120g build

[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"?

[sharuq1]

Not sure on exact date really. Adley is being very impatient, so I would imagine quite soon.

Update: There is RO in the tank and just threw in some salt. Leaving it to mix and heat until tomorrow. My impeller shaft on my seio 1100 broke, which really sucks as that is pretty much my main flow generator right there. Haven't even gotten to use it yet. If anyone knows where I can get "the shaft" (*breaks out giggling* ) please pm me. No seriously though, I really need one. No...not that one......the impeller one

We tried to attempt to design some kind of pvc frame. Will post how that turns out later.

No idea how we are going to hang the lights. We were going to go with plant hangers and attach to the wall, but because the tank is now rather far from the wall due to the sump, not sure what to do.

small rant: And lastly, our landlord increased our rent to a ridiculous $1200 today. Considering the place we live in is a *insert expletive here* and not worth that much $ we are going to have to move. I have been trying to tell Adley that setting the tank up before we move is a dumb idea, but he won't listen. *sigh* Ah well, more to come. Hopefully when we move we don't lose too much.... (Haven't even started looking for a place yet.)

[sharuq1]

Date is...today! Have not got a background yet, still deciding how I want to do that. So without further adieu here's the pics. So far only loss was my fire shrimp. When I moved everything I could not find him anywhere. Guess something ate him (couple hitcher crabs suspected but cannot find.)

The "basket" on the left is housing my second gbta, due to be sold soon. That's my cherry shrimp tank over on the right.


This pic ^ best shows the lighting. it's quite white with a hint of blue.










Will be adding this little fellow today, probably last time I'll ever see him



Tech specs:
phosban reactor
euroreef skimmer rs135
multiple powerheads (not done here yet, some need fixing)
x2 lumenbright reflectors
-->running aquaconnect bulbs, 250W SE on galaxy ballasts
coralife superskimmer 65 (not sure if I'll keep it there, just threw it on as the tank was a mess from all the rocks being moved around)
refugium in one chamber of sump with screw in cf light
tiny metal fan over sump from wal-mart
ocean runner 3500

To come:
-fixing my second seio1100
-adding tunze osmolator (need ac power cord for it-lost somewhere)
-possible addition of second fan from wal-mart
-adding my first ever clam (excited about buying one)

livestock: listed in my sig

[sharuq1]

I like taking pictures
Online Album


Just a few samples from the album above...

[fishytime]

Aw crap Kelly. Sorry to hear about your move from hell. You have to take something positive from going through something like that. Like if you ever thought maybe I shouldnt have added that coral or that fish this is your opportunity to change things. Next time yous two head down this way let me know and I will snap a couple frags off for ya.

[sharuq1]

Been a long time since I posted on here, I guess. Just returned back from a very short trip to Calgary. Unexpected for us that we`d get to go, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless. Was very nice to see some familiar faces and meet some new people as well! We visited Red Coral and Golds and came back with goodies. I'm not great at taking pictures and my camera isn't very good, but hey I took some anyway just for canreef, lol.


Purple yuma

Blue clove (thanks MMAX!)

New "baby" cleaner shrimp

Pink mille mini colony

Only pic I could get with the new fish in it, a gorgeous powder brown tang! Look close and you can spot it on the left. He/she? is still hiding in the back for the most part or just too darn fast. Great color on it too.


Frag I made from the ribbon gorg

Couple of new sps frags on here from Slickfork (TY!)

Just a pic for fun

Anemone with the eggs in its bubbles....eggs are gone now, but it looks like it is regaining color (It had suffered a food poisoning incident due to some bad food from petsmart. We really thought it was going to be toast, but it may yet recover.)

Note to myself so I don't forget names of a few things in my tank (previosuly in sig):gbta, rics, frogspawn, gsp, zoos, caulastrea, digi, monti cap, birdsnest, acros, stylophora, pom-pom xenia, Pseudoterogorgia bipinnata, Pterogorgia citrina, yellow-polyp toadstool, pipe organ, gr. mushrooms, blue cloves, favia

[sharuq1]

Couple more pics