62G Starfire Reef [40x18x20]

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by michika

Awesome!

Indeed..

Originally Posted by Leah

This tank needs water.

I'm working on it!



Seeing how I was out of the province on boxing day I didn't get to do any reef shopping so I took today off work to stop by a few places and grab a few more things for this build. I was looking to grab my new skimmer, but that will have to wait it appears. Otherwise I picked up my 2nd MP10, a bottle of Zeobak (and was hoping to get some Zeostart3, but Concept was sold out), and also picked up a stock 20H tank for my SW mixing station (not photographed)

[JDigital]

It's pretty much filled as of last night, but when I switched on the return pump to see where my sump would level off at, I wasn't getting any pumping action, just my tank draining back to the sump. It's a brand new Reef Octopus Water Blaster pump, so tonight when I get home I will have to disconnect it, open it up, fiddle around with the impeller, put it back together and expect it to work.


While I do love these pumps for their solid build quality (housing wise) and low noise output, this is the 2nd of 3 that I have had start up issues with brand new out of the box. My first issue was with the HY7000, impeller seemed to constantly rattle vibrate, so I swapped that out for a HY5000, which worked really well. Now I'm having issues with the HY3000. Hopefully its as simple as just pulling the impeller out, rinsing it out and re-assembling it.



Fingers Crossed!

[JDigital]

Well I officially have water circulating through my system. [] Now I just have to get it up to temp and start adding the salty white stuff. [] Still gotta clean up some of the cabling too. Now where did I leave my zip-ties?

[Arok3000]

Looking very nice! Well thought out, can't wait to see this stocked.

[Skimmerking]

looks really good man. other then that thing in the first compartment. now I know you can do better then that.

[lastlight]

holy crap you're slow josh! i'm equal parts excited and impatient.

MOVE IT!

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Arok3000

Looking very nice! Well thought out, can't wait to see this stocked.

Thanks! I can't wait for it to be cycled, let alone stocked..

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

looks really good man. other then that thing in the first compartment. now I know you can do better then that.

I'm not actually using that skimmer Mike.. That's just where I put it for "storage". I'm getting one of the Reef Life Support System skimmers actually. Unless I get impatient and pick up a Reef Octopus XP1000sss. Either way, it'll be an improvement.

Originally Posted by lastlight

holy crap you're slow josh! i'm equal parts excited and impatient.

MOVE IT!

Sorry Brett.. my reef budget isn't endless with this tank. I got 2 big purchases left.. Skimmer, hopefully next week, and lights. At this rate I'm looking at T5's for one simple reason.. CHEAP(er) than LEDs (initially). Hoping to find a 36" 4 or 6 bulb unit. I really don't need lighting during the cycle, but the skimmer sure would be nice.

Also need to track down some Zeostart3... Concept and Oceans are both out of stock.. Does Golds sell that stuff?

[JDigital]

I got it salted and heated last weekend. 1.026 @ 25.3'C.

Changed my aquascape too as I wasn't thrilled with my previous layout. Still not sure about this one. What do you guys think?

[gregzz4]

I think it looks great, but you should take the day off and enjoy your HAPPY B-DAY

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I think it looks great, but you should take the day off and enjoy your HAPPY B-DAY

Haha.. I don't know where you found saw that info, but Thanks greg! I would love to dip out of work early.