Da6d's Upgrade Thread

[da6d2003]

Here we go. I decided to move from 3 and 4 tanks into a single tank system. Having a single tank is going to be so much easier to maintain.

The old tank was a 90 gallon custom acrylic setup. The New tank is a 84x30x26 Leemar eurobraced starfire tank with black back.

AEFW was the straw that broke the camel's back and gave me an excuse to start the new build. AEFW discovered July 1st 2008.

Old setup (installed in 97) with ghetto QT system on the right. 2 rk2 bins are behind the photographer.

(aforementioned bins)Still can't believe my wife let me keep all this stuff in the livingroom.

1st sketchup of the new setup. Minor changes were made to this design.

sump

canopy

 

[da6d2003]

I learned soooooooooo much from the steel stand thread here on RC. It's awesome!

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1330053&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

Steel stand made of 1.5"x1.5" .125"wall tubing. Stand has removable center support.

here goes the wall..........

blue??? My wife made me do it. (actually an EXCELLENT idea!) ((she's sooo cool))

 

[da6d2003]

Got ROCK?

Got EPOXY?

sump

Thar she blows!

Canopy

 

[da6d2003]

Still in one piece!

sliding light mount

All together now. (just have to put my front door back together)

 

[da6d2003]

This is where things were as of 10/25/08

This is where things were as of 10/25/08

moving in the rock. (yes I am using starboard)

lot's of yummy scripps water

mmmmm, yummy

bleh.........

light rack prototype in action. (2 more lumenmax3 to go)

actinics work

 

[TandN]

looks good. Your gonna get rid of the tuns once this is up right ??? I dont think my husband would let me have them forget me lol

 

[deaclauderdale]

Looking good can't wait to see more pics.

 

[da6d2003]

tank on NOV. 6th

tank on NOV. 6th

started moving stuff in. Got tired of gluing so frags are just tossed in the sandbed for now.

left side

tricolor lighting

Kinda goofed on my flow calculations. Too much flow in the fuge area? No problemo.

 

[da6d2003]

Nov 24th. Pics of the algae farm.

Nov 24th. Pics of the algae farm.

 

[Ian]

Nice David, lets see an updated FTS!

 

[Ian]

My bad, looks like you're working your way up to that...:rollface:

 

[da6d2003]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14248793#post14248793 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ian
My bad, looks like you're working your way up to that...:rollface:

Lol, as of today I'm still working on getting everything off the sandbed. Sooooooo, it's on it's way to being presentable for a FTS.

 

[mpoletti]

Beautiful Build Dave. I believe I have a coral from your system

 

[gotfin]

Your tank is off to a really great start. Looking forward to more pics as it matures.

 

[da6d2003]

Well, I tried to get a FTS this morning and it's too full of reflections. I'll have to try again tonite.

Because I opted to use 1/2" glass, I've got 2 center braces on this tank and they're causing some shadow issues. Now that I've got the lighting setup semi permanently, I spent a good part of yesterday moving stuff around in the tank.

Alot of my stock is still recovering from the abuse of the bins (alk, temp and ca swings) and being moved to the new setup. Here are some pics of the stuff that is looking ok at the moment.

 

[da6d2003]

and lps

and lps

 

[mpoletti]

I understand about the glare, I can only take FTS after the sun goes down. Things look like they are coming along quite nicely.

 

[da6d2003]

 

[da6d2003]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14254069#post14254069 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
I understand about the glare, I can only take FTS after the sun goes down. Things look like they are coming along quite nicely.

Yeah, the tank faces a bay window that drives me crazy. I keep telling my wife that a 150" drop down projector screen would work real nice to block the glare but she's not buying it.

 

[da6d2003]

FTS such as they are

FTS such as they are

Not to great but here are some pics. Only the VHOs are on in this series.

The eel is in this pic if you look closely.

random tank shot