kj23502
lazy dayz
Here's the stand. Not quite done, but done enough to get started. Putting one more support on the bottom before the bottom shelf is screwed in. Will put the cupboard doors on the ends. Will put hinges w/another wood flap to hang down to cover more open space (gap from the top shelf toward the top of the 29g), yet will be able to flip it up to allow more room to work in the tank. May take it off, will have to see how it looks...Not the best stand, but pretty good for us. It was my hubbys 1st wood project and I mostly stood around and watched. We stained everything and then clearcoated doing 2 coats of clear coat.
That's the 75 sitting on top. Will be a cichlid tank for now. The 29g will be sitting on the bottom shelf. I built the stand like this to hide the eheim filters sitting on either side of the 29. Those filters are for the 75g tank.
I painted the back of the tanks with this:
What I have:
1)stand probably cost around -----------------------------$100.00 so far. Will be a bit more by the time I get the doors on the ends done.
2)29 g tank...from previous setup
3)Visi-Therm Stealth Heater - 150W - ---------------------$21.99
4)Refractometer off ebay (works well)---------------------$35.00
5)Dip and Pour Fish Specimen Container - Large---2 for $12.98 total
6)ROWAphos Phosphate Remover - 100 mL---------------$17.49
7)Lettuce Clip - Clown Fish-----------------------------2 for $5.78 total
8)Grid Feeding Clip ------------------------------------------$2.19
9)Glass Canopy - 30 in. x 12 in.(that i now won't use----$18.99
10)Koralia 2 ---------------------------------------- 600 gph $29.99
11)Saltwater Liquid Master Test Kit -------------------------$16.99
12)160g bucket of Reef Crystals ---------------------------$33.00
13) CPR Dual Bak-Pak 2 Skimmer 2nd hand---------------$85.00
14)Spray paint for the background-----------------------------------6.00
15)egg crate for the cover-------------------------------------0.00 Bro in law said take, get it outta here. I didn't protest
16)3 bags of sand----------------------------------------------0.00 bro in law sad take them.
17)about 80 sheets of Nori-----------------------------------0.00 courtesy of a lrc friend.
18) 2 yasha gobies/randall's shrimp with shipping---------$183.00
19)16 oz brine shrimp------------------------------------------$3
20) Marine Cuisine frozen food 3.5 oz-----------------------$6.50 (brine shrimp, krill, mysis, spirulina)
21) 25ish maybe more lbs of lr------------------------------$50
21) 8 Astraea snails----------------------------------------------$15
22) Calcium test -------------------------------------------------$10
23) Reef chili------------------------------------------------------$18
I think I remembered everything. Total is------------------$648.91 so far.
My stuff from Drs Foster and Smith
I'm hoping the specimen containers will be usefull for acclimatizing as well as holding a fish. They are the large ones 8 3/4"H x 3 3/4"W x 5 3/4"L
I bought 2 clown clips so I'll have 1 for my large tank, too.
I'm going to use 4 T5 bulbs for right now. Will be 96 watts. Was told that should be enough for Ricordias. I'll eventually get a 150w metal halide.
Thanks to Ski's advice I kept my empty 55g tank and will use that store R/O water. I don't have an R/O unit yet, but have 2 containers to haul from the store to my house. I'll mix it in another bucket. Probably a small garbage can. Have to look at this yet.
I think that's it for now. Hopefully should get the ball rolling now. Any insights? tips? does it seem ok?
*Gosh darn it, there are some awesome picasso percs for sale right now and I don't have the tank set up to get them yet....
Soon, I hope.
One more thing. There's a guy that posted a 90g tank for sale on our lrc site and I'm second in line for parting out picks if the can't sell it as a whole setup. I stated my interest in some LR and CUC.
That's the 75 sitting on top. Will be a cichlid tank for now. The 29g will be sitting on the bottom shelf. I built the stand like this to hide the eheim filters sitting on either side of the 29. Those filters are for the 75g tank.
I painted the back of the tanks with this:
What I have:
1)stand probably cost around -----------------------------$100.00 so far. Will be a bit more by the time I get the doors on the ends done.
2)29 g tank...from previous setup
3)Visi-Therm Stealth Heater - 150W - ---------------------$21.99
4)Refractometer off ebay (works well)---------------------$35.00
5)Dip and Pour Fish Specimen Container - Large---2 for $12.98 total
6)ROWAphos Phosphate Remover - 100 mL---------------$17.49
7)Lettuce Clip - Clown Fish-----------------------------2 for $5.78 total
8)Grid Feeding Clip ------------------------------------------$2.19
9)Glass Canopy - 30 in. x 12 in.(that i now won't use----$18.99
10)Koralia 2 ---------------------------------------- 600 gph $29.99
11)Saltwater Liquid Master Test Kit -------------------------$16.99
12)160g bucket of Reef Crystals ---------------------------$33.00
13) CPR Dual Bak-Pak 2 Skimmer 2nd hand---------------$85.00
14)Spray paint for the background-----------------------------------6.00
15)egg crate for the cover-------------------------------------0.00 Bro in law said take, get it outta here. I didn't protest
16)3 bags of sand----------------------------------------------0.00 bro in law sad take them.
17)about 80 sheets of Nori-----------------------------------0.00 courtesy of a lrc friend.
18) 2 yasha gobies/randall's shrimp with shipping---------$183.00
19)16 oz brine shrimp------------------------------------------$3
20) Marine Cuisine frozen food 3.5 oz-----------------------$6.50 (brine shrimp, krill, mysis, spirulina)
21) 25ish maybe more lbs of lr------------------------------$50
21) 8 Astraea snails----------------------------------------------$15
22) Calcium test -------------------------------------------------$10
23) Reef chili------------------------------------------------------$18
I think I remembered everything. Total is------------------$648.91 so far.
My stuff from Drs Foster and Smith
I'm hoping the specimen containers will be usefull for acclimatizing as well as holding a fish. They are the large ones 8 3/4"H x 3 3/4"W x 5 3/4"L
I bought 2 clown clips so I'll have 1 for my large tank, too.
I'm going to use 4 T5 bulbs for right now. Will be 96 watts. Was told that should be enough for Ricordias. I'll eventually get a 150w metal halide.
Thanks to Ski's advice I kept my empty 55g tank and will use that store R/O water. I don't have an R/O unit yet, but have 2 containers to haul from the store to my house. I'll mix it in another bucket. Probably a small garbage can. Have to look at this yet.
I think that's it for now. Hopefully should get the ball rolling now. Any insights? tips? does it seem ok?
*Gosh darn it, there are some awesome picasso percs for sale right now and I don't have the tank set up to get them yet....
Soon, I hope.One more thing. There's a guy that posted a 90g tank for sale on our lrc site and I'm second in line for parting out picks if the can't sell it as a whole setup. I stated my interest in some LR and CUC.
I'll just run the eheims off that still and have a little rock in the display tank. Again, thats down the road if ever.
Tape pencil on there for reference in comparison to the eraser on the pencil. May be right for a jawfish burrow 
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