Recent content by ironchef205

well i have been completey slowed down by my tanks still not selling locally or on ----......... if i could sell my 125 and my 150 then i could go buy the acrylic but ... it aint happening i did find out though that a local that sells frags and fish wholesale also build canopies and stand that...

yea my buddy that propogates and has a home coral business has the apples and has sand dollars in all of his frag tanks, the grouper is in the running if i make alterations to my livestock list

Originally Posted by FMarini i had a 4ft tall tank once, it was but impossible to maintain. you cant reach in to any level unless your Shaq, and you have to do everything w/ a stick or grabber, and cleaning the glass was difficult at best. Something as simple as retrieving the fallen algae...

thats a cool thread when i actually get to work on the construction i will be posting pictures like i work for the newspaper

just got rid of one tank and it was easy because it was already empty woohoo and some miscellaneous equipment

So this is my desired stock list so far when all is said and done Atlantic scrawled cowfish About 200 hermit crabs 4 sand dollars 2 moon snails horse shoe crab 2 black and white false percula white sabae (over 12x12) 5 purple firefish 1 mianatus grouper 1 blackfoot lionfish 1 hawain saddle...

yea thats happened to me twice nowonce when i was setting up my tank and then again not to long ago when i was taking the collection cup off my skimmer but for some reason in the back of my head i wanted to watch it for longer and see what happen before i flipped the switch on the power...

Someone said I can use 2x6

Yea i might do that it's just gonna set me back more time and money but in the long run it will be worth it I am gonna have to do some someones listing and try to find an ro/di too

Well that was one of the things I am having trouble with I don't know how the frame needs to be to support this weight I want to build as much as possible so I would like to build it out wood but if not my friends dad has a metal fab shop so I could get him to build one and then build a wood...

I am going to put 120 together first and get some scrap to play with first and if I am unsuccessful I will get a guy that works there to glue it on the side for me.......

Originally Posted by fishkid13 wow big tank... Can't wait to see it built. Is the tank 6' or 8'. Want are you planning for support wise? All of the water, sand, rock...? what do you mean support for what

-going to locate a plastic horse trough to have rock that im going to make cure while i am building -going to cast 500 lbs of rock -going to use 300 lbs dry sand and 80lbs live -also going to go by a few thrift stores and get about 8-12 10 gallon tanks to start culturing pods, phyto, macro...

i have 3X 400 watt metal hallide lights and a 4 foot t5 4 bulb fixture and a 4 foot compact fixture the acrylic for 5 sheets is gonna be ....$950 it should make my 600 dt and a 120 tank........maybe a sump i really haven't got any replies on if that is gonna be big enough i have only tanks up to...

wow i cant believe that no one is interested well do you think that a 120 sump would be enough, because i could make that out of the leftover acrylic