Cageburn's 58

cageburn

Reef enthusiast
hey everyone hows it going, im new to this site and thought id take a minute to introduce myself and my tank, ive been in the hobby for little over a year now started out with a 29 and upgraded to my 58! heres some of the progress its went through nothing extravagent but i like it. :)

heres my 58 when first purchased, the sealing was dry rotted so i had to reseal it i also wanted it black :\ what a mission that was lol.
here it is day one stripping the old silicone off
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he it is cleaned taped and ready for silicone!
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here it is being tested, tested it for 1 week and it holds great!
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the next step was to paint the tank :)
here it is all wrapped up and ready to go
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heres the tank after the paint
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next was the stand, hardest part of all! i didnt know how hard it would be to sand by hand but ya.........definitly harder than i thought. started with 60 grit then a 400 grit to make it smooth. i had to trim about 1/4 in off the back bottom 2x4 so i could fit my 20 gallon lon sump in.
here it is all done with sanding!.......2 months later.
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heres the stand after 3 coats of stain and 3 coats of polyurathane
sorry for the crappy pic :\
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and here it is all finished and moved into my room!
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here it is from day two after transfering everything over from the 29, the water got so cloudy i couldnt see what the rocks looked like until it cleared up the next day.
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Welcome to the site...it was a pleasure meeting you today. Like I mentioned earlier, this is the best online forum EVER! If you have any questions, feel free to ask...and post plenty of pics. :)
 
hes some shots of the corals, lets start with zoas. :)

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easter eggs :)
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one of my favs :) my hot tamale zoas
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here are some devils armor
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not sure what these are but i like them
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blue steels
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mystic people eaters
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yellow deepwaters
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deepwater fruitloops
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i take it back. these are my favorite, flaming suns :)
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smal frag of jokers
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long lash eagle eyes
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kedds reds
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blues
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didnt like these at first
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but i do now! they morphed really nice
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purple deaths
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purple people eaters.
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candy apple green palys? not sure i get the names confused.
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my wtermelons
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small creamsicle frag
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emeralds fire deepwaters
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i call em chicago bears zoas lol
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my miami vice zoas i lost the colony a few moths ago :\ waiting on a frag that made it to grow back
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thank you! yes zoas are my favorrite :)
the eagle eyes came from juicorals
ive got to post a pic of my spidermans got those from vivid
also gotta few from cherry corals
most of the rest i got from local stores when they get there shipments i try to get there quick so i can cherry pik lol, got lucky :)
Love those zoas!!!!

Where did you get them from?
 
what local stores do you go to? Never seen zoas those colors at the couple I usually frequent. Maybe you just get there before I do:mrgreen:
 
here are my lps, these are for you smitty u said ur a big lps guy :) lol

green acan
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my rainbow from day 1
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few months later
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here it is currently
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moonlight shots
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heres my purple n green enchinata
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another small rainbow
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heres some of the chalices,

heres one of the watermelon hybrids
attinics
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daytime
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heres a nice one
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my tyree alien eye from day 1
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here it is a few weeks later
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and a few more weeks later
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