Tench1's Reefing log

[Terryz_]

Add more lights? Haha

It will still be the same I guess... Haha..

[tench1]

Ya sounding abit negative bro...Cheerup!

[tench1]

Concluded. Will be having a very white base sand as substrate!

Getting Fiji Pink for the comments.

[tench1]

Delivery of tank, delayed...Till next week, as there were mistakes made to the cabinet.

Lucky i pay a visit, and discovered the mistake.

Another sad issue happened...Due to internal sump cabinet limitation, my sump tank was further reduced in size. This had cost me the frag placement partition...

Arggh!!!

Not only that, my auto top up reservior volume reduced as well...

Well, guessed, that this is part of life, giving and taking Still overall glad that i had made the trip down to discuss with the maker.

[Ketchup]

nice design,looking forward to see the tank and the pink sand:P

[Eniram]

exciting!!! no shots of your cabinet or tank at workshops?

[tench1]

nice design,looking forward to see the tank and the pink sand:P

ketchup, ur tank nicer! mine getting less complicated already...due to space constrain...

exciting!!! no shots of your cabinet or tank at workshops?

I took out my camera, so that i can use it in camp

hence, no camera...haha

Now is excited about my scaping...how should i do it...?

[Ketchup]

Our tank where got nice... we anyhow add things 1... lol

[tench1]

My long awaited tank had arrived!!

Woot!

Just managed to clean the 3 sided glass...Tough job, but great sense of achievement!

[tench1]

My dream tank, after so long, finally, its HERE!

3 by 2.5 by 2.5ft

3-sided 12 mm crystal glass

[Terryz_]

My dream tank, after so long, finally, its HERE!

3 by 2.5 by 2.5ft

3-sided 12 mm crystal glass

Nice but you are going to have a backbreaking experience with 2.5ft height...

[tench1]

Thanks bro,i just had an almost backbreaking experience, cleaning the 3 sided tank.

A few things to look out for...

1. I have to get a longlong algae scraper.

2. A good step up for me to reach inside. (Ladder too fumsy already)

3. medicated plaster for my aching muscle.

[BFG]

Medicated plaster? Go for the real thing!

[tench1]

Need your advise on the real thing hahaha

[wilsontantw]

More... More... More pictures. Is the tank done as per the skillfully created schematics??

[tench1]

The outlook is fantastic! Well...ny sketch too idealistic...and didn't calculate siome issue like wood space...hence in the way, my sump size become smaller...ate up a lot of my ideal space... Haha but over all , one word, happy! Will upload some pics when my camera is back...

[onizukaa]

woo hoo bro.

Wait for the leak test to be completed before mixing the salt inside.

Also do note that the rock will "increase" the volume of the water, mix the water with salt not to the brim and add on water after the rocks are in!

nice tank!

[tench1]

Thanks bro! Will note that. Anyway, I will do my scape ltr. Wana help?

[tench1]

It had been a tough week, handling work in the day...and scaping at night!

CO had been very helpful and supportive for the past 3 days.

I came to learn that scaping with expoxy arent that easy chore...im filled with admiration for those who really did up beautiful rock scaping!

Scaping objective

1. increase the surface area of the sand in contact with water as much as possible

2. Raise and stack the rocks up as high as possible

3. Avoid Rocks placement close to the 3 sided viewing glass

After 3 days, finally, some pictures to show...heehee

Front View

Side Views

[tench1]

More pictures...

my Overflow and Returnflow pipings..

Initial design was a direct straight line pipe from pump to main tank.

However, due to space constraint and "wrongly" measurement from tank-maker, this is the result...additional blend was created...

Sump FTS

Due to space constraint from the sump cabinet doors and pillar supports, my sump size had strunked, eating up my frag corners/Water reservior.

But its my fault. No one to blame for that...i had not consider the restriction from interior of Sump cabinet...(Its okay, learnt from mistake...my only consolution...)

[Terryz_]

Nice scaping... Sump looks cool too...

[tench1]

Some pictures of the corals from my office Nano.

Enjoyz!

Yellow with Green Skirting Zoas

Blue with Red Skirting Zoas

GSP

Thats all for tonight Sleeping time!

[wilsontantw]

Nicely done. Rockscape has uncanny resemblance to my first scape 2 years back..

I like the zoas. Nice variety of colours.

[tench1]

Hi Wilson, are you refering to this scape done in 2008?

heehee

Any other feedback that i can improve on? Just shoot.

[wilsontantw]

Woah. You actually found the pic. Haha.

Just to share, a little issue with this scape.. Detritus gets trapped in the middle area. So do ensure decent flow around that area.