Gimmito's 450 L-Shaped Display

[gimmito]

In that case, I don't see why not. My concern was going to be whether those pavers would leach anything (i.e. silicates, phosphates). I remember reading through Sangay's thread and now that you mention it I do remember that. I say go for it. Any ideas on what you wanna do with the aquascaping?

I love Steve Weast's reef tank w/the canyon down the middle. I'll differ with less rock and that I want a bommie on the front left of the tank with 5 picasso clowns and a flame bubble tip anemone or a blue haddoni. The back left will be a larger bommie. The right side of the tank I will have to get a little creative to conseal the corner. I was thinking of building some type of large overhang with 7-8 royal grammas living in there. All this is subject to change of course.

 

[gimmito]

I would recommend soaking the rocks for a while, before putting it into your tank.

What's up Ed ?It couldn't hurt to cure the pavers while I cook the rock. How's your tank coming along ?

Jim

 

[Cannon7]

Looking good. I like how you painted the back. I'm wondering if it will add depth once you add the rock and water.

 

[gimmito]

Looking good. I like how you painted the back. I'm wondering if it will add depth once you add the rock and water.

That's what I'm hoping. I'm also planning to put a led fixture behind it to light it up and simulate more depth.

 

[gimmito]

My friend Ethan helped me run some double wall duct to my solar attic fan. I'll be installing a panasonic whisper quite fan which will be controlled by a thermostat I bought from Jon (Jar).

 

[createyourown]

Very nice setup, that QT setup is off the hook..

 

[gimmito]

Thanks...and the best part it only cost me 100 bucks for the 6 cube qt and 29 gallon sump !

 

[gimmito]

Got a chance to finally start installing the FRP in the fishroom aka the garage.

 

[gimmito]

I picked up a panasonic whisper quite fan from House of Fans in the city to keep the hood area cool. I'm going to use a temperature controller I bought off Jon to kick on once it hits a presetted temp.

 

[gimmito]

I picked up a H&S A150 skimmer for the frag tank. Unfortunately, due to the skimmer's height I'll have to rework the ft a bit.

 

[gimmito]

The H&S A150 sitting next to its (dirty) lil brother the H&SA110/F2000 which I'll use for the qt. I'm picking up a H&S A250 for the main display. It seems like I'm a rep for H&S skimmers.

 

[gimmito]

I also picked up a used 15 watt Aqua UV sterilizer for the qt. A big shout out to Jason (Opiumpipez) for a well packed box.

 

[gimmito]

I got a chance to remove a "non-bearing header" that the contractor installed under a glue-lam. This will enable me to install a light rack similiar to the one Steve Weast used in his setup. I'll wrap it up with frp also.

Please excuse the sheetrock dust.

 

[gimmito]

The fan and temp controller installed.

 

[gimmito]

I picked about 50+ lbs of fiji rock from the now close Ocean Treasures (LFS). This brings my total to about 225 lbs of lr...I'll probably need about 25 or so lbs more. I need to order fiberglass grate to start the rockscaping.

 

[gimmito]

Also picked up a bunch of bulkheads, unions, & loc-line for the FT and QT.

 

[Dante_JoseCuerv]

That rock looks HUGE!!! Unless I'm seeing more than one rock as one in the pic. Either way it looks kinda awesome. Also...is it bad that your boxes of plumbing parts is making me drool?

 

[gimmito]

That rock looks HUGE!!! Unless I'm seeing more than one rock as one in the pic. Either way it looks kinda awesome. Also...is it bad that your boxes of plumbing parts is making me drool?

It's actually 2 large pieces in that pic...they weigh like 25 lbs each.

You should have seen me in the basement of the LFS that went out of business. Imagine (4) 6 shelf racks full of plumbing parts. :eek2:

 

[gimmito]

Picked up a used 70 gallon rubbermaid trough.

 

[gimmito]

...and the "Big Brother" rubbermaid 300 gallon trough...I swear my kids could fill it up with water and kick it in there on hot days.