Blackthunda77's 80Gal Shallow Reef Build

[AquamanE]

BTW, its an 80 Gallon tank Mr. Soler. Dont short change me!

Ooops sorry. Just went back 3 pages and dont see dimensions of tank. What are they please?

BTW_ house looks nice to, congrats to you and Oahana.

 

[blackthunda77]

Got some more work done on the new tank. Mainly the sump. About 95% done.

Still have to glue in some brackets for the filter floss area and some probe holders.

If anyone has any scrap acrylic laying around let me know.

Also need some base rock, Marco style. Looking for some if you have it. Cheap or free is best. Moneys tight right now. Wife has an interview today so hopefully that will change things for the better soon. The rock is the main thing holding me up right now. Im planning on building the structure outside the tank and then placing it in the tank once im happy with the aquastructure.

 

[fredro]

Idea on those connectors... change the male and female around, so that only white can hook to white, and black can hook to black... You'd be surprised how easy it is to get them reversed in the heat of battle.

OMG thank you for saying that! i was reading through this thread and ever since i saw the pic of that my OCD wouldnt stop me from wanting to say that!

 

[efish19]

What ballast(s) were you using for the 250w halides?

 

[blackthunda77]

What ballast(s) were you using for the 250w halides?

Lumatek electronic ballasts. The purple ones.