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Haha wow!

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Keep an eye on Staples, I got basically 2 for 1 APS a couple years ago

That’s fantastic! I picked up an IM20 long and was considering making it a seahorse tank, if I go that route be prepared for me peppering you with questions!

Geat pics! You have to isolate, otherwise they'll get gobbled up in your DT, by literally EVERYTHING.

Bump!

I really like this idea - outside of the Holidays.. I'm almost tempted to say anything from 11/25 - 1/15 should be a blackout. Kids are out of school, holidays, relatives, travel, Black Friday sales - it's a lot.

I'll be in Tahoe until 1/11/25 (wtf 2025?!) - free any time after that afaik. WC location works for me ;)

Petco! 20% off code: BLACKFRIDAY20 (free shipping over $35) https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/red-sea-salt-bucket-55-gallon-3867312 BRS has 160-200gal boxes on sale: https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/aquarium-salt-mix-red-sea.html

40% off select Brightwell products, doorbuster so may be short lived! Edit: select hannah checkers as well https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/brands/brightwell.html

I was going to ask the same, grabbed the 200gpd a day or two ago.

Rough layout of lights. Don't give me a hard time, it's what I've got laying around (old 26HDs)! I have some OR2s as well I can supplement with for now if needed, until I can go for some XR-30s or HD64s. Might have to sell a kidney.

Meanwhile, the tank was still full of sand - we got enough rock and sand out to move it, again time sensitive so we had to haul ass. That's a 5 gallon bucket, half full, after moving it twice now. Breaking through the top crust, it was STILL damp/wet, which naturally added weight throughout the...

As I mentioned, they had a nice t5 system - which I yanked, because I'm a modern man, dammit! Had some old rails - so I chopped them and made adjustable (fwd, back, left, right, etc...) - and it's universal enough I can shoehorn any brand/type/size as long as the bracket fits the light.

Dismantling, to start cleaning

In the sump:

Crushed coral is what I had back in the 80s-90s, and was "standard". But now? Oof, a lot of controversy around that.

It was - years of moisture and salt, it took some "persuading"!

Step ONE - pull doors As you see from the pic above, screws were in bad shape and I had to drill a few out. Aside from that here are some good pics of what kind of state I was dealing with:

I put the sump back underneath, just to have some room, but this should give you an idea how literally CRUNCHY everything is. Zoom in on the sock - that is basically cement in there.