Cageburn's 58

[cageburn]

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

he it is cleaned taped and ready for silicone!

here it is being tested, tested it for 1 week and it holds great!

the next step was to paint the tank :)
here it is all wrapped up and ready to go

 

[cageburn]

heres the tank after the paint

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.

 

[cageburn]

heres the stand after 3 coats of stain and 3 coats of polyurathane
sorry for the crappy pic :\

and here it is all finished and moved into my room!

 

[bjohanson1234]

welcome to the site!!!!

looks good

 

[cageburn]

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.

 

[cageburn]

and here are a few more current shots with it setup
daytime

morning and night

got to love moonlights!!!!

 

[cageburn]

thank you!!!!!! it was aloooot of work

welcome to the site!!!!

looks good

 

[Smitty]

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. :)

 

[Bifferwine]

Very beautiful! You have so much color in that tank.

 

[cageburn]

hes some shots of the corals, lets start with zoas. :)

easter eggs :)

one of my favs :) my hot tamale zoas

here are some devils armor

not sure what these are but i like them

blue steels

mystic people eaters

yellow deepwaters

 

[cageburn]

deepwater fruitloops

i take it back. these are my favorite, flaming suns :)

smal frag of jokers

long lash eagle eyes

 

[bjohanson1234]

Love those zoas!!!!

Where did you get them from?

 

[cageburn]

kedds reds

blues

didnt like these at first

but i do now! they morphed really nice

purple deaths

purple people eaters.

candy apple green palys? not sure i get the names confused.

my wtermelons

small creamsicle frag

emeralds fire deepwaters

i call em chicago bears zoas lol

my miami vice zoas i lost the colony a few moths ago :\ waiting on a frag that made it to grow back

 

[cageburn]

will do :)

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. :)

 

[cageburn]

thank you i really appreciate that! that was the goal from the getgo i wanted as much color as possible :)

Very beautiful! You have so much color in that tank.

 

[cageburn]

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?

 

[bjohanson1234]

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:

 

[cageburn]

here are my lps, these are for you smitty u said ur a big lps guy :) lol

green acan

my rainbow from day 1

few months later

here it is currently

moonlight shots

heres my purple n green enchinata

another small rainbow

 

[cageburn]

mostly aquatica

 

[cageburn]

heres some of the chalices,

heres one of the watermelon hybrids
attinics

daytime

heres a nice one

my tyree alien eye from day 1

here it is a few weeks later

and a few more weeks later