I like it! Close to what I was thinking but my idea had feet that could slide under the stand. I like it attaching to the legs, adjustable for height!

Will send a pm!

pics of aquascaping - I did move the centre bit out from the back, there are smaller rocks that I just put in and will move once I get more rocks in.

Thanks for looking


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Looks Great so far!

lookin good and making me jealous....

Thanks guys for the comments! I'm pretty excited but still nervous. Its a bit of a relief that things can slow down now.

I still have to find a couple of brute cans. We are going to move the r/o unit downstairs, then run the water lines up through the floor. My dad and I will skin the tank but won't start until it warms up, he's got a great workshop, but he can't handle the cold.

Lockrookie - I can't wait to see how yours progresses, I'm not nearly as creative or patient, I know yours will be spectacular and well worth the wait!

im with dad not fond of the cold thus why i have to be patient.. inside its killing me

and now you are putting the pressure on to perform lol i hope its spectacular but it could be an epic fail as well.. only time will tell. still in search of someone willing to cut the glass i want.

Tanks and sump are almost full, started adding salt, have to get my skimmer in the sump tonight. Question regarding water level in the sump, we know the max/min but what's optimal? Right now the water is over the middle baffle and is even in both the incoming and return chambers. Is this ok or is it too much water?

when you fireup your return pump you will lose water from sump to start the circulation you will see the sump lose water and then from there you willbe able to figure out proper hieght to keep it at. be sure there is enough room for when power outages happen you dont flood the sump fire up the pump again mark line max hieght then your all good

We just have to add the return lines in the tank then finish filling. I got the skimmer in the sump but I'm already thinking it needs to upgraded, but will give it a shot to start.

Your height of your return line outlets will also determine how much water flows back in the sump during a power outage. I like the locline, that way you can adust the height to where you want it.

this is what we came up with for my tank, greg did an awesome job, and I think he's think of a similar Idea for yours.. not to hijack, just a good visual reference for what he was saying
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I don't know what you mean by Iocline :redface: we have lines that bend and can be directed....is that what you mean?

Yes that sounds like you have loc-line.

Ahh yes that sounds right...will add more pics once they are installed. Couldn't find black connectors so painted them, they are drying, won't go on until tomorrow.

Almost a year in the hobby and still such a newb....lol

you can be 20yrs n hobby and still be a noob dont sweat it. just keep moving forward

It's alive!! Finally have pump and skimmer going. Needs a couple more hours to fill, but have enough water to move through the sump. Just need to fill the over flows a bit more, sounds like a bathtub draining..lol. Added a bit more salt. Cant wait to get the lights on it to see how it all looks, but so far i think its not too shabby!! Thanks for all the help so far! Will add shrimp later tonight to kick start cycle!

Congrats!! Can't wait to see the pics!!

As for the cycle, why don't you just pee in there instead? :mrgreen: You may need to add more than one shrimp due to the size of that beast.

prodibio has a good cycle start system

I am looking forward to seeing those 3 Radions on a 180g !
Also I would go with them in artificial mode until the natural mode software is updated soon as there is too much green at the begining and end of cycles.

Ewww that'd be weird, peeing in the tank....I'm ok with not giving that a try :lol:

Cool, more research....not sure what that is....but will look into it!

As soon as I get the stand, lights will be on! Good heads up on the light mode too, I've pull one out of the box, turned it on and that was it. Will wait till I get em hanging to play around. I added some sand from my current tank and accidentally dropped in 2 snails, fished them out, they seem ok.

LOL! I realize now that my comment may have come off as a bit strange but I was referring to this thread, for those of us who'd read it:

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79867

Funny thread but think I,ll stick with shrimp.

:lol:

Met with The Grizz (Greg) today to pick up the light stand he built for me and he did an amazing job! Thank you so much Greg! We got the lights on and programmed them already so no pics till they come on tomorrow. Have to fix the spacing on the lights as well as hide the cords but overall very happy! I also picked up an ato that needs to get installed, topping this one up with jugs is not fun! I picked up more lr this week but will finish the aquascape when I transfer everything, so it's in the sump for now while the tank cycles.

Temp is at 79.4
Salinity1.024
Ammonia .25
Haven't tested for nitrites/nitrates yet

Ongoing plans to have the ro and salt water mixing in the basement and pump up to the tank. Now talking about moving the 55 to the basement as well and keeping as a qt tank.

I can't wait to see the pictures. I think I may do something similar.

Here's a sneak peak set up on a stand I had in the shop.

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Great to meet you & Jason today Sheena, can't wait to see the rig on your tank.

Wish you lived closer when I see gem builds like that...

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light stand by Greg



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WOW!! Looks even better with the fixtures on it. Nice coverage of light from end to end too.

Both lights and light stand look awesome!

Any chance of a pic with the lights running lengthwise just to see the difference if there is any difference in coverage??

No, the bar holding the lights doesn't rotate, so can't turn, but that's a great suggestion. The light coverage on the sides of the tank isn't great, need to move the fixtures over about an inch or so on each end.

O ok no problem. It just looked in the pic to appear to be able to rotate. Just like Ecotech told me -3 fixtures really do look good on a 6ft tank!

That looks amazing. Exactly what I would like.

They look awesome!! The 4 on your tank will look wicked! Gregs stand is perfect, keeps it clean looking as I don't want a canopy. We set the lights on the default artificial for now. Was surprising how dirty the glass was once it was lit up, need a bigger mag float lol

Get Greg to build you one. Everything is really tight so nothing will move around unless you move it. Really happy with it! I picked up the radion hanger kits and this stand is about the same price, well worth the investment! Will be returning the kits!

Very nice set up and the light stand is def. amazing... Wish the idea of the light stand came up three months sooner... I would have def. prefer to have one made but mine are now set up hanging over the tank.

Can't wait to see fish and corals in your tank...:biggrin:

I probably don't need 4 fixtures but this way I won't have to have them cranked up as high which I hear increases their life span then. I am not into the canopy thing either myself and Gregs stand looks way better than a canopy IMO. I am just going to go with the Ecotech hanging kits which I still have to order 2 more of.