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Moved the new tank in.

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Mits
, 07-25-2010 at 02:52 PM (1858 Views)
After a couple weeks with the 50 gallon frag tank sitting next to my old 55, I decided that it was finally time to get moving. I borrowed a DIY fish trap from a local reefer and took a few days getting everyone over there. I also had to get some coral off of large rocks that I couldn't fit in the 50, so I got out the rotozip's dry diamond wheel and made some frags. I used the "pegging" method that Marc showed me and I'm loving it so far.



I also made a tower for my RBTA that I hope will keep it contained and away from everything else.



And so I got everything out of the 55 except for the sand, some rocks I won't use in the new one, and all of the hermits and brittle stars. They will end up below the eggcrate in frag tank and I'll never get them out. I'll just pull them out and throw them in the 90 when it's ready. I then moved everything from the 55 out and put the 90 in. Unfortunately in the process I found my yellow bellied hippo tang dried up on the floor behind the stand. Here are some pics from the process.






I'm filling it up with enough water to aquascape, then putting in the rock and sand. The lights will go in the canopy once I've placed all of the rock. I'll keep updating as I progress.

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Updated 07-25-2010 at 06:51 PM by Mits

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  1. Hat39406's Avatar
    Very nice! Are you going to have the canopy for the 90g line up with the top and bottom of the 50g? That would be cool looking too! ;-)
  2. Mits's Avatar
    It'll be just like the stands. It will look like one really long canopy. It's just easier to hold off putting up the canopy until I have the rock and sand in there. It's sitting in my garage ready to add light and put up.
  3. Hat39406's Avatar
    Its going to look awesome! ;-)
  4. Rydr119's Avatar
    I like the idea of the 2 tanks next to each other like that.
  5. Mits's Avatar
    I got it filled with sand, water, and aquascaped. There are some hermits, a fighting conch, and two brittle stars in there now as well. Unfortunately the canopy isn't a perfect fit as it was for the dry fitting in the garage, there's about a quarter to half inch between the two with a sliver of light coming out. I'll have to figure that out later. The sand was by far the hardest part. It's all black sand too. My old DSB is going in the new fuge whenever I get the 55 cleaned out. My aquascaping is MUCH simpler this time around, but the use of pegging will allow me to add more coral than I could before. It's 3 structures standing apart, with the center one being a tower for the RBTA. I'll add pics of it for my next blog update.
  6. Hat39406's Avatar
    Hey, put a piece of molding in-between the two canopys. Just stain or paint it the same. It will look good I believe. :-)
  7. Hat39406's Avatar
    Hey Mits, did Melev have a article on pegging? What size drill bit you used? ;-). I have some frags to hang and believe thats a cool way o f doing it, makes it stronger too I bet!
  8. Mits's Avatar
    He didn't have an article on it, he just linked me to one that he knew of. I use 3/16" rigid airline tubing with a 3/16" masonry bit. A little superglue puts it on the plug nice and securely. The good part is that it can be popped or cut off if the person you trade with doesn't need it.
  9. Hat39406's Avatar
    Thank ya Mits, I think my hermits tend to knock over my frags with just glue to the rock. That seems more secure.