insomniac2k2
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I've been a very busy guy the last 4 or 5 years, and have found myself neglecting my livestock which have lived very much in spite me. When i first started out in reefing, I picked up a small 70g RR tank that someone was selling off. It was stocked with a few corals, plenty of nuisances, and a bunch of desperate looking fish. I went through all the regular curves that every reefer does, as well as transitioned to little colorful sticks. It was thriving quite well for quite some years. Fast forward 2 moves and 4 tanks later, kids are in competitive soccer, work exploded, and i ran out of steam. I slowly let most of the stuff i liked die off, and the strongest (easiest) coral took over. Somehow through all of that, almost every fish i had since my original tank have survived and thrived!
Now this brings me to today.
My new tank was ordered, my 200DD has been drained and replaced, and my journey begins...again...
Here's what i did:
I put a lot of though of thought in this swap, in an effort to move forward on the new build quickly. All Display rock was basically killed off. This rock was replaced with rock and media which has been in my sump system for quite a long time. Any display rock that I want to keep will now go through a very long cook cycle, and then re-formed into something nice to go back in the display.
I also built a few structures in my spare time. Mostly just for filler for my new baron tank. I will keep some of them. Others will be replaced by whatever i build from my original Display rock.
I decided to consolidate and relocate my sump(s) to another room, and drastically re-plumb everything to exactly how i wanted it. The goal is maximum efficiency and resiliency. Resiliency, i already had a head start on.
My display will be nearly silent when done. I will settle for nothing less. Being that I intend on making this tank pretty torrid while still maintaining sand, this makes it even harder. But it will be done!
I only have one picture of my new baron tank and it's inhabitants (almost none of which you can see atm). I will post a few pics of my ugly but very practical (for me) sump system soon. You should expect to see quite a bit of change over the next 6 months.
Be gentle. I know it doesn't look like much now. It has been quite a bit of overhaul in a very short period. The rest comes with time
Now this brings me to today.
My new tank was ordered, my 200DD has been drained and replaced, and my journey begins...again...
Here's what i did:
I put a lot of though of thought in this swap, in an effort to move forward on the new build quickly. All Display rock was basically killed off. This rock was replaced with rock and media which has been in my sump system for quite a long time. Any display rock that I want to keep will now go through a very long cook cycle, and then re-formed into something nice to go back in the display.
I also built a few structures in my spare time. Mostly just for filler for my new baron tank. I will keep some of them. Others will be replaced by whatever i build from my original Display rock.
I decided to consolidate and relocate my sump(s) to another room, and drastically re-plumb everything to exactly how i wanted it. The goal is maximum efficiency and resiliency. Resiliency, i already had a head start on.
My display will be nearly silent when done. I will settle for nothing less. Being that I intend on making this tank pretty torrid while still maintaining sand, this makes it even harder. But it will be done!
I only have one picture of my new baron tank and it's inhabitants (almost none of which you can see atm). I will post a few pics of my ugly but very practical (for me) sump system soon. You should expect to see quite a bit of change over the next 6 months.
Be gentle. I know it doesn't look like much now. It has been quite a bit of overhaul in a very short period. The rest comes with time