36 Gal Bowfront using all DIY

[aaron]

OK tank has been filled and up and running for a little over a month.
I had to make one major change: swapping out the main return pump (an OR3500) for a smaller Mag 7 . once i had removed the loc-line my micro bubble problem disappeared but the new pump is louder than the old one and the noise of the water in the pipes seems noisier too. I guess its just more air in the pipes as the flow has decreased considerably.

 

[jhale]

the aquascaping looks good. how much of your coral in the triangle tank is going in this new tank?

 

[nanoreefer22]

Aaron,
That looks great! Whens the tank warming party?
-Kris

 

[aaron]

John, all the coral is pretty much upstairs at the moment. I am having some problems with the other tanks so i am giving it an overhaul them i'll see what ends up where.

Kris, was thinking about this sunday, but everythings still a bit of a mess and I havent bothered to call anyone. so i'm not sure.

 

[marrone]

Aaron

The picture of the zoo's, are the ones in the back those that I gave you?

Michael

 

[House of Laughter]

This thread begs the question that patients is key and good, well thought out systems look good.

Bravo Aaron

House

 

[Tonyscoots84]

congrats aaron.. time and patience are key. you now have a beautiful tank... i like it alot... how is that skimmer you made working out for you....

Tank looks great :wow:

 

[joe]

lookin real good!!!!
ur gona have to helpp me with some DIY sometime.

 

[jhale]

hey those shrooms look familiar, did you get them from Kris?

 

[aaron]

Yup shrooms are from Kris. were they your's originally? I always liked them in your tank john.
Zoos are ring of fires from Dean and the ones behind them are from the frag swap at jhales, they were my lucky dip zoos. Not sure if it was a reefer madness ones or not.
Marone, I'm waiting for your zoos to colour up a bit more before i post a pic but they are starting to look real happy.
Thanks everyone, It means a lot to me to get compliments from all of you. yours are the tanks that i have aways aspired to emulate.

Tony, as far as the DIY skimmer goes, its going pretty good, but i'm stilll trying to figure out if it was really worth all the effort. then again it did only cost me about $60.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

not bad.... i figured hey wat the heck ill jus go for the asm g3 and i can diy gate valve on it... lolz.. well if it works out for 60.00 then hey u just saved urself a bunch of money.

 

[jenniebutterfly]

wow, beauuuutiful!!!

 

[aaron]

fish eye

I was going to post these with my tank thread but i cant seem to find it so i'll just put it here. I just got a fisheye attachment for my camera and took a few shots of the living room tank with it,
Pretty cool, a fish eye looking at fish:bigeyes2:

 

[scarf_ace1981]

that is really neat.

 

[Deanos]

I was going to post these with my tank thread but i cant seem to find it so i'll just put it here.

I merged your threads, Aaron. :wink1:

 

[aaron]

thanks Dean,

 

[fritz]

Your tank is awesome! Please post more full tank shots, I'd love to see some.

 

[aaron]

12 Months on

well its 12 months since i filled the tank for the first time.
I recently got rid of one of my other tanks and put as much as i could into this one. Its a little more tightly packed that i would like but at this point I dont want to get rid of anything else.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

The tank looks very nice.

 

[aaron]

Tank update

Latest tank shot update.
Its been a long time since i updated this thread, there's been some growth and everything is looking pretty happy, especially when you look back to the start of the thread.
Thanks to shaun for all the great frags, they make the tank look great.