120g build

[Delphinus]

Oooh, nifty reflectors. Where did you pick those up?

[sharuq1]

Got them from a guy in the states who had extras. If I needed to buy more I'd just go to the Reef Shoppe though. Pretty sure Kelly can get these in.

Edit: blaahhhhhh still waiting for the fer-shnugared glass.....

[sharuq1]

*sigh* So the glass came in and we found out that we measured wrong and we are off by an inch. I don't even know what to do now.... I seriously doubt any glass place could get off only one inch.

[sharuq1]

After fretting and almost throwing in the towel on the 120 we decided to wing it and cut the glass with a tile saw. It worked and we didn't destroy the glass!

Now in the process of siliconing the overflow in. It won't be pretty, it might be crooked but I have my fingers crossed, sure hope this works.

[Monti-Man]

Yah!!!

Glad it worked for you

[sharuq1]

Took a bunch of pictures of our "build"


cutting the glass....with a tile saw.....with a pretty dull blade


working in the mess, man that stand looks rusty <gets out the spray paint>


putting in the overflow


tank is lying on its "back" as the overflow sets, view from the side

We ran into a difficulty; the Euroreef was too tall to fit under the stand in the sump. We ended up putting the sump behind the tank so we would not have to modify the skimmer to work out of sump (don't really know how at this point).


And some plumbing pics:

I used crafters mesh to make a little circle deal to ensure fish and snails don't get into the sump. This is more a temporary measure until I find an option I like better.

I could use light diffuser, but I think that the overflow is going to look very ugly once it gets coated in the inevitable algae and I'd like the snails to have free rein to munch it. Most of my fish could fit through light diffuser anyway. Also covered the seio's in it for now as I expect the anemone when placed will move and I'd like to avoid accidents.


I probably put in too many ball valves, but hey if I ever want anything turned off, it'll be off by golly!



view from the top at the back looking down on the sump

T-d off a little valve that I can attach a length of vinyl pipe to if I desire to pump water out of the tank sans bucket


the contraption we made to reduce "possible" noise


beginnings of a power centre

[fishytime]

Looks like your almost ready for water. Great job yous two.Whats the eta on the birth of your new "baby"?