Madreefers New Build/Upgrade

[Madreefer]

Oh my build seems so slow. Picked up 4 20lbs bags of sand, 2 Atlantic Crushed Coral and 2 Aragonite Sand. This cost me $120 locally. What would you guys have paid in the bigger city's? I'm going to be using about 5lbs of my old sand for seeding this stuff. I would really like to use straight sugar sand which I now use in my tank right now. I keep reading that people have huge sandstorms using the Vortech MP40s. I have never once had a sandstorm in my tank now using 2 and 1 MP10 at 100% but it must just be from the curvature of the half circle glass. So i'm not taking any chances since i'm going to a rectangular tank and will be running 4 MP40s on it. My last rectangular tank was 5 tanks ago.



Let the rinsing begin.

[Madreefer]

Decided to change the seal in my Barracuda pump today. They seem to go every 3 years.



Think i needed to change?
2 more weeks and the new tank should arrive.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Oh my build seems so slow. Picked up 4 20lbs bags of sand, 2 Atlantic Crushed Coral and 2 Aragonite Sand. This cost me $120 locally. What would you guys have paid in the bigger city's? I'm going to be using about 5lbs of my old sand for seeding this stuff. I would really like to use straight sugar sand which I now use in my tank right now. I keep reading that people have huge sandstorms using the Vortech MP40s. I have never once had a sandstorm in my tank now using 2 and 1 MP10 at 100% but it must just be from the curvature of the half circle glass. So i'm not taking any chances since i'm going to a rectangular tank and will be running 4 MP40s on it. My last rectangular tank was 5 tanks ago.

Let the rinsing begin.

I guess a lot depends on how open the aquascaping is. I had sandstorms even with heavier sand but eventually the sand gets tired of blowing around and settle in

So did you enjoy the rinsing part?

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

So did you enjoy the rinsing part?

Yea it was a blast

I have the sand mixed in buckets right now, i'm not liking the look of it. Hopefully it'll look better once in the tank.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Yea it was a blast

I have the sand mixed in buckets right now, i'm not liking the look of it. Hopefully it'll look better once in the tank.

Atleast you have a backyard/place to clean it. Being a resident in apartment, bathtub and tap were my only option and swimming with 50lb of sand particles in there was no fun! Itchy itchy!

One thing I have learned (personal opinion) is, if you don't like something outside the tank, there's a higher possibility that you would regret it inside And everyone loves caribsea fiji pink I have seen that brand of sand in stores but never liked the look of it.

[Madreefer]

Well it turns out my build is going to take longer than I thought. I'm so not at all impressed or happy about it. That's all I want to say right now. With the crap I had to put up with shipping with Greyhound and now this, it just makes a guy want to just say the heck with it and sell it all and get out of the hobby. It's supposed to be enjoyable.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Well it turns out my build is going to take longer than I thought. I'm so not at all impressed or happy about it. That's all I want to say right now. With the crap I had to put up with shipping with Greyhound and now this, it just makes a guy want to just say the heck with it and sell it all and get out of the hobby. It's supposed to be enjoyable.

Hang in there buddy. It'll get better. It always does. Unless of course you've got Blue Cloves. In which case, sorry, you're SOL.

[BlueTang<3]

My build took about a year tank still isn't running fully and it's at year 2 lol it's getting closer. It's a big undertaking especially with a remote sump, my sump is 50 feet across the house. Best to do it slowly and properly tho than rush