AZBigJohn
Usually confused...
This may have been the most physically and emotionally trying week of my life!
I finally have the new tank up and running! :bounce2::celeb3:
Any tank I get in the future will have center overflows, no matter what looks better, works better in the room, or whatever! This tank is a six foot long bow front with corner overflows, and I have been fighting leaks for the past week. Luckily I leak-tested with plain water, because I had to drain and fill it completely twice, completely re-plumb and re-bulkhead it, and it took a grand total of five repairs before I have got it running without a single leak.
The leaks all were in the area where the PVC interfaced with the bulkheads, and everytime I fixed one leak, I seemed to cause a second one:angryfire:. One repair resulted in cracking a bulkhead, which resulted in the complete teardown and "re-bulkheading" a couple days ago. Every repair involved getting my 6'4" body on the floor, contorted into the stand, trying to reach into the back corner of the stand. I have gashes in my bald head, bruises on my knees, cuts in my hands and very little gas left in my (body's) tank!
So now the real fun begins. The salt water is in the tank, the sand, rock and live rock is in the tank, and once it hits temp, a couple of uncooked shrimp will hit the tank as well.
I took some pictures, and, once the water clears a little will take a "final" picture to post a build thread later tonight.
Let the cycle begin!
I finally have the new tank up and running! :bounce2::celeb3:
Any tank I get in the future will have center overflows, no matter what looks better, works better in the room, or whatever! This tank is a six foot long bow front with corner overflows, and I have been fighting leaks for the past week. Luckily I leak-tested with plain water, because I had to drain and fill it completely twice, completely re-plumb and re-bulkhead it, and it took a grand total of five repairs before I have got it running without a single leak.
The leaks all were in the area where the PVC interfaced with the bulkheads, and everytime I fixed one leak, I seemed to cause a second one:angryfire:. One repair resulted in cracking a bulkhead, which resulted in the complete teardown and "re-bulkheading" a couple days ago. Every repair involved getting my 6'4" body on the floor, contorted into the stand, trying to reach into the back corner of the stand. I have gashes in my bald head, bruises on my knees, cuts in my hands and very little gas left in my (body's) tank!
So now the real fun begins. The salt water is in the tank, the sand, rock and live rock is in the tank, and once it hits temp, a couple of uncooked shrimp will hit the tank as well.
I took some pictures, and, once the water clears a little will take a "final" picture to post a build thread later tonight.
Let the cycle begin!
