J.R.L.'s 120 Build Thread

[ahoyhoy239]

very nice build JRL, thats stand looks great. We have a couple of things in common, Im also working on a 120 right now and Im studying ME as well:beer:

You can check out my build thread by clicking on the red house. Not much progress thus far as Im still waiting for stuff to come in and the stand to be built, but I should be filling it up in a couple of weeks as well.

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[J.R.L.]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14050126#post14050126 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by marino420td
No problem. That's the whole reason I documented the process with pictures.

Now hurry up and get some water in this tank

haha i should have h2o in the tank hopefully within the next 5-7 days

ahoy, glad to see a fellow ME!

 

[J.R.L.]

drumroll please............TA DA DONE STAINING! now for some poly tomorrow

 

[will16]

Looks great!

 

[GQuinn]

Nice tank and DIY skills, that stand is great. In a earlier post you said your tank is made by Oceanview. Do you have any info on this company and or tank.

Thank you,
Gary

 

[Doc750]

very nice stand and canopy!

 

[SaltyNovice]

Very Nice - great skills on display!!

 

[J.R.L.]

thanks everyone

GQuinn, i bought it from someone else who had never usedit so i dont know a whole lot about them but what i have heard is only goodthings and that they make very strong and stout tanks

Heres an update-got the canopy stained

 

[J.R.L.]

got the durso standpipe made and painted the back of the tank black

now the tank came with a 1" overflow pipe shown below on the left and the durso i made is on the right...the 2nd pic is a close up of the stock overflow pipe

i made an overflow box out of a styrofoam container to test each one and the stock one def. was able to handle more flow but could make some noise at time whereas the durso was quiet but not as efficient, so i guess i will try both when i set up the tank

heres a pic of the overflow box i made...oh and i took off the extension on the durso that sticks back down into the water when testing it out

here is the back of the tank painted...i didnt paint the back of the overflow box because i needed to see what i was doing when test fitting the overflow pipes

 

[J.R.L.]

got the canopy finished and stained and only have one more coat of poly left for it but heres an update ive been waiting for for a LOOOOOOOONG time

got the stand and tank in FINALLY

now tomorrow im going to swap the livestock and put the last coat of poly on the canopy and fill the tank

heres a pic of the canopy

 

[reidcrandall]

Nice work so far! It's a lot like the 120 build that I'm working on... but you seem to be making much faster progress than I am. I'll be tagging along!

 

[J.R.L.]

thanks! tomorrow ill be swapping everything over and ill post some pics afterwards

 

[J.R.L.]

 

[reidcrandall]

Looking good. Did you have any surprises?

 

[J.R.L.]

nope everything went smoothly

 

[will16]

Wow, you are flying through this build! Awesome job. Looks great!

 

[J.R.L.]

yea im in a rush to get everything done before classes start back up...from drawings to now was about 3 weeks

 

[J.R.L.]

got around to placing rock and corals..heres what i have so far

 

[erickc23]

Three weeks..... I take that long to do a water change

 

[erickc23]

Looks great, nice job