jaydsl's 150g tank

[jaydsl]

hi all just thought i would start a journal also

well this may take a bit due to my overtime money pays for my toys ,
i had a 55g tank running for about 2 years but always wanted a bigger one . so i came across this tank for 150$ had to do it .
so i got it going cycled then swapped contents

so far :
a bunch of base/live rock about 100lbs
sand bed coming
and i'm building the sump some time next month
skimmer is a weipro sa-2016

here are some pics so far

[jaydsl]

ok i started to change things on friday , had an idea to move and raise the tank , and created some pipe work to hold the rock ,
i see every one drilles holes in the pipes so you dont get any standing water ,
what i did : i drilled just live every one else but i'm going to run a power head on it , so for the caves i want to do will always get a blast of water and no standing water in pipes ,

some more pics :

and it works

[jaydsl]

ok now time to add rock

i had some caves in mind , and overhangs

i think i got it with my pipe work

[jaydsl]

now to put all the water back , it has been in garbage cans with heat and power heads for 2 days

it was nice to get it filled again and drain my old 55g

[jaydsl]

here are the last of the pics , and ounce the tank clears i will get some more shots,

my cucumber




nice piece of rock , i will get a better shot in normal lite tomorrow

[rocketlily]

Very interesting pictures. I really like the aquascaping and what you're doing with the extra flow. Looks good.

[fishytime]

i had someone suggest that to me after seeing my pvc substructure. I thought it was a really cool idea. You may want to think about the placement of the power head that feeds the pvc. I cant tell from the pics if you can get it out easily to clean it? Cool idea and the tank looks good.

[wisesam]

Very cool looking tank.
I like the idea of running wather through the pipes to create flow under the rocks.
What is the dimension of the tank?

[jaydsl]

well every thing was going well , every one was happy but woke up this morning and after a year with the cucumber and no probs , this morning i found the cucumber sucked into a temp powerhead and then notices
pepermint shrimp
b/w angel
lawnmower
yellow golby

!DEAD!!

yellow stripe clown
black blenny
still missing

wow after 2 years now i have to start again
now i have to get the mushrooms
frog spawn
toadstool
out and fix this

[fishytime]

Sorry to hear about your losses. Cucumbers are cool critters but not worth the risk IMO