mcallahan

So who wants to pick up the reins and actually build the tank? Can anyone contact her and see if maybe she has a new boyfriend?

I hereby nominate mFrame to start this build immediately! I'll throw in a free dinner from the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

The really funny part about all this is that the guy who started this thread, his profile pic is of him looking lovingly into the eyes of a girl (most likely his fiancee), yet she is the reason the tank is dead!

well, while the tank may not be, this thread should never die and continue to pay homage to the holy tank.

I suggest a meeting at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell to pay our respects to the passing of the tank

i found him in a porsche forum. i messaged him. ill let you know what happens! so excited to see pictures of this fully completed tank!

That's great! Can't wait to hear about breaking that tank in. Probably a good anecdote about a diatom outbreak or the sump overflowing coming.

While you are waiting, I'll be at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell...

+1 for Combo Pizza Hut/Taco Bell song.

I asked Julian Sprung the same thing earlier this week and he immediately said LEDs.

my eyes have glazed over

again.

the more things change, the more they stay the same... Or is it the other way around with this thread?!

This thread is like a hidden room where us old salts can chat it up occasionally. I hope it is never deleted.

It's like men's club w/out the steam room and towels...

Oh mark you and your fantasies

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It was Robb's idea in the first place!!

This thread is like a hidden room where us old salts can chat it up occasionally. I hope it is never deleted.

It's like men's club w/out the steam room and towels...

everyone has it wrong. The tank is already build and the pulsing Xenia is growing like weeds! Must be the starphire glass that is making the coral growth.

Mark did you ever discover the cause of your SPS turning green? I am having same problem with my blue torts and people are telling me its most likely because I have LEDs (Radion) and to try turning the green down. Thanks

MUAH! OMG...that's funny. I'm not laughing at you, just at the advice of LEDs turn corals green and that turning down the green channel will help. Oh lord...I'm still laughing.

A lot of green light can make corals look green, so turning down/off your green channel can change the visual appearance of a coral, and I strongly doubt that will stop a coral turning green.

I've never seen any scientific evidence on what turns a coral green (who would cough up the tens of thousands of dollars to fund that study?!). My observation of corals turning is green, specifically SPS corals is that green seems to be a defensive state. I.e...a blue SPS put into a new tank will likely turn green, then with good husbandry, it will turn back to its original color in time.

Coral color is one of the most coveted prizes in reefkeeping. Anyone can buy a pretty coral, but few can keep them colored up and/or retain their original color.

Clearly it doesn't. I was just curious why one wasn't incorporated.

Now you know and as they used to say in GI Joe...knowing is half the battle!

Robb...Robb...Robb...

Unless a refugium is of large size compared to your display tank, it won't do much for nutrient control.

While we could have used the adjoining garage for a 55g+ Fuge, we decided against it due to the hot Austin summer weather

And clearly, this tank doesn't need the refugium.

Chalk this one up to another "all-talk" tank build thread.

The video was filmed from Nov 2011 to Jan 2012 and includes pictures from 2 weeks ago. Other than fish/corals and a light in the sump's center chamber for frag grow out, there hasn't been any new gear added to the tank.

In case anyone missed them here are links to Mark Callahan's video's about my build:

Video #1 http://www.mrsaltwat...-a-reef-junkie/

Video #2 http://www.mrsaltwatertank.com/how-to-upgrade-your-saltwater-tank-like-a-reef-junkie-part-2/

For those of you that want to see the guts of the build, they are in the videos linked above.

Who made the sump for you?

Ditto. I need a new sump and that one looks good.

prof built that one.

Tank looks great. I may have missed it but what company built the tank? And what are the dimensions? What is your fish list? That you have and intend to add in the future. Great work.

Since I built the tank with Richard, I can answer part of your question:

Dutch Aquarium Systems built the tank

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The second clownfish started eating the food and it cleared him up, the other two did not get it in time. Sorry for the confusion, just witnessed the food work so I'm sold and all the fish love it including my longnosehawk who is the pickiest

you sure it didn't just fall off as part of its life cycle?

My fish breeder friends tried it and had no luck. Ich persisted or came back every time.

will you ship?

did you score a coupon code for those?

Thanks Brooks! Someone make an offer! Never know what I might take, but please no low ballers

What about coupon codes? I think I have some of those?!

Already decided to go with the Bubble King huh?!