Adam's 450 GALLON REEF TANK BUILD!
- Thread starter Adamc1303
- Start date
Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
Everything is looking great. Hope the ankle is getting better. Don't want the build to halt because you didn't rest from doctor's orders.
Today was rock dipping day. I dipped in Muriatic Acid, hosed them down, Sipped in Fresh water, then back in acid, hosed down, fresh water dip and hosed down again. I hope they are good to go. I used the Home Depot acid and stronger acid from Ace.
Attachments
Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
I see you're having alot of fun.
SPotter
Active member
MMM....looks tasty!!!!!! Im not quite ready to reveal the results of my dipping process but it looks very promising:spin1:
The tank was officially born today. Rock and sand are in everything is running and salt has been added! I now just need to clean up all the wires, finish programming on the controller and setup my lights. Here are some pictures.
Attachments
fishmanstan
New member
Please post my info about equipment, dimensions, etc.
Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
Great job Adam. Can't wait for the cycle to complete.
Sent from my iPhone using Siri and Tapatalk.
Sent from my iPhone using Siri and Tapatalk.
The water is still a little cloudy but I should have some filter socks coming in the email on Monday that should help. I am also not running the skimmer since I can figure out how to get the pressure switch on the skimmate locker to work yet. It's Apex ready so it goes into an IO port but I can't figure out how to get that port to work. I already had a minor failure I was planning on running the skimmer for a few hours and shutting it down at night. It was doing a great job at pulling out the dirty water. The skimmer overflowed and I only realized because I saw micro bubbles in the tank. When I checked the sump the Tunze osmolator didn't kick in for some reason.
Thanks! The brace issue is in the past (I hope) because I am still like nervous about this one even though I got a new stand and took a few other precautions. A tank busting is a thing you read about on the internet no one actually thinks it can happen and I came pretty close!
Dimensions are 84 x 28 x 25 high. There is a ton of equipment I need to put a list together or just look at my credit card statements!
Thanks! I can't wait my self and knowing my self I probably won't wait! lol I am waiting for the water to clear up before I start with the testing. I know the cloudy water has nothing to do with the cycle I am just not ready my self yet. I want to work out some minor plumbing kinks and get my lights up too before I start.
I'm really impressed with the octopus skimmer. I turned it back on and it did this in about 5- 10 min! I've had so many skimmers in the past I remember break in periods and dialing in for days and weeks just to get a little skimmate. It doesn't get easier then this.
Attachments
SPotter
Active member
It's a lot of fun but once you do a few outlets its pretty easy.
