Stryker's 270g inwall build

[stryker]

Terry, you need to show me how to take pictures!

Lol, I'm the wrong person for that charlie... I'm just using a old dslr in auto. Got lucky on that shot of the crosshatch cuz she likes I pose.

can you redo my rock work.

Anytime bud, Lmk and we can shake up your pile of rocks and see how they land...heheh

What T5 bulb combo are you using? I really like the look of it.

Bulb combo...
Front
Kz superblue
Kz superblue
BML actinic LEDs (RB, CB, UV)
Kz Fiji purple
Kz 10k
Kz Superblue
BML actinic LEDs (RB, CB, UV)
Kz superblue
Kz superblue
Back

When they are all on, it's very blue and bright. So I run a staggered bulb schedule with a midday spike.

What ever happened with the tank situation? U decide to just live with it?? Tank looks good, I like the aquascape!

Thanks, I really like your scape too... Reminds me of Evads' old rockscape! I'm over the stains... Posted exPlaination few pages ago.

 

[OCReefMadness1]

Terry,

Welcome back to the hobby...I will see you soon. You do not go with the bare bottom tank.

Tony

 

[OCReefMadness1]

Nice Aquascape!

 

[Allen Oswalt]

This looks soo amazing!

 

[BeanMachine]

The back tonga supported on the shelf magnets? Looks real nice. Could be more blue though but real nice nonetheless.

 

[sps4mytank]

welcome back terry....progress is awesome....I am actually surprised you did sand this time. Your the one that convinced me barebottom was way to go. Glad your still around the corner from me.

What did you use for sump, skimmer.

 

[tofucube]

Rock work looking amazing. Lots of room for coral placement all over.

 

[Confuse]

Bulb combo...
Front
Kz superblue
Kz superblue
BML actinic LEDs (RB, CB, UV)
Kz Fiji purple
Kz 10k
Kz Superblue
BML actinic LEDs (RB, CB, UV)
Kz superblue
Kz superblue
Back

When they are all on, it's very blue and bright. So I run a staggered bulb schedule with a midday spike.

Nice! Any reason for going all KZ bulbs over the more popular ATI?

 

[Zoarder]

Nice! Any reason for going all KZ bulbs over the more popular ATI?

Kz are awesome! That's all I run, along with a coral +

 

[stryker]

Welcome back to the hobby...I will see you soon. You do not go with the bare bottom tank.

Tony

Thanks Tony, hope to see you back soon too. Talk to you soon. I still like the natural look of sand even though BB is way more practical. Will see how long I hang on to it this time.

This looks soo amazing!

Thanks so much for the kind words Allen!

The back tonga supported on the shelf magnets? Looks real nice. Could be more blue though but real nice nonetheless.

Good eyes Cody! I wanted to get a look at the tonga shelf before I cemented it together so I used the Magnetic racks to support the sides. It's holding pretty good so might just leave it. It is really blue actually. I just turned the blues and LED's off for pics so I don't have to white balance.

welcome back terry....progress is awesome....I am actually surprised you did sand this time. Your the one that convinced me barebottom was way to go. Glad your still around the corner from me.

What did you use for sump, skimmer.

Hi Ken, good to be back. Didn't realize how much I missed having a reef! Now I feel whole again, lol. Heres a pic of my sump...

54.5 x 30 x 22T raceway designed to hold max volume so I can water change up to 50g and leave everything running. Still setting all the axillaries up, but I want to be able to drip my new water changes in slowly like my last system. Haven't set up the reservoirs yet so still doing splash and dash water changes for now. Skimmer is a Bubble Magnus curve 7... skims well but we wills see how it does when the bioload ramps up. Come by and visit sometime neighbor!

Rock work looking amazing. Lots of room for coral placement all over.

Thanks Vu, now all I need it corals to place all over...

Nice! Any reason for going all KZ bulbs over the more popular ATI?

I have had luck with both brands but always been a fan of KZ.

Kz are awesome! That's all I run, along with a coral +

Coral+ is a great bulb too!

 

[erictorres0311]

Really nice tank

 

[stryker]

Really nice tank

Thanks you Eric!

here's a top down from the back of the tank...

 

[stryker]

Orange mushrooms with green specs... poor man's jawbreakers, lol.

Long tentacle green toadstool...

Disco Inferno...

Potential...

 

[stryker]

Aubrey's (my 3 year old) fish Cari had some cotton fuzzy white stuff growing on her fins and a grey wart bubble near her tail. I've been worried about it infecting the other fish. Gonna set up my UV sterilizer soon. In the mean time I picked up another cleaner wrasse to replace the two I lost and he has cleaned up Cari quit a bit... she only has a bit of cotton fin left and the grey blister is gone... awesome!

 

[dodgerblew]

Looks great Terry!

 

[stryker]

Looks great Terry!

Thanks rik! Hopefully we can catch up soon!

 

[jeffreylam1132]

Nice build you got going there, Terry. I really like the design of that sump. Who's the maker of the sump?

 

[stryker]

So I got Tigger (Crosshatch) a buddy. Both triggers were tank mates in a 150g system originally from Blue Ocean Aquatics. Tigger is 4.5" and the "Trix" (the new one... the kids love to name all the fish, kinda fun actually) is 4". After acclimation, I released "Trix" to reunite with his tank mate. Look what happened...

http://youtu.be/U-R0h2mN_7Y

 

[jeffreylam1132]

That's really cool, both are definitely in love. All those swimming room.

 

[tofucube]

That was awesome. Coolest thing I've seen all day.