SC Aquariums Owners Thread

[rkrimple]

Got my 80gal yesterday. Shipping was a bit jacked up bc of the snow, so I picked it up from the warehouse, so much for free. Got the solid wood stand and its decent, a few scratches. I'd give it a 7/10.

If you can build your own for less than $200, do it. Not sure why MDF is even an option, no matter how careful you are it's getting wet at some point. Don't risk it, unless you coat it in marine grade paint.

I will post a few pics of the edge on mine. And now it begins. My wife is already sick of this new obsession.

 

[rkrimple]

Pics

Pics

Couple pics of the tank and stand. Edge is greenish-blue. Stand is solid plywood painted with black gloss finish incase your wondering.

Got my Marco box of rocks yesterday too. They are in a tote for a soak and rinse. Way more than 50#.

 

[Devaji108]

oh that stand looks so nice! man wish it was an option when i ordered mine.
can you post pics of the inside. is it plywood? how thick?

 

[rkrimple]

Stand

Stand

Yup it's 3/4" plywood. I will however have to modify the back for the 3 hole but that's no biggy. It was worth the upgrade. Here's a pic of interior. I plan to paint it white with and seal it up.

 

[davocean]

I totally agree the MDF should be avoided.
Glad they are giving options on both that and 2nd drain, those were my only two gripes.

 

[Devaji108]

Yup it's 3/4" plywood. I will however have to modify the back for the 3 hole but that's no biggy. It was worth the upgrade. Here's a pic of interior. I plan to paint it white with and seal it up.

man that nice! I almost want to just replace my DIY one with one of those bad boys..haha
maybe you have to buy the PNP system to be able to get one?
I did contact Steve a week ago ago it but no replay. maybe i"ll try again.
looks look bud!

 

[rkrimple]

Plumbing Guidance

Plumbing Guidance

Was going to use the flex tubing that came with the setup. Anyone have issues with it? Or should I just go PVC for piece of mind. Can someone post pics or a link of their undercarriage (sump) area for a newbie like me looking to steal shamelessly from your exemplary setup? Don't want to screw this up.

 

[SinCityReefer]

Mine is plumbed all PVC with a BeanAnimal drain. I'm a BIG fan of hard PVC over flex.

http://thereef.breaz.net

 

[soulpatch]

I am hard PVC save for a small foot long section where I use spa flex to rid myself of any vibrations in the lines.

 

[rkrimple]

Thanks for your input, going with PVC. Where did you guys procure your PVC Gate Valves? BRS?

 

[SinCityReefer]

BRS for all of it, including the colored pipe.

 

[soulpatch]

BRS for me

 

[Devaji108]

amazon here there cheaper..
I was going to go with the colored PVC from BRS but i have a kryon spry pain just setting around its a nice blue so I decided to go with that but I do like the look of it tho..

 

[civics14]

got my 150g on order!! excited, decided I'm going to get either a custom stand made here locally or thinking of the 8020 aluminum stand and keep my sump area open and clean

 

[soulpatch]

I thought about the 80/20 but the costs grew much faster then I found it to be worthwhile. I was going to do my own custom hickory stand but bought the all wood stand instead for simplicity's sake. I thought I would be up and running MUCH faster in buying the stand but in reality probably same speed...

 

[ReefInterest]

Does SC do a more shallow, long tank (maybe 60" x 17" x 18")? I didn't see anything similar on the website.

 

[soulpatch]

They do other sizes but only put the popular sizes that they keep in a high level of stock on their site. Call up Steve and he can take care of you

 

[andrek787]

got my 150g on order!! excited, decided I'm going to get either a custom stand made here locally or thinking of the 8020 aluminum stand and keep my sump area open and clean

Check this out. I had this built locally for my 150g. Cost really depends on how far you want to go. I really went overboard and it took several months and ended up costing almost as much as the whole pnp would have.

 

[greaps]

 

[Devaji108]

^ nice! did you take off your over flow cover?
all these 50 I keep seeing makes me want to add one to my 90 setup..haha