165 Gallon Mixed Reef Chapter Two.-Plumbing dry fitted

bauder1986 · #1 07-08-2010, 02:23 AM

Well I finally managed to pick up that big tank from Simon's place. I feel for the guy, I really do, he is going to have nothing but spare time on his hands to design the next tank that will probably be larger and better than this one lol.

Anyways, seriously, this tank is frickin heavy! I had all the help I needed until I finally got all the pieces at home here and needed to get the tank onto the stand. Well guess what! Everyone dissapeared on me when I needed the tank up onto the stand!.

Well as determined enough as I was, I did not accept defeat and I got that huge tank off the floor and twenty feet into the air and up onto the stand, using no tools other than my own two hands.

Aside from a possibly fractured finger, and a pulled right bicep I got it up onto a stand so I can take those pictures for the fan base of this tank.

Anyways, Simon did a great start to this tank, and I plan on continuing that!

Oh yah and for those that do not know of this tank please follow this link and read up on Simon's 165 build thread. --->Simon's Way of building a tank!

simplycoral · #2 07-08-2010, 03:04 AM

Once you pick it up!

I might be tempted to start filling it with water again!

Seriously though. Good luck with the build. I shall be following it for sure!

Simon.

bauder1986 · #3 07-08-2010, 06:58 AM

Oh yah, since some of you are going to ask the obvious questions on hardware and livestock, please wait till tomorrow for me to compile the list for you folks first.

I cant tonight because my arm and my finger seriously hurts lol

kien · #4 07-08-2010, 07:58 AM

That's dedication! ..

Tank On The Stand

Pros
- The Freaking Tank is On The Stand.

Cons
- Hernia
- broken toes/fingers, etc.
- various muscle strains
- thrown out back for a month
- medical bills to repair all of the above.

the marine apprentice · #5 07-08-2010, 08:51 AM

well joshua. this is gonna be the move you have been waiting for for quite some time.
this is gonna be an awesome build and i wish i was down there to help out.

bauder1986 · #6 07-08-2010, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kien

That's dedication! ..

Tank On The Stand

Pros
- The Freaking Tank is On The Stand.

Cons
- Hernia
- broken toes/fingers, etc.
- various muscle strains
- thrown out back for a month
- medical bills to repair all of the above.

Hahaha yah, but good thing Im still young though, woke up this morning and the muscle strains were gone and the finger moves abit now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by the marine apprentice

well joshua. this is gonna be the move you have been waiting for for quite some time.
this is gonna be an awesome build and i wish i was down there to help out.

Thanks bud! dont worry I will take lots of pictures of the build.

bauder1986 · #7 07-09-2010, 05:37 AM

Alright now down to the list of hardware and an idea of livestock

Hardware:

One of the proflux controllers, no budget for this one, so one of the good ones
matching 4 part doser, maybe 2
2 MP40
60'' ATI 12 bulb T5HO fixture
Bubble King Skimmer
two phosban reactors, one for carbon and one for zeovit rocks

The idea is to get this tank setup so it can run auto pilot but still inform my future IPhone on everything so I can monitor and adjust on my own if need be.

I am not running the closed loop, hence the 2 MP40's in the list. I like the light that John(lobsterboy) has for his tank, which is why I am copying him

I am going to run zeovit system, aside from the apparent headaches in doing so, the pro side is much better than the headaches.

Oh yah, I obviously have no budget to this tank build so yah, hence the shiney stuff lol.

Livestock.

Dominatly SPS on top of the aquascape with LPS and Inverts at the bottom.

Fish wish list.

Flame Angel.
Manderin Goby
Copperbanded Butterfly
Koran Angel
Bright orange starfish
and much more! Actually Ill take ideas on the fish part for sure.

lastlight · #8 07-09-2010, 05:53 AM

How on earth did you get it up all by yourself!? Should have had the camera rolling that's amazing! Nice planned equipList. You're off to a nice start with that sexy looking tank and stand.

Greenmaster · #9 07-09-2010, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by bauder1986

... seriously, this tank is frickin heavy! I had all the help I needed until I finally got all the pieces at home here and needed to get the tank onto the stand. Well guess what! Everyone dissapeared on me when I needed the tank up onto the stand!.

Well as determined enough as I was, I did not accept defeat and I got that huge tank off the floor and twenty feet into the air and up onto the stand, using no tools other than my own two hands.

Aside from a possibly fractured finger, and a pulled right bicep I got it up onto a stand so I can take those pictures for the fan base of this tank...

Good job on getting the tank up... For mine I don't think I can lift it... I got a crushed finger just getting it from the back of the truck to my floor... all we did was a guided slide down a ramp onto rollers... we had four people and couldn't lift it... Also I think your ahead of my build already... I've been working at it for months...
Thanks for the pictures will be following along

bauder1986 · #10 07-09-2010, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lastlight

How on earth did you get it up all by yourself!? Should have had the camera rolling that's amazing! Nice planned equipList. You're off to a nice start with that sexy looking tank and stand.

The tank and stand is all credit to Simon. Oh and I got the tank up on the stand by hulking it out ahaha. Actually I managed to get one end up on to the stand first and then grabbed the other end and just fed it to the stand. It was hard work, but the end result is awesome.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greenmaster

Good job on getting the tank up... For mine I don't think I can lift it... I got a crushed finger just getting it from the back of the truck to my floor... all we did was a guided slide down a ramp onto rollers... we had four people and couldn't lift it... Also I think your ahead of my build already... I've been working at it for months...
Thanks for the pictures will be following along

Seriously bud, Im just building a tank. Not reinforcing the foundations, building my own rock, setting up an addition for a monster 320 gallon, your comming along just fine for your tank build bud. Thanks for the compliments though