240g RR build thread

[StupidsReef]

Ok I got the skimmer and the pump today . A BIG HUGE THANK YOU to our friend Markk96!!!! Somehow I thought members received 10% off there orders, I think Mark charged me 10% more :lol2: Just Joking Great guy to deal with, even with me he remained calm and polite ( I seen some sweat beads on his forehead a few times during my orders, but he held a smile through it all ) :lol: Without further ado's here's the pics:

The pump

And now the teeny-weeny-tiny skimmer

Parts:

 

[StupidsReef]

And then after I put it together:

Not hard at all to put together, I mean come on I did it all by myself without Lonnies help

 

[DrBDC]

If that thing skims even half as good as it looks, :thumbsup:

 

[Markk96]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9704927#post9704927 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by StupidsReef
Ok I got the skimmer and the pump today . A BIG HUGE THANK YOU to our friend Markk96!!!! Somehow I thought members received 10% off there orders, I think Mark charged me 10% more :lol2: Just Joking Great guy to deal with, even with me he remained calm and polite ( I seen some sweat beads on his forehead a few times during my orders, but he held a smile through it all ) :lol: Without further ado's here's the pics:

Glad I could help, that skimmer looks like it will rock, I am anxious to see it up and running.

 

[frenchie]

so at 3pm sunday or saturday

 

[ncox38]

I'll be there.

Awesome skimmer looks like mine but on 'roids! The only thing that kind of bugs me about it is the ball valve. it is difficult to tweak. im going to try to find a 50 mm gate valve online.

 

[Im Lon 2]

Yeah that Skimmer is huge.. I just Built a stand for the Skimmer tonight. Hope to have it Painted and in place before the tank comes Sunday.

I also got the Oak cut for the front of the stand, tomorrow I hope to have the doors put on.

 

[Im Lon 2]

UPDATE:

We will be picking up the tank at 1:30 now and should be back to his house by 2:30. So if anyone want to show up the best time would be between 2:45 to 3:00.

If anyone needs direction Please PM me and I will give you my Cell #, in case you get lost..

 

[Scarecrow]

Uhm, pizza at WHO's house next door? I believe that would be Scarecrow because Rich1972 mihgt be a little bit busy with ya'all. Howver, I am more than happy to help out with the frozen pizza but I expect the real thing. And of course, a BUD LIGHT...or 2! See ya this weekend.

 

[Baron]

So where are some picture updates. I know you guys have been doing something? Where are some more pictures of Lonnie doing all the work

 

[StupidsReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9723193#post9723193 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Baron
So where are some picture updates. I know you guys have been doing something? Where are some more pictures of Lonnie doing all the work

Ok Baron, we "HAD" quite alot of pics to show, But Rich1972 was acting like a small child and sticking his Face or arm or leg or hand or foot or beer into EVERY stinking shot. Needless to say we had to delete them all We did however take a few shots today while RICH1972 was not here, so here they are.

Minwax RED MAHOGANY

Before and after

The gray can in my hand is Polyurethane

 

[JxMetal]

so who knew minwax was 92 proof?

 

[ncox38]

Nice color. See you tomorrow @ 3.

 

[StupidsReef]

UPDATE: Ok I'm rather upset and need to vent about something that was done to me in regards to my stand.

Last night Lonnie, Rich, and myself ran to wallyworld to get the stain & Polyurethane to finish the stand. Lonnie had just put the doors on the stand for the first time and we had laid the stand on its back so to stain it flat on the front. As many of you can see from the pics the 2 holes for the doors do not have a center brace. This is to allow max room to get under there if need be. We left leaving my wife ( Satan in the flesh, who is super intelligent, highly smart always thinking ahead and thinking of others) and Scarecrow ( UNintelligent, dimwitted, Completely STUPID, a Jellyfish IQ, don't listen to anyone, thinks only of herself AKA Rich's applicant ) who is not very smart, Hence her RC screen name "SCARECROW". I thought my wife was enough to STUPIDVISE this idiot?! While we were gone she (after being advised by my wife not to) took some pics of my stand. However she just had to have a pic of herself (Not sure why) laying across the front of my stand, on my doors, that do NOT have a center brace, which would be able to support some weight. Thus causing the tiny screws that hold the doors on to split the 2x6 that they were tagged to. We didn't find out she had laid on top of them until late last night after we had pulled the doors off and stained them. That's when my wife showed us the pics warning us that we wouldn't like one of them. Now my tank will be here tomorrow and all I can do is hope that the doors are not warped and that we can use screws that are just a little longer to tag the doors back on. Luckily only 2 of the screws split on 2 different 2 x 6s and they are @ the bottom. Lonnie thinks we might be able to correct it. Currently though, I'm still burning with anger that someone is that ignorant and selfish (cause I still don't know why she needed a pic of herself across MY stand ),careless and just that plain STUPID to lay across the doors of a stand, and she knew there was no center brace!!:mad2: :mad2:

And to think.................Rich1972 calls me what????.........Ha stupid?? Really??

 

[Baron]

Looking good! Can't wait to see this tomorrow.

 

[StupidsReef]

Baron, YGPM

 

[capncapo]

UH OH!

Sorry to hear that Mike!

I think I might have a service call to make tomorrow so I might have to miss the move. I think the stand will be OK though.


( Psssst.....Lonnie... call me in the morning and give me a mood update. )

 

[StupidsReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9727304#post9727304 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capncapo
UH OH!

Sorry to hear that Mike!

I think I might have a service call to make tomorrow so I might have to miss the move. I think the stand will be OK though.


( Psssst.....Lonnie... call me in the morning and give me a mood update. )

Naw I'm not like that. I'm just angry @ her. It's all good cause I got Lonnie to fix up my stupid mishaps, so he'll fix this one too. I need you old terd you better show up :lol:

 

[capncapo]

You know I'll be there Mike.

Nothing that a little glue and possibly some match sticks won't cure on the stand.

 

[StupidsReef]

:lol: you got that right! Beside you have to be here, Not that I would ever ask you @ your advanced age to phisicaly move the tank, But I need your wisdom, you've been around longer than anyone I know and moved a few tanks in your days. So your Knowledge is what I'm after, you know the old saying, "the older you get the wiser you become" and who more to ask for help than to ask our "Father of time" canpNcAp0 ?? :lol2: