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06-25-2009, 12:26 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 584
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30 gallon tall build
Well all this "fish tank stuff" as my dad called it the other day finally got the best of him. he wants a reef in his living room. when he told me this he said, "i just want to keep it simple, ok?" HAHA  !!!
thats an oxymoron in this hobby as i have found. but were gonna give it a try  .
I have aquired a 30 gallon tall 24x24x12. this is perfect for him since he doesnt want anything bigger. although i think we should use a "sumpugium"...... in the words of salty o' shen..... and a skimmer, we will probably use a canister we already have for simplicity's sake, and rely on live rock and good flow for the rest. im gonna go ahead and make a prediction though......simple may lose this battle. first comes building a stand for the display, then lighting, LS, LR, Powerheads....etc., etc....you know the drill
so here it goes.  (pics as soon as i have them)
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06-25-2009, 12:32 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 34,114
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Remove the canisyer,the rock is your filter.
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06-25-2009, 09:52 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
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we probably will get rid of the canister eventually and get him a HOB skimmer, but for now i think we will run it until the rock cures. which we will probably do in the tank.
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06-25-2009, 09:55 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
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the tank got a paint job today with some kraylon satin from a rattle can. it had glass listed as one of surfaces and it was in the shed so viola!!!
money spent so far:
tank:$0
paint:$0
filter:$0
simple enough so far. lol |
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06-25-2009, 09:58 PM
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Son of Jor El
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Springfield MO
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Paint on the outside right? 
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Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky went hunting? Well anyway, Brasky decides he's gonna hunt down all four members of the Banana Splits. He stalks and kills every one of them with a machete. They all beg for their lives, except Fleagul.
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06-25-2009, 10:04 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
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Originally Posted by jenglish
Paint on the outside right? |
THE OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!! OH CRAP!!!!!!
just kidding ya its on the outside.
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06-25-2009, 10:08 PM
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Son of Jor El
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Springfield MO
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I generally don't like to keep track of what is spent on a tank... it is cool right now but if I knew what I spent on a year old tank I would probably cry. 
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Jeremy http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f7...ef-119089.html
Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky went hunting? Well anyway, Brasky decides he's gonna hunt down all four members of the Banana Splits. He stalks and kills every one of them with a machete. They all beg for their lives, except Fleagul.
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06-25-2009, 10:34 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
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lol true im only a month in on 55 and i dont even want to know!!!
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06-25-2009, 11:35 PM
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Keeper of the Kracken
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Martin, SC
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It is better not to know the answers to questions like those at times.
For example, at work I keep my Coca Cola bottle caps figuring I may enter them into the Coke Rewards thing some day. The other day I decided to see how many I had and counted 70 of them. At $1.25 per bottle that means I have spent $87.50 since I started keeping the caps a couple of months ago. That is money that could have gone to a nice frag, but instead I drank it away. I would have been much better off had I never decided to count those silly caps. |
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06-25-2009, 11:43 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 584
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aquawolf
It is better not to know the answers to questions like those at times.
For example, at work I keep my Coca Cola bottle caps figuring I may enter them into the Coke Rewards thing some day. The other day I decided to see how many I had and counted 70 of them. At $1.25 per bottle that means I have spent $87.50 since I started keeping the caps a couple of months ago. That is money that could have gone to a nice frag, but instead I drank it away. I would have been much better off had I never decided to count those silly caps. |
hahaha that is hilarious ......thanks now im gonna go around nitpicking at everything i buy wondering....is this somthing i could be posting about like wolf did.
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06-26-2009, 07:32 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jenglish
Paint on the outside right? |
Darn I did it in my basement?
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06-28-2009, 08:45 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
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yesterday was carpentry day. we started to build the stand out of handy panel. all it is is sanded plywood with no knots. we still have to cut out the doorway and build a door. its solid and level so far.
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06-28-2009, 10:16 AM
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Tarpon
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Orange Park Florida!
Posts: 1,808
Reviews: 48
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That would be an AWESOME pipefish and seahorse tank.
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06-28-2009, 12:36 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 584
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fihsboy
That would be an AWESOME pipefish and seahorse tank.
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i dont know what he wants to keep yet but i just told him last night hr needs to get on the ball!
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07-04-2009, 08:30 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 584
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today is the day........i think we might get wet.
me and my dad hunted down some good looking base rock yesterday and finished staining the stand.
we have a couple of pieces of pretty well established live rock that were gonna use to seed the tank. the base rock is cooking right now to see if we cant get any phosphates or ther bad stuff out, and we bought a five gallon bucket of salt mix, and a 20lbs bag of aragonite.
pics later!!!
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