375g build

[TriMax]

Well actually, I want to have both tanks up soon, but the 375g first. Yes, Mel, I said soon. Starting from today, when is soon? Not sure, but better than 3 years.

No, no pics yet.

I want to thank Scott, Joel, and James for their help today. Pictures tomorrow with almost all of the rock in the tank. Not in place just in the tank. Most of the hard-to-keep coral is at Randy's. I got the stuff only I will be able to kill. The tank is still cloudy, but looking better. I go get the hardware and fish tonight at 7.

I am tired. The other guys did most of the work, but I am tired.

There is stuff that is alive in my tank. Not just crickets either. Some corals and in about 2.5 or 3 hours some fish too.

thanks again

Eddie

 

[jettster]

so 375 display or system total way to jump in with both feet

 

[TriMax]

tank is 96x30x30.

Put fish in a little while ago. The purple tang and cardinal swimming around. The basslet is hiding I hope.

 

[ct_vol]

:thumbsup:

 

[modifyd]

Can't wait to check it out when you get it aquascaped! This tank looks good empty so I can only imagine when it's full of life.

 

[digidana]

wow, way to go...just in the for the swap!

i wanna see pics!!

 

[cee]

Glad you're finally there, Eddie. You'll need to host a meeting soon, but wait until I rejoin next week . If you need any help with the setup, LMK. I was just busy Saturday with all the travel at work and overdue work around the house. I'll probably be "visiting" you soon for Rad worker training.

Dave

 

[khaosinc]

can't wait to see pics. I love a nice big tank.

 

[TriMax]

The project started more than 3 years ago. Family issues have caused a sort of malaise to come over me. It did not help that my picture belongs next to the work procrastinate in the dictionary.

Anyway this guy wrote the email, as mentioned above, so I was jump started.

I put RO/DI water in the 375g, added salt mix and got the SG to 1.026.
I put 80 lbs of sand in on Sunday the 7th of June, 2009. Very cloudy water resulted.
Randy and I went over to the house where the tank-to-be-moved is and move the “good” corals to his house. A few rocks got moved to my house.
I put 200lbs of sand in on Thursday the 11th. Very, very, very cloudy water resulted. I am going to get the rest of the rock, fish and other stuff Saturday?????

I am circulated the water inside the tank with a few Mag 5s. Put a filter sock in a plastic jug to try and cleanup the water cloudiness. Not working too well.

The MT 300g. The 300g finally has a stand of its own.

This picture is of both tanks in the room together. The 300g finally has a stand of its own.

The 375g has the sand from Sunday and Thursday.

 

[TriMax]

James let me borrow his water scrubber - canister filter. After much weep and gashing of teeth we got it to “kind-of” work.
Picture of tank Saturday afternoon before the lights arrived

Saturday night.
Picture with lights. Still cannot see much because of cloudy water.

Didn't even bother. Well illuminate cloud of sandy water,

Took canister filter apart, cleaned filter Saturday night late, maybe Sunday morning early (after midnight). Tanks looked pretty good Sunday morning before church.

 

[TriMax]

A few pictures of the corals and the rock. No aquascaping yet.

The purple tang

Sorry, the outside of the front, and the inside for that matter, where not clean.

More to follow

 

[jettster]

nice

 

[EvilMel]

I'm glad to finally see it up and running! yaaay!

Sorry I couldn't help.

 

[modifyd]

Looks like the sand storm is gone!

 

[TriMax]

Sand storm is almost gone.

Some remnants still linger. I am going to keep your filter until after the aquascaping, if it is ok. I turn the pump off just after you, Scott, and Joel left Saturday and it started spraying everywhere. I took it apart and tried to weight it down but the leaking was too great. With several tries at making it work and with not much filtering going on, at least as far as clearing of the tanks evidence was concerned, I took it apart and put it back together. It was not leaking at all. But after several hours of not doing much filtering again, I took it apart again and cleaned the filter â€"œ something you mentioned from the start. Any way the storm was gone by the next morning, which was only about 7-8 hours.

Then my heaters failed and the tank got too hot.

I have had water cover the floor only three times in the last 2 weeks also.

Everything is going to plan. Of course, I did not have a plan.
Well, not unless "make it up as you go" is a plan.

Mel there is more to do if you really want to help. One of the good things about belonging to a club is when some help is needed there is usually someone that is available, not everybody but someone.

 

[Runner]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15195816#post15195816 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TriMax
Everything is going to plan. Of course, I did not have a plan.
Well, not unless "make it up as you go" is a plan.

Now THAT'S my kind of plan. It makes life interesting being an engineer with that kind of outlook on life, but it is how I roll.

 

[Weetabix]

This looks cool.
I really like the Blasto's, as well as the Plate and the Tang.

 

[khaosinc]

LOL... planning is overrated.

 

[ct_vol]

Eddie~ Looking great!!! The tanks looks to have cleared up really nice... How is the bubble doing???

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15196867#post15196867 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by khaosinc
LOL... planning is overrated.

This should be your mantra!!! lol Anyone that decides to rip out their garage door on a whim truly lives in the moment... BTW love your build thread...

 

[modifyd]

You can use the filter as long as you need, That filter works great when you can get the top on correctly.