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I am in need of about 30-40 lbs of live sand anywhere from the coarse to crushed coral size range.
thanks
Corey
512 nine68 o44seven
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the build is great! I have lots of things starting to cultivate in the tank and out!
explanation:
There is a lot of moisture inside this little closet and one thing that I have noticed is a little bit of mold growing in one of the corners of the closet. I need to come up with something to vent the closet. some fans or something. Other than that, I love it! I'm glad I decided to do this over a stand in the middle of the room.
Next step is to start loading it up more. It's a little bare right now.
I recently got a skimmer in (SCA 301) rated up to 65g. It has been running for about a week and a half and has pulled some really good skimmate. for the price, this skimmer rocks
More pics soon enough
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Ooh ok cool. Thanks for the update.
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is this still coming in today?
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paid
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thank you for the kind words. I really enjoyed setting it up. now the real fun begins
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just sent in my order for 37xx
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might get my dad to order as well. should be good for another 30 or so
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im in for at least 15 bucks
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that looks great!
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thank you! I really didn't want to complicate things with trying to fit a hinge in there somewhere and I would rather have that extra room with the door removed so it s a win-win!
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Looks like I may have to shim and edge on that top door. It's looking a little crooked
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matching is a good idea if its in the right area. if not, maybe try an accent
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from recent projects that I have done, and comparing some other stands I have had, I think dark looks really sharp.
scroll to the bottom of the first page
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say guys. It's been a while since I have updated. Been pretty busy with school and work. Yesterday I finally got around to staining the darn thing and trimming the doors up.
I found some 3/4" magnets that I wanted to use to keep the doors shut, instead of hinges.
I just drilled out a little bit of the back of the door and dropped the magnet in the hole so it was flush and glued it. then I lined up the other magnets on the inside of the wall prepped with glue and Viola!
First coat of stain done!
Added doors
Here are the 3/4" magnets.
Magnets added to the back of the door
FTS all done with the wall, minus putting some trim around the tank display. I cut a piece wrong and was too confident in myself the buy extra trim!! ha
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hey, Woods! would it be a problem to grab a few as well?
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Thanks!
yes, the wall is only 1/4" thick and can be removed if I need it to be. Since I am unable to get to the back of the tank for plumbing repair or anything like that, I designed the wall to come out fairly easy.
Also, both cabinet doors will be magnetic so they will not be in the way.
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OK, so my tank is STILL cycling.
Amonia 3-4 ppm
Nitrite 4 ppm
Nitrate 50-60 ppm
but I decided to start moving forward with the wall. I'ts been a while since I've done anything. I bought some plywood
today and cut out the viewing space. I haven't quite decided
on a set up for the doors so I will wait on cutting those out.
Maybe a project for tomorrow. It's coming along. slowly, but surely.
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very cool! Patrick, thanks for the invite! I just might take you up on that.
A quick update. I moved the tank to another room's closet. I'm going to put a wall up in front of it and essentially make it into an in-wall display.
I will match the texture and paint of the surrounding walls and frame out the display along with a cabinet door above the tank and below for access to storage and sump.
The tank is still cycling at 6 weeks. and is showing very high ammonia and nitrites
The wait continues
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hey! thanks! I need to update this sucker. it''s been leak tested, and filled including rock and sand for a few weeks now. pics to come soon.
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Hello! What is going down, fellow home dogs?
It's been a while since I have been active in this amazing community; I couldn't stay away forever!
This has been a long time coming. I was just waiting to move into a house before I decided to go any bigger than my nano.
Well?? I recently moved into a house in NW Austin. I'm lovin it, my girlfriend loves it, my dogs..not sure of the word for it, but feeling is much more intense than love.. you know dogs.. Anyway..
I recently bought a drilled 40g breeder on craigslist. this is one of my favorite sized tanks. nice and deep. not too tall. lots of floor space (to my liking).
Since the tank was drilled, I needed a sump, RIGHT?! yes! Got one. nbd. I mayd dis..
It's a basic design, but it proves worthy.
That there is a mag 7 as my return. I might have to tone it down a little, but I would rather have have too much than too little in this case.
Next was the stand. I love me some buildin'! I have only just finished building the skeleton. next comes the skin. Isn't that how it works?
Now this is going to be somewhat of an economically friendly build since I'm a broke diabetic college student with terrible insurance. ARE WE CLEAR?!
Now that we have that cleared up, here are some more plans for the tank
Lagoon Themed
macros (maybe some sea grass)
softies and LPS
30lbs Marco Dry Rock
I know this will limit my stock list a little, but one thing I do want is
either a mantis (miss my old friend)
or a leaf fish/angler
My stock list has not been made just yet (well it has.. about 3 years ago when I first had a dedicated lagoon tank that never ended up happening..) so hang tight, yo.
For lighting I purchased 2 fixtures from fishneedit. they are having a 50% off summer clearance right now.
4x39w + 2x39w fixtures. should be in next week.
Here is the tank and sump on the newly built stand skeleton
WARNING this is what happens when you drive with no A/C
Thanks for looking! Stay tuned!
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WTB live sand
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