2LM's Bowfront 72Gallon Reef! (Photo Heavy!)

TWOLITREmedia · 01/03/2013, 08:03 PM

I think everything was floated at this point

Here's my yet named little clown :-) Excited to get out and re explore the new reef!

Here is the beast of a protein skimmer (Reef Octpus BH2000 I believe) still turned off at the moment, and probably will remain that way till possibly tomorrow night.

So after many hours and my back killing me from improperly lifting large buckets with hundreds of pounds in them I decided to turn the light on quickly for a few photos. I was told to keep it off for the first night and turn it on in the morning. Had it on for all of five minutes and felt bad as the frog spawn began immediately reaching out towards the light. Regardless it's night time and it was time for bed anyway.

So all in all a giantly successful day in my opinion. Like I said before I don't think I could be happier with my $700 spent on this set up. Not pictured here is all the testing kits, refractometer, supplements, food (frozen and dry), salt, the RO/DI unit, and just INSANE amounts of other stuff the guy threw in. I felt incredibly bad at times when he helped me do this entire thing along with my three friends because I could tell it was killing him to get rid of it as he had thousands tied up in the hobby he loved. I'm not even sure how he could have left his RO/DI unit twice and flooded his basement to the point his wife demanded the removal of the tank, but I guess as the saying goes his loss....you know the rest.

Here's day 2 of the tank just before I topped off the water level with some salted RO/DI water that's been mixing since the day before.. :-) After this I also got the protien skimmer running, as well as bought and installed a small internal filter to take care of some of the kick up created by the fish flying around. Eventually this will be pulled once my sump system is in place and I change out my power heads for a pair of MP10es.

The set-up from afar....

My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

TWOLITREmedia · 01/04/2013, 12:27 PM

My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

These are awesome, can someone tell me the name of this coral again? It wasn't mentioned in his stock list...Green Polyp Leather?

My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

Button polyps spreading around looking great....I have a question about another colony later on.

My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

My little nemo hanging out around the AWESOME frogspawn!

My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

Some purple mushrooms with neon green spots on them :-)

My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

Can't get enough of my feather duster, there are also two heads of dwarf colored feather dusters as well in a darker spot in the tank that I couldn't get a shot of.

My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

Busy shrimp is busy...

My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

Tuxedo Urchin looking fancy

My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

TWOLITREmedia · 01/04/2013, 12:29 PM

3xAI SOL Blue Units /w Controller! Time for some SPS in the future....

ReefKeeper Elite + extra PC4 and SL1! Woop wooooooop :-)

Ok so last night was a long one! I managed to get ALL my new equipment hooked up, and I was going to post this at 5:00am when I finished but FlickR was taking FOREVER for the upload. Here we go.....

Got the 3 AI SOL modules hung!

Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

Set up the empty HOB GFO reactor to see the fitment. As you can tell, I could already see a problem because the rim of my tank is extremely thick...

Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

So I was told to just notch it!! Worked great....same for the BioPellet reactor.

Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

I realize this was extremely dangerous for myself and my fish but there was no other way. I made sure to route the wires, and cut from a point that the only thing that could ever touch the water was the spinning littl dremmel cutter....which it didnt. I used a fish net under where I was cutting to trap any plastic peices although there was a minimal amount and the chunks came off nicely with a snap.

Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

Ok so the bio pellet reactor I grabbed was a Reef Octopus 70 which is not a HOB unit, so with a little help from Don's stock of odds and ends I began fitting a HOB bracket from another reactor to the ReefOctopus.

Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

Moved the bracket out of the way for you to see the holes I needed to align. I only needed 2 or 3 of the holes to work for the bracket to be more than solid. It's a light weight unit even after the water is in it.

Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

01/03/2013, 08:03 PM	#1
TWOLITREmedia Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 7	2LM's Bowfront 72Gallon Reef! (Photo Heavy!) I think everything was floated at this point Here's my yet named little clown :-) Excited to get out and re explore the new reef! Here is the beast of a protein skimmer (Reef Octpus BH2000 I believe) still turned off at the moment, and probably will remain that way till possibly tomorrow night. So after many hours and my back killing me from improperly lifting large buckets with hundreds of pounds in them I decided to turn the light on quickly for a few photos. I was told to keep it off for the first night and turn it on in the morning. Had it on for all of five minutes and felt bad as the frog spawn began immediately reaching out towards the light. Regardless it's night time and it was time for bed anyway. So all in all a giantly successful day in my opinion. Like I said before I don't think I could be happier with my $700 spent on this set up. Not pictured here is all the testing kits, refractometer, supplements, food (frozen and dry), salt, the RO/DI unit, and just INSANE amounts of other stuff the guy threw in. I felt incredibly bad at times when he helped me do this entire thing along with my three friends because I could tell it was killing him to get rid of it as he had thousands tied up in the hobby he loved. I'm not even sure how he could have left his RO/DI unit twice and flooded his basement to the point his wife demanded the removal of the tank, but I guess as the saying goes his loss....you know the rest. Here's day 2 of the tank just before I topped off the water level with some salted RO/DI water that's been mixing since the day before.. :-) After this I also got the protien skimmer running, as well as bought and installed a small internal filter to take care of some of the kick up created by the fish flying around. Eventually this will be pulled once my sump system is in place and I change out my power heads for a pair of MP10es. The set-up from afar.... My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

01/04/2013, 12:27 PM	#2
TWOLITREmedia Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 7	My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr These are awesome, can someone tell me the name of this coral again? It wasn't mentioned in his stock list...Green Polyp Leather? My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr Button polyps spreading around looking great....I have a question about another colony later on. My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr My little nemo hanging out around the AWESOME frogspawn! My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr Some purple mushrooms with neon green spots on them :-) My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr Can't get enough of my feather duster, there are also two heads of dwarf colored feather dusters as well in a darker spot in the tank that I couldn't get a shot of. My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr Busy shrimp is busy... My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr Tuxedo Urchin looking fancy My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr My Little Ocean - Day 3 by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

01/04/2013, 12:29 PM	#3
TWOLITREmedia Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 7	3xAI SOL Blue Units /w Controller! Time for some SPS in the future.... ReefKeeper Elite + extra PC4 and SL1! Woop wooooooop :-) Ok so last night was a long one! I managed to get ALL my new equipment hooked up, and I was going to post this at 5:00am when I finished but FlickR was taking FOREVER for the upload. Here we go..... Got the 3 AI SOL modules hung! Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr Set up the empty HOB GFO reactor to see the fitment. As you can tell, I could already see a problem because the rim of my tank is extremely thick... Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr So I was told to just notch it!! Worked great....same for the BioPellet reactor. Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr I realize this was extremely dangerous for myself and my fish but there was no other way. I made sure to route the wires, and cut from a point that the only thing that could ever touch the water was the spinning littl dremmel cutter....which it didnt. I used a fish net under where I was cutting to trap any plastic peices although there was a minimal amount and the chunks came off nicely with a snap. Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr Ok so the bio pellet reactor I grabbed was a Reef Octopus 70 which is not a HOB unit, so with a little help from Don's stock of odds and ends I began fitting a HOB bracket from another reactor to the ReefOctopus. Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr Moved the bracket out of the way for you to see the holes I needed to align. I only needed 2 or 3 of the holes to work for the bracket to be more than solid. It's a light weight unit even after the water is in it. Tank Upgrades! by Emilio Ciccarelli \| www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr