90 gal Corner Pentagon

[Leah]

Wow, looks great! Can't wait to see more pictures, when you get stuff in and I am pretty
curious to see the fish you pick.

[rocketlily]

It's finally mostly done. The light rack has been rebuilt and just needs a little bit of tweaking to make it easier to hang the lights. Will probably have another small bracket made upto hang the light on. The tank has been pushed back into it's corner and started putting water in tonight. It has about 8" now and will take a few days to fill it.

I'm mixing the salt right in the tank with a Quietone 4000. I was thinking of filling the tank with water and salt. Then filling the sump with RO water to the minimum operating level and adding the appropriate amount of salt to the tank. Then get the overflow running. Over the course of a couple of days this should get all the salt mixed in. During this time I wouldn't be adding any rocks or sand.

After a couple of days, I would add the rocks, which should then bring the sump level up to where it should be.

[rocketlily]

Today I've started adding rock that has been cooking for a few months. Set up a temp 150 MH light to help see in the tank and possibly start the cycle. I'm not very good at making up my mind and sticking to it, so the arrangement of the rocks could take a week or two. I choose today as the birthday of the tank since I'm adding something kind of alive, even though it's only dead rocks. If I were to choose the date of the idea, the tank would already be a year old.

Does anyone know of a drill that you can use to drill holes in rock underwater? Perhaps and air or dremel attachment?

[tang daddy]

electricity and water are very scary to mix...

May I ask why you don't take the rocks out to drill?

you can make a template of your tank out of cardboard wrap a garbage bag on it and then lay the rocks on that so you kinda get a feel for the dimensions of the tank.

[rocketlily]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

electricity and water are very scary to mix...

May I ask why you don't take the rocks out to drill?

you can make a template of your tank out of cardboard wrap a garbage bag on it and then lay the rocks on that so you kinda get a feel for the dimensions of the tank.

I just thought it would be nice after you have all the rocks just right to be able to drill a little hole for a frag plug instead of using epoxy.

After months of planning, waiting and redoing, here's what we're looking at tonight. I have never been so happy to see a sand storm.

[Boomboy]

ahh the good oh SFTS -> sandy front tank shot
Glorious isnt it

[rocketlily]

Originally Posted by Boomboy

ahh the good oh SFTS -> sandy front tank shot
Glorious isnt it

One of the happiest days of the year

[JDigital]

Ooohhhh can't wait for clear pics.. Looks great.