Stolen Goods 125 rr build

[coastalJ]

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Still need another 50-75#

 

[coastalJ]

Got the back painted black and secured another 100# of cured rock to go with the 75# of dry.....the misses says I have to have sand, grrrrrr ok.
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[coastalJ]

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Rounded up another 100# of rock, now we're making water....slowly.

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

Wow, looking great!

 

[neil82]

Looks nice!

 

[coastalJ]

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And we're up and running!

 

[coastalJ]

Not real sure why the photo is upside down, but none the less were off and running!

 

[Haddonisreef]

Awesome now the fun of waiting for the cycle!!

 

[Shaunv]

How does that hold water? Magic!

 

[djromo]

Hey question? What did you use to paint the back of the tank?

 

[coastalJ]

i tape off the glass and use spray paint. U can use any gloss as the glass makes it glossy where you see it. Don't attempt to paint it with a brush, you'll never get the streaks out and if you do it takes forever. With the spray paint it's a 5 min job.

 

[djromo]

i tape off the glass and use spray paint. U can use any gloss as the glass makes it glossy where you see it. Don't attempt to paint it with a brush, you'll never get the streaks out and if you do it takes forever. With the spray paint it's a 5 min job.

Cool thanks. I wanted to do that to my 150 gal before I set it up

 

[coastalJ]

Well, I won the battle against micro bubbles today and got a cup of grunge from an established system. There's a tennis ball of chaeto rolling in the sump and everything is looking good. Skimmer seems to be breaking in nicely as I'm already getting a bit of nice scummy skim. This is by far been my easiest start up of my four previous tanks.

 

[coastalJ]

Boy, it'll post my pics every way except straight

 

[Shaunv]

Boy, it'll post my pics every way except straight

Hahaha!

your rockscape looks great! This thing will like amazing full of corals and fish.

 

[coastalJ]

Thanks for the compliments, I like how the rock turned out too.

 

[coastalJ]

This things cycling pretty quickly. Only a week or so in and were already producing nitrites and some nitrate.

 

[sethsolomon]

every time I see this post I keep thinking there was headway on the break in at AquaMart.

 

[aztecdreams]

every time I see this post I keep thinking there was headway on the break in at AquaMart.

That just went no where didn't it?

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

That just went no where didn't it?

That's a pretty old school reference.