Our 40g Island waterfall

[Misses.ReefWars]

fiji crete:



a can for mixing:



some water:



very technological mixing spoon




top portion of the waterfall also needed to be sealed

[Misses.ReefWars]

time to get messy







consistency of peanut butter

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like icing a cake






dont be afraid to get your hands in there







afterwards a little shot of water and then smoothed out with my finger to get full coverage and make sure theres no pinholes in the mortar

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while that dried we got to work on the water channels for the island , since this rock is so porous we decided to use some vertex 2-part epoxy to create our water channels and focus water where we want it , as well to build our basins/pools that the water flows in to later


stinky stuff but molds well and doesnt dry nearly as fast as that fiji crete lol




poke it right in there:



looks ok?



basins at the bottom

[Slyguy00]

gonna look awesome when its done!

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

I like it ,I really like it
Cannot wait to see the end results.

[Misses.ReefWars]

it was nice to have two months to work on dry rock vs live thats for sure ,we actually had a lot of fun doing this build , took all summer but its coming together nicely

our build is also on RC if anyone ventures out that way

sposing you all want to see the finished product eh?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

gonna look awesome when its done!

thanks nick , you should see it now looks incredible



little peeved the misses may get a TOTM before me though

[Misses.ReefWars]

ok so we had to design a sump , this is right up our alley and we got to work and drew something up

these were the plans we made:



















basically our down pipes from the external overflow are plumbed into the chamber marked drain entry form display , water then flows over the baffle and onto a 7" filter sock try , when the socks are running normal water flows under the next baffle and when they clog water flows over the notch and into the fuge , after the socks the water flows through the refugium and then into the skimmer section , through some bubble traps and into the return. we have added a small ATO in the back corner as well some dosing chambers for vinegar, alk , cal and mg there is an acrylic cover for both the ATO and dosing chambers with holes drilled for lines

will post actual pictures of our sump and how it turned out next

[Misses.ReefWars]

and the actual sump all glass














under the stand



skimmer and reactor laid in place