Greg's 75g

[Skimmerking]

love the progress so far man can't wait to see it

[lastlight]

Love the drawer slides!

You're off to a great start having mastered the wife's tolerances and your own patience. The rest should be easier =)

[paddyob]

How did the partner ever let you use the master bath like that?

Is that temp or permanent home for your reservoir?

My wife would slap me for even considering that ha ha ha.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Looks like someone's been on a major spending spree

Bring your wife over for a visit some time Gregg and we'll talk some more about reefing

BTW, all your ex-fw fish are doing great, including the Sterbai family.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Looks like someone's been on a major spending spree

Bring your wife over for a visit some time Gregg and we'll talk some more about reefing

BTW, all your ex-fw fish are doing great, including the Sterbai family.

Ya you're not kidding. I already spent all the fw money.
We'll definately have to come by one of these days.

[msjboy]

Hi,

You blue pail is going to be heavy and may cave in the stand over time if left full..,at 55g, it is about 800lb.
Let us know your progress... Maybe we can have a burnaby tour when setup by spring...i count about 6 member including me within the upper deer lake / your area.
Brw, howvmuch rock is being put in.
Regs
Msjboy

[gregzz4]

Hiya yourself
I'm starting off with 40lbs of base and somewhere around 25-30lbs of LR. Haven't bought the LR yet, but it's almost time.
As for the drum, your math is a bit off. 55g x 10lbs (which is very generous) is only 550lbs. Freshwater, on average, only weighs 8.34lbs/g @ 32F. You are saying the water weighs 14.55lbs That is a closer estimation for a loaded aquarium.
Because of the not yet pictured emergency overflow, there will only ever be 40g at a time in my 45g drum, so less than 350lbs. If you look close enough at the picture, you'll see I braced the counter with 2 x 6s and the drum sits on a piece of 3/4" ply. It would easily hold double what I'm asking it to do.
But thanks for the concern , it never hurts to point things out

EDIT:
OOPS, it is a 55g Drum

Originally Posted by msjboy

Hi,

You blue pail is going to be heavy and may cave in the stand over time if left full..,at 55g...

55*8.34=458.7 so it potentially could weigh 460lbs. But the build is still strong enough

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by paddyob

How did the partner ever let you use the master bath like that?

Is that temp or permanent home for your reservoir?

My wife would slap me for even considering that ha ha ha.

Ha, ya that's a permanent spot. My wife never uses the ensuite. Just lucky I guess.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Love the drawer slides!

You're off to a great start having mastered the wife's tolerances and your own patience. The rest should be easier =)

Thanks. I'm actually quite proud of the epiphany about the slides as I didn't want to have to lug water upstairs all the time from the laundry room.
My wife is great, plus she likes sw fish a lot.
I hope the rest is easy-ish, but I know I'm going to have a hard time going slow

[lastlight]

Haha and I see uniseals on the counter too now that I'm looking closer. so there's going to be piping involved there too? I can't wait to show this to my (much) better half