It's that time... next new tank

[sberman]

i am just glad i was the one taking pic !!!!!lol

 

[daphaze1]

rofl. sberman you got the best job =D. did you fake an injury, just before you got there? heh

but yea someone has to do the job =).

 

[sberman]

wish i was taking them -- his soon to be wife was snaping the pics-- i am on the far side u just cant see me

 

[Old Yeller Tang]

Re: It's that time... next new tank

Okay, so it's been a long time coming.

Sure has! I've been waiting for pics of this monster! NICE!

I'm working on the plumbing right now and should be done with it in the next day or too.

Hey Garrick,

Only a couple days to do the plumbing! Took me a month!
I thought I was the only one who lived out in the boonies!

Roland

 

[slobound]

Roland... I was working on the plumbing since Friday. I don't know how many times I went to Home Depot/AquaFlo/Home Do-it Center so far. I'd either forget something or screw something up. I'm surprised I've gotten this far. Here are some updated pics of what I've done. I still need to plumb in my closed loops AMP 3K. That still on the current tank so I can move it until I move the livestock.

 

[min9a]

hey garrick,
nice tank! ... and sump haha

 

[fish_fanatik]

Looks really nice. Thanks for showing us all the progress.

 

[bennyinca]

Nice tank, looks like the plumbing is coming along too!

I know what you mean about trips to HD. When I plumbed my tank I went there so much that it was not even funny. I was calling the cashiers by name after a while...
The worst part was the returns, the lady in returns tries really hard not to roll her eyes when she sees me come in!

 

[Old Yeller Tang]

Roland... I was working on the plumbing since Friday. I don't know how many times I went to Home Depot/AquaFlo/Home Do-it Center so far. I'd either forget something or screw something up. I'm surprised I've gotten this far. Here are some updated pics of what I've done. I still need to plumb in my closed loops AMP 3K. That still on the current tank so I can move it until I move the livestock.

Garrick,

Plumbing was the hardest part for me. Once that was over, it was a breeze! What took even longer was that I ordered a lot of my plumbing fittings online and some were backordered. Looks like everything is coming along nicely. The one thing I would suggest is black pvc for the returns. You can barely even see mine with the black background. They're cheap too at http://www.savko.com/index.asp.
Also, what are the dimensions of your tank and where did you have the holes drilled for the closed loop? It's gonna take a long time to fill that bad boy up with ro water!lol

Roland

 

[Old Yeller Tang]

I know what you mean about trips to HD. When I plumbed my tank I went there so much that it was not even funny. I was calling the cashiers by name after a while...
The worst part was the returns, the lady in returns tries really hard not to roll her eyes when she sees me come in!

LOL! The cashier at Lowe's knows me quit well! The return lady at Lowe's does too, and gives me the stink eye as well!lol It was relief to finally return all the unused fittings and have my garage back!:rollface:

 

[slobound]

hey garrick,
nice tank! ... and sump haha

Hey, that sump fit perfectly... I still can't believe we fit that in my mustang!

 

[slobound]

Garrick,

Plumbing was the hardest part for me. Once that was over, it was a breeze! What took even longer was that I ordered a lot of my plumbing fittings online and some were backordered. Looks like everything is coming along nicely. The one thing I would suggest is black pvc for the returns. You can barely even see mine with the black background. They're cheap too at http://www.savko.com/index.asp.
Also, what are the dimensions of your tank and where did you have the holes drilled for the closed loop? It's gonna take a long time to fill that bad boy up with ro water!lol

Roland

Yeah, I agree... the white sticks out like a sore thumb. That's actually just a temporary return until the locline comes in. Then I'll re-plumb using black. Good thing I put that on a union fitting! =)

The tank is 84"x30"x24"
You are absolutely right about taking forever to fill it. I only have 1/5 of the tank filled so far since 5 o'clock last night. Waiting stinks!!!

 

[bennyinca]

LOL! The cashier at Lowe's knows me quit well! The return lady at Lowe's does too, and gives me the stink eye as well!lol It was relief to finally return all the unused fittings and have my garage back!:rollface:

Roland I am still trying to reclaim my garage :lol: I still have a few items to return to HD. I am just giving it some time for the return lady to forget about me hehe
BTW you did a great job on your plumbing!

 

[Old Yeller Tang]

Thanks Benny!

I'm glad I can steer clear of HD and Lowe's for now!lol

Garrick,

My 170g took a little over 24hrs to fill but I have a 150gpd ro/di. Are you using starboard or sand? I wished I had painted the board that the tank sits on either white or black. It only took Madison and I to lift my tank into the wall but Madison's fingerprints were left behind on his side which will always show until coraline covers it!lol How many pumps you gonna use to run this bad boy?

Roland

 

[slobound]

Roland,

I'm going to go with sand again. I luckily haven't had any problems with it on my past few tanks so I'm gonna do it again. Not a DSB, but just for aesthetics. I'm just using the panworld (1290 gallons) for my return and the ampmaster 3K for the closed loop. Once the corals start growing out more, I may have to add more but that should be OK for now.

How's your tank lookin?

 

[Entropy]

Hahahaha... sure... if people want to come out to the boonies... you're more than welcome at the house.

HEY! We don't live in the boonies...


I must have missed it somehow, what did you do with everything in the 150g while you are setting up?

 

[Tarasco1]

Hey Garrick, make sure and post new pics of your 150 before you break it down. That's a sweet tank, but it looks like you're going to enjoy the new one even more!

 

[slobound]

Rich, the 150 is still set up... about to go down in the next day or two. I'm moving everything over at that time.

Mike, I'll try to shoot some pics of the 150 before it goes down and post a before and after. Good idea...

 

[Old Yeller Tang]

Roland,

I'm going to go with sand again. I luckily haven't had any problems with it on my past few tanks so I'm gonna do it again. Not a DSB, but just for aesthetics. I'm just using the panworld (1290 gallons) for my return and the ampmaster 3K for the closed loop. Once the corals start growing out more, I may have to add more but that should be OK for now.

How's your tank lookin?

Good choice! I think if I did it again, I would have a 1/2" sandbed. I've got so much flow to keep the detritus away that there is no way I have that option of sand in this new tank.

I just started adding livestock to the tank and so far, so good. I know you were out in my neck of the woods awhile while I was away but if you do come around again, stop by!

Roland

 

[slobound]

Definately Roland... I definately need to check out your new setup. I looks so cool from the pictures. Hopefully mine will look half as nice as yours.