Moving a 120 gal tank any advise

1eyedjyde · #1 04-14-2011, 08:03 PM

Just a quick update on the progress.

The stand has been sanded and painted and the tank cleaned up. I just dropped off the tank to have the holes for the close loop and left drain drilled so I should be able to pick the tank up tomorrow. I have all the bulk heads I will need so it is just a matter of plumbing everything up. Hopefully I will be able to leak test everything next week and move the tank into the house on the following weekend.

1eyedjyde · #2 04-23-2011, 05:55 AM

update for this week, All the holes have been drilled, and the stand has been painted. I've also just built my 2 overflow overflow boxes so hopefully this weekend I will get those installed. I have also got the plan together for the plumbing layout for the close loop and 2 drains so I will be picking up some plumbing supplies tomorrow. I will try and get some pics up of the progress.

1eyedjyde · #3 04-25-2011, 06:27 AM

1eyedjyde · #4 04-26-2011, 03:22 AM

couple of shots from yesterday. I still have to paint the back of the tank, and finish up the plumbing.

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whatcaneyedo · #5 04-26-2011, 04:06 AM

The painted stand is a big improvement. Do you plan on adding some doors to the front? I remember Jason had just used a window blind to cover the opening.

Useless fun fact for today: The skimmer waste collector was built by Lance and has been passed around town a bit over the years.

1eyedjyde · #6 04-26-2011, 05:55 AM

Yes I plan on building some doors for the stand, they will have to wait though because I have to build some doors for some other shelving units in the house so I will build them all together. Good to know about that skimmer it may be old but it still works well.

1eyedjyde · #7 06-06-2011, 07:02 AM

So this tank move has turned into more of a tank "build" however on the plus side I now have a crash course in reef keeping. So far no losses in the temp 30 gal and have learned a few leasons on "scaping". I am now starting to see some good blue coraline growth and the coral that came with the tank has even seen some growth although I am gurently battling with hair algea which I think Im winning that one.

The 120gal is now in the house on the stand and plumbed, I'm waiting on a seal kit for the snapper so hopfully that will be comming shortly. The old live rock is cycling away in a rubermade bin so once that is complete it will be time to fill up the tank again.

I ended up modifying the sump to relocate the skimmer to the drain side and added some baffles for a bubble trap and to keep the water level uniform at the skimmer. At this time I have also raised the skimmer about 5" off the bottom the sump.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7697788...in/photostream
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