Jose7878 upgrade

[jose7878]

This will be a slow build. With only 3 hrs a day to build . Well here's a little background at the present time I have a 90 gal with a 20 gal frag tank and a 55 gal sump. I'm upgrading to a 150 gal given to me by another reefer who upgraded himself. Hopefully he does a build thread . Well the Im going to be using pretty much everything I can from 90 gal for this 150.

I have been pretty busy these past 2 weeks building the stand from scratch her are some pics.

Stand w/ lauan

Building the doors using tongue and groove joints

Had to build 4 doors so that I keep the open span without a center brace.

Doors finished

Now doors are hung on the stand , as u can see I made the doors bi-folds so that I would have the opening clear w/o the center brace

Now trim work.
Here's pics of crown molding w/ a 3 " ledge

Here finished stand with out the stain.

Now have to build the matching canopy...

 

[jose7878]

Got the new lights for the 150

Lumen Brights Mini and 250 12k reeflux bulbs

 

[bmullikin1]

Nice woodworking skills.

 

[geaux xman]

You did a fine job on that stand...

 

[jose7878]

Nice woodworking skills.

Can u believe this is the first time I built something this detailed. And it's for my fish tank. Lol

 

[jose7878]

You did a fine job on that stand...

Thanx.

 

[jose7878]

Here the list of equipment that Ill be using on my tank

150 gal display
55 gal sump
Possible 20 gal frag tank
1/3 chiller
2 - Blueline ballast 250w
2- Lumen bright mini reflectors
Icecap 660 ballast for t5 " connected to 4 - 24" T5 bulbs"
Iwaki WMD-30rlxt return pump "possible upgrade to make a manifold to run more equipment and less pumps"
2- MP40
ETS Reef Devil Skimmer W/ WMD-20rlt pump " this will be upgraded since the reef devil won't be able to handle this size tank"
Korallin 501 calcium reactor

 

[Agioniko]

Great cabinetry skills. Wish I could build like that

 

[jose7878]

Great cabinetry skills. Wish I could build like that

Thanx Agioniko...It's my second time building a stand...
My First time was for my 90 which just looks like a box , with doors....LOL ..
This time I wanted to do something more fancy this is what i got...
I'm no builder but I'm a real hands on type of guy...

 

[jose7878]

I want to do a 3"sand bed ....
How much sand would I need for the 150 gallon to achive the 3" sandbed?
What is the correct type of sand to use " I dont want the sugary fine sand "?

 

[Alex T.]

Looking great Jose. I hope the tank serves you well.

 

[jose7878]

All this is possible cause of you Alex. Lol

 

[jose7878]

If you didn't upgrade I wouldnt of either

 

[Waddleboy]

I want to do a 3"sand bed ....
How much sand would I need for the 150 gallon to achive the 3" sandbed?
What is the correct type of sand to use " I dont want the sugary fine sand "?

I am going to try to use about 320lbs in my 150 and hope for aroudn 2-3" i havent done it yet so i cant tell you but i think it should be right. ill be tagging along on this one to see what you do

 

[jose7878]

Waddleboy this link was sent to. It's a calculator for sandbeds. It's telling me 208 lbs of sand to achieve a 3" sandbed for my tank.
http://www.reefcentral.com/index.php/sand-bed-calculator

 

[Waddleboy]

hmm good to know might have to reduce the sand or make a high bed... decisions decisions.

 

[Alex T.]

All this is possible cause of you Alex. Lol

I think you'll find it's tough to go back to a 4' tank once you've had a 6' tank. I'm sure you'll do great things with it!

Can't wait to see it filled and running...:bounce1:

 

[saltysailor2329]

Great looking stand. I sure wish I had skills like that. My wife keeps trying to get me to do something like that on my 125g and I just don't know what the hell I'm doing. Anyways looks great.

One question...do you think the 2 x 250 is going to be enough coverage? I ask because I have 3 x 250 and 2 x 150 HQI over my 6 footer. My first time with a 6 footer so I'm trying to get an idea from other members of the 6' club.

 

[jose7878]

One question...do you think the 2 x 250 is going to be enough coverage? I ask because I have 3 x 250 and 2 x 150 HQI over my 6 footer. My first time with a 6 footer so I'm trying to get an idea from other members of the 6' club.

Thanx saltysailer stand wasn't that hard to do just time consuming.

Answer to your answer is Im not sure , I hope ,the reflectors I purchased have a 2x2 coverage. So that will give a 4' coverage. I'm thinking of just building 2 rock towers so the light should cover the area where the corals should be. Plus. I'm adding 4 - 39watt t5 's as well. I'm thinking we're the lights aren't as intense thats we're I could put more of the low lightening corals.
Any thoughts ????

 

[jose7878]

Here's a pic of the tank nothing special....
72L x 18W x 27H W/dual overflow box 2 11 drains and 2 1" returns
The blue paint was scraped already it will be repainted in black..