Nomad 125 build

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  1. nomad9646

    nomad9646 Astrea Snail

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    Admin note: I have to highlight nomad's foam work in this build:
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    I started this build because my cousin cracked my 55 (wasnt mad cause it gave me an excuse to my fiancee to upgrade).But under the circumstances I went to craigslist and founds a beat up reef ready 125.

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    Was beat up and had alot of calcium build up on it. After 4 days of scrubbing and scraping it started looking like the way a tank should look like.

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    After it was cleaned up and the background painted on.I researched on the pond foam/live rock back ground.So I got all the materials to do it and jumped in.

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    After 3 days of working on the panels they were ready to be siliconed in.The top picture I found a nice statue that I thought would look nice if I made it look like it was part of the rock work.By the way Those lights I bought on ebay.They started smoking so I sent them back and ordered new ones from a different source.Also went ahead and ordered 180# of pure white sand.
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    After I let the diy background cure put the sand in.Started adding my live rock and as of now using my 48" t5 and 24"t5(from my refugium) until my new lights arrive.
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    Ahh the refreshing sign of life.After my cycle was complete I started adding my corals and fish from my 55.Feeling very accomplished and happy.Have a my protein skimmer and led lights coming in this week.
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  2. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Fantastic job with the foam. That is really realistic. Can you post close ups of that?
     
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  3. nomad9646

    nomad9646 Astrea Snail

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    Thank you.i tried taking close ups but they dont show up too good.
     
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  4. cosmo

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    Nice tank man! good work on the foam!
     
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  5. nomad9646

    nomad9646 Astrea Snail

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    Thank you!!!!I worked very hard to get this tank the way it is.The previous owner did not tank care of it at all.
     
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  6. bwalker9801

    bwalker9801 Zoanthid

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    Good looking setup, I really like the foam!
     
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  7. nomad9646

    nomad9646 Astrea Snail

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    Thanks bwalker.BTW went to Saint Augustine for vaction.Had a blast.
     
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  8. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    How did you do the foam like that?
     
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    nomad9646 Astrea Snail

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    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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