Tikis return to the hobby, 40B

[VacavilleFC]

Marineland 40B

petco stand

penguin 350 hob

Jeboa SOW-4 and SOW-8

Popbloom RL60 light.

InkBird heaf/cool controller

40lb Caribsea aragonite select

40ish lbs of rock from my previous tank

 

[VacavilleFC]

cycling

 

[VacavilleFC]

day 10

good diatom bloom going on

have 10lbs of premium rock coming from gulf live rock on tuesday

also ordered a hygger titanium heater cause I dont like glass ones

 

[VacavilleFC]

found my old refractometer and TDS meter in the garage.

 

[Darkxerox]

found my old refractometer and TDS meter in the garage.

Be sure to calibrate!

 

[VacavilleFC]

im super tempted to delay cycling a few days, and add a 20long sump/refugium.

buy a eshopps eclipse S, drill the tank, jeboa dcp 250 return.

I built my past sump. just gotta run to Lowes to have some glass cut.

it makes everything so much easier to fit, skimmer,ato. and gives me a play for macros and bad hitchhikers

my only hang up is the cost, itll be about $250

 

[VacavilleFC]

forget going out to Lowe's. i have a laser cutter and some acrylic. im going to design and cut my own baffles this morning. gonna do a 5 baffle system like my previous tank with a nice fuge in the middle.

already did a test piece to make sure my k40 is still working since I hadn't touched it in several years

 

[clownvan]

love this. I may have to hit you up when I am ready for the sump life.

 

[PjFish]

Mesh or panel top?

 

[VacavilleFC]

20 long purchased, drew out the baffles and cut them out real quick

 

[MichaelB]

20 long purchased, drew out the baffles and cut them out real quick

Is that a cat?

 

[VacavilleFC]

Is that a cat?

it is a cat.

 

[MichaelB]

it is a cat.

Pic? I have a few myself, they finally quit trying to sleep on top of the tanks in the last few months. Though they still try to play in the sump when cabinets are open

 

[VacavilleFC]

building a canopy to prevent that already. currently siliconing sump, will pay cat tax later

 

[MichaelB]

building a canopy to prevent that already. currently siliconing sump, will pay cat tax later

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Canopy equals cat bed and high perch but will keep cat hair from tank.

 

[PjFish]

Is that a cat?

That would be a cool dog!

 

[VacavilleFC]

shelf for the sump to sit on cut, need to laminate it and seal the edges still. have laminate left over from an old project

 

[VacavilleFC]

might have been a little premature but I stopped by islander coral today in fairfield and picked up 2 zoa frags. blue hornets which haven't opened back up yet and some crazy pink rimmed.

tomorrow the tank goes in for surgery and gets its sump/refugium added

 

[MichaelB]

Zoas and softies are pretty tough actually a good first choice with the exception of some of the more finicky expensive zoas. Some of those can melt on you over night.


Zoas, leather corals and easy mushrooms are all good first choices. Than lps.

 

[VacavilleFC]

sump is plumbed, forgot to make enough water to fill it lol