+KimP Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Lol, baby willing I'll get these hung today I'm in middle of getting the toggle bolts in the ceiling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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victoly Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Is that a south Austin medical center blanket on there ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 are those pulleys so that you can raise your light and tie it off higher? *saving photo for plagiarism purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Is that a south Austin medical center blanket on there ? Na, just an old towel that I use for my tanks. I had my baby at home in the bedroom It does look like that though! are those pulleys so that you can raise your light and tie it off higher? *saving photo for plagiarism purposes. Yep, it's the hanging kit from AI. I really like it, very sturdy and easy to raise & lower. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 I have a lot of cord clean up and ignore the aquascaping, that will be done later, but we have light! Also it turns out they don't come with the cable to connect them to each other so I'll have to buy those. Here are my 4 a360n kessils 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Next on the list: hook up the sump, get the equipment running underneath, and hook up the apex system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsalt Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 The tank is coming along, very nice. I am glad I did pulleys on my canopy. I can't wait until I get my 4 36" LED's so that all of them do it. Again nice job on the tank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm so jealous your lighting is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 wow, that looks great. and it went together quickly, too. i guess the vodka dosing on the baby did wonders to nap time. oh wait, that was someone else doing the vodka dosing, nevermind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) wow, that looks great. and it went together quickly, too. i guess the vodka dosing on the baby did wonders to nap time. oh wait, that was someone else doing the vodka dosing, nevermind. Dennis,You are a rascal. I enjoy your sense of humor. Kim, I saw those lights used on clams at Aqua-dome. Very awesome. I was with my grand kids who were so impressed to see clams react to people as I passed my hand thru the light beam. In that respect, you should consider clams in your tank. They have been used effectively as nutrient processes as a dual food crop with marine Talapia. Patrick Edited June 3, 2013 by subsea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 wow, that looks great. and it went together quickly, too. i guess the vodka dosing on the baby did wonders to nap time. oh wait, that was someone else doing the vodka dosing, nevermind. Dennis,You are a rascal. I enjoy your sense of humor. thanks, i try. i'm pretty sure that's why most people put up with me, anyway. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Sweet Jesus. You're gonna get a sunburn if you stand too close to those lights. That's some serious power. Nicely done on the hanging hardware. Very cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 I've managed to mount the apex and get it all connected, along with mounting the UV sterilizer and reactor. I still need more parts to hook up the return. Now I need to tackle this mess. This is where my ato jug is supposed to sit. What do y'all do with the power supplies from lights or other equipment? I have 4 from the lights and 2 from powerheads. They are quite warm too. I'll definitely run a fan under here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I use a wire rack to hold most of my bulky power supplies. I used a ton of zip ties and adhesive wall mounts to keep my wires up off the ground. http://www.amazon.com/Startech-HC102-Adhesive-Cable-Mounts/dp/B00008VFBE/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1371066534&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=screw+in+zip+tie http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-5E08-FastTrack-24-Inch-Basket/dp/B0009J5NU4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hg_2 Something to keep in mind is how you wire things that will be there permanently (ie most of your apex equipment) vs things that you will likely have to unplug and remove for maintenance (powerheads, heaters, skimmers, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 I use a wire rack to hold most of my bulky power supplies. I used a ton of zip ties and adhesive wall mounts to keep my wires up off the ground. http://www.amazon.com/Startech-HC102-Adhesive-Cable-Mounts/dp/B00008VFBE/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1371066534&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=screw+in+zip+tie http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-5E08-FastTrack-24-Inch-Basket/dp/B0009J5NU4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hg_2 Something to keep in mind is how you wire things that will be there permanently (ie most of your apex equipment) vs things that you will likely have to unplug and remove for maintenance (powerheads, heaters, skimmers, etc). Do you have a picture somewhere of how things are organized in your stand? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wizardx322 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) mounter your power strip also so its not on the ground and i used zip ties to clean up wires and the power supply i made sure they were not on the ground. i had my mp40 driver get wet and had to get a new one. on my 90 i notice things i mount inside the stand get rusted or salt creep and stuff so on my 190 i mounted everything on a board outside the stand and mounted the board on the wall Edited June 21, 2013 by wizardx322 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippwalters Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Great build... am looking forward to following this thread. Please, more FTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Great stuff Kim....Hadn't seen your build in awhile. Lights and scape are really cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Finally an update. I was gone almost the entire month of July. It was great to just let the tank do it's thing without me messing with it everyday, but a few corals got flipped over, knocked down, or pushed under rocks. All in all nothing major like I was expecting. I have the apex up and running on a very limited scale. At the moment it's just turning on and off the lights and turning the return pump off for the automatic feeder for 20 min a night. I took the feeder off and I'll do bigger feedings maybe twice a week now that I'm back. The livestock so far consists of a tail spot blenny, cleaner shrimp, decorator crab, dartfish, emerald crab, a bunch of little feeder shrimp, hermits, and various snails, mostly nassarious. I have one dwarf moray eel hanging out in briansrocks' sump that I need to go get. That'll be my next addition. I'm disappointed in the dartfish. I've only seen it out once for a second. I know I shouldn't be surprised but I figured with no competition and having been in there a month, he'd come out once in a while. It was from divers den. I can always see his eye in the hiding spot under the rock. It was actually a trio but I assume the other 2 might be dead, although they could certainly be hiding as well. The blenny is awesome though. I figured he'd be the one I'd never see but he's always out chilling on a rock somewhere and swimming around. Cool little fish, not too small at all for this size tank! One big problem/dilemma I'm having is about the shrimp and decorator crab. They are both the stars of the tank right now, especially the crab. Always walking around doing something my son and husband enjoy. Problem is they are tearing up my dendros, fungia plate, and constantly moving anything on the sandbed around. Flipping them over, burying them, etc. I set this tank up for my boys to enjoy, which means mostly fish and critters like that, but I can't resist putting corals in there. I need to decide soon what I can give up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Well, that seems like a bit of good news (yay) and bad news (dang, sorry). overall, it's coming together well. Tough choice about the coral vs. critters. Or they only bothering the corals on the sandbed? From what I understand the dendro could go anywhere since it is an nps. Mine has never seemed to react to being moved around or the light strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 No, the dendros are in a dark spot on top of a rock. The others are on the sandbed. Maybe I should try putting them higher. The crab travels all over the tank though, high and low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 My experience with the crab is he's always out and about and everyone does love him and if your tank has any algae he'll be your super star. If he can't find anything to eat then he will look for food and that means in your dendros if he has to. I would try throwing some macro in there but mine did better once I fed him some seaweed. Since your dendros are all still open then I wouldn't worry too much about it since if he was doing anything bad to it then it would of been dead by now. Here is a vid of the eel He's in my bubble trap/ rock rubble area. I tried throwing a plastic water bottle with mysis to entice him but he hasn't taken the bait so we'll be using nets and as fast as he is it's going to be fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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