KrautBurner's lil' Piece of Ocean...

[jag3534]

Wow, that tank crash sucked!! Yikes. Glad it's all back together now. I love the midas blenny! I'd like to get one of those in our upgraded tank! Good lookin tank!!

 

[KrautBurner]

thanks guys,


I'm not on this site much.


btw,
had another crash
this time in the other direction.

while it was really hot out the end of july/begining of august
I was out of town for nearly a week,
my timer (lighting) **** itself and I had 24hours/day of 720 watts of light for an unknown number of days (while the house was over 90*

when I got home the tank temp was over 92*
just about all SPS frags died
and the tank looked like **** for a while.

it's recovering now.
not gonna try sps again

 

[shelbyguy]

/wave


nice set up

 

[WABlonde]

Oh Hi! Wanna see your tank!

 

[KrautBurner]

Oh Hi! Wanna see your tank!

let me know if you're in the Bremerton area,
I'm more than happy to show my tank (it's not exactly show worthy)

 

[KrautBurner]

Tank Update

here's some updated pics of the tank and what I'm doing...

kitsap county reefers • View topic - KrautBurner's 75 Gallon (soon to be 90 Gallon) Phishey Tank

I'm in the process of building a tank stand for my newly aquired 90Gallon tank.
not looking forward to the tank swap, but I am looking forward to having it done.

hey all,

my name is Russ, I live in East Bremerton (near fairgrounds)
I've been reef-keeping for about 5 years now

here's some pics of my current tank (from another forum)
(I'm also on several reef keeping forums, under the same user name)




KrautBurner's 75Gallon Phishey Tank

here's my FB album Facebook

this is my 75gal Salt Water "Reef" aquarium.

as of September 2011 it has:
- ODYSSEA 760 Watts of lighting (2x250w Metal Halide, 4x65w PC actinic)
- ECO 1056 GPH return pump
- ASM Mini "G" Protein skimmer
- 24watt UV Sterilizer "Green Killing Machine"
- CPR Medium HOB Refugium
- 120 lbs of "Live Rock" 50 lbs "Live Sand"


sorry,
all my pics are from my phone.
(I'll have to try and get some pics with my good camera pretty soon)

here's a pic from a few days ago

here she was about a year ago

here's a shot of my RBTA (it's about 8" across, was about 2" when I got it about a year and a half ago)

this is my Torch Coral that I won at a local PSAS raffel (last year I think)

this is a rack of rescue/trial frags that I got about a year and a half ago.
as well as my toby puffer thinking it's a buffet table

those photos were taken with my Phone,
I took some with my real camera,

hopefully will get them uploaded soon.[/quote]

 

[KrautBurner]

tank stand progress

started working on the stand (2 weeks ago, havn't done anything since)

searching other build threads, I decided I would basicly copy this design for the frame

I went slightly oversized, want a larger sump inside, as well as a small ledge for trim work
I love having a TALL tank stand, I believe it gives the tank much better presance in the room

it's 36" tall (will be just under 37" tall with the top and bottom)
and 48" long 19" deep


here's the stack of wood I had access to (for free)
it's "local" Port Orford Cedar (actually more of a cyprus) from near Coos Bay, Oregon

it was milled into 1x6 Toung and Groove planks that we milled the toung and groovs off, and cut to length

here is my friend Casey helping me throw a few screws into that wood
(it's heald together with over 50 2.5" fine thread drywall screws, as well as a couple dozen 1-5/8" screws)

it seems pretty stable so far.

just needs to be sheethed with Plywood
and have the doors made
then caulk and paint.

 

[KrautBurner]

and here's some from last month

couple with my dottyback
SeaHawk Zoa's

cool little Monti with Yellow tips

Everyone coming out to say hi

 

[KrautBurner]

update...

finally mid way thru the upgrade to a 90G
I should have it up and running this weekend.

I'll try and get some pics posted

 

[KrautBurner]

hello all,

currently, the tank consists of:
- ODYSSEA 760 Watts of lighting (2x250w Metal Halide, 4x65w PC actinic)
- ECO 1056 GPH return pump
- ASM Mini "G" Protein skimmer
- 24watt UV Sterilizer "Green Killing Machine"
- CPR Medium HOB Refugium
- 120 lbs of "Live Rock" 50 lbs "Live Sand"
- Korilia Evo 1050gph powerhead

Livestock:
- Pair of GSM clowns http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/clownfish/maroonclownfishyellowstripepair/
- RBTA http://www.marinecenter.com/inverts/anemones/roseanemone/
- 6 Line Wrasse http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/sixlinewrasse/
- Lawnmower Blenny http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/blennies/lawnmowerblenny/

update:
new lights: 2x EverGrow D120 LED fixtures EverGrow D120 16" LED Custom Tuned by BRA - Barrier Reef Aquariums
ASM Mini "G" Protein skimmer (I have a replacement skimmer (waiting on a replacement impeller) Super Reef Octopus NW-2000-INT Super Reef Octopus 2000 Internal Skimmer - Barrier Reef Aquariums

sold the 24watt UV Sterilizer "Green Killing Machine" and CPR Medium HOB Refugium