220 Gallon build into Library in House

[syilk1]

Lights hung, A little annoyed about how cords pull lights off center

 

[coraltastic]

Looks nice! Be tagging along.

 

[syilk1]

Looks nice! Be tagging along.

Thanks, I also started staining the wood that I am going to trim this out with. My wife will kill me if I cant make it look like the room started

 

[boot525]

Nice
Looking good

 

[syilk1]

Will try a water run after xmas, got the geo Kalk reactor and calcium reactor this week

 

[PowerNap]

Try looping the cords over your pipes. That should take the weight off.

 

[syilk1]

Great idea with cords over pipes, will see if works. Merry Xmas all

 

[jdieck]

Happy you got it going.

JD

 

[jdieck]

Looking good bud. Been out of touch catching up with new job and new house but things seem to be settleing down. Let me know if I can be of any help.


JD

 

[SSprince]

I love panel type walls/construction!!

 

[SSprince]

I love panel type walls/construction!!

 

[syilk1]

Ok sorry its been so long, I have been working and then trying to get this baby going. Everything is up and going and here are some new pics

This was water test to find any leaks, None at this point lol

 

[syilk1]

This is my buddy Don who is an amazing aquascaper and very good plumber for anyone who needs reef help in chicago area, I highly endorse him

Putting rock in, sorry so dark, good pictures on Nikon

 

[syilk1]

All filled up and no leaks

AND WHAT IS DEAL WITH THIS SITE, takes 5 min for page to load for weeks

 

[syilk1]

Water clearing

All my pictures seem to be at night grrrr, I will get some of day time later today, although going through my cycle algae bloom

 

[syilk1]

Final wood work before staining

And ALGAE BLOOM

which is where we are today

 

[syilk1]

Looking good bud. Been out of touch catching up with new job and new house but things seem to be settleing down. Let me know if I can be of any help.


JD

Jose so glad you found the thread, So excited to get your old tank up and running. I still have your beautiful stand and lights if you know of anyone who would want to buy it, It just would not fit in the office due to wood color. This was big reason I was nervous to take this project on. But is coming together.

 

[kegogut]

You should try some bio spira if you want to speed up your cycle. It really does work cycled one of my tanks in 3 days.

 

[syilk1]

I have dosed two doses of this??
Prodibio BIO DIGEST
I had read good things, I used live sand and cured live rock. I had put clean up crew in and multiple snail fell and didnt upright themselves and died which I think caused algae bloom

 

[dave.m]

I don't know about the Probidio stuff but the Instant Ocean Bio-Spira works well for me. One thing about this stuff is that you have to make sure all your other water parameters are correct and have remained stable for a few weeks before trying it. I have let a tank sit idle for a month before using the Bio-Spira but was able to put fish in the tank the same day.

Dave.M