Steve's sunlit outside build

Originally Posted by Rhys123

I was actually out by about $1700

Tanks (4x4x2 + 2x 2x2x18) $1200
Skimmer $1000
Calc Reactor 2nd Hand $200
All other tanks 2x 3x2x18 & 3x3x2 $400
4 x Vortechs and battery backup $2500
Lights 3x luenbright reflectors and 2nd hand ballast $600
Laguna return pump 2nd hand $300
Light movment rail $500
Plumbing $1000
Everything else I had heaters live rock etc etc

Cheers

Aussie stubbie holders, priceless

Originally Posted by Stormtrooper

Hi All, I am Steve's mate that he refers to in his post.
I have personally seen what Steve is in the process of doing
and the attention to detail and the quality of the gear is awesome.

It will be great to see when it is up and running - all he needs is some nice cultured Acro's to get it started !

I certainly agree with the comments that supplemental light
is essential with Natural Sunlight in reagrds to SPS & LPS.

David

Hey Dave your way to kind you should drop by and have a look at the shed might change the attention to detail point in your post this is the second time I have taken the roof of and I have to lift the gutters (in my defense the instruction for constructing the shed are crap)

Originally Posted by blacjack

Aussie stubbie holders, priceless

Ha ha ha what Chris is talking about is I have incorporated an Australian version of the euro bracing on the tank (refer to picture below) this came out of a dire necessity and a real construction fault in the traditional euro bracing.

You see with traditional euro bracing you have no where to put your beer and the cans and stubbies continuously fall into the tank (though the fish don't seem to mind to much)

Many a times Australians have cursed while trying to retrieve their fallen beers from there fish tanks so to make sure this did not happen to me I have incorporated triangles at the corners of the tank to allow the easy location of ones beer can or stubbie.

And that's why this type of bracing is called Aussie\Euro bracing

Many a times Australians have cursed while trying to retrieve their fallen beers from there fish tanks so to make sure this did not happen to me I have incorporated triangles at the corners of the tank to allow the easy location of ones beer can or stubbie.



LOL

Funny guy

lol, thanks for the translation

LOL now that is awesome.

Originally Posted by billrob71

Many a times Australians have cursed while trying to retrieve their fallen beers from there fish tanks so to make sure this did not happen to me I have incorporated triangles at the corners of the tank to allow the easy location of ones beer can or stubbie.



LOL

Funny guy

Bill do you think he was joking ? He is serious .

Originally Posted by Thinkin Reef

Bill do you think he was joking ? He is serious .

Serious or not still funny!


Any up-dated pics Steve???

Trust me us Aussies like a beer or 2

Hey All,

Woefully behind schedule (had to go back to work)

Tank is getting water tested this week and should be delivered next week sometime (god knows where I am going to put it).

Shed is finished just waiting for the polycarbonate to turn up.

Picture of the shed



Cheers

Shed looks awesome!!

Lookin pretty good Steve!

Shed looks great. Cant wait till you get the water tests done and get this thing running

Nice job man its comming along.

Cheers guys,

I will be hopefully getting the roller door fitted to the shed this weekend and the drain loop added and the supply from the outside water storage added.

The drain loop will be interesting I plan to have an outlet for water changes plumbed straight into it so simply opening a valve will facilitate a water change and I also plan to have the skimmer waste outlet plumbed straight into it.

If I could come up with a way to have the water from the water change clean the skimmer cup now that would truly be awesome.

Looks great Steve, do you currently have another tank that you are going to incorporate into this new one?

Yeah mate

3x2x2.5

Crappy pic

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Ok I think I remember seeing this tank before, what is the wrasse in the top right corner of the pic?

I just changed pics it would have been my Peppermint Hog, Masuda's Hogfish (unfortunately he gave up the ghost after being a stable resident for several years).

Are they clam safe?

I would believe so I don't have clams but he never bothered anything of mine reef wise.

Definitely not shrimp safe though I saw him once open his mouth wide and suck back a couple of peppermint shrimps I had just added.

I believe they are pretty expensive to purchase in the States though (pretty expensive here as well).