My 150g build thread
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oldreefer76
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looks real good so far, a little rearranging of the rock and the Tunzes and it will be awesome, i just recently went from MH to T5 and will never go back
Sean, thank you for your comments. I'm prett sure though that the Tunze rocks are only for the small streams like the 6060s. The large ones have to be kept away from the sand bed or you would have constant sand storm.
Tonight I got some established sand from a local reefer who was breaking down a 2 year old tank. I put about and inch deep in my fuge and a cup full in my display, that should seed the sand bed over the next few weeks =). Thursday I'm going to pickup another 20lbs of established live rock to seed the live rock and move about 20lbs of my current rock down the the fuge.
I took an Ammonia reading at it was at .5. I have not had a chance to do any other tests yet.
Tonight I got some established sand from a local reefer who was breaking down a 2 year old tank. I put about and inch deep in my fuge and a cup full in my display, that should seed the sand bed over the next few weeks =). Thursday I'm going to pickup another 20lbs of established live rock to seed the live rock and move about 20lbs of my current rock down the the fuge.
I took an Ammonia reading at it was at .5. I have not had a chance to do any other tests yet.
oldreefer76
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did you get the leaks fixed? and lets see some pics of the sump running
No, I have not fixed the one leak, I was running around getting some sand to seed the display and setup my fuge. Only one of the fittings is leaking actually so that is a good thing so I'll try fixing that tomorrow evening.
Here is the new sand in the fuge (LOTS of life, worms ect... so much better then store bought live sand and it cost me $0)
Skimmer doing what they do:
Ready.... Set.... GO!
Auto top off:
I need to do some work on the cables and I'm going to mount the Tunze controller on the wall between the tanks with some velcrow. I have to do the same with the transformers and multicontroler under the main tank. I'll get all that wrapped up maybe tomorrow or Thursday.
Here is the new sand in the fuge (LOTS of life, worms ect... so much better then store bought live sand and it cost me $0)
Skimmer doing what they do:
Ready.... Set.... GO!
Auto top off:
I need to do some work on the cables and I'm going to mount the Tunze controller on the wall between the tanks with some velcrow. I have to do the same with the transformers and multicontroler under the main tank. I'll get all that wrapped up maybe tomorrow or Thursday.
You should get the gate valve mod for your skimmer. It will work better and they make it easier to dial in. Just a suggestion.
One more thing, make sure your ato plumbing wont start a siphon after it tops off your tank. Otherwise all your ATO water will flow into your sump.
One more thing, make sure your ato plumbing wont start a siphon after it tops off your tank. Otherwise all your ATO water will flow into your sump.
Yea I was trying to get the gate valve mod right from Marine Solutions but they never returned my call, so I just cut a piece of 1.5" PVC and put it on there and then just cut it back till it was skimming good foam. I now have 2 pieces of PVC, one taller one for wet skimming and one shorter one (pictured) for dry skimming. This will buy me some time until I can talk to Marine Solutions or find a gate valve local.
Rustylugnuts
Powdered Toast Man
Lookin good Thinslis! Been lurkin for a while figured I'd pop up and say hi. Been tryin to get parts for a 55 build together myself, just found out that the holesaws are too big for my DIY bulkheads (they were only like 2 bucks apiece so no major loss there) guess ill have to plunk the 6-8$ ea plus shippin. Keep rockin and postin them pics!
LionfishFinatic
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HAVE FUN IN MACNA!! Wish I could go you lucky dog.....but alas, the troubles of being 14. Tank looks really good so far. Definitely need to aquascape a bit. Other than that TERRIFIC JOB. I give it an A++++++!
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