KimP

Welcome to the club!

I love the aquascape! Great job.

Ha! Says the guy with no kids yet, lol! Really though, I'm going to give it my best shot. It'd be nice to have the stand framed out by then at least, if not the tank here too.

I started a build thread for this. It's so exciting!!

Equipment list that may or may not be used on the tank, from the top down: 4 a360n Kessils, 2 a360w Kessil Hopefully there won't be any powerheads, but I have a couple big controllable Tunze's that I'd use if needed Closed loop with a Waveline DC 10000 II for variable speed flow controlled by the Apex 2 return pumps, mag 5s, one of which has a manifold that will run: Chemipure Blue possibly biopellets in the future if needed Skimmer - Tunze ComlineDOC 9006 and am pretty happy with it. I'll stick with this one for now even though it's probably undersized. Bubble Magus 3-channel dosing pump - dosing alk and phytoplankton Ultralife UV 16W - may use if needed Tunze ATO 12" custom spectrum BML strip used to light the sump. Currently it's lit 24/7 Heater - Controlled by the Apex. Apex Jr to control the whole thing with temp & pH probe. 2 Penn-Plax Silent Air B11 battery operated back-up air pumps. 1 for tank 1 for sump I think that's about it! I'll update as things change.

This may prove to be one of the slowest builds in history, but here's it goes!! We bought this house in Dec (thanks JeeperTy) and right away I noticed this arch, visible from all of downstairs and some of upstairs, that is screaming "please put a tank here!!!". The opening is 50" wide and the current plan is to leave the wall mostly alone, and build the stand around it. In this pic you can see there is a little divider wall and I want this side of the stand to come out even with that. So that limits me to 11" on each side and a 30" x 48" tank. Yesterday I managed to get a hole cut in the wall to peek in and see how it's constructed, and where any wires are located. Here goes nothing!! And here's what I found top bottom It's constructed just how I expected. I was able to put that rectangle right back into place to keep curious kiddos out. I'm glad that part worked out! Timfish handled the move of my 90gal from the old house and while he was here I enlisted his help with this new build. A couple things we talked about are: having an external overflow, closed loop for circulation, leaving the wall studs as-is (figure something out with that wire) and having a sump possibly in 2 or 3 parts and have it run in between the studs, having drywall on the green side so it looks just like it was part of the house all along, and on the kitchen side having the stand be skinned in cabinetry that matches the kitchen. It'd be nice to have a section separate for the controller and other electronics. I plan on only accessing the tank on the tile floor side, but I plan on having access on the hardwood floor side too, just in case it's needed. Trying to think of ways to do that with drywall. Nothing is set in stone yet, but I'd like to get the tank ordered asap. Now that we know what the wall looks like, we can plan where any holes might go, and I can get the tank ordered and drilled. The lights will hang from the arch and if I can do it, I'd like to have the wires for the lights go strait into the wall and run down inside the wall. Tim mentioned using a tray that the lights would poke down out of to keep things really clean looking vs the bar they hang from now. That's about it for now! I'll list the equipment I have and general plans for the tank later. Everything in my current tank will transfer. Thanks in advance for any input. I'll need lots of advice on this one!

If it's soft I'd say sympodium.

Mine's doing great. It's always open and looking good, nothing seems to bother it.

I just caught up on your thread. Things are sure coming along nicely! I hope everything transitions well to the leds.

Wow, that was impressive for no experience!

We'll be there! 2 adults 2 kids

Welcome to the club! This is a fun hobby to do with kids.

I vote option 2 also!

Welcome to the club! I hope the move goes smoothly.

Did you retest alk? Alk swings can definitely make coral unhappy. If that's right,I think you have the right idea to skip dosing until it comes back down to where you want it. I like your "listen to Tim" step, I need to do that too! And yes to getting more swimming bioload

Good to see you around!

Good luck with the move. I just moved and it sucked! I hope everything makes the move okay, you have a gorgeous tank with so much color!

Lol, I've wondered if this kind of thing ever really happens.

I finally caught up with your thread. Glad to see everything moved over well and survived the ich outbreak. It almost hurt to see the pic of your old tank mostly empty. So did you get it emptied on time to sell it? You should post a fts of the whole new tank, stand and all.

That is neat looking!

Sounds like a fantastic idea! I'm glad you decided to join in!

What a neat build! It's going to be SO nice to have a fish room with all of your supplies and equipment!

Welcome to the club!

I don't know about that macro, interesting. I got one of those springer damsels too, after reading your recommendations. It was hard to tell if he ate any flatworms in my big tank with all the other things in there. That's cool how you could tell how many he ate in the pico since he's the only fish! Have you noticed needing to change your maintenance since adding it? Hey, we made it one year with our picos! You should post a fts

That's so cool! I have a microscope too I need to pull out now!