im back everyone!!!! 90g build!!!

fanker

fanker

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been awhile since i had a real tank i sold my 55g and sold my 37g oceanic cube and now i have a 90grr. its a standered 90g with corner overflow 20g sump with an eshopps skimmer works well actually need to mesh mod it though. a quiet one return. in the tank is 2 maxijet 1200s with the mod and a closed loop with a little giant pump. like always i use black sand and i have about 120lbs of lr. im also adding a 10g fuge/seahorse display to the tank(in pics)
i know what light im gunna use if u remember me it will be t-5s. im going tek 8x54w and eventually overdrive a few just to have some fun. it will be a sps dominated tank. and clam. but here are some pics hope u like
the tank

simple sump

litle giant closed loop

the seahorse/ fuge

both tanks
 
maelv

maelv

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Welcome back, looking really good. I do remember some of your older tanks. I have been gone for a little bit as well and came back with a 60 gallon cube. So I went the opposite and downsized. Well good luck with this tank, no doubt it will look amazing as well.
 
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cmaxwell39

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Very nice start. Has it cycled yet? Can't wait to see it with some life in it. Keep us updated.
 
fanker

fanker

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just ordered some lights!!!! solar flare!!! a icecap t-5 fixture. its a 6x54w but its icecap ballast and overdrive it to 85w each. everything icecap and 2 moonlights. it sells for $900 i bought it for $550 its used but barely should be in in a week or so
 
socal57che

socal57che

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Have you used black substrate in the past?
I was thinking of going black with our 55, but some people who have gone black,...um...want to go back.

How do you like it?
 
fanker

fanker

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ph has never changed in my tank this is my 6th tank with black sand. anyways im going to go to a local fish shop. an actual good one and get a couple coral
 
socal57che

socal57che

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Originally Posted by coralreefer
http:///forum/post/3006594
white substrate acts more as a PH buffer, but black sand is fine
I've heard that a lot of people don't like it because it shows every little speck of "non black" debris that lands on it. That's all.
 
fanker

fanker

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well if u really sit down and look at it its got green in it but even with me moving my rocks around since i got it u cant really see anything on it. and its a vert bright sand there is some other "black sand" but its like charcoal gray and u can see everything.
!!!!!!!!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
got some snails and hermits and a bubble tip it would not attach and it finally did so i turned my pumps back on and woke up with it in it so im trying to get him to turn around but idk. he also broke my maxijet so i ordered a new one and a korlina or what ever its calles new magnum powerhead. and a pump for my fuge and a t-5 light for the fuge cant wait till it comes in. but now im just making my way to pet shops and slowly finding what i want to keep
 
chilwil84

chilwil84

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great to see you back. gotta love the ice cap stuff. i have 6 three footers over my for breeder frag. they are only regular driven and at 8" off the tank i cant keep to many sps above the half way mark on the tank without smoking them with to much light.
 
fanker

fanker

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bad news im moving out and leaving the tank at home. im pretty much giving it to my dad but luckily ill live 2 miles down the road. when we put the new floors in it will be the display in the living room
 
fanker

fanker

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just transfered all the coral from my girls 20g into my 90g. way to much from for the lps and zoos had to turn off some pumps. its coming along great. and in a month or so i will be bringing it to our house if we have the room
 
fanker

fanker

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that is my closed loop pump o have 2 quietones pumps for my return and a smaller one to pump to my fuge
 
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