Only thing left to do is cap the drain, and fix the water level in the tank, however, the mini cycle has begun, I will be adding about 5g from our existing tank every other day for the week, and hope everythings ready for the weekend! I had a minor drip from the one bulkhead, but thats fixed now and I have to say the shimmer from this light is nuts on our ceiling. As you can see after some consideration we decided to go with black tahitan moon sand and it looks beautiful! the skimmer has been running 2 days and is already producing skimmate so everything is on track! I just have to make a small plexy glass lid to go over the sump where the overflow drains to keep the salt spray to a minimum, but a temporary rubbermaid lid cut to fit will work. water it a bit cloudy cause I just put the sand in a few hours ago, but you get the idea so far so good!

edit, also excuse the quality, cameras dead so the cell phone fit the bill
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...a/DSCN2591.jpg

also still have to pull the AI wire through the arm. just got lazy today.

Once you put the cap on the Durso and drill a small breather hole your water level will raise.

right on. :biggrin:
Im glad this things finally wet, and not dripping lol

Can't wait to see it once it's cleared

Congrats, looks great!

Thnks guys hopefully this weekend I can get it a little more set up and photo ready lol.

its the non photo ready pictures that reminds some of us what we have to look forward to and the work ahead .. its all good dude.. looking good take your time enjoy the rewards in the end

Params are stable,
nitrates and trites both 0
ammonia 0
phos 0
ca 400
alk 9dkh
Salinity 1.0245
temp 77 currently trying to get it up to 78-79
not much has changed at this point, I cleaned my skimmer cup today and am amazed at what I pulled out of the water thus far. can't believe I didnt have one before. I am still waiting for the water to get a bit more polished, but I may have to add a sock for that. all my LR is in the sump, and I have made a cage for Chaeto to sit in once I get some. not seeing any pod growth yet, but it will happen lol. here is a pic of the tank today. and the water is a bit more clear. apparently there was a cleaner shrimp in the LR I bought cause this morning there was a rotted carcass in the tank lol. did a quick water change to get the ammonia back to 0
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...a/DSCN2595.jpg

So...when are you transferring everything over??