PaulieWalnuts
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UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: TANK IS UP AND RUNNING!!!! LOTS OF PICTURES BELOW!
After 2 trips to my LFS, Reef Chief!! I brought home 40 gallons of salt water, buying a RO unit this weekend...just was a bit strapped after everything i have bought this month....but anyways i have a 40 gallon bow front i used to hold the salt water in and borrowed a 44 gallon brute can from Jeff at Reef Chief and used a 19 gallon tub and some other containers....My cousin came over and helped me move the 75 off the stand and we put the 110 on. I only had the closed loop plumbing set up so i had to plumb the 2 drains and he return today while the fish and corals were in the tubs. I managed to get the live stock into the 110 and they seem to be doing pretty good....the eel like i expected has not stopped swimming and exploring his new home. Ohh i had to make my shelf and screw that into the stand also...so about 9 hours later i am typing this tired as ever!! I am sure i am forgetting lots to tell but i know pictures are better...so here they are.....note that things are not all finished need to go back and clip some of the plastic i used to hold the pvc up and such....and i know it looks horrible with all the primmer showing and all but it seems to be doing its job. Oh it took about 10 layers of spray paint to make the back of the tank not see through but i was able to accomplish that and i painted the pvc for the closed loop in my tank black also. more words later like i said.
I am excited but more so because i have kept this a secret from my order brother who will be home for thanksgiving so i hope he likes it lol!!
!!!!thanks all for following and helping me along!!!!!
pictures:
going to clean the glass and all tomorrow and it is MUCH bigger in person the pictures make it look small.
sadly i was about 5 or 10 gallons short and my sump and drain will not work as of now...it drains too fast before it can refill....i knew i was cutting it close so first thing in the morning i am going to get more water...i have my vortech running now so hopefully that will be ok till i can get the total system running.
1 drain goes right into the skimmer and reactor section and the other flows into the fuge but i have a T on that drain so i can open a 3/4 inch ball valve and allow extra water into more skimmer section if i want to. more later as always.---halides on tomorrow and all.
-matt
After 2 trips to my LFS, Reef Chief!! I brought home 40 gallons of salt water, buying a RO unit this weekend...just was a bit strapped after everything i have bought this month....but anyways i have a 40 gallon bow front i used to hold the salt water in and borrowed a 44 gallon brute can from Jeff at Reef Chief and used a 19 gallon tub and some other containers....My cousin came over and helped me move the 75 off the stand and we put the 110 on. I only had the closed loop plumbing set up so i had to plumb the 2 drains and he return today while the fish and corals were in the tubs. I managed to get the live stock into the 110 and they seem to be doing pretty good....the eel like i expected has not stopped swimming and exploring his new home. Ohh i had to make my shelf and screw that into the stand also...so about 9 hours later i am typing this tired as ever!! I am sure i am forgetting lots to tell but i know pictures are better...so here they are.....note that things are not all finished need to go back and clip some of the plastic i used to hold the pvc up and such....and i know it looks horrible with all the primmer showing and all but it seems to be doing its job. Oh it took about 10 layers of spray paint to make the back of the tank not see through but i was able to accomplish that and i painted the pvc for the closed loop in my tank black also. more words later like i said.
I am excited but more so because i have kept this a secret from my order brother who will be home for thanksgiving so i hope he likes it lol!!
!!!!thanks all for following and helping me along!!!!!
pictures:
going to clean the glass and all tomorrow and it is MUCH bigger in person the pictures make it look small.
sadly i was about 5 or 10 gallons short and my sump and drain will not work as of now...it drains too fast before it can refill....i knew i was cutting it close so first thing in the morning i am going to get more water...i have my vortech running now so hopefully that will be ok till i can get the total system running.
1 drain goes right into the skimmer and reactor section and the other flows into the fuge but i have a T on that drain so i can open a 3/4 inch ball valve and allow extra water into more skimmer section if i want to. more later as always.---halides on tomorrow and all.
-matt
