~ Todd's 125g ~ Part IV~ Building of the Reef~

[TJL]

Well, here we go and again and just two years since I started up my 75g. The 125g has finally started, sand in and clearing up

corals being transferred into temporary tank to get at base rock, 1/3 of tank at a time

To be continued, Todd

 

[fall0n]

Man, can't wait to see the next stage!!

 

[eww]

Keep the pics comin'. We've all been waiting a LOOOOOOONG time to see this......

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[trido]

Finally.........................

 

[user 2204]

Wow, looks like you beat me to the finals. :lol: Looks great Todd.

Cheers,
Alex

 

[TJL]

OK after spending most of the day dismantling the aquascape in the 75g came to the realization that I had waaaay to much sh*t in there. It's always a little sad to break down a system even when going bigger-n-better. Yet definitely time overdue as was starting to lose corals from over shading/growing each other plus the normal aggressions from being to crowded.

lil 75g lookin rather empty...

temporary 20g lookin kinda stuffed and only one fatality, hungry Acan ate most of one of my favorite Favia

and a couple pics of the new aqauscape under construction in the 125g, going for a dual diagonal LR islands trench type look and counter clock-wise gyre flow

Letting things mostly settle out today and will be setting up Apex and working on LED lighting


Cheers, Todd

 

[fall0n]

Ahhh yeah, and it begins. Lets see how many times the rocks move about! LOL

 

[tamarindthai]

tagging along here,can't wait to see the light on,great work already in progress,,cheer my friend

 

[rainydave]

Looking good!

I'll have to swing by and take a look up close.

 

[fall0n]

Looking good!

I'll have to swing by and take a look up close.

x2! Once it's up and going, will have to make a trip north to check it out!

 

[Peppie]

Well it is finally wet! The rock scape looks great. How long will the corals be cramped up in the 20?

 

[jill]

Just beautiful Todd.

 

[trido]

Looking good Todd. Glad I made it over to hog up a couple hours of your time. Its a well thought out great looking system that should provide you with years of problem free reefing.

 

[Chichas01]

looking good! what is that large colony in the center of you 20 gallon?

 

[TJL]

Thanks All, cannot wait to have all livestock within the new tank and everything dialed in. Been stressfull as expected, moving or transferring always has some complications and one of these times would really like to do it mistake free... lol... This time by cramming all those corals into a 20g even though temporarily should not have placed the Killer Acan in with all those defenseless corals, it killed most of a favorite Favia :rip: then the infected biomass sluffed off and ended up in the middle of my huge Birdsnest colony :frusty: :tape2: Now will have about 50 small frag colonies. Just about finished with aquascape enough to set all the corals and maybe Friday to move Hawaiian Fish from QT to thier new home. My plans of having the Fuge lights finished and Apex unit programmed now delayed until this evening / tomorrow morning.... oh well back to it.


Cheers, Todd

 

[rukis]

Well its been a few days!!! Whats goin on over there? I wanna see some new pics or i might come a knockin if we dont get an update!! Haha

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[rainydave]

Earl and I stopped by yesterday to see the progress. It is looking great.

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[TJL]

Thanks Dave and Earl for stopping by as was a much needed break in this seemingly never ending chore of transferring everything just a mere 10 feet. 98% of corals in place and no real re-aquascapes, been attacking this like a game of Chess always planning 3-4 moves ahead. Well.... back to it... hooking up the Apex Controller and then finally transferring the Hawaiian Fish out of QT this morning... then pic update.




Cheers, Todd

 

[user 2204]

Great chatting with you and seeing your new system up and running. Give me a call if you need any assistance with anything.

Cheers,
Alex

 

[TJL]

OK, a sneek peek before I get overwhelmed or frustrated with the Apex setup.

temporary lights so colors are not there yet

Cheers, Todd