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just the raw shrimp as far as i know and the live rock maybe

hi every one . i just set up my 29 gal bio cube 2 weeks ago . 40 lb of live sand with nutri sea water i got about 40 LB of rock in it half dry rock half live rock . over the course of two week i never got a spike or a bloom of anything so yesterday i thew in one piece of raw shrimp cut in to...

hi all . hope every one is having a good day . i am back at . last time i was on here i had a 250 gallon tank set up . well just say life kinda got in the way and i had no choice but to let it go . well here i am again but this time since i live in a way smaller house its cant be to big . i...

little update . but sorry no pitchers as of right now waiting for my stuff in the mail but i ordered all new bulkheads and a Reef Octopus Diablo DCS 200 DC Internal Protein Skimmer . i know its more in likely not the best choice of skimmer but the wife gave me a 500 $ limit on skimmer lol ...

WARING this is not going to be a fast build as money allows it will get done Ok so a few days back i posted a thread where my wonderful wife picked up the 220 gallon tank and some equipment for 850.00 for my birthday . the tank is just over a year old . So over the last few days i been...

thanks everyone for the complements . i to am having a hard time not getting it ready to start putting water back in it but i know we are going to be moving here soon to a new house so i have to hold on . i was going to jump in tonight and start getting it clean but it was a ruff day at work...

ok guys and girls lets start this with background of how this all came along . back 2 or so years ago i had a beautiful 55 gallon set up . me and the wife decided that we wanted to raise are boys in the small country town we was raised in so we was going to move from AZ back to IL . when...

looks like your well on your way . good job on that canopy . looks killer

thanks guys . one day i hope to get it inside the house and up and running . thank i am going to ditch the 29 tall sump tho and try to find me a 30 or 40 gall to make my sump

as promised update with pics . about 95% done with the stan . sill need one more piece of trim for the side back panel and then deiced the trim to wrap around the tank it self then make a couple doors then some stain time . tell me what you thank so far

got another small update got some trimming done on the tank . pics wed on my day off so i can finish the trim work first . after that the build will be on hold for a bit . my truck decided to blow its trans and i cant live with out my truck / money maker lol . so soon as i get that paid for...

looks real good bud . happy you came back

lol skill na not me . sad part is all i got a a cheep hand saw and drill . course as you can see i made a mistake and made it a little to wide so i got to correct that i am hopping to tomorrow . but sorta had to put on hold as my truck trans is starting to go and got to drop it off in the...

if you don't mine i am going to subscribe to your build . i am working on a 90 myself and reading your thread has helped me a lot . thanks and keep up the good work

another small up date . got the stan all skinned . still got to cut out the doors holes and make them do some sanding and staining then a lot of trim work . the the canopy will get started . hears a few picks up the update . that tiger wood is going to look killer when i am done

building your own sump is easy and can be way cheaper then buying one already to go . need to measure the inside of your stan . i had a 55 gal rr tank that i fit a 30 gal under but my 55 was a wide tank not tall . sump size it more up to what you can fit under the dt in the stan to what all you...

yea i left the space for it . i really made it one inch wider then the tank just for that reason . also on another note picked up some tiger wood tonight to start wrapping the stan tomorrow since i don't work till 3 pm . still a long ways to go from done . thanks for all the complements

small update . me and my 3 1/2 year old got the skeleton to the new stan done today . this thing is built like a tank . today i picked up 10 2x4s witch cost around 33.00 $ . i bought the the good ones tho not the low grade just due to the weight this things got to hold . here are a few pics of...

jumping in to follow along on you trip sonds like your getting there . cant wait to see it done

thank you every one . i cant wait to fill this bad boy up myself . hoping this weekend to start on the stan and canopy

lol like it says yes i am back . i started on this site about a year ago when i was setting up my 55 gal rr tank . it was a sad day when i have to sell it due to moving back to Illinois from phoenix AZ . i had so much time and money invested into and since i only had three days before the move...

around two weeks only because i work nights and watch my 2 year old during the day . so the only real time i have to work on it was when the wife was off .lol That is beautiful! Nice job!! :grin: I bought my tank/stand off of Craigslist too. Although mine didn't come w/ a canopy. :sad: Of...

thanks . yea the wide open is what i was really looking for since i am only 5.4 tall and at 26 years old i am not getting taller lol . the inside was painted with a gloss white exterior moister residence paint works good

i bought this tank used off clist a wile ago and did not pay att to the wood work before paying for it . when i got it home this is what it looked like not to bad but to plain for me . the wife also did not like the color so we decided to re stain it to a little darker color but wanted to do...

well all the wood work is done . thank god . now its time to start focusing on getting it up and running . it dident turn out to bad considering all i have is a hand saw . one one t5 in the tank right now still waiting on the other light .