brwnwatersurfer's 300g build (1 Viewer)

[brwnwatersurfer]

I finally joined marsh this year before i was just a guest as Jeramirez85 but now that im a member i decided to go with another name that shows one the the things i enjoy doing which is surfing. I surf most of the time in galveston and when the waves are good down there its usually brown water that im surfing in. well anyways i got this beauty of a tank from BILLY0382 (josh) at first he wasnt going to sell but then gave me achance to get it so i did. So after two trips to conroe down to beltway 8 and 45s its sitting in my livingroom. tank measures 8'-3'-21" Also got a reeflo hammerhead from theboober which ill be using for the closed loop. Im waiting on a sump made by minh at BAA which is just a 125g baffled out which hopefully i will get on sunday the 4th. Once i get that hopefully ill get water in it soon heres some pics of the tank sitting in my livingroom. Yea takes up most of my wall pretty big tank!

 

[Reefaddict79]

Thats awesome ! Have you figured out how you are going to light that bad dude? I love how much depth you have to work with

 

[brwnwatersurfer]

im still kinda stumped on how im going to light it ive got all the ballast and lights for it just how im gonna set it up is the problem.... dont really want to make a canopy for it cause how open it is on top so dont want to cover up completly... thinking of probably making a hanging type canopy something i an raise up and down when i need to get insie the tank dont know yet still drawing up ideas but yea the depth is awsome thats why i liked this tank when i first saw it

 

[brwnwatersurfer]

also planning on using 3 250w MH with either lumenbrights or lumenmax reflectors and t5s with individual reflectors

 

[Reefaddict79]

I have been thinking about using one of the motorized tracks that moves a reflector back and forth across the tank. TnT and city pets use them on frag and grow out tanks.

 

[brwnwatersurfer]

o really i might have to go check them out and get some more ideas

 

[Salty]

thats totally BAD A**! i saw those at city pets a couple days ago good idea for saving on electricity and equipment but not too good for a show tank imo.

 

[decimal]

brown water surfer lol thats kinda funny. i lived in PR for five years and surfed everyday. when i got here i was all heartbroken and people where like oh but we have waves in galvaston... i went down there and was totally confused. uhh im not getting in that lol. are there some clean water spots along the coast? i have heard good things about matagorda going off sometimes but i never really made it down there.

welcome to marsh.. its been a while since i have seen a Rusty logo hehe

 

[brwnwatersurfer]

yea we dont even get close to the big waves like in PR or the water quality every so often i go out and its blue green at galveston but thats about it also surfside has some pretty decent waves sometimes..and the water is usually blue green most of the time.. but yea hitting matagorda to south padre is pretty clean water and south padre is a fun spot to hit the waves lol plus its better off having a longboard down here also have an old 7'6" rusty

 

[MarkieB]

Nice tank

What is PR?

 

[decimal]

puerto rico

 

[brwnwatersurfer]

man i would love to surf down there been surfing a couple times down in mexico and it was great but ill surf the big waves one day lol i plan on posting some news pics of the tank already added the sump into the stand and im waiting on a asm g4x skimmer i ordered hopefully ill get it this weekend and will be starting on the lighting soon

 

[karlo]

You can always do Tanker surfing in Galveston, i never done it but looks fun and it's a long time riding a wave.

http://coreyfishes.com/blog/2008/09/13/tanker-surfing-in-galveston-texas/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5PsF7y1Jdk

 

[brwnwatersurfer]

hey karlo i saw a few of my buddies tanker surf a few times i never tried it out though maybe this summer ill try it ok well after a long time of waiting the tank finally has water rock and sand it took me awhile to setup because we remodeled the livingroom so we had to do that first before i added water because of course its easier to move the tank around for the remodel. Added the water last weeked and the rocks and sand that same period and did the lighting this past weekend which im still not done the canopy was too big(bad measurements)lol just need to trim it down and its going be hanging over the tank when its done. Heres some updated pictures what i have done so far let me know if i did good in the aquasacape or if i need to add or move some rocks around

 

[AquaNerd]

that's a nice looking setup. good job.

 

[i_am_poor]

Looking good!

 

[Guest]

Very nice

 

[brwnwatersurfer]

thanks guys still have alot to do will be setting up the calcium reactor and the ATO this week and been dosing with biodigest and bioptim for a faster cycling hopefully in a few weeks ill start getting in some snails and other livestock

 

[slyfox]

its gonna be a beaut i think

 

[cstewart79]

Very impressive set up keep us posted