool. I love the top down shots they remind me of diving on reefs and looking down a reef ledge.
I never had much luck with rics what is your secret?
Well done!

Imo Lower flow for sure , lighting I find they can tolerate but higher flow makes them small and small polyps wither away and die :)

My largest rics are probably 2-3" in size and shaded under the ledge and getting little flow unfortunately there not that viewable there so I'll have to settle with low flow only for now lol

Thanks I'm glad you like it we've put a lot of work and planning into this(I'm an aquarium designer) and so far it's lived up to what we expected although I do wish we went bigger lol the tank kinda fell in my lap for cheap and the planning started from there ;)

Cheers

Denny and Ruth :)

manishkasera

01/28/2015, 10:12 PM

Just one word comes to mind ..........WOW...........
It's one of the most beautiful tank. It's amazing to see how much you can do with creativity.

Cdodge1

01/28/2015, 10:54 PM

wow gorgeous tank. Waterfall is a great feature. Really sets your tank apart!

AmberLee

01/29/2015, 05:51 AM

This is stunning!

reefwars

01/29/2015, 11:54 AM

Just one word comes to mind ..........WOW...........
It's one of the most beautiful tank. It's amazing to see how much you can do with creativity.

thanks , its a small reef so prob not as impressive as the famous volcanoe tank is or was but we put our own twist on the design and seems on all the forums and all those who get to see it in person really like the design and how it turned out:)

who knows maybe it will make totm some day :)

wow gorgeous tank. Waterfall is a great feature. Really sets your tank apart!

thanks , me and the wife had different paths we wanted to go she previously had a three sided waterfgall tank we custom deisgned and built so she wanted to expand on this but i wanted the volcanoe theme lol we met half way with this beauty:)

thanks for the kind words ,i still have to clean up the lines and finish the stand and all that good jazz but the idea is there and a year from now will look quite impressive:)

This is stunning!

were glad everyone enjoys it , def alot more to come with this tank so stay tuned on its future progress wev'e got a few tricks up our sleeves still to release:)

NePhillyReefer

01/29/2015, 01:01 PM

Awesome tank. Giving me ideas now.

reefwars

01/29/2015, 02:54 PM

Awesome tank. Giving me ideas now.

awesome and good stuff now lets see those idea put into action :)

i think we need more out of the ordinary reefs puts a new life to setting up a tank for an old reefer lol :)

thanks guys and gals!!

reefwars

02/04/2015, 06:46 PM

we took some random top down shots last night with the flow off :)

enjoy!!!

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reefwars

02/04/2015, 06:47 PM

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reefwars

02/04/2015, 06:47 PM

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reefwars

02/27/2015, 10:52 PM

Time for a quick update :)

I have recently had both my gfo and carbon reactors clog (no surprise there lol) and we were getting some cyano but with a quick net mod to the tlf it's now almost impossible to clog and cyano disappeared as soon as they were back online.

We have increased our vinegar dose by 10mls a day and so far so good

We Have a mystery on our hands , shrimps are disappearing exoskeleton and all , it's either the pistol shrimp doing it or the Scott's fairy wrasse , theres no visable signs of anything what so ever and the tank is too small to hide ....the missing shrimp are small like sexy shrimp, anemone shrimps and a single small cleaner shrimp. The wrasse I've been watching like a hawk and it doesn't seem like he's interested at all in them but the pistol is elusive and is never seen only heard lol it's one of those two for sure

We added a cool little goby , a flaming prawn goby he's cryptic and isn't out much and about 1/4" to 1/2" in size , he has found the fire shrimp and lives side by side just doesn't come into the light so I have a crappy video I managed to take but does show him as well we took some pics in a white dish before adding him to the tank :)

Still having an issue with all the shrimps in the system picking at the clams , the wrasse works great at night but he's a 9 to 5 fish and night is when play time begins so its Time to find a night time worker :)

Finally lost the large blue maxima clam , after several fresh water dips for pinched mantle he would look ok then not the next week , the shrimps picked him to a stress point when I finally pulled it you can tell when it's time :(

Mot much room for corals anymore but We added some more dendro colonies to the dark area where the clam was sitting as well I've been adding some zoas around top and here and there :)

Wll post an up to date video tomorrow as well some fts pics we took :)

Cheers

Denny and Ruth

reefwars

03/11/2015, 04:53 PM

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reefwars

03/11/2015, 04:54 PM

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reefwars

03/11/2015, 04:54 PM

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DexterOne

03/11/2015, 08:11 PM

Nice pics! That is a well stocked tank :)

Ktm898

03/11/2015, 08:30 PM

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what is the name of this coral?

reefwars

03/11/2015, 08:57 PM

Nice pics! That is a well stocked tank :)

Thanks I'm glad you like :) we will have a new video posted soon:)

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what is the name of this coral?

That is an orange clove polyp :)

koko maung

03/11/2015, 11:33 PM

I love your tank! How often and how much do you have to feed that many corals?

reefwars

03/12/2015, 07:30 AM

I love your tank! How often and how much do you have to feed that many corals?

Thanks I'm glad you like it , the only corals we feed are the ones that need to be fed to survive like our dendro colonies :)

Everybody else gets by on photosynthesis and nutrients available in the water column :)

dabob79

03/12/2015, 09:29 AM

Chasmodes

03/12/2015, 11:49 AM

All I can say is wow...what a truly creative and beautiful aquarium design. I love it!

Original DMx

03/12/2015, 03:16 PM

Quote: "so since we shut down our last tank my wife for the last year has been after me to set up another display tank."

Can I nominate your wife as the coolest wife ever?

After I moved and had to shut down my 225 reef, I've been wanting to set another one up. All the while, the ol' lady was complaining of how expensive it is to maintain a reef tank (inhabitants, supplements, electricity, water....blah blah blah). Well I finally have a little 40 gallon going and she complained as I lost one fish. Kudos to you and your wife for both sharing this hobby together.

reefwars

03/13/2015, 07:50 AM

Wow, amazing build! TOTALLY jealous of your sump, I want one! lol I'm getting ready to put together my 93 gallon cube and I'm just not happy with the sump I bought, but I'm so limited on space under the stand that I'm really stuck with it unless I go with something custom. Got any pics of it since it's been up and running? What's in the fuge?

I'll see what I can pull off I've tak pics of the sump sumo running but nothing as of lately :)

I work as an aquarium designer , having a small space doesn't necessarily mean your limited it just mans we have to be creative on your space , think outside the traditional styles.

My sump if I remember correctly is around 28"l x 19"w x 16h

In it I have

Drain chamber from display
Filter sock
Refugium
Skimmer section
Return section
Ato reservoir
Built in dosing chambers for Alk,cal,mg and vinegar

With designs of past I'd be lucky to get a fuge , skimmer and return pump in there ;)

Pm me if you want help to re-design your sump I can get you a drawing you can take somewhere to get custom built or if your handy with glass or acrylic to DIY

Cheers

Denny

reefwars

03/13/2015, 07:56 AM

All I can say is wow...what a truly creative and beautiful aquarium design. I love it!

Thank you very much we are glad you like it it's maturing very nicely will be 1 yr roughly in June:)

Quote: "so since we shut down our last tank my wife for the last year has been after me to set up another display tank."

Can I nominate your wife as the coolest wife ever?

After I moved and had to shut down my 225 reef, I've been wanting to set another one up. All the while, the ol' lady was complaining of how expensive it is to maintain a reef tank (inhabitants, supplements, electricity, water....blah blah blah). Well I finally have a little 40 gallon going and she complained as I lost one fish. Kudos to you and your wife for both sharing this hobby together.

Yeah she's the best were already talking about the design for the upgrade when the time comes:)

Picture island drop off tank , basically a drop down style tank with more waterfalls added and island that hangs over the "drop" in the aquarium;) the shape isn't set n stone be it we do a standard drop down , " L " style drop down or dual drops;)

Chasmodes

03/27/2015, 06:50 AM

[QUOTE=reefwars;23584634]Thank you very much we are glad you like it it's maturing very nicely will be 1 yr roughly in June:)

I'd look forward to your next video. I am subscribing. :bounce1:

BigCountry74

03/27/2015, 07:45 AM

+1 awesome photos man

reefwars

08/17/2015, 12:43 PM

Hey guys :)

Update time it's def been a while and the tank has seen some changes we decided beginning of summer to go full zoanthid and mushroom dominant with some cloves mixed in so we sold or traded off most our lps and sps and added a bunch more zoas and shrooms :)

We had to shut the waterfall off on the left side it developed a pin hole size leak where the saltwater ate through the mortar and soaked into the foam I chased the leak for a while but eventually said I'll shut it off and fix it later so it's been dry all summer but our island is still running it's rivers and pools :)

Tank seen its summer lazys like all but last week I spent some time fixing it up so we took a little video now that summer is winding down we will update more often and get better pics as well I still have many more zoanthids and shrooms to add but I'm doing it slowly polyp by polyp lol

Enjoy a quick video I took yesterday on my phone :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=keh6_XfVL_U

Cheers

Denny and Ruth

renato120

08/17/2015, 01:13 PM

Amazing as always!

reefwars

08/29/2015, 06:23 PM

enjoy some more pics:)

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reefwars

08/29/2015, 06:23 PM

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stingeragent

08/29/2015, 07:41 PM

Your tanks awesome. Needs to be rotm

reefwars

08/30/2015, 12:42 PM

Your tanks awesome. Needs to be rotm

Haha thanks man it's a beautiful little tank and alot of fun to do , not sure if wed ever get totm there's no sps in here lol :p

stingeragent

09/01/2015, 07:41 PM

Your tank is awesome. I've seen a similar setup with a waterfall out of the water in different reptile/frog tanks/ but this is the first one I've seen for saltwater. It's just great. For the record, that crab 3 pics up looks vicious.

Bent

09/01/2015, 09:55 PM

Devaji108

09/01/2015, 10:20 PM

wow amazing!!

reefwars

09/16/2015, 09:46 AM

thanks everyone im glad you all like it:)

the crab is a porcelain crab or anemone crab ....harmless but lots of personality:)

more pics soon!!

GT350pwns

09/16/2015, 11:21 AM

Amazing tank!

reefwars

09/16/2015, 07:31 PM

Amazing tank!

thnx GT , this tank has been alot of fun and we will see what its like in another year with growth but so far we love it and the design is working great and seems to be a hit everywhere :) who knows maybe we will see more people thinking outside the box :)

thanks guys!!

JMorris271

09/16/2015, 09:31 PM

Astonished!

nuxx

09/17/2015, 11:26 AM

Great looking and unique tank :)

reefwars

09/17/2015, 01:58 PM

Astonished!

Great looking and unique tank :)

thanks guys we will try to get a new video and some more epics up soon:) maybe ill do a little more info on whats below the tank as some have asked :)

we are going to be moving soon and are going to use that time to remove the waterfall on the left for now i will cap the line as we design something else in its place:)

if anyone has any questions please feel free to ask away:)

cheers:)

JMorris271

09/18/2015, 09:48 AM

Can you show what you have under the DT in your sump

swiftvision

09/18/2015, 12:04 PM

Looking at your coral growth...I'd say we all need to add a waterfall!

Well done!

reefwars

09/18/2015, 12:48 PM

Looking at your coral growth...I'd say we all need to add a waterfall!

Well done!

thanks , yeah the stuff at the very top where rock meets water has literally blown out of control loving the light lol real estate is so slim between some they have started just breaking the waters surface and a few actually slightly stick out of the water and seem to be doing just fine lol

i don't show it often (probably ever?) in the pictures but a long time ago we stuck some pieces of egg crate say about 4"w x 6"h and glued them to the back wall of the tank and then glued some pink n gold palys and red mushrooms to them , they are now pretty much filled the eggcrates and fully covered and growing off in each direction in another year it will be cool to see the whole panel filled:)

cheers:)

denny

reefwars

09/18/2015, 12:49 PM

Can you show what you have under the DT in your sump

haha you bet im actually working on it and will post some behind the scenes pictures and details:)

hang tight!!

denny:)

bdehlin

09/19/2015, 01:04 AM

Love love love this tank!

reefwars

01/03/2016, 10:15 AM

time for an update i guess, we moved back in October and sadly the move did not fair to well we lost some fish as well as some corals but wasn't a total write off , since the move we haven't added anything just kind of been letting it heal as of now everything's healed up or at least what made it through the move but the tank needs a good cleaning and im currently battling a bad aiptasia outbreak in the display and am planning to add a small army or peppermint shrimp to deal with that , tanks not really picture worthy until the nems are gone but we have been working on our stand covering and will post some progress pics of that here today:)

reefwars

01/03/2016, 10:56 AM

ok so its been almost 2 years and we never did finish the stand its self , up until this point its just ben 2x4 and 2x6 painted black but we always wanted to do something different with it :)

keeping with the theme of staying out of the norm we came up with an idea to make this "stand" out lol

the idea is to finish the stands front and both side with white and cut a black centerpiece for the front , what we decided on is 1/2" white marble for the back ground and 1/2" gloss black granite for the centerpiece

we decided to keep with an ocean theme and the design were going with out of the granite is a black octopuss :)

enjoy some pics as we go ill post more:)

this is what me and ruth drew out for a rough template and for a starting design

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0872_zpsrmibaz4e.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0872_zpsrmibaz4e.jpg.html)

once we came up with an idea and drew it out we had to cut the template out this part was the wifeys job and she did an awesome job of cutting it all out:)

we laid out a few pieces of granite and then laid out the octopus template that was cut out

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0895_zpszpxghxro.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0895_zpszpxghxro.jpg.html)

then we traced it all out with silver and removed the template , added a little piece of white marble to showcase what's going behind

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0901_zpsbkd6zyrq.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0901_zpsbkd6zyrq.jpg.html)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0900_zps4fmy6nde.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0900_zps4fmy6nde.jpg.html)

reefwars

01/03/2016, 11:14 AM

at this point now were pretty much ready for cutting , gonna have to attack this from a few weird angles but by separating it into more manageable pieces its possible with some time and patience

from this :

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0904_zpsxq5yx11i.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0904_zpsxq5yx11i.jpg.html)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0926_zpsvnor5i2a.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0926_zpsvnor5i2a.jpg.html)

to this

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0927_zpsy2mlksdw.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0927_zpsy2mlksdw.jpg.html)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0928_zpscre6p7yi.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0928_zpscre6p7yi.jpg.html)

once its all done we will smooth out all the edges and clean each piece up likely just before assembly

takes a while to cut but rinse and repeat until all pieces are cut

reefwars

01/03/2016, 11:22 AM

once we had it all cut out we laid out some marble to see how it looked and to start tracing a design down using the granite this will make cutting all the marble easier with less trial and error

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0941_zpshpzzta7z.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0941_zpshpzzta7z.jpg.html)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0942_zpsmworvmpx.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0942_zpsmworvmpx.jpg.html)

and fit it all together and we can start to see where this is going

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0938_zpsnknmbgmb.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0938_zpsnknmbgmb.jpg.html)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0939_zpsnuwhvh31.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0939_zpsnuwhvh31.jpg.html)

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t599/conceptaquariums_denny/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0940_zpsudzasy7q.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/conceptaquariums_denny/media/40g%20island%20build/pics%20for%20journal%2040%20g%20island/IMG_0940_zpsudzasy7q.jpg.html)

Nicolass

01/03/2016, 03:05 PM

wow!!
i just find your topics!!
very nice tank! congratulations!

reefwars

01/03/2016, 03:09 PM

wow!!
i just find your topics!!
very nice tank! congratulations!

Thanks glad you like it I'll be sure to get some more tank pics soon for everyone :)

reefwars

03/15/2016, 08:52 PM

So while I'm taking my sweet time with the stand (it is slowly coming but is coming lol) we took a little video tonight of the tank:)

Tank is now in its permanent position where we get to see it more so that equates to better care , we just added 3 peppermint shrimp to deal with the last of the aiptasia and we've recently added a bunch of zoa frags

Enjoy a little video we took tonight :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UfAwfGDIz_4

SaltyDoug

03/15/2016, 11:42 PM

Love this tank, however after losing a fish to carpet surfing I couldnt bring myself to have an uncovered tank again.

reefwars

03/16/2016, 12:53 PM

Love this tank, however after losing a fish to carpet surfing I couldnt bring myself to have an uncovered tank again.

Thanks :) yeah it's a hard tank to cover up but for the most part my fish arnt known jumpers and most ice had for years so they don't scare easily anymore lol

Thanks glad you like it :)

SaltyDoug

03/16/2016, 06:03 PM

I just picked up an 80 gallon blue edge shallow tank, and this kind of thing would be perfect for it.

Ive been obsessing over it since last night....

I wonder if perhaps I just did a single island sticking out if I could construct a screen and leave a hole for the rockwork. If I could cover it 90ish% of the way. Then when people come over or im working on the tank I could remove the screen and enjoy its beauty :spin1:

Obviously it wouldnt be 100% protection but would give me some peace of mind.

reefwars

03/16/2016, 06:18 PM

I actually have a screen mesh cover for when I had some wrasses not the prettiest when it's on but does the job so I'd say you can do it for sure :)

reefwars

03/27/2016, 02:19 PM

figured its time for a good update.

tank is coming along great as of lately , we were having a huge issue with aiptasia and i finally broke down and added 3 peppermint shrimp maybe a week or two ago and they are def doing their thing so thats a huge bonus as alot of its now gone.

a friend brought me yesterday a bangai cardinal and a barnacle blenny , the bangai is getting along with my full grown pjs which i was worried about but they dont seem to care about each other lol the little blenny has taken a liking to the many holes and caves in this pukani rock we chose

we have gotten to take a look at my harlequin serpent star as he rarely comes out he decided to come say hi one day out in the open so i took advantage of the situation and got a pic of him on a dinner plate hes really quite cool and so far has been a great addition to the whole system

we started working on the sump a bit today as we are planning to put something down in the fuge area were still in the air on what yet but i added a bit of sand and rearranged the rock to look better down there and shopvacced out the crud while it was empty , cleaned glass etc etc.

tank is now safe to say zoanthid dominated lol theres a healthy mix of cloves , mushrooms and a few choice leather and gorgonians but other than that its all polyps lol

we are adding more gems as we go

a friend of mine from work is coming to help me next saturday cut the remaining marble for the stand so i can get that finished up and applied to the tank its really the last thing making this setup look sweet from a distance

one plan down the road ill be doing soon is swapping out this t5 for a halide pendant supplemented with leds , while i prefer t5s in a living room situation and this type of design i feel halides would be both appealing to the eye and camera while still giving me the results im after:) leds to tweak the spectrum a bit.......thats all down the road for now its running smooth still

yay tank is almost 2 years old and were having as much fun with as we did on day 1 :)

heres some pics

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2775_zpsghn4wvah.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2775_zpsghn4wvah.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2776_zpstxm1poum.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2776_zpstxm1poum.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2777_zpsrkxuwfh4.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2777_zpsrkxuwfh4.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2778_zpsttaqn5ew.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2778_zpsttaqn5ew.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2774_zps1ted6vwp.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2774_zps1ted6vwp.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2773_zpsciqiyy5u.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2773_zpsciqiyy5u.jpg.html)

reefwars

03/27/2016, 02:24 PM

so you can see in the last pics the fuge area is simply not going to work lol

while we have no solid stock plans yet (not doing corals) i added some sand and rearranged the rock to look nicer:)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2785_zps9i6pm0cu.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2785_zps9i6pm0cu.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2786_zpslyp77xvp.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2786_zpslyp77xvp.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2788_zps3avheuyf.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2788_zps3avheuyf.jpg.html)

will figure out the rest down there later for now its just tidied up a bit .....

also added my mangroves to the system , they are in a plastic cup now since pods and finally have been large enough to add to the tank so they can be seen and stay above water, they are hidden behind the structure and had just enough room for it to fit back there wihtout being noticeable or a pita to work with .....turned out great i thought:) more of those coming down the road .

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2792_zps933hu3th.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2792_zps933hu3th.jpg.html)

reefwars

03/27/2016, 02:30 PM

heres some top down shots of the exposed rock waterfall , excuse the colors its under a heavy mix of t5s atm lol

the epoxy pools and channels have blended in well over time and the exposed rock its self has taken on its own form of life , water is absorbed and coraline algae and other algeas grow without being submerged in water simply being wet is good enough , i thought that was cool

im actually enjoying the exposed rock , its pools and water falls and the corals around the waterline more than the whole tank down lower lol

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2793_zpssllalb4n.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2793_zpssllalb4n.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2794_zpsojoihs1v.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2794_zpsojoihs1v.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2795_zpslfbbwa2h.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2795_zpslfbbwa2h.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2796_zps7ey8b3js.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2796_zps7ey8b3js.jpg.html)

you can see the cup the mangroves are in in this shot

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2797_zpswctadezl.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2797_zpswctadezl.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2798_zpsz4zhd77p.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2798_zpsz4zhd77p.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2799_zpse29myatn.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2799_zpse29myatn.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2800_zpsjhoi3zfc.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2800_zpsjhoi3zfc.jpg.html)

reefwars

03/27/2016, 02:37 PM

some ugly sump shots :)

nothing fancy happening down there overall , sump runs just as designed we added the green matala filter pads to the drain baffle to stop any animals who get down my drain from going further into the sump without harm so right now they couldnt make it into the filter sock , and then added a piece to my skimmers baffle to stop any small snails or debris from the fuge getting into the skimmer section and further down that line

once in a while i take it out rinse under the tap and replace its an incredible product that has also silenced any water noise in my sump what so ever combined with the herbie style overflow its brilliant:)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2791_zpswlgvnbpb.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/IMG_2791_zpswlgvnbpb.jpg.html)

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reefwars

03/27/2016, 02:40 PM

to finish it off some random shots:)

enjoy guys!!

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ljosh

03/30/2016, 08:36 AM

So much going on in there. Seems bigger than 40g in the pictures

reefwars

03/30/2016, 09:11 AM

Thanks being zoa dominated has given me more freedom for placement :) once things grow in thicker should be nice to see :)

xcfbg

03/30/2016, 11:46 AM

its full custom built from concept ( obviously) and designed by me and ruth we maxed out every last inch of space available so its a bit of a jig saw puzzle lolhttp://financeisok.com/loan/images/76.gif http://financeisok.com/loan/images/37.gif
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reefwars

03/30/2016, 11:59 AM

Yeah it's a custom built tank so not your standard 40g same with the sump :)

reefwars

08/02/2016, 08:39 PM

Ok so I figured I'm about ready for an update and certainly been a while and a lot has happened

Alright where to start ......well I guess we will start from where we left off , we had put a lot of tlc into the tank and our hard work was paying off corals were growing spreading like crazy and the tank was very pleasing to the eye things were running perfectly and was low maintenance it was almost to good to be true in over a decade of reefing this is prob my favorite tank we nailed the design and look we wanted and it actually ran flawlessly

Back in April I had to leave my province to go to the middle of nowhere for roughly 6 weeks work , I had lots of concerns but none really for the tank my concerns were my wife was pretty much 8mths pregnant , she however had no issue taking care of the tank and I had no doubt she could I'd simply put the tank in cruise control and she can do the light stuff like feed send pics lol

5 weeks in to my job and things and went great just as planned at this time the wife is pretty much ready to pop and I'm 5 days away from my flight home , I'm excited to see everyone , the tank and dog and just all around come home :)

The next morning I get a call from the wife saying there's no power at the house , without going into to much detail as we live in a old old house it would be 4 days before they could get the power back up so with things going no where fast with them I had to tell the wife to spend the weekend at her friends as she can't stay there with no power and being pregnant , I'm also stuck in the middle of nowhere with poor communication as I broke my cell first week up here and using my roommates/co worker .....well that friggen Murphy guy eh .....anywho I was a bit worried but the old stubborn reefer in me being typically cocky figured it's not cold out so I'm sure things will fare fine , few losses at worst in some coral maybe loss of shrimps to the extreme ....

The next evening they went by the house to check on things and all of our fish were dead (had some of these guys 6yrs+ ) and all our shrimps were dead , and the whole tank in general wiped out , whatever corals did survive were gone by the following day

Worried about all the crazy nasty palys I told the wife to leave it be and get away from it I'll take care of it when I'm back just in case there's something bad in the air

Power was up shortly afterwards but the damage was done , not a single living thing made it all worms, stars everything was toast within the span of a day or two. I came home and cleaned out a horrible mess basically a 5g bucket of coral slop and old plugs , dead gorg skeletons fish bones etc etc the only thing still showing any hope what so ever is the mangrove while it looks haggard I've seen it like that before (frozen in a winter move oops) and make a miraculous comeback:)

But all that happened were not out , huge blow as we start completely from scratch again but we're in it for the long haul so here we go , some pics of the carnage , a long time reefer still never learns the old lessons and like I say you get cocky and think that's likely to not happen to me lol

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/auction%20frag%20pack/B74CACB2-3CDD-44F7-9633-D666DAB569A7_zpscjju6dys.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/auction%20frag%20pack/B74CACB2-3CDD-44F7-9633-D666DAB569A7_zpscjju6dys.jpg.html)

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OrQidz

08/02/2016, 10:59 PM

Oh, that SUCKS! I'm so sorry....sometimes life just gets in the way and stuff happens. Good luck with the rebuild on congrats on the imminently arriving new baby!

Chasmodes

08/03/2016, 06:38 AM

I am so sorry to read about this. This was one of my favorite tank build threads. Your tank was amazing. I hope you will be able to achieve recreating a similar tank soon. I guess the bright side would be that you'll be able to enjoy the build all over again. That isn't much consolation for the lost critters. :(

Good luck!

Oh, and yes, congrats on your new family member :)

reefwars

08/03/2016, 07:39 AM

Thanks guys , we're def going to restart and was a huge blow but often one door closes so another can open so we figure we will jump right back in :)

While the tank was drained we threw some ideas around about what to do with our tank next , truth be told the tank ran so well we decided to not change much on it and I got it cleaned and back to resembling a box of water again , here's some pics of the empty now cleaned out tank

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The tank sat like this for the next month , pretty sad reminder every day of what happened but we're on a path with a new plan to get it filled , I also change up some minor things but we will get to all that soon:)

reefwars

08/08/2016, 12:24 PM

Ok so we had the chance to redesign but actually liked pretty much every aspect except the look of the huge t5 fixture , we decided to go back to metal halide and purchased a pair of hamilton 175w mogul pendants , they came with two ancient bulbs one 10k and one 20k ....odd mixture so i purchased two new 20k bulbs , i also bought a friends setup who was shutting down this was a all or none deal so i ended up with a mixture of random softies and fish some of which need to be rehomed here shortly lol i also started up on zoanthid collection again and am adding some sps this time around so we got a few acros to try out. We bought a large magnificent anemone whos doing great and the clowns love it so after a days maintenance today as i was back home for two days and ship out tomorrow the tanks looking semi great again, the mangrove finally shed its last leaf so im about to order 300 pods to raise then transfer some of these to the display and keep the rest in an attached system tied in:)

Things are settling now but will add some pics tonight of where we are with all this :)

reefwars

08/20/2016, 09:11 PM

heres some pics of where we are now with this , its a full rebuild from scratch but its on its way lol really loving the halide pendants and restarted dosing vinegar today give her a few months and we should be back to normal but in the meantime enjoy some pics of what we have been able to do so far. we purchased 350+ mangroves and are eventually going to hook them up to the system and incorporate them into the display other than that its just been slowly stocking and letting the system recoup lol

heres some completely random pics lol

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160808_190344_zps5qm78zrw.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160808_190344_zps5qm78zrw.jpg.html)

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reefwars

08/20/2016, 09:19 PM

some randoms taken around the tank

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reefwars

08/20/2016, 09:21 PM

so the things we have added have been doing well , showing growth on the sps and all zoas and other corals are doing pretty good , still not the prettiest thing thing in the world but were on our way back:)

TX_UltraReef

08/20/2016, 09:27 PM

Already looking good. :D

NeilFox

08/20/2016, 11:59 PM

Glad to see you are sticking with it. I was reassigned at my work and had to get rid of my old reef due to a move. I didn't follow RC much for a couple years. I was sad to see a lot of veteran reefers suffering misfortunes and getting out of the hobby completely. The reset is looking really good!

Ron Reefman

08/21/2016, 04:21 AM

Congrats on the recovery/comeback!

I'm just starting over after losing my 180G sps/lps DT to a silicone leak after 6 years (the tank was older than that). Now I'm getting to redesign for a 125g DT and I can't wait to start doing rockscaping. I'd never seen your thread before and some of the things I was considering, you have already done.

Keep up the good work.

reefwars

08/21/2016, 12:38 PM

Already looking good. :D

thanks alot shes got a long way to go but were at least on the way:):)

Glad to see you are sticking with it. I was reassigned at my work and had to get rid of my old reef due to a move. I didn't follow RC much for a couple years. I was sad to see a lot of veteran reefers suffering misfortunes and getting out of the hobby completely. The reset is looking really good!

thanks , i've been in the hobby to long to quit cold turkey and we really enjoy this tank so we never really planned a shut down or to quit but we also new it wouldn't be a fast process and with our first baby here now this time its going to be a slow stock well at least for now so we have been trading and buying small where as the old me bought bought bought all i could lol, thanks for the kind words its def going to be something again in the coming year:)

Congrats on the recovery/comeback!

I'm just starting over after losing my 180G sps/lps DT to a silicone leak after 6 years (the tank was older than that). Now I'm getting to redesign for a 125g DT and I can't wait to start doing rockscaping. I'd never seen your thread before and some of the things I was considering, you have already done.

Keep up the good work.

thanks ron , we really love the aquascape and for 2 years now its worked flawlessly for us so we didnt want to change much in the tank itsself but the light had to go so i hummed and hawwed over what to do and decided these island tanks are best suited with pendant lighting and the old school reefer in me wanted to go back to halides , ill likely add some led supplement in the future but for now im really digging the 20k moguls and gives us the pendant looks we wanted for some time now:)

reefwars

08/27/2016, 08:07 PM

Update :)

Tank is doing stellar and is making a great comeback , today we rehomed the sailfin and hippo tang that came from a friends shutdown we bought. We have added some new Zoas and the sps are doing extremely well , the magnificent seems to have picked out an area it's happy with so will see how long that lasts lol we have a new addition for our Refugium coming tomorrow but I'll wait to see how he does before I get my hopes up lol

Mangroves are on their way and we have a setup made for them hopefully they grow tall quickly so we can add to the display again :)

Halides are going great and vinegar is kicking in we're getting good growth and colours are good to , I may add some more sps here soon but I've been holding off adding to much to the waterfall its self until I can nail down the mags preferred area he's got a good sting lol

Here's a couple http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160820_200541_zpsio5utgwl.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160820_200541_zpsio5utgwl.jpg.html)
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HidingReefer

08/27/2016, 11:57 PM

I'm speechless...this tank is STUNNING!

reefwars

08/28/2016, 02:16 PM

I'm speechless...this tank is STUNNING!

I'm glad you like it big plans on this tank to bring it back from a total crash and so far it's exceeding my comeback expectations lol stay tuned while we really make this thing shine again in the coming year :)

reefwars

08/28/2016, 02:23 PM

So for the first time in 2yrs we have had to do maintenance on the water lines that feed the island , there's a few spots that are exposed to light and they have slowly been restricted by the growing Coraline , thinking I'd have to replace the tubing with new tubing which really would have been a bit difficult I figured first I would fish something through the lines , so I grabbed a coat hanger cut it up into one long wire and fished it down the lines and worked incredibly well within ten mins I was able to scrape all the Coraline off and the lines are now good as new , glad I didn't decided to take it all apart first lol

Still have big plans on finishing the stand here soon , been preoccupied with the new baby and working out of town but I really need to get this done :)

Looking into some supplemental LEDs to use for when the halides are off thinking on adding something cheap and not to bright just a bit of night time viewing :)

reefwars

09/03/2016, 10:31 AM

I came home last night after a shift out of town love seeing the progress this baby is making vinegar is still being dosed at about 12ml per day and everything is showing new growth so enjoy some random pics

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160903_095459_zps7zimubyr.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160903_095459_zps7zimubyr.jpg.html)

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This got stung by the magnificent so I moved it to its own branch with the other acros and seems to be making a complete comeback

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160903_095538_zpscsoifddi.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160903_095538_zpscsoifddi.jpg.html)

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http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160903_095614_zpstbrqbfyv.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160903_095614_zpstbrqbfyv.jpg.html)

Pink lemonade growing fast and getting its actual Colors to finally show

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160903_095627_zpstw8tvmzi.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160903_095627_zpstw8tvmzi.jpg.html)

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reefwars

09/03/2016, 10:35 AM

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http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160903_095719_zpstqzyrsfn.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160903_095719_zpstqzyrsfn.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160903_095727_zpsxvzoxlii.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160903_095727_zpsxvzoxlii.jpg.html)

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reefwars

09/03/2016, 10:39 AM

Some tank shots

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160903_100037_zpsoifunxol.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160903_100037_zpsoifunxol.jpg.html)

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And here's a pic of our Refugium we plan to add somethings bit different down there will have more on this soon

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160903_100117_zpsdd3vaxys.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160903_100117_zpsdd3vaxys.jpg.html)

reefwars

09/03/2016, 10:42 AM

I'm adding some JF blood shots today I'm stoked about that , as well were planning our CUC for the tank as we're getting some algae build up so combined with the vinegar let's see if we can get this fixed up :)

Again.......loving the halides best decision ever lol

Chasmodes

09/03/2016, 06:34 PM

Looking awesome!!!!!

joshky

09/03/2016, 06:56 PM

reefwars

09/03/2016, 07:53 PM

Jeez what a mess to come home to, but it looks like you're making a hasty comeback, tanks looking good.

How's the Magnifica Anemone doing for you? How long have you had it? They like high light and flow, and if they can find it a nice flat rock perched as high as they can get. Hopefully it'll do well for you, they are stunning if you can get a healthy one. :)

Thanks alot :) the mag i havent had long but hes doing great years ago i had one that got to 24" in size and i learned that they love light more often than not find them at waters surface lol this one is showing healthy traits for this species its sticky to the touch actively moving and its foot always has a firm grasp , typical for this anemone is it moves alot until it fonds its sweet spot mine is still all over the place lol love it though and jes currently under 2x175w halides in a 14" tall tank even with all that light you can almost slways find him at waters surface lol

reefwars

09/03/2016, 08:00 PM

For example here's his spot he picked for tonight lol

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/3961FC64-F93F-47D1-8499-436FB089A06B_zpseditedlw.png (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/3961FC64-F93F-47D1-8499-436FB089A06B_zpseditedlw.png.html)

Makes planning corals hard but patience eventually prevails lol

joshky

09/03/2016, 08:09 PM

Looks good, overflow kind of scares me but maybe you don't have a lot of gph going through it. :p

I have one in QT right now that I'm treating with cipro

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8201/29367687315_49c3a10c4c_o.png

Hopefully I can get mine healthy and into the DT, I have a tower I built for it so I shouldn't have any issues with it wandering. :D

reefwars

09/03/2016, 08:19 PM

Funny enough i came home once to my old one half on one side of the overflow and flopped over the other side all wrapped between the teeth , i ended up having to surgically cut him loose with a razor blade so this time around we do constant check ups both for his safety and our other corals i guess with any new nem its important to track him for the first few weeks :)

Ron Reefman

09/04/2016, 04:26 AM

reefwars, I liked your island out of the water idea but didn't want to go as far as you in my new build (since my 180g tank broke). So I did an island that gets close to the surface with some different LR at the top and then split the island with a channel or chasm. There is still a lot of work to be done but I had corals dying in small holding tanks and wanted this one up and running before I lost any more corals. The bulk of the island sits 1 1/2" above the sand on egg crate platforms and inside the island is as hollow as I could make it. Thanks for the inspiration.

I do have a build thread here if anybody is interested:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017

http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp37/RonReefman/P9020001%20R1_zpsmxj0wosh.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/RonReefman/media/P9020001%20R1_zpsmxj0wosh.jpg.html)

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reefwars

09/04/2016, 10:41 AM

Thanks Ron I just read your whole build looks like a lot of thought went into it great build so far excited to see where it goes for you , dominant sps?

reefwars

09/18/2016, 10:36 AM

Update

Tank is still doing very well vinegar is being maintained and my magnificent picked a beautiful spot and has actually stayed there for the last two weeks prob helps that we've been spot feeding pellets to him at waters surface and he's getting good light and flow where he is so he prob thinks it ain't getting better than this lol bonus for us is his location was a spot I wasn't really using and no expensive corals he can wipe if he moves around a bit.

Very healthy and we ended up with a good specimen you can see him in the back left corner sitting at waters surface

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/387E74DF-6606-429E-8523-A45F9B56EFBD_zpsyrwkcq5q.png (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/387E74DF-6606-429E-8523-A45F9B56EFBD_zpsyrwkcq5q.png.html)

We got a small frag pack from a friend consisting of utter chaos , yodas, mind blowing palys, blue steel and some others ...I'm home next weekend from work so I'll mount these bad boys once home

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/D40E25E9-D666-46BA-898D-CC2610B1E1AB_zpsgbsvpcs5.png (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/D40E25E9-D666-46BA-898D-CC2610B1E1AB_zpsgbsvpcs5.png.html)

Also we got out mangroves in total count was 300 reds and almost 400 whites while we're not keeping all these but we are setting up lagoon for them tied into the system , here's some pics upon arrival

Whites

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/CB241295-1C4C-42B5-8732-F9A836933955_zpsv5dq95zu.png (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/CB241295-1C4C-42B5-8732-F9A836933955_zpsv5dq95zu.png.html)

Reds

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/7CEDA2E6-C4DA-4737-95CB-93F85FEE09E6_zpsmnnkjqav.png (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/7CEDA2E6-C4DA-4737-95CB-93F85FEE09E6_zpsmnnkjqav.png.html)

And some random shots my awesome wife took

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/940D7DF5-2537-494F-A422-0F18684161C4_zpstxzn4wqs.png (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/940D7DF5-2537-494F-A422-0F18684161C4_zpstxzn4wqs.png.html)

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reefwars

09/18/2016, 11:00 AM

Ok so back to my stand finishing lol the front is almost done but it's pain stakingly slow but here's a recap of what I'm doing for those who don't want to go back and read lol its a marble and granite mosaic with an octopus theme for the front of our tank

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/43C9BBDE-B48B-488F-B70E-B951C9FC6549_zpsgmsgej7q.png (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/43C9BBDE-B48B-488F-B70E-B951C9FC6549_zpsgmsgej7q.png.html)

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So because we don't want to spend another year doing the sides and adding a couple hundred more pounds I got into contact with a company who does hydrodipping , here's a link to what hydrodipping is

https://youtu.be/pKuXyeAGzEU

So the plan now is to sheet the stand with a thick plywood fastened well to each side these would be permanent and then layer a hydro dipped 1/4" black acrylic panel that's had been pre-drilled and machined before the dipping process this would be fastened extensively to the ply to avoid warping over the years , here's the image we chose to match up with our marble and granite mosaic front , this should add the look of the abstract pattern I wanted without all the labor and weight stone will add:)

Materials have arrived and just waiting on the acrylic to be finished then off for hydro dipping she goes :)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/70DFAC5A-50CE-4571-AB43-8C948AFB8233_zpsozvgk09h.png (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/70DFAC5A-50CE-4571-AB43-8C948AFB8233_zpsozvgk09h.png.html)

Cost wise this was a good choice and it will be something new and different or at least as far as I know in the way of finishing a stand in our hobby to be light weight and get an awesome airbrushed type pattern with out spending a grand plus

Enjoy!!

Ron Reefman

09/19/2016, 04:56 AM

Where did you get all the mangroves and tiny clams? More importantly, what are you going to do with them? You could stat a small forest with all those mangroves!

reefwars

09/19/2016, 12:51 PM

Where did you get all the mangroves and tiny clams? More importantly, what are you going to do with them? You could stat a small forest with all those mangroves!

I got them from a company in Florida called floridaplants via Joey , what your seeing in the pics are red mangroves and white mangroves the reds being the stalky ones , I'm doing a mangrove lagoon and eventually moving a bunch to my display once tall enough similar to before the crash and the rest will go in an external Refugium tied into the system on the side of the display :)

Long ways to go yet but will be pretty cool :)

reefwars

09/24/2016, 12:21 PM

Got home last night from 3weeks out of town tank is doing very well so nice to see the amount of growth that's happened over the last bit spacemonsters went from a few polyps to 16 all sps have growth and good Colors , need to attack this algae issue mostly bubble now so grabbing some emeral crabs and some other CUC today

Now that I'm home for a few days I'm picking up a nice Zoa pak off a friend which includes butt munchers,rainbow incinerators , red death paly , browse s and tyree Armageddon 2 plus some others

I head out and pick up our stands acrylic panels today for hydro dipping and will get them dropped off to the company this weekend and pick up when I'm in town next excited for this should be cool to see :)

This after noon I'm buying a 7year old system loaded with all kinds of colorful mushroom rocks and done other corals after this weekend tanks pretty much full just going to be buying acros and Zoas from here on out the only other coral I'm really after is a nice sized elegance ;)

I'll post some pics after my water change happens and new corals adjust to the system :)

Mangroves are downstairs doing their thing still that's going to take time but I'm looking at adding a small halide on them soon :)

Cheers pics coming soon :)

reefwars

09/24/2016, 07:22 PM

Enjoy a couple randoms we took while things settle :)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160924_185255_zpsz7uplkty.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160924_185255_zpsz7uplkty.jpg.html)

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http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160924_185201_zps82ijmxue.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160924_185201_zps82ijmxue.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160924_185157_zpsyzofuwqj.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160924_185157_zpsyzofuwqj.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160924_185051_zpszijrvmb3.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160924_185051_zpszijrvmb3.jpg.html)

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http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20160924_185051_zpszijrvmb3.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20160924_185051_zpszijrvmb3.jpg.html)

reefwars

09/25/2016, 04:23 PM

I'll upload some pics later , we took a bunch as things are looking great but in the mean time enjoy a video we took this morning :)

https://youtu.be/fZKv-c9MWLM

Twoface14

09/25/2016, 04:35 PM

joshky

09/25/2016, 04:37 PM

Twoface14

09/25/2016, 04:40 PM

Joshky, what part of ky you from. I live in paintsville. Any good LFS out your way?

saf1

09/25/2016, 04:55 PM

Nice tank, well laid out, lots of depth to it. Really looks larger than a 40 which is really nice to see.

Question(s) if you don't mind:
1. Power heads - is your intent to leave them covered like that? How bad does it impact your flow or if it matters
2. Is that your normal flow rate within the tank

Really did a good job.

ThRoewer

09/25/2016, 06:11 PM

so since we shut down our last tank my wife for the last year has been after me to set up another display tank. ...
How often do you change wives?
[emoji3]

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reefwars

09/25/2016, 08:05 PM

Beautiful tank, really. Yours looks like you've taken a section of the ocean and put it in your tank. What I mean by that is it looks natural. Most of the time in people's reefs you can tell they struggled placing things in good places. Yours looks like it naturally got there. Keep up the good work

Thanks a lot , once the mangroves get added it should be back to where we want it this tank last year was truly beautiful it's taken a serious step backwards but we're working with the best of a bad situation and were set happy with how far it's come since the crash in April :)

Nice tank, well laid out, lots of depth to it. Really looks larger than a 40 which is really nice to see.

Question(s) if you don't mind:
1. Power heads - is your intent to leave them covered like that? How bad does it impact your flow or if it matters
2. Is that your normal flow rate within the tank

Really did a good job.

Yeah it's always just ran on one power head at 500gph and I added another small one on the opposite side that ones only 240 Gph then there's the split return outlet , where the tank is so shallow larger power heads didn't work to well lol

The algae tends to build up since the crash we were dealing with a high nutrient load from the die off so that's one part that still needs to be worked on , currently vinegar rising to keep nutrients low and now just need to get my CUC back to work , only livestock in the tank is two clowns and a flame angel atm:)

Flow does get restricted closer to cleaning time it the tank or corals don't seem to care much lol

How often do you change wives?
[emoji3]

Well my old signature use to say " turns out the misses wasn't reef safe" but this one is same wife for many years not sure how she's still around but lucky me she is :)
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reefwars

09/25/2016, 08:07 PM

Glad to see the Magnifica at a safer spot and not moving for you. :thumbsup: It really took you no time to fill that tank up with corals again haha, good video, really shows your tank off well.

Here is my Magnifica after I got it into my DT

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8716/29735727691_6ecb820ab0_o.png

Josh he's looking great nice rich Colors and a great size :) yeah mine decided to stay now where he is hadn't moved an inch in weeks so I'm spot feeding him pellets where he is daily and he's getting crazy light and flow only time will tell but for now it looks like he's found the sweet spot and I could t be happier over the spot he chose as its perfect and was somewhere I wasn't really planning on using :)

asting

09/27/2016, 07:35 PM

Looks amazing. Does it smell more with some of the rock exposed?

reefwars

09/27/2016, 08:47 PM

Looks amazing. Does it smell more with some of the rock exposed?

Haha no although after the crash it certainly did but when running normally it's actually no different than any other tank or sump is :) this and does it always cycle are prob the most asked questions lol

reefwars

09/28/2016, 07:18 PM

Ok so while home this weekend I got the chance to drop by a friends house and had the pleasure of seeing his mangrove setup , this setup is over 10yrs old and his mangroves are literally 7ft trees lol this year though for the first time the plants actually set off their own pods and flowered , the pods are a good size now and this in my many years of reefing I've never seen on a hobbyst level , this us truly a great accomplishment and not many folks can say they've seen it run this far:)

Here's a couple crap cell phone pics I took , what he has done is what I'm striving to accomplish and his results go to show with time , consistency and a little work the reward is truly amazing :)

Enjoy these trees and use them as your guideline for what these trees can become in home aquaria:)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/23C024F7-53A4-48F5-A0A5-A242ADE1962F_zpsws122bwz.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/23C024F7-53A4-48F5-A0A5-A242ADE1962F_zpsws122bwz.jpg.html)

You can see the new pods in this pic , so cool to see happen

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/BD6B72BF-94B4-4AFF-B4C3-200E87C9EB99_zps9txgyd3s.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/BD6B72BF-94B4-4AFF-B4C3-200E87C9EB99_zps9txgyd3s.jpg.html)

And a person for size reference lol

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/FA402AF2-4D7E-49A0-9BBF-DF15173E44E3_zpsjsszncjp.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/FA402AF2-4D7E-49A0-9BBF-DF15173E44E3_zpsjsszncjp.jpg.html)

Thanks bud for the visit always a pleasure:)

Ron Reefman

09/29/2016, 04:51 AM

Chasmodes

09/29/2016, 09:38 AM

Your tank is looking good!

Wow, those mangroves are incredible!

mountainraised

09/29/2016, 10:45 AM

reefwars

09/29/2016, 10:49 AM

That's crazy man! I have one that is 18" out of the water and the water is 14" deep in my shallow reef tank. And I'll probably do one or two in my display refugium next to my new 125g DT. But I see enough mangroves every day where I live that I don't need them inside! LOL!

Pretty cool though. And like your tank, very different which I like.

Thanks Ron I got some new pics I've been meaning to upload things are coming along nicely :) totm in the year 2030 is what I'm go by for lol

Your tank is looking good!

Wow, those mangroves are incredible!

Thanks man glad you like it , post crash and things are starting to come together finally lol

reefwars

09/29/2016, 10:50 AM

Stand panels are in for hydro dipping should be cool to see this stand come together , stone assembly happens on my next weekend home :)

reefwars

09/29/2016, 12:24 PM

What an amazing journey. I love these tank build sagas that continue to impress me. One thing I haven't seen or maybe I overlooked. When you had the tank crash on that 40g display, did you lose anything from your 500?

Hey glad your on board things like this inspire me to go all out even more, I use to design aquariums with hundreds of builds under my belt so I wanted to this be an example that we're all not limited to a standard box of water , personally I'm a huge fan of theme tanks with the volcanoe build being one of my faves :) so sadly as it was a power issue we lost everything tank related including the prop systems , I went from hundreds and hundreds of types of different Zoas to none at all lol it now feels weird going from the largest collection in the country to looking for a simple candy apple redd lol

More pics coming :)

reefwars

09/29/2016, 01:49 PM

Here's a few to tie you all over until tonight I'll post the rest

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asting

09/29/2016, 01:55 PM

It's interesting, but I imagine making pods takes a large amount of energy. Nutrient export just got more efficient.

reefwars

09/29/2016, 01:58 PM

Really love my galaxy s7 pics I have the iPhone6 and there's just no comparison between them I'll be getting the iPhone 7 here soon so will see how the new phone compared although every iPhone I've had had been lacking in the camera department lol

reefwars

09/29/2016, 02:01 PM

It's interesting, but I imagine making pods takes a large amount of energy. Nutrient export just got more efficient.

Oh for sure , here in canada we don't see mangroves only what's in aquariums or pots and the average joe either kills it or passes it on in a year or so and this eventually leads to a plants death , seeing some plants over ten years in age and watching them currently do the budding thing imo up here is quite impressive :)

These are not tied into a system but a running fuge all to them selves :) it did belong to a system many years ago but that tank was shut down and the plants kept going as they're just to nice to abandon :)

reefwars

09/29/2016, 08:56 PM

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reefwars

09/29/2016, 09:02 PM

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reefwars

09/29/2016, 09:07 PM

And gotta have some Zoa lovin in the house lol

Slowly getting my collection back excited as hell about it lol

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reefwars

09/29/2016, 09:13 PM

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reefwars

10/10/2016, 04:09 PM

White mangroves doing great starting to break they're seeds , soon will be time to acclimate to salt water :)

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http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/6C74B1C8-18D1-4588-A84B-2130E1D6FBE5_zpsgxdjm8u2.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/6C74B1C8-18D1-4588-A84B-2130E1D6FBE5_zpsgxdjm8u2.jpg.html)

My reds are also doing great finally sprouting roots and soon will have first leaves :)

Still have around 500-600 of these lol

KingOfAll_Tyrants

10/10/2016, 10:07 PM

reefwars

10/11/2016, 12:07 PM

Thanks for sharing all this. It's an awesome setup, it's given me a number of ideas. And it's good for beginners like me to read of all your ups and downs. :(

One thing: I apologize since I must of missed it, but I looked and didn't find it. Why did you remove your waterfall? Since you removed it, it must have caused you problems?

Thanks alot im glad you like it and we hope to see more unique builds come from this tank , this is just a simple 40g tank and nothing too high tech about it just a little bit of preplanning and a bit of creativity :)

So the waterfall originally was designed to sit inside of the tank but i made a last minute decision to place it on the rimless tank in the back corner , the waterfall was built using expanding foam and epoxy then coated in mortar my fatal flaw there was over time the mortar wore thin in the main basin , though the waterfall was sealed from the outside eventually the inside seal gave and the foam soaked up the water and eventually a drip started out the back i made several attempts to seal them but they just popped up in new places, at first i had planned to rebuild it but then we moved houses and the waterfall had to come off anyways so i cut it all out and then decided to just go with the island only :)

Removing it was easy as it had its own seperate water line not tied into the islands outlets i simply removed the " T " and valve and then the old line

reefwars

10/11/2016, 12:55 PM

Sorry guys not the greatest shots I didn't have a lot of tank time but here's a couple quick shots I managed to take

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161011_101641_zpsgomq04eo.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161011_101641_zpsgomq04eo.jpg.html)

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reefwars

10/11/2016, 01:58 PM

So fish ideas lol

I'm at a spot now where we would like to add some new fish were going to focus on smaller fish like gobys and blennys.....the male ember blennys has my eye :)

No more pistol shrimp though lol

VertiNate

10/12/2016, 08:47 AM

Hey Denny just caught up on your build. Tank looks awesome! Way to bounce back after the crash. Looking forward to when you start fragging those zoas!

reefwars

10/12/2016, 08:08 PM

Thanks brother , man was it hard coming home to all that we had never been so happy over a build then we were with this one but you know what it's in the past and we decided to see it through so glad tos ay the tanks on its way:)

I'm building my zoas collection back up starting to run out of space but if your free one weekend I got a few gold mauls made up and you can have one :)

Don't supposed you want some mangroves I know a fella with a couple lol

2smokes

10/12/2016, 08:17 PM

What an impressive collection of zoas.

reefwars

10/12/2016, 09:44 PM

What an impressive collection of zoas.

Thanks a lot glad your on board it use to be impressive now it's just passable but I'll get it all back :)

wilder

10/14/2016, 06:03 PM

Your tank is wonderful. Love your coral selection so far. I could stare at it for hours.

reefwars

10/14/2016, 06:12 PM

Your tank is wonderful. Love your coral selection so far. I could stare at it for hours.

Thanks a lot were glad you like it , I'll be finished up the stand here really soon and will post an extensive video of the tank:)

reefwars

10/14/2016, 08:42 PM

OK so got a pic sent to me of one of our side panels, what was once a 1/4" thick piece of black acrylic after hydrodipping is now a cool abstract back splash pattern to match our marble and granite octopus mosaic front :)

Pretty cool I must say :)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/2016-10-14_20.40.46_zpszzkka7i6.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/2016-10-14_20.40.46_zpszzkka7i6.jpg.html)

reefwars

10/23/2016, 08:25 PM

Hey guys:)

So just came back from my shift out of town this time I had no one to watch the tank so I filled up the sump to the top shut off the skimmer and hoped for the best lol in hindsight not a great plan but all I could do at the time lol

Well tank faired extremely well , had a bit of color loss with no one to feed the tank and the lower salinity with me filling the sump up but other than that the only casualty was my red dragon acro:(

Red mangroves are spewing roots and same with my whites so soon we should start to see leaves:)

I head out tonight again for a week and the wife is home this time but she comes out with me next week and then the tanks on its own for another week or two lol

Panels are done from hydrodipping so I'll grab pics of that soon and front is ready to be set and then grouted should be Hella cool to see how it comes out:)

Vinegar had been stopped as I had no way to dose it as my wife was gone away for a couple weeks so may have also helped with the color loss as no one's there to feed

Cheato in my sump is a solid brick from end to end so I'll trim this on my next trip home

I did take some pics so I'll post them here now shortly:)

Cheers gang:)

reefwars

10/23/2016, 08:33 PM

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http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115616_zpspprhrnub.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115616_zpspprhrnub.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115619_zpss3qczurk.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115619_zpss3qczurk.jpg.html)

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Can see the color loss here in my pink lemonade , growth is still blown right up though lol

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115639_zpstcl6xvj0.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115639_zpstcl6xvj0.jpg.html)

reefwars

10/23/2016, 08:39 PM

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115650_zpsfxypaxaf.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115650_zpsfxypaxaf.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115656_zpsr1vhepap.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115656_zpsr1vhepap.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115700_zpsqnis4oy7.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115700_zpsqnis4oy7.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115733_zpscahqecke.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115733_zpscahqecke.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115723_zpsdyortlgk.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115723_zpsdyortlgk.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115705_zpsktvzrodm.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115705_zpsktvzrodm.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115821_zpsnjz76wij.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115821_zpsnjz76wij.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115825_zpsahbgwfuq.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115825_zpsahbgwfuq.jpg.html)

My red deaths have gone intensely red lol can compare them to the purples on the left side of them

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_115830_zps6mtg1r1w.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_115830_zps6mtg1r1w.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_161152_zpsfl9jplba.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_161152_zpsfl9jplba.jpg.html)

reefwars

10/23/2016, 08:45 PM

Here's some kinda fts lol

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_160722_zpss6heeze3.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_160722_zpss6heeze3.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_160725_zpsptg1sabg.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_160725_zpsptg1sabg.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_160735_zpskrpxpc3g.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_160735_zpskrpxpc3g.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_160743_zpseja4m125.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_160743_zpseja4m125.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_160748_zpslgrn3yve.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_160748_zpslgrn3yve.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_160917_zpsonn2bdxj.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_160917_zpsonn2bdxj.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_160921_zpscph9noav.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_160921_zpscph9noav.jpg.html)

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag409/polypz/frag%20paks/20161023_161128_zpsqatofolr.jpg (http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/polypz/media/frag%20paks/20161023_161128_zpsqatofolr.jpg.html)