Thorium
Premium Member
Hello Everybody
So, after much frustration, disgust, anxiety, stress, and being made fun of, -I decided to cast out the demons in my cramped 72 bow. As you may or may not see the problem that lies within, a challenge was cast. I managed to take some snapshots of the process so I could share them with everyone.
An opportunity arose to purchase a new 125 reef ready AGA. I jumped right on it, as it was a deal that could not be passed.
The back was painted black with Krylon Fusion, it took about 6 light coats, and turned out great.
The date was set for 12/22/06. Two reefer warriors began the day at the rusty skillet, consuming coffee, and a great smorgasbord of food. As we ate, we had to strategize our attack and could not help but listen to some members of the greatest generation compare driving skills and when liquor goes bad. It was a great start to the day. The first order of business was to make sure there were enough provisions of the amber bottled kind to keep us going through the day and that the salinity and temperature were right on in the makeshift holding vats to cast out the demons. We took out each of the corals and placed them into their holding vats along with the live rock and fish.
Next the sand was removed from the old tank and placed in a garbage bag, the smell was vile and we had joked that we should have had Mike Rowe from dirty jobs helping us.
Then we brought the tank into position, added some new sand and began to fill the tank. I placed garbage bags on top of the sand to prevent a sand storm. I had thoroughly rinsed the sand in RO/DI H2O before the project.
As the tank filled we made finishing touches to the sump and began to install the rock.
After 16 hours of hard core labor that was filled with joking, horror, shock, confusion, laughter, extreme wetness, exhaustion, excitement, and the coppertone’s -pure joy and bliss occurred, kind of like when Clark W. Griswold, Jr. got his lights to work at Christmas, minus the drum roll.
This is what the tank looked like today.
For lighting I went with PFO HQI ballasts firing phoenix 14k’s. The skimmer is a ER rs-250. The pump to feed the tank from the sump is a gen-x mak4. The calcium reactor is from aquatic systems design that I used on my old tank. I also purchased an aqua controller jr to run this beast. The power heads are seio 2600’s on the ends and 800’s near the middle.
The transfer actually went really smooth, I could not be happier. The other reefer who I am indebted to is nait002 who happens to be my next door neighbor who has an awesome setup himself. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Thanks for looking and I hope everyone has a great and prosperous new year.
Josh
So, after much frustration, disgust, anxiety, stress, and being made fun of, -I decided to cast out the demons in my cramped 72 bow. As you may or may not see the problem that lies within, a challenge was cast. I managed to take some snapshots of the process so I could share them with everyone.
An opportunity arose to purchase a new 125 reef ready AGA. I jumped right on it, as it was a deal that could not be passed.
The back was painted black with Krylon Fusion, it took about 6 light coats, and turned out great.
The date was set for 12/22/06. Two reefer warriors began the day at the rusty skillet, consuming coffee, and a great smorgasbord of food. As we ate, we had to strategize our attack and could not help but listen to some members of the greatest generation compare driving skills and when liquor goes bad. It was a great start to the day. The first order of business was to make sure there were enough provisions of the amber bottled kind to keep us going through the day and that the salinity and temperature were right on in the makeshift holding vats to cast out the demons. We took out each of the corals and placed them into their holding vats along with the live rock and fish.
Next the sand was removed from the old tank and placed in a garbage bag, the smell was vile and we had joked that we should have had Mike Rowe from dirty jobs helping us.
Then we brought the tank into position, added some new sand and began to fill the tank. I placed garbage bags on top of the sand to prevent a sand storm. I had thoroughly rinsed the sand in RO/DI H2O before the project.
As the tank filled we made finishing touches to the sump and began to install the rock.
After 16 hours of hard core labor that was filled with joking, horror, shock, confusion, laughter, extreme wetness, exhaustion, excitement, and the coppertone’s -pure joy and bliss occurred, kind of like when Clark W. Griswold, Jr. got his lights to work at Christmas, minus the drum roll.
This is what the tank looked like today.
For lighting I went with PFO HQI ballasts firing phoenix 14k’s. The skimmer is a ER rs-250. The pump to feed the tank from the sump is a gen-x mak4. The calcium reactor is from aquatic systems design that I used on my old tank. I also purchased an aqua controller jr to run this beast. The power heads are seio 2600’s on the ends and 800’s near the middle.
The transfer actually went really smooth, I could not be happier. The other reefer who I am indebted to is nait002 who happens to be my next door neighbor who has an awesome setup himself. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Thanks for looking and I hope everyone has a great and prosperous new year.
Josh
