Nook's Reef!!

Nanook · 10/07/2007, 09:29 PM

Nanook · 10/07/2007, 09:29 PM

Nanook · 10/07/2007, 09:30 PM

Nanook · 10/07/2007, 09:31 PM

Nanook · 10/07/2007, 09:31 PM

Nanook · 10/07/2007, 09:32 PM

rppvt · 10/07/2007, 09:33 PM

Nice Scotches.
What are you going to put IN these two tanks? In your well finished basement...

Nanook · 10/07/2007, 09:37 PM

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Originally posted by rppvt
Nice Scotches.
What are you going to put IN these two tanks? In your well finished basement...

I forgot I had the booze pics in there

As for the tanks, the long one is going to be primarily a softy tank and the cube tank is going to be primarily a stony tank...but I will mix them up a bit.

rppvt · 10/07/2007, 09:41 PM

just those two tanks are 1215 gals. can you tell us about your sump refuge system? What are those 3 white things in the sump? media containers? like the light box/skate board wheels set up!

stlouisguy · 10/07/2007, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by Nanook
I forgot I had the booze pics in there

As for the tanks, the long one is going to be primarily a softy tank and the cube tank is going to be primarily a stony tank...but I will mix them up a bit.

Are you running seperate sumps? I am assuming no with that Geo beast sitting back there. How will you handle the leather/sps relationship by mixing tank water?

Looks amazing though, you did a first class job

salty3 · 10/07/2007, 09:45 PM

Very nice looking basment. When the tanks are set up it will look awsome.IMO

Nanook · 10/07/2007, 09:49 PM

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Originally posted by stlouisguy
Are you running seperate sumps? I am assuming no with that Geo beast sitting back there. How will you handle the leather/sps relationship by mixing tank water?

Looks amazing though, you did a first class job

I am running both sumps plumbed together in series...gives me 8ft of sump and plenty of time to remove microbubbles.

Geo is building my skimmer...going to be a 5ft 18 inch diameter needlewheel skimmer with Sequence pump and Alita airpump....hopefully get that this year

As for the leather/sps problem...I am not too worried about that as my good friend, Stevie Guitar Smiller won TOTM twice here on RC with his 127g Tenecor tank which had beautiful SPS and one of the largest yellow leather corals I have seen.

Greg, aka capncapo deserves most of the credit for the basement...he has been here helping me for free the last couple of years...I just sit there and watch, drink beer and occasionally run to the hardware store for something

Im Lon 2 · 10/07/2007, 09:57 PM

Nice pic's!! Looks even better in person

Been waiting for years to see water added to these tanks... Can't wait.. Are you going to have a 1st drop party?

Nanook · 10/07/2007, 10:01 PM

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Originally posted by Im Lon 2
Nice pic's!! Looks even better in person Been waiting for years to see water added to these tanks... Can't wait.. Are you going to have a 1st drop party?

Every day I am alive is going to be a party

I am really looking forward to getting water in these babies...it has been four years now they have sat down there empty.

I have watched and waited long enough

GMFett · 10/07/2007, 11:19 PM

coolest basement ever. you should not ever permit a woman to set foot on such sacred grounds!! man law...

Purple Haze · 10/07/2007, 11:21 PM

Damn nice. I'll have a Rob Roy with a sidecar

frenchie · 10/08/2007, 05:34 AM

looking real good, very nice work on basement, can't wait for tank viewing party when there up and running.

Schplitter · 10/08/2007, 08:22 AM

You are a crazy man. I like it. The whole thing is just perfect. I like the hinges on the canopy and the doors...

frenchie · 10/08/2007, 08:24 AM

in his canopies over both tanks there are rollers for lights to roll out to change bulbs, freakin awesome.

ebman · 10/08/2007, 09:38 AM

That phone in the fish room will come in handy. It seems like someone always calls when you have you hands in the tank.

drgabe · 10/08/2007, 10:02 AM

I don't know what is going to be more impressive... the tank or the bar.

Nice work Dave and Greg!

steve the plumb · 10/08/2007, 11:32 AM

I was thinking the same thing with the phone.people always do call when you have your hands in the tank or on that day when you decide to do your tank maintenance.You have it right on hand.Very nice setup.I don't think I could have waited 4 years I don't have that much patience.I was looking and I said is that 2 tanks or is it the pic then I realized no its 2 tanks.

dismalorb · 10/08/2007, 12:26 PM

*drool* Looks like quite the Epicurean den you've got there! I'm almost at a loss of words; everything about your basement is truly amazing! Including the Frank Zappa poster.

I was scanning the bar shelves for a bottle of Absinthe and didn't see one. Is that hiding in the bottom cupboards for private engagements only? :P

Jan Helge · 10/08/2007, 03:02 PM

Looks sweet

Good luck

DrBDC · 10/08/2007, 04:32 PM

He did have some water in there. One night there was a little condensation forming.

10/07/2007, 09:29 PM	#1
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	Basement Pics....Dial-Up Beware!! __________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

10/07/2007, 09:29 PM	#2
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

10/07/2007, 09:30 PM	#3
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

10/07/2007, 09:31 PM	#4
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

10/07/2007, 09:31 PM	#5
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

10/07/2007, 09:32 PM	#6
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

10/07/2007, 09:33 PM	#7
rppvt rppvt Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 484	Nice Scotches. What are you going to put IN these two tanks? In your well finished basement...

10/07/2007, 09:41 PM	#9
rppvt rppvt Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 484	just those two tanks are 1215 gals. can you tell us about your sump refuge system? What are those 3 white things in the sump? media containers? like the light box/skate board wheels set up!

10/07/2007, 09:45 PM	#11
salty3 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Right here Posts: 894	Very nice looking basment. When the tanks are set up it will look awsome.IMO

10/07/2007, 09:57 PM	#13
Im Lon 2 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Granite City, IL (St. Louis area) Posts: 5,529	Nice pic's!! Looks even better in person Been waiting for years to see water added to these tanks... Can't wait.. Are you going to have a 1st drop party? __________________ Lonnie WWLD® ------------------------------------------------ Friends don't let friends buy PC lighting. Current Tank Info: Coming soon -- 180G (Glass Cages) In-Wall - Reef - 100g sump - 30g Fuge - - Octopus DNW 300 - 8 * 54 watt T5's

10/07/2007, 11:19 PM	#15
GMFett Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 264	coolest basement ever. you should not ever permit a woman to set foot on such sacred grounds!! man law... __________________ Click on the red house to visit my tank website. Current Tank Info: 600 gallon- SPS/LPS: Deltec AP1003, Deltec FR 1016 (ROWAphos), Deltec PF601s (ROWAlith C+), Deltec**500s (ROWAkalk), Deltec FR509 (Carbon), 3 400 watt Lumenarc III's, Neptune Aquacontroller 2, 3 Tunze 6100 Streams, 2 Tunze Waveboxes

10/07/2007, 11:21 PM	#16
Purple Haze Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: TX Posts: 1,156	Damn nice. I'll have a Rob Roy with a sidecar

10/08/2007, 05:34 AM	#17
frenchie Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,730	looking real good, very nice work on basement, can't wait for tank viewing party when there up and running. __________________ Darrick slash member 24 gallon nano cube, LED lights, zoanthids, shrooms Current Tank Info: 93 gallon cube, ecotech LED, swc 160 cone skimmer, lots of softies

10/08/2007, 08:22 AM	#18
Schplitter Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 3,767	You are a crazy man. I like it. The whole thing is just perfect. I like the hinges on the canopy and the doors... __________________ "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." Albert Einstein Current Tank Info: 110 Gal Display, 125 Gal Custom Sump in basement fish room, 2- G3 XR30 Radion's + 2 48' Retrofit T5"s, Super Reef Octopus XP 2000 SSS Skimmer, 2 - Vortech MP-40, Panworld NH-200PS Return, 8x2' Frag tank, DIY refugium lighting, DIY frag tank lighting.

10/08/2007, 08:24 AM	#19
frenchie Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,730	in his canopies over both tanks there are rollers for lights to roll out to change bulbs, freakin awesome. __________________ Darrick slash member 24 gallon nano cube, LED lights, zoanthids, shrooms Current Tank Info: 93 gallon cube, ecotech LED, swc 160 cone skimmer, lots of softies

10/08/2007, 09:38 AM	#20
ebman Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Forrest City, Arkansas Posts: 48	That phone in the fish room will come in handy. It seems like someone always calls when you have you hands in the tank.

10/08/2007, 10:02 AM	#21
drgabe Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 630	I don't know what is going to be more impressive... the tank or the bar. Nice work Dave and Greg!

10/08/2007, 11:32 AM	#22
steve the plumb Moved On Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 3,664	I was thinking the same thing with the phone.people always do call when you have your hands in the tank or on that day when you decide to do your tank maintenance.You have it right on hand.Very nice setup.I don't think I could have waited 4 years I don't have that much patience.I was looking and I said is that 2 tanks or is it the pic then I realized no its 2 tanks.

10/08/2007, 12:26 PM	#23
dismalorb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sac City, IA Posts: 154	drool Looks like quite the Epicurean den you've got there! I'm almost at a loss of words; everything about your basement is truly amazing! Including the Frank Zappa poster. I was scanning the bar shelves for a bottle of Absinthe and didn't see one. Is that hiding in the bottom cupboards for private engagements only? :P __________________ Kraft durch Freude! -Paul Current Tank Info: 125g Freshwater planted tank, 40g Peacock Mantis Shrimp tank and 450g Envision Acrylics 96x36x30 reef

10/08/2007, 03:02 PM	#24
Jan Helge Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 45	Looks sweet Good luck

10/08/2007, 04:32 PM	#25
DrBDC Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ballwin, Missouri Posts: 10,358	He did have some water in there. One night there was a little condensation forming. __________________ Some drink at the fountain of knowledge, some just gargle, but most are rabid. Current Tank Info: 180g sps+75 softy/lps on one system tunze's, seio's, mjmods, aquacontroller w/add ons, 2X400 XM10000 and 3X160 vho actinic, 110g sump, 110 frag tank, Geo Beckett and other stuff