[e_baer]

that is a really good idea to use the garage! put a little insulation around the walls, keep the dor shut, and you have yourself a nice fosh room! brilliant!

[clown shrimp]

wow great setup cant wait to see it stocked, what do you do for a living, just curious

[blind1993]

we arent seeing alot of u in the posts anymore.

[cbui2]

blind1993 - thanks, the garage is completely insulated which includes spray on foam insulation roof line, fiberglass insulation for ceilings and walls except for my garage door, the kenmore 12,000btu window unit stays on 24hrs day keeping the fish room at 75 deg. all 6 sequence pumps along with lighting, skimmer pumps and etc. doesnt produced that much heat since it all energy savers. still here

clown shrimp - thanks, but one step at a time. i'm in car audio & video
fish list for now
1 xlarge yellow tang
1 med powder brown tang
4 med barlett anthias
3 med allardi clown
2 med lawnmover blenny
2 med mandarin green goby
8 small yellow belly regal tang

[blind1993]

u know i wish when i was in texas i came to new orleans and seen ur set up but seems like it is going nice.

[cbui2]

thats fine anytime you're in town, the setup have been running smooth since june 8 when all rocks and sand was added. going through some light algae stages now but should be gone soon. MH been on 10hrs daily which could cause the small amount of algae under the lighted areas. i will make another fish order couple of weeks.

[blind1993]

i will but it will be like a year or 2 till i got to neworleans.

[cbui2]

not even for mardi gras

[blind1993]

i dout it since my dad says that there is nothing built there.

[cbui2]

the city is about 60% restore, but all downtown, french market and uptown area are back to normal. the affected area are still bang up where little work have been done. i had total 7' of water in my shop which took me about 1 month to completely removed all the debris and rebuild it all back up with the help of 2 brother-in-laws.

[burdenpi]

Originally Posted by cbui2

5-30: Ok here are some more updates, and manage to get some work done after coming home. sod was removed all along the wall. using 2x4 w/3" wood screws to support the outer wall and 2x6 for inner. This was much better to support than the regular stakes sold at HD, also foam expansion joint boards will be used along the back wall and step. next brick will be spreaded out evenly at the bottom to raise wire mesh up in place than rebar will be place above the mesh which will be tied together to make it more durable since generator and chiller will add about 1500 lbs. slope is from back to front making sure so no puddles are visible and of course mosquito heaven too. slab area is 12'L x 38"W and approximately 6"-7" of concrete will be poured using concrete mixer which holds about 5 80lbs bag.

all this money for reef and has a window shaker air conditioner for himself.

[kh6sat]

Lookin Excellent!

[cbui2]

Originally Posted by burdenpi

all this money for reef and has a window shaker air conditioner for himself.

the window unit is just for the fish room that keep the garage temp at 75deg all day long and runs 24hrs a day kenmore 12,000btu which is rated to cool 1400sq and my garage is only 600sq. i wanted the fish room to have its own cooling rather then having to tied into main house unit.

[blind1993]

Originally Posted by cbui2

the window unit is just for the fish room that keep the garage temp at 75deg all day long and runs 24hrs a day kenmore 12,000btu which is rated to cool 1400sq and my garage is only 600sq. i wanted the fish room to have its own cooling rather then having to tied into main house unit.

that was a nice idea so did u get pics of ur tangs yet.

[cbui2]

camera i have now cant take good pics through glass, waiting for a new camera to come in.

[Tonz of fun]

Originally Posted by cbui2

camera i have now cant take good pics through glass, waiting for a new camera to come in.

How is everything coming together?

[burdenpi]

Just poking fun and finding my way to express my jealousy, I saw that in a later post that it was just for the garage, sweet setup.

[mtfabel]

What kind of camera do you have and what kind are you getting?

[cbui2]

current camera i have now samsungdigimax L60, been having this for long time and was a present to me from my wife. does ok but when doing closeup and trying to capture fish swimming is not that good at all.

[mtfabel]

This is going to sound stupid, but have you ever read the manual. I couldnt take a decent picture of anything in my tank with my camera. Then I looked through the manual and it had a bunch of things that really helped. Now I can take much better pictures.

[Krazy]

Bart,

I wanna see those yellow belly blue hippos !!!

Those are some costly tangs !!!

[cbui2]

Originally Posted by mtfabel

This is going to sound stupid, but have you ever read the manual. I couldnt take a decent picture of anything in my tank with my camera. Then I looked through the manual and it had a bunch of things that really helped. Now I can take much better pictures.

thanks but i tried everything, but the colors doesnt show up crystal clear. it will take it but not in details like i want. bottom line the canon rebel xti w/macro lens will be the one.

[cbui2]

Originally Posted by Krazy K

Bart,

I wanna see those yellow belly blue hippos !!!

Those are some costly tangs !!!

they are still in QT and getting bigger everyday with feeding 4 times daily makes them so fat. i will keep them in there for a long time before making to display at least 6 months. different diets with selcon added to their foods daily. i started out with 10 but 2 had past away.

[blind1993]

srry for ur loss but why are u keeping them in qt for 6 months and not 2 months.

[reefnoob1991]

Because it's not hurting them and the longer they stay in there the less problems are going to make it to his main tank.