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Old 01-10-2010, 11:27 PM
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I got a chance to build the sump this weekend - all in all it went faily well. A few pics of the build process.







Prepping of the seams for nice joints!



Use duct tape to hold it together till it dries.



This is the stuff I used. It is the product that one of the local main tank suppliers uses for all of their tanks.





And it starts to go together. The seams will look way better once the tape comes off.



Baffles in place





Its complete!





Couple of mods - not typical.



Wahooooo - it hold water yeaaaaa

I will place it in the stand tonight and get started on the plumbing this week.

Decided this weekend that the three visable are going to be starfire glass

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Old 01-11-2010, 01:04 AM
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Looking great.... nice job on the stand!!
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Old 01-11-2010, 02:13 AM
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That stand is sweet, Nice job on the sump. you will have to give me some pointers...lol Great job man.
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Old 02-07-2010, 02:52 AM
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OH - its been a long time since an update.

Got my sump placed in the stand:



It went in with ease

Skimmer is a euro - reef rc135 - thanks Doug!

Phos/Carb reactors added

Pump added




Me being ANAL:



All up and running without any REAL issues
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Old 02-07-2010, 02:57 AM
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cool where did you get this?

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Old 02-07-2010, 03:43 AM
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cool where did you get this?

Mothers music on 58th ave se Calgary.

A real nice feature is that you can shut off any given item with just a flick of a switch.
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Old 02-07-2010, 03:10 AM
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So i put my tank and stand up for sale expecting it to take a bit for it to sell. Well the next day after listing it I sold it to a person I do work for. 2 hours later I got an email responding to the add. I told him that I sold it already sorry. Well to my surprise he offered me 75.00 more than what I was asking for it - lucky me!

A good thing/bad thing though he was coming into town the next day and wanted to pick it up. Problem for me is I had no place for my current live stock. So out I went trying to find a temp. tank till I ordered and got mine. I managed to pick up a 55 gallon tank with overflow which I needed. That night I worked till 4:00am getting my live stock out of the tank and into a new home.

I was selling only the tank and stand and was planning on keeping my light. When he showed up he made me an offer to sell everthing which I couldnt refuse.

Next problem - now I have no light, out shopping again.

I managed to get a Giesemann Infinity - LUCKY ME!

Well this past week has been soooooo busy getting this all looked after but It all turned out for the better.

I have ordered my tank and it should be here in the next week or so. 120 gallon 3 side starfire. This thing is going to look great.

Couple of shots of how I got things running for the time being.





I just love the look of this light, and the light colors is amazing!

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Old 03-10-2010, 07:18 AM
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not sure if this is covered in ur posts... where did you pick that outlet switchboard up at? I could use a couple of those. also how much? Tank looks like its coming along..cant wait to see it done

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Old 03-10-2010, 07:50 AM
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Thanks you, I got the aquascaping pretty much done tonight yea for me! Also added sand, which is a swtch for me as I have always had a glass bottom tank.

the power switch was purchased at Mothers Music in calgary - I love it!
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