"INSANITY" Jimmy's 600 gallon cube

[five O]

All right now, I guess since Jimmy will never figure out to use his computer. I'll go ahead and start this build thread for him. Since his build truly does deserve a thread. Lets start from the beginning. Jimmy was sitting there checking out the LVVR for sale section like he does every day, probably six times a day. Feeling the need to spend some money on fish/coral or some supply that he probably doesn't even really need. There it was BAMMMMMMMM! Greg (Smellslikefish) was selling his six hundred gallon fish only cube. The little hamsters started running like they were main lining Red Bull in Jimmy's head.

Jimmy gave me a call and says "What do you think about me turning the 600 gallon cube into a reef?" I proceeded to tell him for the next month. "DON'T DO IT, IT'S TOOOO BIG". You would have to be insane to even attempt to turn a fish only tank into a reef of that size. You'll need to drop all kinds of cash on pumps, ballast, bulbs, wiring, end caps, PVC, PVC glue, bulkheads, spa-flex, lock-line, buffing, chemicals, salt, RO filters, DI resin, fish, rock, paint, powder coating, aluminum, rivets, light diffuser, wood, molding and sand. It all went in one ear and out the other. Jimmy could picture the giant reef inside of his house.

So the next Saturday there we were, Hebsway, Jimmy, Greg and myself at the store before opening hours loading up Jimmy's new (used) cube onto Sonny's trailer. That was a job all in itself. But we managed to get it done. We dropped off tank in Jimmy's garage for now. The stand was dropped off a few days later at the powder coaters. (Electrostatic Plating) The steel stand was in pretty rough shape. It had some major rust, beyond surface rust and was really showing its age. It was beyond the standard spray paint job. It needed to be completely sand blasted down to bare metal and some minor repairs.

So a week later, they called and said the stand was ready for pick up. We decided to go with something a little different than the usual generic black or blue. Since the tank is going to be a complete and total rebuild. Were going to do it right, and give it a pizazz. The stand is was powder coated bright red. It came out awesome. It cost a decent chunk of change since they had to put some man hours into it, but it was well worth it. I looks like a new car.

Here are a few pictures of the stand when I picked it up from the powder coaters. I'll get some better pictures from Jimmy tomorrow and update this thread a little more. We have a pile of goodies sitting in the garage just waiting for the big set up. I'll tell a little more later. Its not worth it, going into to much detail with out the pictures to back it. I know were all picture junkies.

[five O]

I'm having issues with the pics. I can't them expand prop. Better than nothing I guess

[bob]

More plz!

[RickMartin]

Looking good! Need more and bigger pictures

[harriscli]

I'm trying to picture in my head how the conversation would go with my wife if I wanted to attempt this. It doesn't end well.

Thanks for sharing this awesome set up. Can't wait to see it finished.

[JimmyC11]

Thanks guys with alot of help from my friends I believe this tank will be a monster.... Matt and I worked on the canopy this weekend. He had a vision...It turned out great. Got the skimmer, ordered, the pump and now waiting on the calcium reactor.... A few more weeks to go and we will have water in the tank and tear down the 400 8ft. Figuring out which fish make the trek into the new tank. Probably putting about 10 fish for sale soon. Especially the Hippo tangs... =) Thanks brother. I need to be more computer literate!!!!

[JimmyC11]

Thanks guys with alot of help from my friends I believe this tank will be a monster.... Matt and I worked on the canopy this weekend. He had a vision...It turned out great. Got the skimmer, ordered, the pump and now waiting on the calcium reactor.... A few more weeks to go and we will have water in the tank and tear down the 400 8ft. Figuring out which fish make the trek into the new tank. Probably putting about 10 fish for sale soon. Especially the Hippo tangs... =) Thanks brother. I need to be more computer literate!!!!

[Tlalok]

Cant wait for more updates and pics!!!!

[TheGreatAukSociety]

Good looking stand

[tbone74]

Nice!

[Clintonramsey]

Looks like a good start. Love to see more big tanks going up. I'll be following along with this one for sure.

[JimmyC11]

Just sent Matt a load of pics to start it off. I am so jazzed. Maybe I can finally keep acros lol. I just bought a Hammerhead gold to give it flow along with the two koralia 8s it will be like a whirlpool. I will be hitting you up soon Auk if thats ok, once the tank is cycled =)

[five O]

So I had the wife teach me a few things on the computer today. I wanted to make it easier for everyone to look at the pics. I'm going to back track a little bit here and show the tank before we started and the stand before it went to powder coaters.
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[five O]

Here are some pictures of the light rack rack Jimmy and built this weekend. Its going to contain 3-400w halides, and 3 or 6 VHO (48") for supplemental lighting. http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z322/phat1eye/material.jpghttp://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z322/phat1eye/rackinprog.jpghttp://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z322/phat1eye/rackinprog2-1.jpg

[five O]

Here are some more pics.http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z322/phat1eye/meandtherack.jpghttp://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z322/phat1eye/rackcomplete2.jpghttp://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z322/phat1eye/lightrackcomplete.jpg

[five O]

This is the skimmer, still sitting in a box in the garage at Jimmy's. Its just die'n to get wet. http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z322/phat1eye/skimmer.jpg

[five O]

Its kinda of hard to picture how to the light rack will work, but its all squared away in my head. We kinda of stole a few ideas from Ricks light rack. The top section is built nice and strong, enough to hold all the ballast. Even the heavy magnetic type. It is built completly out of a aluminum and platic (light diffuser) & held together with aluminum rivets.

[Justintaylor62]

So are we gonna see that 400 for sale once you tear it down?

[tbone74]

I'm sooo jealous!!!

[bigronbo]

i saw the tank in Gregs every time i went in. Monster is right. I believe you will have an awesome setup when it is said and done. looking forward to the pictures.

[JimmyC11]

Thanks guys. I am thinking about either putting the 400 in my Henderson office and getting rid of the 150 bubble, or possibly getting rid of it. Thanks for all your help Matt. This is one he'll of a project we have took on.....

[RickMartin]

Looks like one heavy duty light rack, glad you found some useful ideas from my build. That skimmer look heavy duty too. You might be able to mod it with some newer more efficient pumps to cut down on electric usage.

[JimmyC11]

Thanks Rick we can use all the ideas and help we can get brother

[five O]

That giant skimmer only pulls 120w via the Reeflo Gold. Not to bad I guess, But you also have to add in the extra 600gph flow needed, but thats just going to be T-off'd the Hammerhead Gold. Shouldnt be to bad. Whats 120w for a skimmer below the tank when your are running 1600w + of lights above the tank.

[Clintonramsey]

So do you plan on running the skimmer off of the hammerhead or on a dedicated pump. Last post was a little confusing. Just saying that I learned the hard way that this is a bad idea ;)

[five O]

The skimmer itself has a Reeflo Dart gold (Recirc) to make the micro bubbles. It still needs 600 gph of flow to bring fresh water into the skimmer. This water will be carried in via a T-off the Hammerhead return pump. The tank should only have three pumps total. A Hammerhead gold for the return, Dart Gold for the skimmer, and a Eheim 1250 for the Korallin 4002 which is in transit.

[Clintonramsey]

Just to let you know I had a similar setup on my skimmer. I had my hammerhead running my closed loop and powering my insump skimmer. The problem was when I would turn the pump off the 2 in intake from the tank would back siphon into the sump and flood quick style. Perhaps since your intake will be from the sump though you can avoid this by drilling good sized anti siphon holes on the output nozzles in the tank. Just saying' it sure made a mess at my house :/

[Clintonramsey]

Actually now that I think back I also tried to run the skimmer off of my return pump and had similar flooding issues. You may want to consider feeding the skimmer from the tank overflow pressure or just running a small dedicated internal pump in the sump to reduce flooding risk.

[RickMartin]

Make sure to have a sump big enough to handle all the back siphon. Dont depend on the one way valves they always fail. On my tank the return was an inch and a half below the top of the water. Calculating the amount of water in the display came to 20 gallons and inch that meant about 30-35 gallons when power is lost heading to my sump. With @ 30 gallons in the sump for filtration that meant at least 65 gallon sump size. I went with a 100g

[five O]

Actually now that I think back I also tried to run the skimmer off of my return pump and had similar flooding issues. You may want to consider feeding the skimmer from the tank overflow pressure or just running a small dedicated internal pump in the sump to reduce flooding risk.

I see where your going reguarding the back flow. I guess I'll just have to tackle that issue when we start to plumb the tank. I'll keep that in mind. If need be, I guess we can run the skimmer of an additional pump. Between Jimmy and myself, we have plenty of them sitting around.

[five O]

Make sure to have a sump big enough to handle all the back siphon. Dont depend on the one way valves they always fail. On my tank the return was an inch and a half below the top of the water. Calculating the amount of water in the display came to 20 gallons and inch that meant about 30-35 gallons when power is lost heading to my sump. With @ 30 gallons in the sump for filtration that meant at least 65 gallon sump size. I went with a 100g
I agree 100% with ya Rick. Sump volume will not be an issue. I would never run or rely any sort of check valve. They will fail at some point. I pretty much have tank plumbing down to a science now. I have knocked out about 10 in the last 2 years, and they are all fail safe. I'm of the mind set, keep it simple

[fishman]

just get a few 100gallon feed tanks I have 2 on my tank

[five O]

just get a few 100gallon feed tanks I have 2 on my tank

Are you running your skimmer off you drain lines from tank?

[fishman]

skimmer is run the same way as you guys are thinking of doing. Mine goes from the hammerhead pump to 1 inch line feeding 8ft frag tank, then a tee feeding skimmer and return

just cut another line into feed for skimmer and now it has slow feed to 80 gallon flat frag tank

[JimmyC11]

Thanks for all the great ideas. Can't beat all the knowledge people share on LVVR. Matt it sounds like we have alot to think about brother

[five O]

Im sure it will all come together. I see many trips to Lowe's for PVC in our future.

[Narazbad]

Thats how it always is when plumbing...

[JimmyC11]

We can always run some of the stuff into the fish room with the chiller on it too.

[five O]

The pump has arrived. Its a beast. The Hammerhead Gold. The heart of the system, and her proud owner.
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[Luke]

love the bubble wrap all over the ground! haha couldnt even wait to get it in the house lol

[five O]

I don't think Jimmy's smile was as big when he brought his son from the hospital. That's one proud pump owner.

[RickMartin]

Sweet, I can see that electric meter spinning faster already

[Narazbad]

There ya go, Rick. Make em pay your check for ya :P

[JimmyC11]

I thought the Gold was pretty good on electricity??? Yeah I couldnt even bring it in without opening it. Ordered the Apex today... Sonny you can get the reefkeeper from me brother. This build is going to be insane =)

[RickMartin]

You are going to love the apex, reefkeeping in style

[JimmyC11]

Thanks Rick... Whats your favorite part of it? Is it that much better then the Reefkeper??Did you order the leds and all the other goodies with it ??? I am starting with it and adding as I go... This build is going to kick my butt if my wife doesnt first!!!

[Aquatic Empires]

Jimmy should be the male model for reeflo pumps! lol

I think Matt was right, I dont think Jimmy was smiling big enough.
Enjoy the pump brother, it is a nice one!

[five O]

Well today we did a little running around and picked up some odds and ends. Plus we got the future fish room cleaned out today. Jimmy's house has an atrium which is attached to the room which will house the display tank. Its pretty nice, the atrium has a roof and is protected from the elements. It also has a water spout for the house and a drain. This fish room will contain the skimmer, chiller & pumps. The sumps will still be housed under the tank to aid in temp control.
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[five O]

Well today we also opened up some of the box's. This first box contained R2D2, or at least thats what it looked like.
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[five O]

Its the Reeflo Orca 250. A big skimmer for a big tank. http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z322/phat1eye/s2.jpg

[RickMartin]

sweet skimmer, now if r2d2 would clean the house as well as the water lol
I dont know what I like about the apex best. Finally having a controller for the ca reactor was the biggest benefit, but controls for heaters, being able to turn anything off for maint without tracing out the cord, being able to check stats and get email alerts if something gets out of whack. No more stack of timers for lighting, powerhead control. I love everything about it lol

[five O]

sweet skimmer, now if r2d2 would clean the house as well as the water lol
I dont know what I like about the apex best. Finally having a controller for the ca reactor was the biggest benefit, but controls for heaters, being able to turn anything off for maint without tracing out the cord, being able to check stats and get email alerts if something gets out of whack. No more stack of timers for lighting, powerhead control. I love everything about it lol

Thanks Rick, This will help Jimmy feel a little better about dropping the coin on the Apex. I was telling him how big of an upgrade it will be over his ReefKeeper Lite. Its almost a mandatory feature on big tanks these days. Its a way to protect your investiment with all the notifications and safety features built into the unit.

[RickMartin]

Its worth the investment, I don't regret a single penny well worth it for peace of mind when you are out of town And I have added quite a few more accessories
Some additional benefits that also save money is that I don't run a chiller, but the fans are set to kick on when the temp gets to 80, before they ran all the time so they were fighting the heaters.
No worries about heater failure. Control for ORP, which can be used to just watch the overall health if you don't run ozone. I know when i run out of co2 because of ph alarm on ca reactor so there is less likely hood of alk issues. MH will kick off if temp gets too high so as not to boil the tank. Just so many things about it are useful. I might sell the tank someday but I doubt if I will sell the APEX

[JimmyC11]

New pics coming soon. Getting closer by the day. THANKS mATT FOR ALL YOUR HELP BROTHER

[JimmyC11]

Thanks Rick makes me feel great about buying the APEX =)

[five O]

Well the BRS order arrived. Brand new RO/DI system with all the bells and whistles. It has the oil filled pressure gauge, dual TDS meter & multi stage DI canisters. We figured since Jimmy will be making a ton of water, might as well start off the right way. The new 46.5" VHO UV Super Actinic bulbs that we needed to finish off the light rack also arrived along with numerous GFO/Carbon reactors and all the odd and ends.

The Apex arrived the other day and is looking sexy (for you Chris). Tho it was a little camera shy. I will try to get a few pictures posted in the next day or two. This tank is getting close to set up. All the big items have been purchased and are in storage. Now we just need to get the tank moved into the house, slap a fresh polish job on it & buy some fresh sand. Jimmy is a little back an forth about the rock he has in the other tank. The existing 400 gallon tank has some nice rock and has a lot of coral already attached, but it has some decent amount of aptaisa and majano's. We're looking at Macro rocks and seeding it with some live rock and starting off the new tank with out any of the head aches of the exsisting rock/tank, but this will be a pretty large investment since a few hundered pounds would be needed. But I've seen some othe coolest aqua-scaping done using Macro, Decisions-Decisions. What are your guys thoughts?

[wazupjames]

I say go clean with the marco rock. You can use their cementing puddy to glue your scape exactly how you want it. No pests. All around clean, easy, safe no headaches.

[five O]

http://www.marcorocks.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=100

[TheGreatAukSociety]

I would buy all air pacific live rock. Here's what I hate about all the other types of rock.

Florida/Caribbean Rock: might as well call it Crab/Mantis Shrimp Rock, every other piece has one of these in it. You get alot of cool creatures but need to QT it for months.

Pacific Boat Rock: It's basically dead already.

All the various forms of dead rocks: Porousity is often terrible, they have no immune system, so basically the most voracious agressive weed will take over with not as much as a sponge to slow it down. I put a few in my tank to see what they do, they really suck. Good for some structure that's all. Plus unless you're going to become the new quarantine king of Las Vegas, you'll probably introduce all the same pests over again.

I just don't think you can beat a natural product. There's too much going on at a biological level that fake rocks are not capable of doing.

[bigronbo]

Dude. personnally i have had awesome luck with aptasia x. I got aptasia ridden rock from sonny long ago. I removed it from the tank put it in a tub with an air stones and a light to make them come out. I nuked the **** out of them. I have only ever seen i or 2 in the rocks in the last year and i buried them in aptasia x and havent seen any in 6 months atleast. My vote is take the rocks out one or 2-3 at a time and nuke the **** out of them you are stepping right and taking your time to set it up. take the time to kill the aptasia and save your rocks/corals and money. Just my 2 cents but i believe you can nuke them out of exsistance.

[Clintonramsey]

Florida/Caribbean Rock: might as well call it Crab/Mantis Shrimp Rock, every other piece has one of these in it. You get alot of cool creatures but need to QT it for months.

+1

I used florida aqua cultured rock an fought back mantis shrimp for years. But I did get some cool hitchhikers as well but the mantis battle was not worth it. There are also theories on RC that this rock is laden with phosphates. I have been running a phos reactor to offset this but have still been fighting a non stop detritus shed from these rocks. So I say no Florida unless you power wash and quarantine it.

[JimmyC11]

Thanks for the warning. Very much appreciated

[JimmyC11]

Great thoughts ron thinking about going that rout

[five O]

Looks like well go with the evil we know and stick with the old rock. No need to take a chance on intoducing a mantis into the tank. Tho I heard nothing but good things about the Macro rocks. But most people won't say bad thing about big purchases they made.

[RickMartin]

I used a mixture of marco and live rock. The worst thing I can say about marco (via BRS but probably the same) is there are too many little holes for detritus to gather up in. There was prob a small amount of nutrient leached out but not terrible.

[JimmyC11]

I love that everyone helps out on here

[bigronbo]

i just know that you are really doing great at taking your time to make this right and an awesome display i think you have plenty of time and equipment to nuke the **** out of the aptasia in a few tubs as you go give it a couple days keep the light on them so any strays pop up and shift /flip the rock so you know you got them all. I had a lot less rock to deal with but i havent seen an aptasia in over 6 months.

[JimmyC11]

I've got a couple 100 pound pieces of dead coral in my Henderson rank that would make great base rock. I wish I could fit Gregs insert to take their place in the bubble front tank

[five O]

Well after stock piling parts for the past few weeks, it was time to move the tank into the house. This was chore as we expected. James (wazupjames), Sunny (Hebsway) Jimmy & I were the cheap labor. It took us an hour and a trip to Lowes to pick up a fridge dolly. We managed to get it done tho.
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[five O]

Now that the beast is inside, we started by sanding down the back a little so we could paint the back. The tank is going to a three sided walk around, so the black back ground will hide some of the wires that will run up to the light rack/power heads. We also decided to cover up the blue over flo with some fresh back acrylic. We want thecoral an fish to be thecenter of attention and not a bright blue over flow. We threw a little black plastic spray paint on the overflows teeth just ensure a nice clean install.
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[five O]

Sorry for all the ****py pics, but I just didn't see the need to bust out the nice camera yet. Here's Jimmy washing out the huge sump & what $250 of PVC looks like. Better to have to much then not enough, Just make sure to save the reciept!
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[Narazbad]

Jimmy, are you using the black pvc pipe in the basket?

[five O]

Just for the drains inside of the over flow, Why?

[five O]

Its all 1.5" I dont ever see standard white sch 80 in white.

[Narazbad]

They have white 1.5" at Home Depot. Black pipe isn't true PVC and has been known to leach chemicals into the water system over time.

[iap]

Looking good fellas..i was going to ask about that light/ceiling fan but I see you removed it

[wazupjames]

Looking good fellas..i was going to ask about that light/ceiling fan but I see you removed it

It was a tricky little fan too :p

[five O]

We bought all stuff at the Home Depot right by your house, I didnt see any white 1.5" PVC when we were there. Must have missed it I guess. We have the tank all drilled with all new bulkheads and fresh silicone installed. Jimmy and I put in about 8 hours yesterday. I think the tank will be up and running vey soon. Its very close. Most of the time consuming stuff in done, and the parts are just sitting there wating to be installed.

[Narazbad]

Cool. As I said, I know I have seen it before, but its uncommon. As far as the black pipe, its just something I have heard before. I know most all of the LFS use it.

[Luke]

did some research... there is a difference between the white PVC and black ABS... the ABS plastic apparently leaches a chemical called styrene... i havent seen anything on what affects it would have on a reef system...

[Tlalok]

I like the idea of replacing the TV for a tank!!!! Can't wait to see it running its gonna look amazing!!!!

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[JimmyC11]

Thanks for posting the pics brother. Thanks guys, much appreciated. Sounds like we will be getting white pvc =). We are so close to set up

[JimmyC11]

The fun part is going to transfer the coral and fish...

[Luke]

I like the idea of replacing the TV for a tank!!!! Can't wait to see it running its gonna look amazing!!!!

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wait i thought the tv was for the fish?

[Tlalok]

wait i thought the tv was for the fish?

oh ok i see now ... nice !!!!

[JimmyC11]

The tv is a 72" and it looks small next to the tank =)

[Tlalok]

Forget the TV size the tank makes the living room look small! !!!

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[JimmyC11]

It is too small. My wife is kinda giving me that oh my god look now that it is in the house. She has also used that as a ploy to get a bigger house.

[St8Gr3]

Haha... just a suggestion but u might want to get busy buying another house b4 u set up the tank! Oh and I LOVE the red!!! Awesome! U can start charging the neighbors a fee to come see the tank... overtime it might make enough to compensate some of the expenses!

[JWebb]

We bought all stuff at the Home Depot right by your house, I didnt see any white 1.5" PVC when we were there. Must have missed it I guess. We have the tank all drilled with all new bulkheads and fresh silicone installed. Jimmy and I put in about 8 hours yesterday. I think the tank will be up and running vey soon. Its very close. Most of the time consuming stuff in done, and the parts are just sitting there wating to be installed.

If the Depot doesn't have the 1.5" pvc, Ferguson plumbing supply should. They have several stores around town and sell to the public.
There is also Harrington plastics off the 215 and Gibson area.
The tanks looking good!

[Narazbad]

I know there is a Ferguson's off of Spring Mtn. and Jones. I get boba across from it all the time.

[JimmyC11]

Thanks guys Matt picked up the white pvc yesterday. =)

[five O]

Well we managed to get some plumbing done, after a few more trips to Lowes. The main manifold for the return pump was built and installed. I also put the kid to work.
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[RickMartin]

Looking good! What in the world are you feeding off that manifold? 6 outlets holy cow

[five O]

A few more pics
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[five O]

Looking good! What in the world are you feeding off that manifold? 6 outlets holy cow
Room for growth. Reactor, skimmer, reactors, two returns

[St8Gr3]

Wow! That's crazy, probably need more than 6 (LoL) I have 3 gonna be going on mine... The kid's a cute touch!

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

Waiting to put the lighting up and need to talk to MR Rick Martin or someone with knowledge on Apex. Sonny, Matt, James. Thank you all for the help on putting this beast together. A few more odds and ends then it will be chalice and acro time.

[Troylee]

Let me know Jimmy I'm gonna dump almost everything over the next few weeks until I find a job...:(

[JimmyC11]

Brother give me a call mañana. You see how we left the top blank for the acro colonies. I wish someone would get the fish out of the sump soon. The flow is crazy. Sonny is building rollers for the lights. Have the t5s on there now. I'm sure I can use an auto top off Lee built and def want the corals we discussed. Thanks Lee. Do you run an Apex? If so if you can get mine dialed in I will hook you up too. I appreciate all the help on this project I can get

[RickMartin]

Right on!! Looks good
Apex is pretty easy, I can help if yo need it. Check out the un-official users guide. It has simple step by step instructions in easy to understand simple english.

[JimmyC11]

Thanks Rick. I will read up on it. Just got out of the hospital.... Man it has been a tough two weeks

[Narazbad]

How are you feeling after that, man? I heard you were admitted. That sucks.

[JimmyC11]

I feel like cr@p lol. Just had my gall bladder removed followed with complications. But I am at work today and trying to take the proper steps on getting better. Thanks Chris

[RickMartin]

Hadn't heard, hope it goes well for you. Just let me know if you need help, will give me an excuse to come check it out

[seanathen]

looks sooooo cool!

[Narazbad]

Feel better, jim. Don't over do it.

[Tlalok]

it looks amazing ... im sure u will post more detailed pics soon i hope ...

[tbone74]

Hope your doing ok, let me know if you need a hand with anything

[bigronbo]

take it easy and don't over do it jimmy, give yourself recuperation time.

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

Thanks for all the concern. I will def need help learning the apex and could always do with all pointers. Have a great evening everyone

[gdlyorchi]

wow!!! that cube looks awesome!!!!

[bob]

Thanks for all the concern. I will def need help learning the apex and could always do with all pointers. Have a great evening everyone

the apex is a bit intimidating at first, but after a few hours of toying with it you kinda get the hang of what it's doing. my best advice is set stuff up how you think it'll run, then manually set the time on the unit and see if it actually does what you want it to do. I spent hours setting times and days to make sure all my ramp ups/downs were working as expected.

[JimmyC11]

I'm willing to pay some one to help with the set up. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed on those projects. Also not supposed to be doing all this bending and installing after surgery.

[iap]

Man jimmy I'm jealous! Thats the ultimate cube, looking good!

[JimmyC11]

Thanks brother. Time to let it cycle and then try to join you all in the wonderful world of acros :)

[wazupjames]

I have bruises from that cube. Its such a monster, fighting it was great fun :p.

[RickMartin]

I'm willing to pay some one to help with the set up. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed on those projects. Also not supposed to be doing all this bending and installing after surgery.
Give me a call if you still have my number, I will come help you get the APEX going.

[mesafire]

Hey Rick, what is the pic in your avatar?

[Gyzpaz]

Looks good Jimmy!!!!!

[RickMartin]

Hey Rick, what is the pic in your avatar?

Hydrothermal worm at x525 magnification

[mesafire]

Full pic for those wanting see "worm from Sheol".
2044

"This is not photoshop, no clever graphics, no movie scene... it's a hydrothermal worm.

And it's a real creature.

It's just really, really small. So small in fact, that this image comes from an electron microscope.

Taken using an FEI Quanta SEM, this image is amazingly zoomed in 525 times. The real width of the field in the image is 568μm, or 568/1000 of a millimeter. It's far larger than an atom, but still among the smallest living things.

The worm, as scary as it looks, is something most people will never actually get to see (or have to worry about, for that matter). Hydrothermal worms are deep sea creatures, almost as small as bacterium, and are largely found near hydrothermal vents in the ocean."

Thanks Rick

[bigronbo]

whole **** he looks mean anyhow can you imagine the horror movie of mutated nukular bad boys like this the size of great whites can you say jaws 30:) small but very scarry.

[BoBo65]

whole **** he looks mean anyhow can you imagine the horror movie of mutated nukular bad boys like this the size of great whites can you say jaws 30:) small but very scarry. haha I can def c this turning into a horror movie, all you need is the right director and enough money!!!!

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

It looks like one of those worms on tremors lol

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

Three purple tanga swimming together

[JimmyC11]

James how are the gold stripe maroons doin?

[JimmyC11]

http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6cd0b20-2423-7d43.jpg

[Gyzpaz]

Very nice!!!! Hope to see it in person soon!!!!

[tbone74]

you know it's a huge tank when tangs school together!

[JimmyC11]

Gian any time my friend. It is a big tank brother. I sit there for hours every day

[five O]

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[five O]

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[Tlalok]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!! those are beautiful!!!!

[St8Gr3]

Awwww, the purple goby is cute! He looks like he's got that "don't mess with me buddy" attitude!

[JimmyC11]

Thanks everyone. Matt the pics look awesome thank you brother

[JimmyC11]

http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6cd0a8b-48ff-f62f.jpg four purples and two yellows together

[JimmyC11]

http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6cd0a8b-4942-6dd4.jpg feeding frenzy

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6cd0a8b-4a03-cb95.jpg my newest fish

[JimmyC11]

http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6cd0a8b-4a3e-0da8.jpg side view

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[St8Gr3]

Jimmy- Looks absolutely awesome!!!

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[Troylee]

Looking good Jimmy looking good...;)

[JimmyC11]

Thanks Lee just put the mh up today. Letting it cycle a little more and I want to swing by for chalices and acros. I'm trying to be patient which is tough for me

[Troylee]

Thanks Lee just put the mh up today. Letting it cycle a little more and I want to swing by for chalices and acros. I'm trying to be patient which is tough for meNo worries man.... Some of the colonies have lost color since going in the cube which sucks but they will be back soon enough as they adjust to the new tank and lighting.... Every thing was under led before....

[JimmyC11]

Rick my number is =)

[RickMartin]

got it, will call you tomorrow. Prob be a good idea to edit your number out of there

[bob]

haven't been following this thread super closely but I just wanted to say that sliding light system is sick!!

oh and that japanese anthias is amazing, i wish my tank was large enough for one

[JimmyC11]

Thanks Bob it is a work in progress, but it is coming along =)

[JimmyC11]

Sonny did a solid job on the rolling system, Matt and I made the rack

[RickMartin]

This is what you need to get the third MH to fire up. http://www.marinedepot.com/Neptune_Systems_Dual_120V_Socket_Expansion_Monitor _Controller_Accessories-Neptune_Systems-NS3381-FITEMOAC-vi.html

[JimmyC11]

Some new pics

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[seanathen]

Lookin' awesome!

[JimmyC11]

Thank you. Give it a month and it should be doing much better

[JimmyC11]

It is a work in process :)

[Narazbad]

That a carpet anemone in the last post, jimmy?

[JimmyC11]

Yep Chris, I have eight minis, the big carpet and three rose bubble tips.

[Narazbad]

Lol. Let me know when your roses start splitting

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

will post pics of new chalices when my phone starts working...I hate my iphone

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[Brink]

man that is looking awesome.

[JimmyC11]

Thanks brother

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

My three new additions today :)

[Gyzpaz]

Nice!!!!

[mesafire]

Yes, very nice Jimmy

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[tbone74]

wow! Nice tang

[Tlalok]

Amazing fish!!!!!!!!!!

[RickMartin]

nice wrasses!!

[Mikeeeee]

Nice Achilles, where did you get it?

[JimmyC11]

I got to help open up the Hawaii order and hand pick at ATM also got a pair of flame wrasses

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

Sorry had issues with taptalk redid the same pic

[JimmyC11]

They have a 24 box order from Australia I believe on Thursday.

[murdoc]

Jimmy, tank looks great. It is huge brother, need to talk to you about the upkeep on that, I have a 6-800 underway shortly.

[JimmyC11]

Congrats Dave. What are you keeping in it? Come over any time you want!!

[murdoc]

I will come by soon, building a room divider between family and living room.. Shark only tank , corals were draining me, i had a bad addiction to buying boxes instead of bags :eek:

[JimmyC11]

I have that addiction too lol

[JimmyC11]

Not boxes but uncontrolable spending

[couch702]

Hey Jimmy, it was cool seeing u at "famous Dave's" last week. I gotta come see ur set up. Also, what kind of Tang is that? It's awesome. Naso? If so ive never seen one with colors like that.

[lerchcon]

I just got a chance to look at this thread all the way through. WOW that is amazing. How many fish are you planning total when done? I love the black and orange tang as well it is amazing. Awesome work as well. But you know the credit has to go to your little one for doing all the heavy lifting = ). Cant wait to see more as this progresses.

[JimmyC11]

That's Matts son but thank you. It is still coming along. Here are a few new coral picshttp://tapatalk.com/mu/a6cd8d3b-d772-2517.jpg

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6cd8d3b-d856-104f.jpg

[JimmyC11]

I have around 33 fish and only want to add a blue spot jaw fish and a pair of white clowns

[lerchcon]

that looks amazing, you have done some great work. Cant wait to see the white clowns

[Tlalok]

White clowns???? I'm excited to see those ...

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[Tlalok]

Where are u getting them from? ?? I just read an old site and they retail for 300 bucks!!!! What's the price now???

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[lerchcon]

I have never seen one, but then again I never seen in person a black and white one either :)

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6cd0a5e-68a1-a7e8.jpg some new pics

[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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[JimmyC11]

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