Hop's 300 gallon in-wall build - Page 42

Reeftanks6 · 12/06/2009, 12:27 PM

Looking good hop! Well done

Hop · 12/06/2009, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by elegance coral

Beautiful as always Hop! That's cool how your mandarin came out to get its picture taken. I've never had one that adventurous.

Thanks EC! He/she is rather adventurous for a mandy. It will come out when I have my hands in the tank and curiously inspect my hands.

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Originally Posted by Reeftanks6

Looking good hop! Well done

Thank you! It is slowly getting there. I need to do a better FTS and stitch it together so that it shows all the things that are not visible in a normal pic. The pride of the tank is how the zoa and few other things are really spreading.

elegance coral · 12/06/2009, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hop

Thanks EC! He/she is rather adventurous for a mandy. It will come out when I have my hands in the tank and curiously inspect my hands.
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That is really cool! You haven't checked to see if you have a boy or girl? If the first ray of the dorsal fin is longer than the rest, you have a "he". If it's the same size as the rest, you have a "she".

Hop · 12/06/2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by elegance coral

That is really cool! You haven't checked to see if you have a boy or girl? If the first ray of the dorsal fin is longer than the rest, you have a "he". If it's the same size as the rest, you have a "she".

I think it was ID'd as a she a while back, but I just keep referring to everyone in the tank as it, they or he/she

elegance coral · 12/06/2009, 01:04 PM

Well, at least it's kinda hard to make a mistake that way.

Hop · 12/06/2009, 01:22 PM

I just hope it doesn't cause any insecurity issues. I can't afford therapy for them right now

Reeftanks6 · 12/06/2009, 01:39 PM

Yea that would be great

jenglish · 12/06/2009, 01:41 PM

Transgendered fish therapy... I wonder if you can bill for that

Chris3323 · 02/18/2010, 11:57 AM

Does anyone have any idea why i cannot see the majority of the pictures posted on this thread? I was trying to show my girlfriend what i want to do but now i can see no pictures. I can see his sketchup but not any photographs.

MplsMan · 02/18/2010, 01:23 PM

Chris,
have you tried to post them in photobucket and posting them thast way?
i do that and works great, it's free as well.
here is what i use.

http://photobucket.com/

Hop · 02/18/2010, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris3323

Does anyone have any idea why i cannot see the majority of the pictures posted on this thread? I was trying to show my girlfriend what i want to do but now i can see no pictures. I can see his sketchup but not any photographs.

Because I let my website expire and the pictures died with it. Sorry, maybe I'll discuss why at a later time. In the meantime, the tank is doing well and I'm happy to have the tank take a backseat in my life while I steer the car for a while

Toddrtrex · 02/18/2010, 02:28 PM

Glad to "see" you Hop.

And glad that you are steering the car for a while, and to quote Son Volt;

"Both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel,
May the wind take your troubles away"

Hop · 02/18/2010, 10:21 PM

Thanks Todd! Sad to say that a hands-off approach to my tank has done more than worrying about it and constantly making sure everything was perfect. My corals are going nuts, the fish are fat and I'm doing about one quarter of the work. I actually enjoy the tank again and combined with a few less other responsibilities, my family life is waaaaaayyyy better!

There were some other personal issues that came up as well, but this forum isn't the place for them:cheers:

Hope everyone is doing well!!!!!

Hop · 05/31/2010, 07:55 PM

Just wanted to stop by since I don't think I've posted in RC since February... Still have the tank and I'm still alive; just too busy to frequent the site as much anymore. Hope everyone is doing well!!!

Well after spending the past few weeks away (and several months away from the tank really) I had some time this weekend to get some much needed work done. Decided to get parts ordered to give the tank some maintenance and otherwise just did a good water change, did some scraping, pulled some weeds and topped off the fluids...

FTS:

FTS part II:

And just a ric...

I'm hoping that in the next few weeks I can start getting some camera time in and really update the tank. I also have some plans on upgrades here in the near future, but I should be getting back into the tank and quit letting it run on autopilot soon!

Bax · 06/01/2010, 06:12 PM

Looks pretty good for auto pilot Hop!

Steve175 · 11/16/2010, 05:01 PM

Hop: Awesome tank, awesome build, and I lust after your wet room [I know . . . I need to get out more]. One quick question, earlier in your thread, you had planned to use a humidity sensor w/ an AC III to control your vent fans:

"It is super quiet and will be tied(eventually) to a AC III with a temp and humidity sensor"

Did you ever do this, was it needed or is temp alone adequate? If you did it, what sensor did you use, how is it hardwired, and what programming?

Thanks in advance both for this and the 100 other things I have learned from your thread!

Hop · 05/24/2011, 11:21 PM

I just can't believe that it has been nearly a year since I updated this thread. Life has just got away from me. At any rate; I had the wife's camera out earlier today and realized it would shoot video, so I just shot a couple seconds of the tank. After playing around I thought I would post a quick proof of life and show the tank still exists. I'm hoping to blow the dust off the camera and start showing some pics again in the near future. The tank needs a little TLC and I'm getting ready to give it some desperately needed maintenance.

I didn't clean the glass, nor have a tripod, so the video is less than crisp and a tad bit shaky...

iwishtofish · 05/24/2011, 11:36 PM

Beautiful - and inspirational! It's good to see all is well!

Bax · 05/25/2011, 05:22 AM

Hop!

Glad to see you and your tank are doing well!

psteeleb · 05/25/2011, 05:41 PM

great video Hop - and great growth since the FTS picture a year ago

crvz · 05/26/2011, 11:34 AM

Be it a ghost?! Tank looks good, Hop!

Hop · 05/26/2011, 12:03 PM

Thanks for all the kind words and welcome! I put together a small three minute video to show things in more detail if anyone wants to take a look...

Thanks again!

Sugar Magnolia · 05/26/2011, 12:09 PM

Hey look everyone! It's Hop!

The tank is looking as fantastic as ever. Beautiful, healthy fish and corals.

Hop · 06/04/2011, 10:00 PM

Thanks SM!!!

Apparently I've spent too much time away from a camera. Talk about trying to relearn how to ride a bike. Oh well; here are a couple pics from yesterday.

psteeleb · 06/04/2011, 10:16 PM

great video

12/06/2009, 01:22 PM	#1031
Hop Carpe Noctem!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 8,548	I just hope it doesn't cause any insecurity issues. I can't afford therapy for them right now __________________ Hop Current Tank Info: 300-gallon in-wall system (mixed reef)

12/06/2009, 01:41 PM	#1033
jenglish Marquis de Carabas Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,523	Transgendered fish therapy... I wonder if you can bill for that __________________ Jeremy Brown liquor never hurt anybody “Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse" Pierre-Simon Laplace I should want to cook him a simple meal, but I shouldn't want to cut into him, to tear the flesh, to wear the flesh, to be born unto new worlds where his flesh becomes my key. Current Tank Info: broken and dry

02/18/2010, 02:28 PM	#1037
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	Glad to "see" you Hop. And glad that you are steering the car for a while, and to quote Son Volt; "Both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel, May the wind take your troubles away" __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

02/18/2010, 10:21 PM	#1038
Hop Carpe Noctem!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 8,548	Thanks Todd! Sad to say that a hands-off approach to my tank has done more than worrying about it and constantly making sure everything was perfect. My corals are going nuts, the fish are fat and I'm doing about one quarter of the work. I actually enjoy the tank again and combined with a few less other responsibilities, my family life is waaaaaayyyy better! There were some other personal issues that came up as well, but this forum isn't the place for them:cheers: Hope everyone is doing well!!!!! __________________ Hop Current Tank Info: 300-gallon in-wall system (mixed reef)

05/31/2010, 07:55 PM	#1039
Hop Carpe Noctem!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 8,548	Just wanted to stop by since I don't think I've posted in RC since February... Still have the tank and I'm still alive; just too busy to frequent the site as much anymore. Hope everyone is doing well!!! Well after spending the past few weeks away (and several months away from the tank really) I had some time this weekend to get some much needed work done. Decided to get parts ordered to give the tank some maintenance and otherwise just did a good water change, did some scraping, pulled some weeds and topped off the fluids... FTS: FTS part II: And just a ric... I'm hoping that in the next few weeks I can start getting some camera time in and really update the tank. I also have some plans on upgrades here in the near future, but I should be getting back into the tank and quit letting it run on autopilot soon! __________________ Hop Current Tank Info: 300-gallon in-wall system (mixed reef)

12/06/2009, 12:27 PM	#1026
Reeftanks6 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: PA Posts: 3,857	Looking good hop! Well done

12/06/2009, 01:04 PM	#1030
elegance coral They call me EC Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: central Florida Posts: 6,208	Well, at least it's kinda hard to make a mistake that way.

12/06/2009, 01:39 PM	#1032
Reeftanks6 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: PA Posts: 3,857	Yea that would be great

02/18/2010, 11:57 AM	#1034
Chris3323 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 102	Does anyone have any idea why i cannot see the majority of the pictures posted on this thread? I was trying to show my girlfriend what i want to do but now i can see no pictures. I can see his sketchup but not any photographs.

02/18/2010, 01:23 PM	#1035
MplsMan Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Mpls,Mn Posts: 540	Chris, have you tried to post them in photobucket and posting them thast way? i do that and works great, it's free as well. here is what i use. http://photobucket.com/

06/01/2010, 06:12 PM	#1040
Bax Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,619	Looks pretty good for auto pilot Hop! __________________ 150 gallon Perfecto with 1500 gph GH overflow / DIY stand-wine bar / Dart Return / SRO XP3000 Ext skimmer / 75 g frag / 40 g fuge / 40 g DIY sump / Orphek P156 & Kessil 150A Current Tank Info: 150 DT/ 40B fuge/ 75g frag/ 40 g sump/ SRO XP 3000 Ext/ TUNZEs & VorTechs circulation/Dart return/ MTC Pro Cal/ UV & Oz

11/16/2010, 05:01 PM	#1041
Steve175 Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1,186	Hop: Awesome tank, awesome build, and I lust after your wet room [I know . . . I need to get out more]. One quick question, earlier in your thread, you had planned to use a humidity sensor w/ an AC III to control your vent fans: "It is super quiet and will be tied(eventually) to a AC III with a temp and humidity sensor" Did you ever do this, was it needed or is temp alone adequate? If you did it, what sensor did you use, how is it hardwired, and what programming? Thanks in advance both for this and the 100 other things I have learned from your thread! __________________ Steve ---------------------------------- Current Tank Info: 2 separate 250G bowfront rimless ELOS tanks plumbed to 260G sump, 220G refugium, 220G frag, BK DeLuxe 300, 400W MH x4, closed loops, 3/4hp chiller x2, Phos reactor, Kalk reactor, Charcoal reactor, Ca reactor, 60G surge tanks, & a huge elec bill

05/24/2011, 11:21 PM	#1042
Hop Carpe Noctem!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 8,548	I just can't believe that it has been nearly a year since I updated this thread. Life has just got away from me. At any rate; I had the wife's camera out earlier today and realized it would shoot video, so I just shot a couple seconds of the tank. After playing around I thought I would post a quick proof of life and show the tank still exists. I'm hoping to blow the dust off the camera and start showing some pics again in the near future. The tank needs a little TLC and I'm getting ready to give it some desperately needed maintenance. I didn't clean the glass, nor have a tripod, so the video is less than crisp and a tad bit shaky... __________________ Hop Current Tank Info: 300-gallon in-wall system (mixed reef)

05/24/2011, 11:36 PM	#1043
iwishtofish Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 4,949	Beautiful - and inspirational! It's good to see all is well!

05/25/2011, 05:22 AM	#1044
Bax Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,619	Hop! Glad to see you and your tank are doing well! __________________ 150 gallon Perfecto with 1500 gph GH overflow / DIY stand-wine bar / Dart Return / SRO XP3000 Ext skimmer / 75 g frag / 40 g fuge / 40 g DIY sump / Orphek P156 & Kessil 150A Current Tank Info: 150 DT/ 40B fuge/ 75g frag/ 40 g sump/ SRO XP 3000 Ext/ TUNZEs & VorTechs circulation/Dart return/ MTC Pro Cal/ UV & Oz

05/25/2011, 05:41 PM	#1045
psteeleb Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 5,249	great video Hop - and great growth since the FTS picture a year ago __________________ A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner Current Tank Info: 110g Mixed Reef, LED's & T5's

05/26/2011, 11:34 AM	#1046
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	Be it a ghost?! Tank looks good, Hop! __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?

05/26/2011, 12:03 PM	#1047
Hop Carpe Noctem!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 8,548	Thanks for all the kind words and welcome! I put together a small three minute video to show things in more detail if anyone wants to take a look... Thanks again! __________________ Hop Current Tank Info: 300-gallon in-wall system (mixed reef)

05/26/2011, 12:09 PM	#1048
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Hey look everyone! It's Hop! The tank is looking as fantastic as ever. Beautiful, healthy fish and corals. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

06/04/2011, 10:00 PM	#1049
Hop Carpe Noctem!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 8,548	Thanks SM!!! Apparently I've spent too much time away from a camera. Talk about trying to relearn how to ride a bike. Oh well; here are a couple pics from yesterday. __________________ Hop Current Tank Info: 300-gallon in-wall system (mixed reef)

06/04/2011, 10:16 PM	#1050
psteeleb Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 5,249	great video __________________ A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner Current Tank Info: 110g Mixed Reef, LED's & T5's