New Wife, New Life, and The tank I've always wanted! - Part 1

[Flash]

nice job! looks great!

[Madreefer]

Cool! Good job! Interesting watching you guys build your tanks from scratch. You put alot of work in to this. That skimmer is more of a water mover than anything. You should be able to get a good used one for a reasonable price on this site.

[Siderjan]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Cool! Good job! Interesting watching you guys build your tanks from scratch. You put alot of work in to this. That skimmer is more of a water mover than anything. You should be able to get a good used one for a reasonable price on this site.

Thank you. I heard that about the skimmer. LOL. Waiting til after christmas to get a better one. It doesn't really fit my sump anyways.

[Siderjan]

Water conditions as of 11:41pm

GH - 180
KH - 80
pH - 8.5
NO2 - 0
NO3 - 0
Saltity - 26 ppt
Temp - 80F

[Delphinus]

Looks like things are coming together nicely! That spot where you have the screen over the overflow, keep an eye on that, looks like a pretty tight weave and I see that getting clogged pretty easy. If it proves to be a problem down the road you could consider some gutter guard, the holes are more like 1/4" so less prone to clogging (although not immune to clogging).

[Siderjan]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Looks like things are coming together nicely! That spot where you have the screen over the overflow, keep an eye on that, looks like a pretty tight weave and I see that getting clogged pretty easy. If it proves to be a problem down the road you could consider some gutter guard, the holes are more like 1/4" so less prone to clogging (although not immune to clogging).

Thanks Tony. I was wondering what I was going to use, and that was the best I could come up with on short notice. I thought I had everything thought out til I saw the gapping hole.

[cuz]

and the wire ty as well on the screen...no one want to see rust..lol

[Siderjan]

Originally Posted by cuz

and the wire ty as well on the screen...no one want to see rust..lol

Thanks Cuz. I made sure the wire tie was all plastic. The little tab that holds it in place is plastic and not metal. The kid at Canadian Tire was not too impressed when I made him open a few jars so I could find ones that didn't have the metal tab. LOL! They hate me in there!

[Siderjan]

Originally Posted by bean

nice job! looks great!

Thank you. Can't wait to put my livestock back in it. Need to get my saltity lowered and can't add anymore water. sitting at 26ppt