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Old 08-22-2012, 04:33 AM
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ok......splain all the fancy cuts in the sump
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Old 08-22-2012, 04:40 AM
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Pretty sure I invented that use to call them space saver baffles
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Old 08-26-2012, 02:59 AM
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will be following along i gotta say looking killer man

id go with the black background over blue
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Old 08-26-2012, 04:02 AM
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This is a looking very good - looking forward to following your build.
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Old 08-27-2012, 03:07 PM
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Looking good!
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So you come back in to the hobby, Start up a build and shoot us with all the glory shots of equipment. And its not set up OMG MAN

Nice tank too.
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Old 08-27-2012, 06:48 PM
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Thanks guys.

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So you come back in to the hobby, Start up a build and shoot us with all the glory shots of equipment. And its not set up OMG MAN

Nice tank too.
I don't even have the rock man!

It's gonna be bit slowed down now as my debit card got skimmed (no pun intended) and the bastards stole a large portion of funds from my account (mostly funds allocated for the tank). So until the investigation gets completed and I get my money back, I won't be able to buy anything I need to continue. (Rock, various pumps/heaters, etc) I can still do the plumbing and stuff this week, and hopefully have water in the tank by next weekend.
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Old 08-28-2012, 06:40 PM
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Anyone got any spare 1" strainers laying around?
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Old 08-31-2012, 04:02 AM
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I swung by the office last night and tonight, on my way home from a training seminar I'm in all week. Last night I finished up siliconing the acrylic to the overflows, and then spray bombed the back of the tank in black. Which was about all I was able to do as the unbearable air in the office started making me light headed.

Went back tonight and did all the plumbing for the system. This is the first tank I have plumbed that doesn't have a check valve (could not find one) on the return line, which makes me nervous, but I have done the calculations (4x) and based on my numbers I should have enough room in my sump for the water that will drain back down back down from the Display and Overflows. I basically copied fishytimes plumbing (minus the check valve). I went with Herbie overflows as they have always worked for me in the past. Couple ****ty iphone pics.








Next on the list is to order some 1"x1" - 3/16" tubing and get the light stands welded up and installed on the the stand. This needs to be done before I get any water in the tank so I can still access the back.
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Old 09-01-2012, 04:12 AM
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Just another day at the Office.

Swung by Concept again today... Dave is probably sick of seeing me!

Changed up my skimmer choice from the Bubble Magus to this!









Barely fits in my allotted skimmer section as it wasn't planned for... but it fits none the less.





Also picked up 150ish #'s of Dry Macro rock that Dave just got in.. I gotta say, 150lbs of dry rock seems like a lot.. I did a mock up of an aquascape, and I still have a 1 FULL box (out of 4 @ 40ish lbs each) of rock after words.. And I don't even have the live rock yet to seed it. I may just have to keep the extra box of dry rock for myself for the 62G I bought.



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