Beautiful rockwork. I definitely want to try that when I replace my 75 with a 90 or 110. that appears to be the cuurent and future trend: getting away from a wall of rock across thje back and going with fewer rocks but in more imaginative formations. Great thread yet. beautifully chronicled!
Setting up a 65 gallon reef tank
- Thread starter nwrogers
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nwrogers
Got gorgs?
Thanks guys! I started gluing some more frags last night. I am still trying to catch up the progress of the thread with the progress of the tank. With the gluing of my new frags it is really starting to look like a reef tank. I am really happy with my new rock setup. It has created a nice home for my big ol’ green carpet anemone and clownfish. The green carpet has been moving around a lot trying to find a place it likes but I think it is starting to settle down now so I feel safe gluing some frags. Nothing has been lost to the carpet although the carpet has taken quite a beating from my extremely large gold stripe maroon clownfish. For some reason the clown likes to bite off big chunks of the anemone and spit it out. I have read this is a common behavior with the gold stripe maroons and it hasn’t seemed to affect the anemone yet. I guess only time will tell…
nwrogers
Got gorgs?
Removing the center brace
Removing the center brace
Well I wanted to get this build thread caught back up to date. As of right now I have replaced the center brace and I am still working on the canopy. I am also working on setting up a RDSB in the tank's stand. So since the center brace is replaced I will post some photos I took while removing it…
The first thing I did was to buy some 2 foot clamps at the hardware store. I needed these clamps because I removed this center brace while the tank was full! The next thing was to actually build the new brace. I found some old scrap acrylic I had in my basement and cut three pieces the length of the old brace. One piece was the with of the old brace and two pieces were only about ½†wide to support the new brace. Here is a photo of the new brace before I put it on…
One I had the new brace built and the weld-on #3 was totally dry I put the clamps on the tank. Then I cut off the old brace leaving about 2 inches on each side of it. Then I drilled holes in both the new brace and the remaining parts of the old brace so they could be screwed together with the nylon bolts. Here is a photo of the holes in the new brace…
After tightening down the bolts I took the braces off and that that was it!
Not too bad huh?
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So I thought I would also give a few updates about the tank since I was at it. About a month and a half ago I added some penductors on my closed loop to increase flow in the tank and I must say they work great! The flow coming out of my closed loop has more than doubled!! I would also like to say that about 3 weeks ago my SWCD died. Now it doesn’t switch left to right anymore but just gets stuck to one side or the other until I turn off the pump and restart it a few times. Such a pain! So I think I am just going to throw it out. They are made to handle 1400 GPH and I was only moving about 1200 through it. The dumb thing only lasted a few months before biting the big one. I think I am just going to replace it with a simple ¾†barbed T fitting and forget about the SCWD all together. Just thought I would warn anyone who was thinking about buying one. I will try to get some updated pictures up here as soon as I finish the canopy…
Removing the center brace
Well I wanted to get this build thread caught back up to date. As of right now I have replaced the center brace and I am still working on the canopy. I am also working on setting up a RDSB in the tank's stand. So since the center brace is replaced I will post some photos I took while removing it…
The first thing I did was to buy some 2 foot clamps at the hardware store. I needed these clamps because I removed this center brace while the tank was full! The next thing was to actually build the new brace. I found some old scrap acrylic I had in my basement and cut three pieces the length of the old brace. One piece was the with of the old brace and two pieces were only about ½†wide to support the new brace. Here is a photo of the new brace before I put it on…
One I had the new brace built and the weld-on #3 was totally dry I put the clamps on the tank. Then I cut off the old brace leaving about 2 inches on each side of it. Then I drilled holes in both the new brace and the remaining parts of the old brace so they could be screwed together with the nylon bolts. Here is a photo of the holes in the new brace…
After tightening down the bolts I took the braces off and that that was it!
Not too bad huh?
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So I thought I would also give a few updates about the tank since I was at it. About a month and a half ago I added some penductors on my closed loop to increase flow in the tank and I must say they work great! The flow coming out of my closed loop has more than doubled!! I would also like to say that about 3 weeks ago my SWCD died. Now it doesn’t switch left to right anymore but just gets stuck to one side or the other until I turn off the pump and restart it a few times. Such a pain! So I think I am just going to throw it out. They are made to handle 1400 GPH and I was only moving about 1200 through it. The dumb thing only lasted a few months before biting the big one. I think I am just going to replace it with a simple ¾†barbed T fitting and forget about the SCWD all together. Just thought I would warn anyone who was thinking about buying one. I will try to get some updated pictures up here as soon as I finish the canopy…
nwrogers
Got gorgs?
Yes the idea behind them is really good but in actuality they are pieces of junk. When they are working they are great. Once they break they are garbage because there is no way to open them up and fix them…
If I had $175.00 sitting around I would buy the OM Squirt - 2 Way - Barbed setup instead. Oh well...
If I had $175.00 sitting around I would buy the OM Squirt - 2 Way - Barbed setup instead. Oh well...
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