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by **lionlord3502** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:00 am

ok put salt into the tank tonight and o my god all the filters started up and the crap that is being pulled out of the water. it is desucting. my coten bag is terning black and withen 15 minits the protien skimmer is already pulling crap out of the tank it is amazing how fast salt pushes all the crap and garbig out of itself.

by **lionlord3502** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:18 am

and here is the finished sand wating for gravel. pluse i thought id show how bad this hobbey will git lol there is a snake cage that you cant see and i have a 55 set up at my moms all saltwater :) and you can see my over flow silencer in the one pic works awsome took 10 minits to make.

by **lionlord3502** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:20 am

lol ya that is a door to the right of the tank to show how high it stands. lol about 6 feet tall

by **puffedupseagull** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:03 am

Make it your self. I did cost me $5 and about 20 mins to get right. Stoped nearly all my noise.

by **lionlord3502** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:30 am

ok the up date on the 75g setup:) know i got the substrat in 140Ib of carib sea hawien black live. this stuff is amazing looking. looks like a valcanic base. know im trying to figer out what to paint the back. it is going to be my specialty and somthing i have never done before so it is going to cost to much and not work lmao.
im going to make a spices sps tank. consisting of lions and sps corals. the lighting is desided on 8 54w 48"t5's but what coler should i paint it. what you guys think? after i paint i will git pics up but what coler you think i should go with i was thinking of a cobalt blueish black but am not to shour if the lack of coler reflection will make the corels look bad what you guys think?

by **blueshoes2208** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:43 am

well i cant offer advise on what the color will do as far as light reflection but i found it extremely easy to paint the back with just simple spray paint, i applied light coats for a period of 2 days and i accidentally got a bubble but i pushed the air out of it and with the light on the inside it is invisible.... i would suggest just buying what ever color you decide on in spray paint form.. just my opinion

by **saltwaterpimp** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:02 am

Do you have water in this tank already ? i never tried paint,,i use a store bought and veggie oil to stick it..the color...idk you have to live with it..if i had black sand i would shift twords the b on b ...but i think sps would look beter with a blue backround....good luck..are lions reef safe ?

pics!

swp

by **blueshoes2208** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:16 am

yes... we all enjoy pics....

by **lionlord3502** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:16 am

lions are very reef safe. but thay will eat whatever fish thay can fit in ther mouth as long as thay can catch it and shrimp and small crabs are very tasty to them as well so it took me a long time to figer out what alge control thay dont eat. if you would like to set up a agresive reef i would love to help if you got any questions. lol my nolig over the last 13 years cost me to much $ not to help people out that want to have both the buety of reef with the fun of high agretion. and yes there is water in the tank and starting to cycle. the best way i have found to paint a tank is with a roller. it lays the paint on thick and no chance of gitting paint were it is not wanted aka over spray.

by **saltwaterpimp** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:24 am

thanks but i will probably never have a agresive reef, i am a coral junkie, i only add fish that clean the reef,and pseudo chromis,
over spray would suck....
swp

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