57g Illuminata build... feedback/opinions/thoughts please! - Page 2

jgalvin · 11/30/2011, 01:07 PM

looking good, let us know if they butterfly works out in your tank. i thought they picked at corals. congrats on your first saltwater build. just when you think your tank is perfect, something will always come up (but that's what makes the hobby so fun).

smellslikeTUNA · 12/03/2011, 11:46 AM

Well, jgalvin managed to jinx me! lost the copperband after 4 days to some kind of bacterial infection. I did pick up this sweet little zoa, pretty sure it's Eagle Eye can anyone confirm?

jgalvin · 12/05/2011, 02:25 PM

err sorry about that. i just bought a glass top from oceanic for my illuminata (arrives wed), every time i said everything was good, a fish would jump out :-( sorry to hear about your fish.

smellslikeTUNA · 12/05/2011, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgalvin

err sorry about that. i just bought a glass top from oceanic for my illuminata (arrives wed), every time i said everything was good, a fish would jump out :-( sorry to hear about your fish.

meh, I was probably in over my head going with a butterfly anyways. Also made me realize that I would rather focus on coral for this tank. Where did you manage to find a top? you should post some pics of how it looks after you get, would be interested to check it out.

Tetra84 · 12/07/2011, 11:28 PM

Nice tank!

I'm just ordered the same one, should get it in a month or so In the meantime, I was going to build a stand for it. I know the dimensions are 36x18x21, but what is the length, width, and height of the black border on the bottom of the tank?

Thanks,
Paul

jgalvin · 12/08/2011, 01:21 PM

i've lost my share of corals as well :-(

I will post pics of the glass top for the illuminata this weeekend (my LFS called yesterday that it has arrived), i couldn't find anything on the top other than on the oceanic site. i also bought clear plastic mesh from a fellow reefer so going to constuct the mesh top as well (you'll see many with that) and choose with of the two works best (maybe glass in winter, mesh in summer since i don't have a chiller). If it just ruins the look of the open top, i'll just continue to risk the loss of fish carpet surfinig. BTW, got the glass top for $39 from my LFS duing a 20% everything off sale (the illuminata top retails for $49).

smellslikeTUNA · 12/10/2011, 07:42 PM

Don't have too much to update on, but I've noticed the hammer has started to grow and open up more since I started dosing kalk through my ATO ~2 weeks ago. Had to scrap a tiny aipstasia off the side of my glass last night. Other than that not much going on, planning on a couple new corals after xmas... probably at least one piece of SPS to see how it handles being under a single kessil. Here's a few updated full tank shots.

smellslikeTUNA · 12/10/2011, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tetra84

Nice tank!

I'm just ordered the same one, should get it in a month or so In the meantime, I was going to build a stand for it. I know the dimensions are 36x18x21, but what is the length, width, and height of the black border on the bottom of the tank?

Thanks,
Paul

36"L x 18"W x 21"H, black trim is 1 1/2"

mjhall85 · 12/10/2011, 08:00 PM

looking good! how many times have you re aquascaped the tank haha

smellslikeTUNA · 12/10/2011, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjhall85

looking good! how many times have you re aquascaped the tank haha

Thanks, more times than I can remember in the first week but haven't really touched it too much since.. I'm pretty happy with it now. I did try and change up the angles of the pics a little bit so maybe is just looks like I've rescaped since the last pics?

mjhall85 · 12/10/2011, 08:11 PM

It's possible. I just started to plan my new tank

smellslikeTUNA · 12/10/2011, 09:51 PM

Oh boy... changing out a filter sock > walk into kitchen > walk back into living 30 seconds later and find this! hah!

mjhall85 · 12/10/2011, 09:56 PM

AHahaha the cat wants fresh fish!

wantacookie · 12/11/2011, 12:29 AM

I'd call the damsel "cha-ching" for when I cashed it back in at the LFS!

smellslikeTUNA · 12/11/2011, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wantacookie

I'd call the damsel "cha-ching" for when I cashed it back in at the LFS!

Looks like he might become sushi before that happens haha! Really though the damsels been great so far, don't think ill have to return him

reeftanknewbie · 12/11/2011, 11:02 AM

this is a great looking build. You picked out some nice equipment and did a great job on the aquascaping. I would suggest taking the damsel out as well as they are known to get aggressive and territorial with other community fish. You could always put him in the refugium below. Now would be the time before he gets established territory within the tank and before your tank is full of corals as they are fast and hard to catch.

Ranlexus · 01/02/2012, 08:28 AM

Hey any updates ?

okbishop · 01/02/2012, 11:19 AM

loks good

smellslikeTUNA · 01/03/2012, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ranlexus

Hey any updates ?

Came home from 2weeks of holiday vacation and after leaving the tank in the hands of my sister in law I came home to only some excess algae on the glass luckily (although my hammer receeded a little I think from missing its feedings of my frozen blend). Picking up some new frags today with the gift certificates Santa brought! Will post some pics tonight

yellowRubi · 01/06/2012, 12:59 PM

hey we need new pics!

smellslikeTUNA · 01/06/2012, 01:17 PM

Got some new updates! Picked up 4 new frags recently and a GBTA last night... here's some pics

Green birdsnest with blue polyps (starting to color up more then the pic shows)

A small frag of some type of acropora I believe (it's very blue) will try to ID after it grows out a little

Here's the GBTA.. he was out for the few hours he was in the tank last night and was in the same spot this morning but when the light kicked on he crawled into the rockwork... hoping he adjusts to the tank and comes out to play soon he's beautiful ~3" across

Acan frag... ID anyone?

Also picked up a small orange/purple zoa colony (not pictured), and discovered this macroalgae growing out of my rock I think it is red grape algae.. kinda cool

I'll post a FTS later tonight to show the placement of these guys in my tank!

jgalvin · 01/08/2012, 02:04 PM

looking good, love the picture of the cat, my 3 cats pay no attention to my tank.

smellslikeTUNA · 01/09/2012, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgalvin

looking good, love the picture of the cat, my 3 cats pay no attention to my tank.

Thanks! did you end up sticking with the glass top? any pics?

smellslikeTUNA · 01/09/2012, 04:22 PM

new zoa colony

Better shot of the GBTA

Lola the clown, pretty sure that she has began hosting the hair algae on my overflow haha!

maybe she'll make the move to the nem

Seagars · 01/09/2012, 04:27 PM

nice tank and pix

12/03/2011, 11:46 AM	#27
smellslikeTUNA Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 453	Well, jgalvin managed to jinx me! lost the copperband after 4 days to some kind of bacterial infection. I did pick up this sweet little zoa, pretty sure it's Eagle Eye can anyone confirm? __________________ -Great minds don't think alike, they innovate!- 57g Oceanic Illuminata \| Kessil A150W 10K LED \| 1x 453nm Stunner \| Trigger Systems Sump/Refug \| Reef Octopus NWB-110 Skimmer \| RKL+ System \| 2X Evo 750gph \| BFS RO/DI

12/10/2011, 07:42 PM	#32
smellslikeTUNA Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 453	Don't have too much to update on, but I've noticed the hammer has started to grow and open up more since I started dosing kalk through my ATO ~2 weeks ago. Had to scrap a tiny aipstasia off the side of my glass last night. Other than that not much going on, planning on a couple new corals after xmas... probably at least one piece of SPS to see how it handles being under a single kessil. Here's a few updated full tank shots. __________________ -Great minds don't think alike, they innovate!- 57g Oceanic Illuminata \| Kessil A150W 10K LED \| 1x 453nm Stunner \| Trigger Systems Sump/Refug \| Reef Octopus NWB-110 Skimmer \| RKL+ System \| 2X Evo 750gph \| BFS RO/DI

12/10/2011, 09:51 PM	#37
smellslikeTUNA Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 453	Oh boy... changing out a filter sock > walk into kitchen > walk back into living 30 seconds later and find this! hah! __________________ -Great minds don't think alike, they innovate!- 57g Oceanic Illuminata \| Kessil A150W 10K LED \| 1x 453nm Stunner \| Trigger Systems Sump/Refug \| Reef Octopus NWB-110 Skimmer \| RKL+ System \| 2X Evo 750gph \| BFS RO/DI

12/11/2011, 12:29 AM	#39
wantacookie Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 219	I'd call the damsel "cha-ching" for when I cashed it back in at the LFS! __________________ Current Tank Description 40b w/ DIY stand and DIY 29g sump/fuge

12/11/2011, 11:02 AM	#41
reeftanknewbie Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Effort PA Posts: 1,067	this is a great looking build. You picked out some nice equipment and did a great job on the aquascaping. I would suggest taking the damsel out as well as they are known to get aggressive and territorial with other community fish. You could always put him in the refugium below. Now would be the time before he gets established territory within the tank and before your tank is full of corals as they are fast and hard to catch. __________________ 80 gallon Blue Line rimless tank, 40 gallon breeder sump, DIY ATS, SWC 160 cone skimmer, ocean revive LED. Current Tank Info: 80 gallon blue line rimless tank

11/30/2011, 01:07 PM	#26
jgalvin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 123	looking good, let us know if they butterfly works out in your tank. i thought they picked at corals. congrats on your first saltwater build. just when you think your tank is perfect, something will always come up (but that's what makes the hobby so fun).

12/05/2011, 02:25 PM	#28
jgalvin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 123	err sorry about that. i just bought a glass top from oceanic for my illuminata (arrives wed), every time i said everything was good, a fish would jump out :-( sorry to hear about your fish.

12/07/2011, 11:28 PM	#30
Tetra84 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 321	Nice tank! I'm just ordered the same one, should get it in a month or so In the meantime, I was going to build a stand for it. I know the dimensions are 36x18x21, but what is the length, width, and height of the black border on the bottom of the tank? Thanks, Paul

12/08/2011, 01:21 PM	#31
jgalvin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 123	i've lost my share of corals as well :-( I will post pics of the glass top for the illuminata this weeekend (my LFS called yesterday that it has arrived), i couldn't find anything on the top other than on the oceanic site. i also bought clear plastic mesh from a fellow reefer so going to constuct the mesh top as well (you'll see many with that) and choose with of the two works best (maybe glass in winter, mesh in summer since i don't have a chiller). If it just ruins the look of the open top, i'll just continue to risk the loss of fish carpet surfinig. BTW, got the glass top for $39 from my LFS duing a 20% everything off sale (the illuminata top retails for $49).

12/10/2011, 08:00 PM	#34
mjhall85 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Phoenix,AZ Posts: 535	looking good! how many times have you re aquascaped the tank haha

12/10/2011, 08:11 PM	#36
mjhall85 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Phoenix,AZ Posts: 535	It's possible. I just started to plan my new tank

12/10/2011, 09:56 PM	#38
mjhall85 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Phoenix,AZ Posts: 535	AHahaha the cat wants fresh fish!

01/02/2012, 08:28 AM	#42
Ranlexus Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Temple Pa Posts: 215	Hey any updates ?

01/02/2012, 11:19 AM	#43
okbishop Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: tulsa Posts: 38	loks good

01/06/2012, 12:59 PM	#45
yellowRubi Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Streamwood,IL Posts: 677	hey we need new pics! __________________ 48x36x20h tank & 40x20x16h Sump - NanoSeaCreations 2x MP40 Quiet Drives, SKIMZ SM161 , Water Blaster HY-7000 Return ATI T5/LED 48"Powermodule, Apex with all the goodies,2 BRS Reactors

01/06/2012, 01:17 PM	#46
smellslikeTUNA Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 453	Got some new updates! Picked up 4 new frags recently and a GBTA last night... here's some pics Green birdsnest with blue polyps (starting to color up more then the pic shows) A small frag of some type of acropora I believe (it's very blue) will try to ID after it grows out a little Here's the GBTA.. he was out for the few hours he was in the tank last night and was in the same spot this morning but when the light kicked on he crawled into the rockwork... hoping he adjusts to the tank and comes out to play soon he's beautiful ~3" across Acan frag... ID anyone? Also picked up a small orange/purple zoa colony (not pictured), and discovered this macroalgae growing out of my rock I think it is red grape algae.. kinda cool I'll post a FTS later tonight to show the placement of these guys in my tank! __________________ -Great minds don't think alike, they innovate!- 57g Oceanic Illuminata \| Kessil A150W 10K LED \| 1x 453nm Stunner \| Trigger Systems Sump/Refug \| Reef Octopus NWB-110 Skimmer \| RKL+ System \| 2X Evo 750gph \| BFS RO/DI

01/08/2012, 02:04 PM	#47
jgalvin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 123	looking good, love the picture of the cat, my 3 cats pay no attention to my tank.

01/09/2012, 04:22 PM	#49
smellslikeTUNA Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 453	new zoa colony Better shot of the GBTA Lola the clown, pretty sure that she has began hosting the hair algae on my overflow haha! maybe she'll make the move to the nem __________________ -Great minds don't think alike, they innovate!- 57g Oceanic Illuminata \| Kessil A150W 10K LED \| 1x 453nm Stunner \| Trigger Systems Sump/Refug \| Reef Octopus NWB-110 Skimmer \| RKL+ System \| 2X Evo 750gph \| BFS RO/DI

01/09/2012, 04:27 PM	#50
Seagars Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Parrish, FL Posts: 1,084	nice tank and pix

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