Murdoch's 160G Tank Build

[doch]

You might be onto something here Dez. Fortunately for me, I found out that Rona in Fort Mac has PVC fittings. Wish I would have known that before running around the entire city on Sunday! hahaha

[doch]

Well... the stand is built The old tank is temporarily relocated to the bathroom The new tank is on the stand. The waveboxes are tucked neatly into their new holes. The lights are on top of the tank (and going to fit PERFECTLY)..... and the RO water is trickling (that might be overstating the matter) into the tank. I'm BEAT. Movie time. I'll see about pics tomorrow.

[doch]

FINALLY the plumbing is done! I now have all of my livestock in thhe new tank, and the old 55 is tucked neatly in the bottom of that stand. Encountered a new little problem though... the IN 250 that I bought will not fit under the frag tank as is. GAH!!! I'll have to do a little thinking on this one. Also... one of my wave boxes is no longer working. It's just on full time (doesn't pulse). No good.

Anyways... here's a few pics. Don't mind the aqua scaping.... that's for tomorrow.

[doch]

Here's the freshly (and crudely) welded and painted stand that will house my sump on the bottom, frag tank in the middle, and the water change tank up top. Trust me when I say this... you don't need to see the welds! I just tought myself today!! hahaha.

What I did is took an old 90g stand, cut it to 40"W, rewelded it, then added the square tubing frame up top for the water change tank. All three levels will have a plywood base.



Now onto the plumbing! Ugh.

[doch]

Poorly ventilated basement + pvc primer and cement + a few beers = BAD IDEA!

I feel stoned... kind of tempted to call poison control. Meah..


The last two fittings that I had to do.... effed up. Oh well... back to Rona in the morning. LONG day. Started at 10am. Welded that stand, ate, started plumbing... finished at 1am... incompete. 97% complete.... but still incomplete.

[phi delt reefer]

looking good man - love the built in wavebox!

[doch]

OK... all seems to be well and good! Thankfully! Here's a few shots of the preliminary aquascape. Most of this will be staying as is, but there will be a few changes. Specifically, many of the corals will be relocated to space them out some, and already a few of the rocks look to me like they need a tweek.

Anyways, let me know what you think.

The view from the couch.


The right side view.


The left side view.


Looking down the tunnel.


And, of course, the full frontal!


Please excuse the wires and junk. They didn't make the priority cut, and this took WAY longer than planned/expected.

[doch]

Oh... and btw, it's not actually that blue. I'm running 4 New Gen, 3 Super Blue, and 2 Fiji Purple. (I'm still down a FP because of my jerk dog's foot) And sorry for the poor pics... get used to it! lol

[Dez]

Love the plumbing behind the foosball table. Did you finally lube it up?

[doch]

Today I put together a shelving unit from Canadian tire to store all of the fish gear. It's in the bathroom right beside the fish room.
After that was done, I cleaned the rest of the disaster area, and properly ran oll of the cords and dosing pump tubing inside the fish room.

And....

Some more pics for anyone that likes to... um... see pics! lol

Here's my Tailspot Blenny and his favorite hiding spot


Here`s the `fish room`. Notice that my skimmer is too tall for the stand? Damn. My frag tank will be on the middle level (apparently on a 2x4 frame so that the skimmer will fit), and the water change tank will be on top. The lights up top are for sale, but if nobody wants them, I'll use them for the frag tank. I'd like to go DIY LED though. And, yes, that is my little beer fridge that's built right into the wall conveniently located right beside the foos ball table.


Shot of the 'Man cave' now that the mess is starting to subside.

This is a shot of the amount of plumbing and electrical that had to be run. The plan is to put 2x4 pieces to support the pipes, and then cover it up with either tile or wood. It will be used as a little beverage shelf for aroun the foos ball table.


And as I had promised earlier, here's 2 shots of the 55 in it prime (before the move)