FishyFishy!'s 155 bowfront fishroom/closet build

FishyFishy! · #1 11-08-2011, 09:46 PM

So now I still need to get my sumps drilled and baffled (which is harder than one thought to find someone to do this for me...)

And then I start plumbing the tank through the wall! Yay!!

FishyFishy! · #2 11-08-2011, 09:51 PM

I know its not DIY, but the fixture looks pretty old. I'm going to use pendants anyways, so that fixture will eventually be garbage.

FishyFishy! · #3 11-08-2011, 09:54 PM

Here's the frag tank in the fishroom. It's housing some live rock that I couldn't fit in the 70 Gallon holding tank.

yellowworld · #4 11-08-2011, 10:00 PM

Wowzers Mr. Fishy! what pendants you going with? how are you doing on rock by the way? I got some over here that is doing nothing, you can have it for a beer or two if you want, I think there is about 20ish lbs here.

FishyFishy! · #5 11-09-2011, 06:37 PM

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Wowzers Mr. Fishy! what pendants you going with? how are you doing on rock by the way? I got some over here that is doing nothing, you can have it for a beer or two if you want, I think there is about 20ish lbs here.

Sweet Yeah I'll take you up on that. I have to go buy a bunch of dry rock from Red Coral soon here and i'll start the aquascape. I'm going for three islands for a minimalist type look in the display, so the fish have lots of swimming room. Thats why I decided on the three sump idea, so that I could have tonnes of biological filtration that didn't have to come from rock in the display.

The Grizz · #6 11-09-2011, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

So now I still need to get my sumps drilled and baffled (which is harder than one thought to find someone to do this for me...)

And then I start plumbing the tank through the wall! Yay!!

Road trip to Red Deer Mike, I would drill them & put in baffles for ya

FishyFishy! · #7 11-09-2011, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by The Grizz

Road trip to Red Deer Mike, I would drill them & put in baffles for ya

I might just take you up on that Greg! Do you have lots of glass lying around to make the baffles?

MarkoD · #8 11-09-2011, 07:55 PM

Nice build.

Just wondering, is it ok for metal halides to be that close to the water?

FishyFishy! · #9 11-09-2011, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkoD

Nice build.

Just wondering, is it ok for metal halides to be that close to the water?

It will be raised about 4" off the surface when the canopy is on. It's just sitting there for testing.

The Grizz · #10 11-09-2011, 10:10 PM

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I might just take you up on that Greg! Do you have lots of glass lying around to make the baffles?

I do has some glass just not sure how much.