Allow me to introduce my 36G mini-reef @ 2 mths

[DRZL]

I'm just BowFrontin'

My 36G BF is looking decent enough to post up so a manly semi-journal shall be made. I snapped up some quick, I will try to do better next time.

Quick Specs

2 mth old upgrade
36G barebottom bowfront
40G Breeder Sumpfugium
250w 14K Phoenix DE MH
135W total Act 03 PC
Mag 9.5 SCWD return w. DIY glass external overflow
Mag 9.5 blowing on ground for crap removal
DIY EAP Euro-reef (Pulls out as much a regular ER)
DIY FOAM BACKDROP
80 lbs fiji LR =30 lbs display 50lbs in sumpfugium
tsunami auto-topoff connected to 10G reservioir
Coil Dentrator
DIY Stand made from a gutted out antique dresser

Let me know what ya think

 

[DRZL]

This was an upgrade thus explains why i have as many corals as i do at just 2 mths

 

[Deanos]

I've been following your thread over at nanoreef.com...and the tank looks amazing here too. Nice work!!

Dean

 

[jackson6745]

Love the aquascping and the 14k Phoenix looks great but you need some frags in that tank

Really awesome job so far!

 

[bad coffee]

nice. Come to the fragswap next month and fill that sucker up!

I finished building the stand for my 20, and the VERY next day saw a 36bf at the store and I cried. I really like the dimesions of the 36!

B

 

[ctxmonitor]

That is a very nice tank indeed.. Great aquascaping!! It looks like a steady uphill from bottom to top..

 

[ctxmonitor]

oh, do you have a pic of your EAP Skimmer? I am in the process of making one up.

 

[holyherbiness]

IMO, looks like too much rock.
doesn't look like fish have many places to swim through. just the front

 

[DRZL]

Damn wasnt really expecting much responses, everywhere ppl are real apathetic to say anything. Thank you all

The 14K is a helluva bulb, im not even turning on my ACT 03 at all, dont need it!, and the shimmer lines look cleaner, this was switched out from a 10K SE XM, nothing skipped a beat, and that bulb was INTENSE.

Bad cofee,
I know of someone who has a 36G BF they are going to switch out from. Her name is jenniebutterfly @nano-reef.com and she lives in brooklyn. Ask her about it, she need a stand for her 29, maybe you could trade. just a heads up.

I will post pic of my ghetto 40G breeder BB sumpfugium soon, my EAP is in there, takes out a lot of sh1t

Holyherbiness
The tank is actually really spacy, the wall only stick out a few inches out and i aquascaped it to have 2 islands, not a full right to left rock stack. It has a lot of caves, and the middle of a bowrfront sticks out gradually to 15-16 inches, where most of the space is so they can swim. Most of my 80 lbs rock are in my fuge.

This week i am going to see a local and get about 10 frags, mostly monti digi's but all colors, maybe some millies. Also i am actively on the lookout for a nice teardrop. So hopefully next week will be a good week to help fill it up.
Ive never been to a MR.com frag swap but i'm def interested. when is the next?

Andres

[ February 21, 2005, 02:03 PM: Message edited by: DRZL ]

 

[jenniebutterfly]

haha drzl, i am not getting rid of my bow front, it is going to be a lion tank. but i am looking for a decent priced solid wood stand for my 29

jen

 

[DRZL]

ahhh i see, thought the bowfront was going bye bye. Just trying to help a fellow reefer out, ya know.

by the way it is a sweet tank
what?, im not biased?

 

[jenniebutterfly]

hahaha i understand. if i do eventually decide to get rid of it, i will post it here

jen

 

[bad coffee]

I've resigned to keeping my 20. I've put alot of work into it (check out the stand/canopy pic in the nano tank thread)

It turned out much, much better than any piece of furntiture I've built before. I like it too much to sell it. And my roommates won't even let me set up a quaranteen tank, so another whole tank is out of the question!

Jenny, how complex of a stand are you looking for? If you can wait until the weather gets warmer (and dryer) I can build you one in my backyard.

BC

[ February 21, 2005, 09:14 PM: Message edited by: bad coffee ]

 

[ctxmonitor]

hey BC, why are you offering free stand now.. While you at it, put me down for a new stand too.. lol..

Currently setting up a 75 gal tank myself... I just build one for myself. But I have bad woodworking skill, though.

[ February 21, 2005, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: ctxmonitor ]

 

[bad coffee]

Who said anything about free? Cheap maybe, but not free!

BC

 

[DRZL]

Originally posted by bad coffee:
Who said anything about free? Cheap maybe, but not free!

BC

LMFAO

 

[ctxmonitor]

Originally posted by bad coffee:
Who said anything about free? Cheap maybe, but not free!

BC

Cheap or very cheap is consider free sometimes..

LOL

 

[MrAnderson]

Hey DRZL, what's crackin?

That's a very cool setup you made there, I gotta give up the props for putting some uncommon techniques combined with some good imagination into that tank. You're definitely pushing the envelope between the great-stuff foam and the epoxy-sand BB. I've seen both, but not together in one tank. Good job.

One question, when the foam finally cures, what color is it? Did you have to paint it? I thought I saw a comment about marine paint in this or the NR thread.

BTW, your avatar CONSTANTLY cracks me up.

 

[DRZL]

Thanks for the kudos. Its hard for me to not have done it, i feel like i have to be my own TOTM in my own mind...lol.

The foam turns yellowish (downside) but coralline algae is growing on it covering it up and my zoos are expanding.

 

[DRZL]

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