Northbay-reefer 210 .... rebuilding project

[northbay-reefer]

Bring the house to Tom and he'll fix it right up

Jeremy, now you got the idea

Patchin, I do have a big enough lot that your house can sit on temporarily :bigsmile:

 

[northbay-reefer]

ok more rock work, this is not done yet, but you can see the progression

 

[northbay-reefer]

If I grow the corals on the branches of this bonsai, they will become leaves of this tree, the trunk will probably be zoos or other encrusting monti

 

[seminolecpa]

Nice!

 

[northbay-reefer]

Thanks, I am creating a big round arch to connect to the curved rock on the right hopefully it will turn out nice, I'll have pix when done.

 

[Elite]

look very cool Tom...

 

[patchin]

Very imaginative.

 

[northbay-reefer]

Thanks guys, What I notice about matured tank is that they tend to be so overgrown that its hard to keep clean so after 10 years or so, the tank has a tendency to crash, if you are doing bare bottom then things can be cleaned easier, I always like sand so if I am going to do a sand bed, I need to make it open and easy to vacuum to avoid a crash latter. This open structure also will help with flow. Some of you are wondering how I am going to keep live rock? Well most of the live rocks will be in the 90 gal dark bare bottom Refugium with no macro algea.

 

[tuberider]

Very, very nice Tom. You are very smart thinking about the final product years down the road instead of chucking it together to make it "look pretty"

 

[adolfo425]

Looks very good. Can't wait to see pic of it all running and stocked.

 

[RavieReefer]

I like your rockwork. 8)

 

[northbay-reefer]

Thanks guys, I can't wait to put it all together and see what it looks like inside the tank with water and lights.

I am in North Carolina right now moving my fiance' to Cali .... so no updates yet :bigsmile: can't wait to come back home and sleep in my own bed and work on the tank.

 

[Reef Keeper]

What's the reason for rinsing / soaking lace rock in vinegar?

 

[northbay-reefer]

I just want to disinfect it, once everything is done i'll pressure wash it and soak it in salt water for several days before putting it into the tank ... its better to be safe

 

[xinumaster]

That's nice stand and canopy, Tom. I should hire you to redo mine.

 

[northbay-reefer]

Thanks Perry, that cabinet took me a year to finish, are you sure you want to wait that long? lol ....

 

[Elite]

Tom must be working for the Union.. put in one nail -> break time -> put in another nail -> lunch time ....

 

[northbay-reefer]

Tom must be working for the Union.. put in one nail -> break time -> put in another nail -> lunch time ....

LOL I think that is why they moved me into Management :bigsmile: I get to skip the nailing, the breaks and just go for a long lunches

 

[Reef Keeper]

Hi,

Is this the same Perry that fragged the Meteor Shower Cythestrea for the MARS Swap yesterday. If so, it is an awesome piece and so glad to have it on my reef.

Thank you,
Joel

If not, enjoy the picture anyway; and I'm sorry to cut in on this thread....



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[northbay-reefer]

Well, the rock work is done, but I wasn't able to do anything for the last month because I crashed my bike and ended up in ICU ....lol .... but now I am back and still vaguely remember all of you ....lol j/k ... I'll have more pictures real soon