fltekdiver
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Been in the hobby now 3 months, started my 120 Build 2 months ago, just finished it, got the CUC in their, 2 clowns, and decided I wanted a 6' long, but also wanted the same depth as the 120, ( 25" wide )
You can see my 120 build here:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2268848&page=2
Sold the 120 Dual Over Flows Tank, Stand, Canopy, 40B sump and all the plumbing, fudge light to Bruce here on the forums ! As soon as I received payment, I ordered a new :
180 Aqueon All Glass Corner Over Flows, Ordered 8/15/13 !
75 Aqueon All Glass tank ordered 8/15/13 for sump!
48" Reef Breeders Proton series LED's will be used from my 120 build, and I'm going to order a 16 or 24" Proton LED
Apex Controller swapped over from my 120 will use on the 180
Reef Octopus POV-DC1 Skimmer, ( Also from my 120 ) will use for the first 6 months, since my bio-load will be light, then I'll upgrade to the Reef Octopus POV-DC2 when needed
Tunze 3155 ATO
( 1 ) Jeabo WP 40 and ( 2 ) Jeabo WP 25's will be used for power heads
I have 120 lbs of Tropic Eden Mini Flakes in my 120, I'm going to dry out, and use about 50 lbs as a base sand, but it doesn't do good with high flow, so I ordered 80lbs of Figi Pink Sand
Not sure if I'm going to put an EXT return pump, and internal and use my Eheim 1262 Return pump
Instead of using Live Rock all from my 120 , I'm going to start off with base rock , this way I can spend more time aquas caping the 180 , and seed it with Little Live Rock
Here's some pics of the stand I started Friday night, framed it in 3 hours in my kitchen so I would be in the A/C ( wife went nut's, I spent $30K last year remodeling my kitchen , and I'm framing a fish stand in it, gotta love it! )
By Sunday afternoon, I had the stand skinned in 3/4" OAK, ripped a ton of OAK pcs on the table saw all day, to get the look I was looking for, and by Sunday eve, the inside has 2 coats of Kills in it
Stand was framed with no middle support, using 2x8 as top cord, pocket drilled, and glued
Here's some pic's of the stand build, more to come !!
You can see my 120 build here:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2268848&page=2
Sold the 120 Dual Over Flows Tank, Stand, Canopy, 40B sump and all the plumbing, fudge light to Bruce here on the forums ! As soon as I received payment, I ordered a new :
180 Aqueon All Glass Corner Over Flows, Ordered 8/15/13 !
75 Aqueon All Glass tank ordered 8/15/13 for sump!
48" Reef Breeders Proton series LED's will be used from my 120 build, and I'm going to order a 16 or 24" Proton LED
Apex Controller swapped over from my 120 will use on the 180
Reef Octopus POV-DC1 Skimmer, ( Also from my 120 ) will use for the first 6 months, since my bio-load will be light, then I'll upgrade to the Reef Octopus POV-DC2 when needed
Tunze 3155 ATO
( 1 ) Jeabo WP 40 and ( 2 ) Jeabo WP 25's will be used for power heads
I have 120 lbs of Tropic Eden Mini Flakes in my 120, I'm going to dry out, and use about 50 lbs as a base sand, but it doesn't do good with high flow, so I ordered 80lbs of Figi Pink Sand
Not sure if I'm going to put an EXT return pump, and internal and use my Eheim 1262 Return pump
Instead of using Live Rock all from my 120 , I'm going to start off with base rock , this way I can spend more time aquas caping the 180 , and seed it with Little Live Rock
Here's some pics of the stand I started Friday night, framed it in 3 hours in my kitchen so I would be in the A/C ( wife went nut's, I spent $30K last year remodeling my kitchen , and I'm framing a fish stand in it, gotta love it! )
By Sunday afternoon, I had the stand skinned in 3/4" OAK, ripped a ton of OAK pcs on the table saw all day, to get the look I was looking for, and by Sunday eve, the inside has 2 coats of Kills in it
Stand was framed with no middle support, using 2x8 as top cord, pocket drilled, and glued
Here's some pic's of the stand build, more to come !!
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