Random pic of the day thread

[Alabama_nano]

My heavily modified biocube 29, bought used as all stock fowlr for $100. This is around $5k later. Lol

 

[Steve Burton]

My heavily modified biocube 29, bought used as all stock fowlr for $100. This is around $5k later. LolView attachment 19704

Beautiful tank, and welcome to ARC! Just joined and you've got the spirit of the club already, offering a free frag for a newcomer, I love it. What I don't love is getting the idea to spend a ton of money on my BioCube!

 

[bigd]

My heavily modified biocube 29, bought used as all stock fowlr for $100. This is around $5k later. LolView attachment 19704

Beautiful tank! Looks like you got a few pieces that really like to wander... made it all the way up the light mount.


D

 

[Alabama_nano]

Beautiful tank, and welcome to ARC! Just joined and you've got the spirit of the club already, offering a free frag for a newcomer, I love it. What I don't love is getting the idea to spend a ton of money on my BioCube!

Ha ha. I know the feeling. I told myself long ago I was gonna stop spending money and just enjoy the grow out, but all I’ve done since then is start a new 120 build!! I’m seriously worried about what I’m about to spend on a tank with over 5 times (120+40b sump) the water volume!!

 

[snarky shark]

Hammer growing.

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[NanCrab]

Also came in today...questioning my purchases

What are they?

 

[NanCrab]

Doing an experiment this week to see how well the LifeReef Skimmer and the Clarisea SK5000 can pull on the system without running filter floss keeping my fingers crossed that lazy reefing is a thing......
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Not Lazy!! Efficient

 

[tbrennan]

Steak and tank kinda Saturday night. What’s everyone else view this evening ?

 

[NanCrab]

Steak and tank kinda Saturday night. What’s everyone else view this evening ?
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LivePD every Friday and Saturday night. My DT is still cycling so although it takes up most of a wall in my living room it isn’t that exciting to watch right now.

 

[Alabama_nano]

Beautiful tank! Looks like you got a few pieces that really like to wander... made it all the way up the light mount.


D

Are you talking about the pandora palys at the top left of the tank ? Or were you speaking of the coral skeleton art?

 

[Alabama_nano]

Side view from my couch tonight

 

[bigd]

Are you talking about the pandora palys at the top left of the tank ? Or were you speaking of the coral skeleton art?

Definitely the art. Looks good up there... like a few things escaped. Didn’t realize they were skeletons.


D

 

[bigd]

Everybody’s happy...

 

[NanCrab]

Ok @bigd this is as far as I’ve gotten with the Apex! I only have 2 probes so far. I think the tank is almost done cycling!

 

[bigd]

Ok @bigd this is as far as I’ve gotten with the Apex! I only have 2 probes so far. I think the tank is almost done cycling!

Looks good, ph is a tad low though. Did you calibrate the ph probe when you set it up?

 

[appaloosa1224]

This hammer is coloring up nicely! Picked up another wall hammer yesterday and hope I an get it colored up nicely too.

 

[NanCrab]

Looks good, ph is a tad low though. Did you calibrate the ph probe when you set it up?

It is definitely low but tested with API and Red Sea test kits which showed it to be around 8.1. I did calibrate it once then like a dummy threw away the leftover solution. I ordered more from Amazon and next time I’m going to float the packets in the sump to bring the calibration fluid in line with the temp of the aquarium.

 

[Alabama_nano]

Definitely the art. Looks good up there... like a few things escaped. Didn’t realize they were skeletons.
Yeah, I bought them off a guy on Instagram. He’s got a bunch of them. He does good work

D

 

[bigd]

It is definitely low but tested with API and Red Sea test kits which showed it to be around 8.1. I did calibrate it once then like a dummy threw away the leftover solution. I ordered more from Amazon and next time I’m going to float the packets in the sump to bring the calibration fluid in line with the temp of the aquarium.

Bringing the calibration solutions up to tank temp will definitely help accuracy wise. It’s been a while since I cycled one, if I remember correctly, ph can drop during the process.

 

[Eric_n_Ga]