Mr Cob Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 The 85g frag tank MCC has been using is going back to being my personal tank with my personal collection. I ripped out all the frag racks (wasn't fun), syphoned out all the gunk under the racks...filled a nice 5 gallon bucket with brown nasty water and here it is... Still have some MCC corals in the bare bottom center area and that lrg bnest but just about all gone. Also have had a sump cycling under this tank for a couple of weeks now to prepare for pulling the 220g off line which the 85g is connected to. Before... After... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 Coral shots... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr Cob Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 for rock I only have two pillars of about 3 rocks each, one on each side of the tank held up by acrylic rods... kind of hard to tell though because of all of the foam, I will probably pull out more foam from the back wall to add to the depth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Great Pics!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 thanks, my cell takes really nice shots for a cell phone... I just have to adjust the ISO setting really low otherwise they come out a little washed out looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Wow, that's a gorgeous tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 thanks Kim,I'm enjoying it. a few chalices... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 By the way, I know little about photography, it's not the ISO that I adjust on my phone it's the exposure. I turn it to the lowest setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Sump cycling... Jack built this sump for me a couple of years ago for my old 55g, it should work nice on this tank. Still need to organize things before I drop the tank to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 note to self... exposure -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 some actinic shots from this evening... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaarrrggg Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Looking great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Looks very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 thank you, I've been enjoying the hobby side of things again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 I have had this rainbow echinata for several years now but for the last year I cannot seem to get it to rainbow up again: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Rasta Zoas: Red Aussie Acan: Prism Favia: MCC Deep Water Japs: Lunar Eclipse and Alpha Blondie Paly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 A few shots from tonight... Aussie Favia (love the speckles in it) Teal Leptastrea (lineage; Ace) Frogspawn (lineage; Regric) Ultra Green Aussie Torch and Ultra Gold Aussie Torch (i love them) My all time favorite coral, hands down...love this thing. I'm having to nurse it back from the recent tank move of swapping it from the bottom of a 30" deep 220 under old lights to placing it in the 17" shallow 85g with blazing MH. Normally it's expanded 3 or 4 times this size, I will have to move it more to the left once it starts fully expanding...it will then be too close to the torch corals to the right. Ultra Neon Aussie Hammer: (did I mention NEON?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 Made a little progress today and was able to get the 85g independent of the 220g and dropped it to the sump below. Still need to get a skimmer...have some store credit at a LFS, that should help. Need to hook up ATO and pull over my probes from the 220. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Made a few changes tonight after blowing through some LFS store credit. Cleaned up the sump area. Removed the SCWD and replaced it with a "T" and added a control valve. Going to run a phos reactor to try and eliminate some of the micro algae problems I have had over the last year. Also added the micron bag which is really making the water crystal clear. Added a heater in the baffle...fits perfect. Added a ATO and container, I still need to replace this ATO with my old Tunze ATO. Just didn't want to mess with it right now. The sump I used for the holding container worked out nice because it has the first section to store my water change pump. Added a fuge light...never heard of this brand before. Wave Point. LED light, 1 watt bulbs so nothing to brag about but should work perfect as a fuge light, I wouldn't normally go this route for a fuge light because of cost but what the heck it was store credit. I'm really liking this light. I had to dremel out the lip on the sump for the clamps to fit... Added activated carbon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florenceReefer Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Would that light work for a 20g reef tank? Can you just turn the blues on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Would that light work for a 20g reef tank? Can you just turn the blues on? perhaps if it's shallow. It's only one power cable though...so no control over just the actinics. The bulbs are only 1 watt too. I'm sure softies and low light corals would be fine...not so much on SPS or high light corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cob Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Ace (hobogato) built me a stand so I could add a 20 long and drilled the tank. The result... Not sure what else I can fit in there lol, thanks again for everyone's help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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