BlazinJacks big tank build discussion!

[Haulin Oates]

View attachment 18899 aquascape done! What do y'all think?

 

[FinsUp]

Just awful. You should redo the whole thing! JK! Looks good.

 

[Haulin Oates]

Well, since I received some of my sand from Marco rock, I figured I'd put what I got in the tank...
I'm still awaiting another box from them, and I haven't had any of my 3 emails answered from them... pretty ****ed to say the least. I had heard great things from them but I'll never do business with them again...

 

[FinsUp]

Unreal! They never dropped the ball on us. Sorry for the bad recommendation! I wonder what is going on with them. Ridiculous.

 

[Haulin Oates]

Unreal! They never dropped the ball on us. Sorry for the bad recommendation! I wonder what is going on with them. Ridiculous.

It wasn't just you guys, I heard from a bunch of people that they were awesome! I'm holding out hope that they were at some trade show all weekend and are getting back to the office tomorrow, but I don't know...

 

[Walter White]

Where did you get that small doughnut shaped rock front center. I used to have one that looked just like that!

 

[amonchak]

It wasn't just you guys, I heard from a bunch of people that they were awesome! I'm holding out hope that they were at some trade show all weekend and are getting back to the office tomorrow, but I don't know...

Rap Orlando was this weekend. Not sure if Marco was there but hope they respond to you ASAP.

Tank is looking good!!

 

[High Plains Reefer]

I have about 80 lbs of macro sand if you need

 

[Haulin Oates]

Well, got a response from Marco rocks today. They called me, apologized, and had 80 more pounds of sand put in the mail! They were indeed at RAP and decided to stay until this morning, hence why it took so long to respond. So I take back my previous comments.

 

[FinsUp]

WHEW! Cool!! Glad they're gonna take care of ya. As a friend of mine has plastered on his jeep... KCCO.

 

[Haulin Oates]

WHEW! Cool!! Glad they're gonna take care of ya. As a friend of mine has plastered on his jeep... KCCO.

Chive on!

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Update? Video tour?

 

[Haulin Oates]

Update? Video tour?

I found out one of my ballasts was bad so I'm waiting for a new one in the mail. Got the scopas in the new tank, as well as a few snails and sifting starfish. Im trying to pick away at little things during the week and I'm hoping this weekend I'll get a lot of stuff transferred. Tested yesterday and had 3ppm nitrates and .08 phosphates without any macro, chemical, or biological reduction, so as I add that stuff I bet my levels fall!

 

[Haulin Oates]

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Got everything in the big tank today... was an extremely long day, and I lost an evo in the process. Still go a ton to do, but now I can focus on one tank instead of trying to keep things alive in one tank while working on another as well.

 

[FinsUp]

Welcome to the world of big boy tanks! Sorry about the loss of your evo.

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

I thought you were running halides?

 

[Haulin Oates]

I thought you were running halides?

Halides and LEDs.

 

[Haulin Oates]

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Halides are burning! None of the coral is in its permanent place yet, but it's all in there, and looking happy! Also got a few new fish, including that Australian stripy fish.

 

[MuralReef]

Lookin good!

 

[FinsUp]

Great lookin' rockwork, Jack!!! And cute stripeyfish!