46 upgrade to 90
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Topic: 46 upgrade to 90
Posted By: willrileyiv
Subject: 46 upgrade to 90
Date Posted: September 11 2012 at 3:58pm
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Thiis will be a slow upgrade but ill start the post now that I picked up the tank. Here's my current 46 and the 90 I just picked up. as you can tell i need to upgrade lol. ill post pics as i continue the build. step one:clean the 90 out and make a spot in the living room.   ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
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Posted By: Chad
Date Posted: September 11 2012 at 8:23pm
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Yeah buddy! ------------- What?! You pooped in the refrigerator, and ate the entire wheel of cheese?! I'm not even mad.... That's actually amazing! |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 12 2012 at 5:48pm
All cleaned up ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: September 12 2012 at 6:19pm
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Wow that looks nice ! Cant wait to see it full! ------------- Next meeting: |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 12 2012 at 6:33pm
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Soon! ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: Dionysus
Date Posted: September 13 2012 at 10:06am
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That's a good upgrade! keep the pictures coming. =) ------------- AquaMedic 250 Watt XM 20k 2 420s Vhos 29 DT SPS Dominant 20 G Long Frag http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56607&title=dionysus-tank-build" rel="nofollow - My Tank Progress =) |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 14 2012 at 3:42pm
Getting the tank drilled by the one and only chad ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 1:22pm
PLUMBED!  What do you guys think? Its pretty bassiic. ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: lskurys
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 3:45pm
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looking good. I love they way they look when you get some sand and water in them. ------------- 220g , large elite aquatics sump. 3 Radion Pro Gen 3 lights 3 Mp 40's |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 6:24pm
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Itt should have sand, rock and water tomorrow if I find help to bring it inside. I still have to install the overflow box so water may wait a few days ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: Fatman
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 6:31pm
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Looks great. Basic is good, less to break. Rock and sand in and the lights on and it'll look great! ------------- February 4: Winter Banquet at the Living Planet Aquarium Tickets: http://utahreefs.com/store/index.php?route=product/category&path=36 |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 8:27pm
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Tearing.out the t12 vhos and putting leds on it. ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 8:28pm
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Oh and pink.figi sand ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: Chad
Date Posted: September 20 2012 at 11:04am
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Dude! Your not supposed to post pics of me! I'm in witness protection remember? ------------- What?! You pooped in the refrigerator, and ate the entire wheel of cheese?! I'm not even mad.... That's actually amazing! |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 20 2012 at 11:09am
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Lol totally forgot lol but you aren't supposed to sstate your in witness protection on a forum so it was nicee knowing you man. You will be missed lol ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 20 2012 at 11:11am
 LEDS! ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 20 2012 at 2:10pm
 Leds hung with plastic coated cable and plastic coated hooks. Had to drill the hanging holes just a little wider ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 21 2012 at 9:20am
 in the house with ssand and partial rockwork  close pic of partial rock work  side view....lots of caves Btw I believe this is actually a 90 gallon now that I have it next to my 75 gallon water dragon tank ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 23 2012 at 5:19pm
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Water is in and now only a few minor tweaks and its ready to cycle ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: Deluxe247
Date Posted: September 24 2012 at 1:39pm
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Looks like a fun tank. That's great that you were able to do LEDs. Just one thought on the plumbing (maybe it's too late and you have it up and running already). On the drain line, I always try to minimize the number of elbows in the pipe (especially 90 degree elbows) because they can slow your drain flow, and even make it uneven if you have sections of horizontal pipe. yours may work just fine, but if you have any issues with it, I would try replacing the 90 elbow just outside the stand with a 45, then you could just rotate the elbow next to the bulkhead up to meet it, so the last segment of pipe would be at 45 degrees in stead of horizontal. Anyway, like I said, you may already have it running fine. If so, awesome! ------------- 90G Mixed Reef |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 24 2012 at 2:12pm
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its up and going already. the drain works fine. the return pump is actually alittle louder then i thought but maybe its just me ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 28 2012 at 4:04pm
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Ok so a few days ago an algae bloom started so almost ready for the move. Just have to drop the salt level a hair and get one more led fixture to replace the one that shocked the hell out of me lol and I should be good ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: September 28 2012 at 4:06pm
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Btw I added some ivory tube coral.just so its not so depressing in the tank and man they are open more under the leds then I've ever seen. Also glow neon orange under actinics ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 01 2012 at 6:36pm
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Added a CUC and a watermelon mushroom. Got the algae taken care of and ordering thw new led light soon ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 10 2012 at 6:31am
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So I'm ordering the light Friday. Been super busy and haven't had a chance. I also added all my palys to the 90 and man they glow under the actinics. Picking up more coral Friday and they will go in my 46 til next week when I do the big move. My mother in law is more excited then I am I think lol. Hope people still follow. When I do the move I plan on posting pics of all my coral and it will be a long list. 73 diff corals will be in my 90 gallon along with 6-7 fish.  ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: Cody
Date Posted: October 10 2012 at 6:16pm
| I would have painted or vinyls the back before setting up. |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 10 2012 at 6:43pm
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Thought about it. Honestly did but.family.and I wanted.it.up and going to get my 46 out.of.the.bedroom ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 11 2012 at 7:13am
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some stuff in there already. turned the blues off to take the pics but the colors are way more vibraint in person. and camera is alittle fuzzy because i just realized i forgot to put my phone on macro....oh and its with a camera phone lol eagle eyes  green birdsnest  green ric, unknown green with yellow/light green skirt and some neon palys  nightmare zoas  pink and golds  radioactive dragons eye  recovering blasto i recieved in trade. it actually looks alot better then when i got it  sunset zoas  unknown green/green skirt zoas  unknown mint palys  unknown orange zoa  unknown green/grey palys  unknown red zoa  brown buttons  ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 11 2012 at 12:26pm
Added thhiss little guyy today ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: Electro4112
Date Posted: October 11 2012 at 12:40pm
| Nice .... |
Posted By: jwoo
Date Posted: October 11 2012 at 1:02pm
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Nice! Love the lionfish! My dwarf lion is one of only three fish in my tank right now. I've had him now for two years. Great little fish. ------------- None at the moment Soon: 72 Gallon Bowfront |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 11 2012 at 1:54pm
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ill have a total of 7 fish. jwoo-does your dwarf go after your shrimp at all? ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: jwoo
Date Posted: October 11 2012 at 1:59pm
I don't have any shrimp in my tank right now, however I did have a big cleaner when I got him. He never went after the cleaner. They lived together for almost two full years before the cleaner died of natural causes (naturally because I switched tanks up and didn't acclimate him properly . . .) A few notes though - I had the shrimp before I got the dwarf lion. The shrimp was easily twice the size of the lion so the lion couldn't eat him if he wanted too. Because the Lion was young the shrimp and the lion were able to establish the beneficial relationship of cleaner and host. If the Lion had been full grown I don't think I would have done it though as he would have easily been able to eat the shrimp without the shrimp establishing it's self as beneficial. Awesome thing: The shrimp would stick it's head into the lions mouth often when cleaning him and the lion would just sit there with the shrimp half inside him. Would really freak people out. ------------- None at the moment Soon: 72 Gallon Bowfront |
willrileyiv wrote:Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 11 2012 at 3:01pm
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That's awesome! My two cleaners are larger then him tight.now but he is in my 90 and all my stugf co es down next Friday but he has already eaten a guppy.I tossed in for him. It was so cool watching him stalk it ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: jwoo
Date Posted: October 11 2012 at 3:06pm
I'd avoid guppies at all cost. They are super fatty and have been know to cause gut blockage and fatty build up which will kill the fish pretty fast. If you haven't got him on frozen yet I suggest getting ghost shrimp and "gut loading" them on good food. When mine was being stubborn I'd feed the ghost shrimp mysis, nori, brine and gut load them about five minutes before feeding them to the lion fish. Even this method while providing nutrients through the gut loading isn't really that great because nutritionally he won't be getting much. Try to get him on frozen asap. Many people have lions die because they don't get them onto frozen and thus they die of a nutritional deficit. Also while on the subject when they do eat frozen make sure you give them a variety of frozen. I feed mine silversides, squid chunks, shrimp etc. Avoid krill as it will give them lockjaw. ------------- None at the moment Soon: 72 Gallon Bowfront |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 7:58am
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i will remember that. thanks for the info. my fiancee loves the little guy but i told her if it starts showing interest in any of my shrimp or anything it will be back on the market. ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 12 2012 at 12:29pm
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Black Sun Coral  Gobbstopper Fire & Ice Yellow polyp Captain America
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Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 14 2012 at 5:52am
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So yesterday while I was at work my 46 cracked and drained all but less thrn a quarter. Water out! But my fiancée saved. Everything and ill post pics of the 90 once I situate everything ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 17 2012 at 5:30am
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So still waiting onn the light. I got ahold of the.company and saud they get them in today which is disappointing since it was ordered on sat I figured it'd be shipped Monday. Ill take a lot if pics once I get everything up and where I want it ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 18 2012 at 9:51am
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Here's a recent pic. Going to grow.everything out now still waiting on the second led light whic us disappointing due to the fact I was suppised ti get them today by what the site said but customer service said not.til next Monday or Tuesday.  Had to put.my pc on til the ither light comes because my nem wasn't to happy but now it's just the waiting game ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 24 2012 at 7:23pm
Well the light finally came after 11 days. Not happy about the delay but.am happy with the light ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 25 2012 at 8:27pm
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Posted By: phys
Date Posted: October 26 2012 at 2:58am
| Looks Awesome! Could you explain your plumbing a bit? I'm trying to see what I want to do on mine and yours looks different than others I've seen. |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 26 2012 at 3:45pm
Added two new rbta and a rhino blenny. Here's sme closer shots of the tank    ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 28 2012 at 11:28am
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Phys- dont know.if.you got my pm but you can come.check out my.plumbing.if.you'd like ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 28 2012 at 8:16pm
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Adding soon- gold stripe maroon, coppperband, horseshoe crab, arrow crab and pom pom crab ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: November 01 2012 at 3:07pm
New gold stripe maroon New copperband  New pom pom crab  New decorator arrow crab  ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: November 01 2012 at 3:08pm
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The decorator has zoas, sponges and kenyan tree attached to him ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: November 01 2012 at 3:11pm
 My new rose bubble tip nems I now have solid red, red and white and red and green nems ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: November 02 2012 at 2:47pm
Some more added      ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: November 02 2012 at 3:20pm
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Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: November 17 2012 at 6:02pm
New lawnmower blenny who is named Herman and a neon goby  ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: November 17 2012 at 6:04pm
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Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: November 21 2012 at 6:16pm
 Full tank shot ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: November 21 2012 at 6:55pm
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dude- fantastic alltogather, but i lovethe rino blenny ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: November 21 2012 at 7:13pm
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He was shy for awhile but now he is out and about. Really loves xenia but if you want one you will have to get ahold of rock and rrefwhen they get them because they sell out immediately now that i posted where i got it lol ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |