~reefchik~
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You may have seen my first few threads about this 90 gal. we got free from the neighbor.
Well, we got'er done Thursday with no problems at all until my DH flooded our kitchen filling up the dog bowl...but I digress.
This isn't an impressive "build" thread compared to some of the amazing tank builds I've been following. But I would like to document what we did and how we did it. It's the biggest tank I've ever had. I was especially pleased that no leveling needed to be done. We did shore up the floor beneath with a couple vertical 4x4s set on the basement floor.
I'm really looking forward to having a reef tank with some size to it to allow me to have a few more fish and corals I couldn't have in the past. Best of all, my DH has finally got the bug! This was always my hobby. He tolerated it, and helped out when asked, and enjoyed showing it to his friends, but knows zilch about any of it. This time he's really into it.
Specs:
*90 gallon All-Glass (undrilled)
*AGA stock stand (black painted wood)
*JBJ lighting - looks to be an older gen. Formosa-type with the 3 end fans (4 CF lights, two daylight and two actinic)
*New Carib-Sea Aragamax oolite DSB (seeded with sand from my 20 gal) and waiting on more IPSF stuff
*Fluval 405 filter packed with carbon, floss and Fluval's GFO (thanks to Billybeau1 for explaining that one to me)
*New AquaClear 402 powerhead (which about matches the Fluval output at the other end. Each is pointed front and middle of tank.
I wish I'd taken the first photos of this tank right at the neighbor's house before we began to move it. It was a horrible mess. So much diatom/cyano on the front glass you could hardly see inside the tank. Tank volume was down about 40% and salinity was so high, it went off the scale of my hydrometer.
With no further ado, here are the progress photos.
TB continued next post, since I don't know how well RC takes to long photo threads.
Well, we got'er done Thursday with no problems at all until my DH flooded our kitchen filling up the dog bowl...but I digress.
This isn't an impressive "build" thread compared to some of the amazing tank builds I've been following. But I would like to document what we did and how we did it. It's the biggest tank I've ever had. I was especially pleased that no leveling needed to be done. We did shore up the floor beneath with a couple vertical 4x4s set on the basement floor.
I'm really looking forward to having a reef tank with some size to it to allow me to have a few more fish and corals I couldn't have in the past. Best of all, my DH has finally got the bug! This was always my hobby. He tolerated it, and helped out when asked, and enjoyed showing it to his friends, but knows zilch about any of it. This time he's really into it.
Specs:
*90 gallon All-Glass (undrilled)
*AGA stock stand (black painted wood)
*JBJ lighting - looks to be an older gen. Formosa-type with the 3 end fans (4 CF lights, two daylight and two actinic)
*New Carib-Sea Aragamax oolite DSB (seeded with sand from my 20 gal) and waiting on more IPSF stuff
*Fluval 405 filter packed with carbon, floss and Fluval's GFO (thanks to Billybeau1 for explaining that one to me)
*New AquaClear 402 powerhead (which about matches the Fluval output at the other end. Each is pointed front and middle of tank.
I wish I'd taken the first photos of this tank right at the neighbor's house before we began to move it. It was a horrible mess. So much diatom/cyano on the front glass you could hardly see inside the tank. Tank volume was down about 40% and salinity was so high, it went off the scale of my hydrometer.
With no further ado, here are the progress photos.
TB continued next post, since I don't know how well RC takes to long photo threads.
