invincible569
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waiting for some pics!! 
Planning a 225g reef tank
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Good call. Actually my shoulders/chest are sore but not from moving the tank. I had to move the stand 2.5" to the left and between the weight of the stand, sump and the 80g of water in the sump that was pretty difficult. I found that if I just hit it repeatedly with my hands/chest I could move it 1/4" for every 10-20 times I rammed it. In the end it moved but I'm paying for it now.
Michael Mota
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Wow! Tank looks really nice!
invincible569
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All of it matches very well!!!
Ha ha ha, that's actually a fluke. I wasn't thinking of the color of the lights when I chose the stand color.
btw, this tank is very well built in my opinion. The black silicone is very straight lines, the glass is bevelled really nice. All in all I'm totally impressed. Now if it can hold some water I'll be satisfied.
Thanks guys. James, your tank has been an inspiration for a lot of what I'm doing. Not that the end product looks remotely like yours but I am going for a streamlined, clean look and you've got that nailed. Now if you'd send me some of the stock you have access to I'd be laughing.
Yesterday I half filled the tank and then put the live rock in. Now that is not an easy chore. Between handling the couple of 55lb pieces and not scratching the glass on the way in, positioning them to my liking and making sure that they are solidly in place... that's tough. Then of course after I'm done my wife gets home and asks me to move that big piece over there, shift those pieces over to the gap you just created and move that one on top of that one. She's an interior designer and has a good eye so I'm not going to argue. In the end I'm totally happy with what we ended up with. It's hard to visualize the depth of the rock but it is not a solid wall. There are caves everywhere, fantastic mounting spots for coral and lots of holes, gaps and neat stuff to look at and for fish to swim in. I'm still making water as I don't have enough to fill the sump so the tank is just being circulated by a couple of Tunze 6100s (and boy are they dead silent) and heated by the light. But I did have enough water to overflow the tank for awhile and there were no leaks. I also don't have a skimmer yet, but from what I noticed with my first tank I wouldn't want to be skimming right away anyway as the skimmer goes nuts producing tons of foam and overflows for the first week or so until the saltwater gets "experience".
So here's the pics, hope you like them. If you want me to move anything you'll have to submit your requests to my wife... we'll see how that goes over. All comments are appreciated though.
So here's the pics, hope you like them. If you want me to move anything you'll have to submit your requests to my wife... we'll see how that goes over. All comments are appreciated though.
invincible569
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Looks good!! can you take a far away shot of the complete setup?
Also, is that real live rock?
Also, is that real live rock?
This is as far as I can get.
As you can see the sump is nearly empty, so it's not running yet. The equipment that's sitting to the right is the calcium reactor and ozone reactor. The ozone unit & dryer are going to be mounted on the piece of plywood to the right. It is held in place with 1/2" magnets. I've got to get to painting that today. The remaining space to the right will be occupied by the skimmer & kalk mixer. The UV is attached to the underside of the shelf, you can just see the white end sticking out the front a bit. There is a Mag 5 pump that will push water through the UV, then to the ozone reactor and then to the refugium... currently it's just pushing water through the UV (which is turned off) and into the skimmer section of the sump for recirculation. The 3/4" hose coiled around the ozone reactor is the line from one of the drains in the tank. It will be connected to the skimmer and tuned to the right gph. The other drain will go straight to the skimmer section of the sump. The Aquatronica powerbars are in the black box that holds the DJ panel. I have attached the Tunze equipment to the lid of this box, just to get them out of the way, yet accessible. The UV ballasts are sitting on the shelf behind the box.
As you can see the sump is nearly empty, so it's not running yet. The equipment that's sitting to the right is the calcium reactor and ozone reactor. The ozone unit & dryer are going to be mounted on the piece of plywood to the right. It is held in place with 1/2" magnets. I've got to get to painting that today. The remaining space to the right will be occupied by the skimmer & kalk mixer. The UV is attached to the underside of the shelf, you can just see the white end sticking out the front a bit. There is a Mag 5 pump that will push water through the UV, then to the ozone reactor and then to the refugium... currently it's just pushing water through the UV (which is turned off) and into the skimmer section of the sump for recirculation. The 3/4" hose coiled around the ozone reactor is the line from one of the drains in the tank. It will be connected to the skimmer and tuned to the right gph. The other drain will go straight to the skimmer section of the sump. The Aquatronica powerbars are in the black box that holds the DJ panel. I have attached the Tunze equipment to the lid of this box, just to get them out of the way, yet accessible. The UV ballasts are sitting on the shelf behind the box.
invincible569
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I want to use my imagination so I would like a pic with it all on. 
