12 pages and no water yet...whats it gonna be like when youve got sumpin in the tank?....no pressure:lol:

THIRTEEN pages!

You guys and gals need to change your preferences =)

This is the beginning of PAGE FOUR the way I see it here. Looks a little less depressing that way ya know?

And please...you guys want to know what my basement REALLY looks like?

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/dayhome1.jpg

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/dayhome2.jpg

I turned my brand new basement into that psychedelic horror in less than a month after we moved in lol.

How do you find time to do all that?

I woulda thought he'd grown out of all those childish toys... :lol:

My wife runs a dayhome and the sooner I finished the basement the sooner we could stop using our main floor as a dayhome after we moved! I can cope with my daughter's toys laying around but 6 kids' toys laying around is brutal!

Whoa...yeah 6 kids toys is a lot!

I can't even deal with the friggin' cat toys I find laying around my condo...

Obviously I do not have the patience yet for kids :neutral:

I have 2 cats and 2 kids and not a whole lot of sanity left. If it isn't toys it's hairballs or something. Or poo. My God my life is awash in poo. Some people have dogs in their lives. I have enough poo in my life. Don't get me wrong dogs are great. But they poo too. Please. No more poo.

Yeah I gave in and we tried a dog once. A wiener dog. That was a divorce brewing on four stubby legs so he was ousted. I'll be a 2 cats 2 kids guy on may 14th myself. And I feel tired NOW.

Congrats! Do you know what you're having yet or do you like to be surprised? Me, I figure there are enough surprises so I was happy to know beforehand. We kept it a secret for everyone else though, they had to wait until both boys were born to find out.

That's awesome. I mean that from a "thank God I'm not the only one" kind of way. No I'm kidding. It's awesome for you. Good luck with everything. :)

I think that's why I like cats...they just take care of their own poo. I mean I have to clean the litter box but that's fine since they take care of the 'messy' part.

I'd say 'dealing' with the fish poo is WAY worse than the cats poo.

Yeah we know. Going to be a boy this time around. My wife said she'd keep it a secret but typical for her...everyone knew in a couple weeks lol.

I honestly have no IDEA what I'll do with a boy. I really have this girl thing mastered and totally don't wanna get ****ed on (literally). Only time I ever changed my nephews diaper he nailed me! I am prepared this time with these ****Shields they call peepee teepees haha.

I have no trouble cleaning my skimmer cup or siphoning tankwater with my mouth as a startup for some weird reason. The litter is my job and I really hate doing it. I did the dog thing tho and that was a bazillion times worse.

wth...'bazillion' is in canreef's dictionary. 'CANREEF' itself isn't lol.

I'll officially be screwed if I get pregnant and have a little girl...wth am I going to do with a little girl?!?!

Congrats on the the boy when the time comes though...that's exciting. I'm good with babies once they're past the blob in a blankie stage (figure 6 months) until they're about three...when the start coping attitude I'm done with them until they're old enough for the bar LOL (kidding)

You guys should try your hand at cleaning reptile crap...infinately worse than cat or dog.

But since I've restarted vodka dosing, the skimmate that gets pulled out is disgustingly thick and stinky.

(like how that was a super hijack and then came sort of back on track talking about fish and all)

plumbed the fuge
 

Here she is. Sits on a stand that needed to extend a little over my return valve. Closest bulkhead will have a strainer and be the drain, other is emergency drain. I ran out of sch80 90s so you see the extravagant result for the over-the-top return from the manifold!

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/fuge.jpg

Ohhhh, the fuge. I was all "here WHAT is" and looking back 2-3 pages to see what the context was and then realized it was mentioned in the title of the post.

Man, that's a lot of pipes and valves and stuff. Looks really neat.

I really like the look of the grey plumbing...WAAAAAAAAAAY nicer than the white. Is it more rigid too?

The grey stuff is seriously WEAPON material. It's at least twice as thick-walled as the sch40 white pvc. My plumbing alone is pretty heavy. I lose flow, it cost more and had to be shipped but it looks great haha. I'll bet I could have a reef by now if I wasn't so fussy!

Hahaha, that should be part of the reefers anthem.

the tank looks awesome! im super excited to see what it ends up looking like.
and that light fixture is fricken crazy!

shipped? From Where?

BRS probably?

couldn't someone just buy CPVC from anywhere? It's pvc for electrical conduits. It's the same as pvc (as far as I know) and it's grey.

Schedule-80 pipe is also grey. It's rated for much higher pressures than we really need but you can't argue against that it looks cooooooool. :lol:

Ok the tank looks 10x cooler under light AND water. Do I win a biscuit?

This is freshwater of course lol. Leak-free so far! Going to run it all day and hope for the best. I'm leaving the house for most of the day too which seems pretty smart to me.

And yeah the plumbing was from BRS.

Coolest thing is with sunlight in my livingroom the auto whitebalance has capture the look perfectly! Tho your mileage may vary since every monitor is diff.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/wet1.jpg

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/wet2.jpg

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/wet3.jpg

This is one of the most inspiring tanks I have ever seen. The sump and everything is just so clean and perfect, I bet you are almost hesitant to put fish in it. Can I ask how wide your euro bracing strips are and do they sit on top of the edge pieces or is that just how it looks.

Joe.

Saaaaweet!

I wouldn't put fish in it. Or saltwater. This set up is just way too clean and nice looking to ruin with livestock. You will just get algae and crap ruining the look. Fish are too messy. Keep it modern and sleek just how it is now. I think the rockwork is absolutely perfect!!!

That is a beautiful set up, nice job!!!

What an absolutely gorgeous setup. It's like TOTM and not even filled yet. :biggrin: Is that a Bubbleking?

How did you get the front doors to slide? Just drawer sliders or something. (Probably dumb question, but I'm handy-impaired) Is that tile over wood? Is it sealed in any way?

Tell us more about the sump, looking at all that pipe is making my brain hurt <confusion> :lol: ok...that and severe sleep deprivation, lol!

Can you give me any idea how much it's all costed for setup? Interested in doing something similar some time far in the future and I'd like to know what I'd be in for. (If you're comfortable telling me, that is-feel free to pm, if that's not too forward....:redface:)

Lol. I totally remember my first reef and yeah everything looked so clean and tidy. The reef part has a tendancy to make everything look a lot worse! My mistake was not using a wipe-friendly paint last time around. I used melamine for everything and you can wipe it like a counter-top so I'm hoping to keep things relatively clean down there.

I was out all day today and the system still holds all the water I placed in it! RELIEF!

Thanks for the kind words but realize my only running tank was pretty pathetic looking. I lost quite a few corals and algae choked everything. I appreciate the compliments but please visit my thread once I have a reef lol. I'm really hoping I've learned as much as I think I have while I've been tankless.

The sliding doors are nothing more than drawer slides mounted to the face of the stand. The plywood has tile on it correct.

The eurobracing I think is about 4 inches wide but that's just a guess.

Since I'm making no tank progress...
 

My new baby boy has been in the NICU for a week now. Tonight he had nearly all his tubes etc removed an we got to hold him! Been a really rough week but I felt like updating my thread with the good news. Hopefully take him home this weekend!

Bryce and daddy crazy-eyes.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/baby1.jpg

Cuddletime.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/baby2.jpg

I had no idea you guys were in ICU. Hope you guys get to bring him home soon (and congrats on the new addition BTW, he's beautiful, hope he does better soon. Know how you feel - my now one-year-old went through ICU for a week or so when he first came into the world).

Hey congrats yous two.....and congrats on having water in the tank....guess they were both a nine month long project huh?:razz:

Brett we have a lot in Common man. My wife used to run a day care in our home too. upstairs then i hated coming home to 8 kids in the house. so I converted the down stairs into a day care for here kitchen and all. Then all the kids were down stairs. :biggrin: but still when i was off i had 8 little ones wanting to feed the fish that i had in my FOWLR tank the 170 gal. they all wanted to touch BIG Daddy BLUE the Koran Angel... lol

On the other note Our son was in NICU for 2 months premature. with every type of hose in his body from a rare lung disorder not allowing his lungs to develop so he had to have shunts put in his lung to allow the fluid to drain out. so getting to hold him after the tube were out was amazing. seeing you in the picture is priceless man, well done. and the tank looks great too empty, one good thing that you wont have to test or feed the tank.

Hey thanks guys =) He took a tiny step back from his nasal prongs to a helmet giving him oxygen with a bit of pressure. He had just come off his helmet so that sorta sucks but things still look really good. 2 months in NICU I can't imagine.

This kid's gonna get SPOILED. I told the wife already. ANYTHING he wants for daddy's tank like Tunzes or Profilux...I mean it's only right to make his little world PERFECT.

I can see already he's telling you to get a profilux with dosing system.

Beautiful baby boy Brett

Well done on both the baby boy and the outstanding job on the system. Congrats Brett!

Congrats Brett on the boy!!
I think you will find that while boys will try to pee on you at every diaper change (at least mine does). They are a lot of fun as well. And a few years from now at least you won't be only playing tea party and princess dress-up every spare moment. :razz:

Oh and the tank... SUPER FAB!!

last couple days have had their ups and downs. Totally brutal when your little guy takes steps backwards and is on machines you thought you'd never see again. This morning however my little reefer is off his nasal prongs... No tubes anywhere! Getting closer to taking him out of qt and letting him into the dt ;)

Great news Brett:biggrin:

hahaha! I see what you did there... :lol: