90 Gallon Build

[OsiViper]

Well, Stand is complete. Painting back of 90g tonight. As soon as magnets come in I can complete front panel for stand (wont be doors, will just be a trimmed panel with magnets to stick it on).

Plumbing tomorrow along with leak test and Order from BRS for the Rock.

Getting 2 Ocellaris clowns (wanted black onyx but cant afford) and a Helfrichi Firefish into the 2x 20 gallon quarantines on Friday.

 

[OsiViper]

Oh, and here's the stand for the Dual 20 gallon Quarantine tanks, 1 long and 1 tall.

And Pic is older, I know there is no cross braces or foam under lower 20g, there is currently though.

 

[OsiViper]

Damn.. Put bulkheads in tank, plumbed pvc below tank and filled overflow with water to check for leaks from bulkheads.. Have a leak in the silicone

Water was seeping under the overflow into the tank - luckily i had aquarium silicone leftover from the sump. Now i gotta wait 24-48 again to do another leak-test.. at least on the plus side, the bulkheads and plumbing didnt leak...

 

[xmenx2dad]

Seems like leaks always happened. I had leak tested mine, fixed a couple of leaks on the overflow box and it was good. Moved it into the house hooked up all the plumbing, had a slight leak and tightened everything and cracked the damn bulkhead. LOL lesson learned for me. Only hand tight then a bit more with pliers. Sounds like you are making good progress.

 

[fishaholic911]

Damn.. Put bulkheads in tank, plumbed pvc below tank and filled overflow with water to check for leaks from bulkheads.. Have a leak in the silicone

Water was seeping under the overflow into the tank - luckily i had aquarium silicone leftover from the sump. Now i gotta wait 24-48 again to do another leak-test.. at least on the plus side, the bulkheads and plumbing didnt leak...

What PVC glue did you use ?

 

[OsiViper]

Its oatey pvc primer + glue for potable water. Read a couple of places its the one to use, just let it dry for at least an hour.. it dried for 24 hours before it had water in it.

 

[tbryan]

Could've leaked in worse places,at least it was an easy fix.

 

[OsiViper]

It's loud as hell right now. Don't have a 45 degree elbow and a foot of pipe on drain side so water drops a good foot or so into sump.

Don't wanna glue last part until filter socks and holder come in so I know exactly where to put it.

But I stuck a foam sponge over the bottom part of drain above sump so water goes through sponge and collects debris from the tank

 

[OsiViper]

Ignore the messy cables, just running some powerheads and such to get as much flow as i can and knock junk off.

Haven't mounted the power-strip under the stand yet. Had a problem in apartment not having a GFCI outlet. Went to Home Depot and they have something you can plug directly into outlet and plug power strip into that that is a GFCI so all wasnt lost!

 

[fishaholic911]

Ignore the messy cables, just running some powerheads and such to get as much flow as i can and knock junk off.

Haven't mounted the power-strip under the stand yet. Had a problem in apartment not having a GFCI outlet. Went to Home Depot and they have something you can plug directly into outlet and plug power strip into that that is a GFCI so all wasnt lost!

Looks like you are off to a good start :thumbsup:

 

[OsiViper]

Mixing station done (mostly)