My 75gal coral addiction tank

[whatsagoodun]

double post does not equal double fun

Me likey :-D

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Whoah large project, plenty of ‘nooks and crannies’ to keep an eye an eye on though, I suppose. Substrate gets overlooked often, it is clearly an area that could provide flexibility in smaller tanks. In tanks your size; it could be good to build a floor cavern. If that makes sense? Do you have a webcam or would you have one or know of any hobbies / shops that do this?

Oh and I do not need the distraction at work

Pretty sure watching my reef while working in a warehouse with large pieces of equipment would be against some OSHA standard somewhere

 

[whatsagoodun]

double post does not equal double fun

Very clever concept, seems to be iddllic in most scenarios to implement a little creativity and darkness where possible.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Yup I’m not awake enough for some things

 

[whatsagoodun]

Oh and I do not need the distraction at work

Pretty sure watching my reef while working in a warehouse with large pieces of equipment would be against some OSHA standard somewhere

OSHA never takes a day off :-]

 

[Reefing_addiction]

OSHA never takes a day off :-]

Lies

 

[whatsagoodun]

Lies

Seil

 

[whatsagoodun]

Lies

SeiL

Oh and I do not need the distraction at work

Pretty sure watching my reef while working in a warehouse with large pieces of equipment would be against some OSHA standard somewhere

I’ve monitored a tank with a webcam for awhile and the Shrimp were surprising most active then, equally territorially that’s one of the significant times in a tank.

 

[Reefering1]

So the corals are probably hiding all my caves lol

 

[Reefing_addiction]

They tried and failed


ROCKY MOUNTAIN CORAL EXTRAVAGANZA today!

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Coral show goodies

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Plumbing dry fitted ….will look at it again tomorrow…likely I will glue all the stuff together then fill the tank with regular water to verify no leaks…..I’m thinking Tuesday I will start the water….. I can only mix about 20g at a time unless I mix it in the tank …..

 

[F i s h y]

Plumbing dry fitted ….will look at it again tomorrow…likely I will glue all the stuff together then fill the tank with regular water to verify no leaks…..I’m thinking Tuesday I will start the water….. I can only mix about 20g at a time unless I mix it in the tank …..

With no sand or rocks you can mix in tank. Fill it, dump in salt, and let's get it on....

 

[fishguy242]

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[Reefing_addiction]

With no sand or rocks you can mix in tank. Fill it, dump in salt, and let's get it on....

Well guess I know what I’m doing on Tuesday!!!

 

[felda001]

Oh and I do not need the distraction at work

Pretty sure watching my reef while working in a warehouse with large pieces of equipment would be against some OSHA standard somewhere

OSHA never takes a day off :-]

 

[Reefing_addiction]

What size heaters should I go with?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

I’ve decided to bring a small nem and a green octospawn to the LFS tomorrow for credit….. I usually buy my salt water from them so this will keep the new tank inline with the current tank.

I’m gonna buy a 5g and Icecap ATO from marketplace … will be able to pick that up tomorrow afternoon.

So I should have sand and rocks in the tank tomorrow. Not live rocks just the ones I put together for the aquascape. So don’t need heat right away. Once the heaters come in I’ll get the tank up to temp and then start moving rocks from the 75s sump to the new tank.

the inkbird and the heaters will be here Wednesday - went with a 500 and 300 . Plan is to place both in the sump….maybe. The 75 has one up top and one below but they are on two different controllers.

Still need to figure out how to mount lights.
I have an Orphek Natura Icon and 2 hydras - hydras on the ends Orphek in the middle??? Could I build a 2x4 triangular thingy and then just hang them from that? Tank is 22 inch wide so it would need to only come off the wall maybe a bit more than a foot?

 

[Slocke]

What size heaters should I go with?

2 that are rated for about 100 gallons

 

[Reefing_addiction]

2 that are rated for about 100 gallons

The 500w is rated for 120
The 300w is rated for 75 - think that’s ok?