In Wall - going for it! - seeking your ideas/feedback/advice

[sgwill122]

I like how it looks, now all you need is a frag tank for your frag tank.

 

[spongebob lover]

Hi guys,
been a while since I've posted - the twins are doing great but are a LOT of work. They are awesome - both are putting on weight and are smiling and have even started cooing in the last couple of weeks. I can't wait till them start giggling.

The tank seems to be going fine although I have been lacking on maintanence lately. I lost a few LPS (an elegance & a few modern corals) but most all of my acros are doing really nice and growing fast. My brother came into town last weekend and the two of us worked on a fun little project. a Frag tank re-do. Using egg crate, some Krylon spray paint, a couple 1/2" dowels, and some scrap acrylic from Tap Plastics we created a 2 level ampitheather look alike type rack. It's probably not the opitmal design for flow, but it's really good for viewing so we'll give it a try for a while and see how it goes.

Here are a couple pics:

HEY DOOD !!! so the twins are out and you haven't posted pics?? !! what are their names? did you have 2 boys or 2 girls or 1 boy and 1 girl ??? sorry but you gotta tell us the details , how's your lovely wife doing? is she getting any sleep ? .
i'm glad to hear from you dood .

 

[Darthv247]

All i have to say is WOW !! i just read nearly every single post of this thread in less than a weeks worth of free time. I just wanted to say its a hell of a tank and you did one hell of a job planning it all out.

Also im starting to think i want to get into the SPS again very nice.

 

[class clown]

Some updated pics of the tank...

Pink lemonade

bali bonsai

 

[trido]

Awesome Ben!!! Thanks for sharing

The 77 pages in this thread says so too.

 

[class clown]

Here are some the rest of them...

RPEs

Bleeding Apple Scoly- spendy,but love it!

Aqua Delight & blue prostrata

Majestic is getting big!

 

[dailydriven911]

Wow amazing stuff Ben! You have quite the collection! I think my p/l frag is about the same size as yours!:lol:

 

[Myteemouse]

Could you frag me a piece of that Pink lemonade please.. LOL\

Love the SPS very nice....

 

[spongebob lover]

wwouu very pretty

 

[jamiehill]

Lookin good Ben. Love the bleeding apple.

 

[treehugger]

so i have to ask...with twins how do you find time to keep your tank looking so damn nice? Looking good...hope all is well...great pics

 

[Jan]

Everything is looking really top notch, Ben! Well done!

 

[Myteemouse]

I'm really digging that aqua delight!!!

 

[class clown]

so i have to ask...with twins how do you find time to keep your tank looking so damn nice? Looking good...hope all is well...great pics

ha ha.. Jeff I have to be honest - My hands are in the tank very little these days - algae builds up on the walls and every so often I'll scrape it off and snap some pics.. trust me, most of the time it doesn't look that clean.

Water changes are pretty easy for me b/c I have a drain tied into the house (Duane's awesome idea). So water changes take me only a couple minutes or so when I do them.

other than that.. knock on wood... the hands off approach seems to be doing me pretty well (so far).

 

[CarlaW]

Very, very nice!!!!!!! That is a nice idea on the frag tank, what size tank for the frags?

 

[class clown]

Very, very nice!!!!!!! That is a nice idea on the frag tank, what size tank for the frags?

Hey Charlie - I did a 40breeder for the frag tank. it worked out pretty well. I think it's a good size/shape for a frag tank

 

[tamarindthai]

Ben,,your tank your corals looking pretty good,,good grow keep it up the great work,,yes,,with the twin tank look like this ,,when twin grew up i think,,you will need the biger tank

 

[tamarindthai]

Ben,,your tank your corals looking pretty good,,good grow keep it up the great work,,yes,,with the twin tank look like this ,,when twin grew up i think,,you will need the biger tankthanks for sharing

 

[CarlaW]

Hey Charlie - I did a 40breeder for the frag tank. it worked out pretty well. I think it's a good size/shape for a frag tank

Great, that is the tank I was thinking of going with Ben. I don't quite know if I will get the theater look, but I am glad things are working out good for you. Take care of them twins!!!!

 

[class clown]

Hi gang,
Well Kelly and I have decided that we are going to put our house on the market so this will probably be the last set of nice photos of the tank unless someone decides they want to buy the house with the tank. Unfortunately, a big ole $15k in wall fishtank only appeals to about ummm... 0.2% of the population :lol::lol::lol: (the finest 0.2% of the population I might add). Its sad, but this has been an incredibly enjoyable project and I don't regret a thing. I've met tons of great people b/c of RF and PSAS. I'll be back in the hobby in a few years (I'm sure) but for now I'm going to take a break.

Here are a few photos taken by Jarod (Jivephotopraphy) on Sunday. I'll slowly start to put things up in the livestock for sale forum, but If you see something you gotta have, make me an offer (good homes only please). Not everything is for sale, but I can probably get you a frag at minimum.

the madness...

Lobo & crazy eyes

Aussie Acan, orange favites, blastamussa wellsi

Aussie Red Scoly, harlequin, ORA spongodes

bleeding apple scoly, green ric

bleeding apple scoly

tyree undata, crocea clam, blue zoos

Tyree sunset