lockrookie's 50g tank build

lockrookie · #1 09-24-2010, 08:55 PM

well skimmer arrived "thanks again stircrazy" and looks great. just have one slight problem to get it to sit in 7" of water i have to raise the skimmer (which i planned on) but since i went with a 36'" sump i now have a 2x4 hindering my raising the skimmer. ooooops. so tonight /this weekend i now have to modify the stand slightly.

at least ill have something to do i guess.

lockrookie · #2 09-29-2010, 05:21 AM

ok so im stuck waiting for the lights tobuildthe hood i have a vaague idea on what im going to do but till they show im booooored.

so to keep myself busy (at least for a day) i have decided to paint thebackwallsl of my sump. why... i dunno just because and it will hide the wires. so im going to paint it white to match the stand so i wont have to see the mess of wires in and around the tank... and blue in the refugium area.

am i losing my mind? or would you do the same to pass the time?

Rbacchiega · #3 09-29-2010, 05:08 PM

we're waiting on a ride to home depot right now so we're building a bp oil rig out of kinnex (sorta like lego) to sit in the tank until all the plumbing etc is done and the rockwork gets here...that way it's not an empty box

lockrookie · #4 09-29-2010, 07:33 PM

is not empty it does have the rock work in it.. i am just slow these days with work so i need to keep occupied or ill go crazy so im planning every different way i can to keep wires andeverything neet and tidy. yes i know itis going ina daycare where the kids will beat the crap out of the stand hitting it with toys and what not. but i can look good once.

on that note i just finished painting the sump. letting it sun dry (again it was a usless thing to do but why not right) have purchased the lumber for the hood so when the lights show up.there is no delays. and will be going out to used computer places to find fans for cooling inside the hood willmost likelyhave them turn on when the mh light turns on.

as well this afternoon in search of sand not fond of that seashell bottom look. a fellow reefer has a bag i am purchasing.. i need to see if what is out there if i need more.

lockrookie · #5 09-30-2010, 12:45 AM

ok proof of my boredom is here my painted sump pics...roll your eyes and shakeyour heads now...my wife did

with skimmer and refuge light

and a couple with refuge light on

lockrookie · #6 09-30-2010, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

we're waiting on a ride to home depot right now so we're building a bp oil rig out of kinnex (sorta like lego) to sit in the tank until all the plumbing etc is done and the rockwork gets here...that way it's not an empty box

you got me thinking that i should make the hood out of white lego but then there is that chance of the lights melting it lol it would be different tho. imalso thinking that i should get something on the tank daycare themed like on the door and other side a fish pushing a carriage with baby fish in it... id have to find someone to draw it up tho im not very artistic.

lockrookie · #7 10-04-2010, 09:03 PM

just a small update:

lights have arrived in canada....yeah!!!... just awaiting arrival should be this week. as soon as it arrives i will be hard at it making the hood and cooling system.

got some live rock off a fellow reefer/daycare parent. thanks jorjef. so with that and a few pieces i have in my 90g's sump it should be enough to seed my diy rockwalls aprox 30-40lbs

i set up a20g holding tank for some of the live rock. running it with my fluval for now. will be rebuilding it later this winter as a frag tank/qt tank w10g sump for new fish and future corals. just running 3 pc bulbs on it for now may get a mh pendant or something later.

already in the holding tank is a gbta chillin awaiting it's new home.

thats it for now. more pics after the light shows

Rbacchiega · #8 10-04-2010, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lockrookie

you got me thinking that i should make the hood out of white lego but then there is that chance of the lights melting it lol it would be different tho. imalso thinking that i should get something on the tank daycare themed like on the door and other side a fish pushing a carriage with baby fish in it... id have to find someone to draw it up tho im not very artistic.

Maybe some Dr Seuss fish stencils?

lockrookie · #9 10-04-2010, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

Maybe some Dr Seuss fish stencils?

good idea searching now

thanks

lockrookie · #10 10-07-2010, 06:47 PM

the wife vito'd teh stencil idea.. for now...but....

the lights arrived today woo hoo. let the hood build begin.. i alredy see acouple issues with the hood but ill work it out didnt take account of the ballast for the mh. ill find room tho. so tonight and tomorrow i will figure out how to mount this beast and post pictures of the light.

the fun begins again. my first mh fixture. even if it is cheap lol