Raied's Punyaquarium Build

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Etaloche

Any experience with those power heads previously?
I was actually looking at just that exact model to upgrade to one day.
Let me know how it goes when your tank is all set up

I have had experience with jebao's previous powerheads but not this one. I will keep this thread updated with its performance

[mrhasan]

Well I finally got the tank and its so puny that I shall call it the "punyquarium"

I am yet to get the skimmer, the live rocks and the RODI unit. Will start building a wood frame tomorrow. Nothing fancy, just plain frame and will cover it with carbon fiber 3M (to match with the black silicon of the tank). Here are some pictures:

2015-12-30 16.31.20 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

2015-12-30 16.31.53 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

(need to clean the tank)
2015-12-30 17.39.42 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

2015-12-30 17.39.54 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

(I also bought the controller for kessil)
2015-12-30 17.46.18 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

[mrhasan]

Can one of you super nice admin please change the name of this thread to "Raied's Punyaquarium Build"? Thanks

[Delphinus]

Done

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Done

Thanks Tony

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Can one of you super nice admin please change the name of this thread to "Raied's Punyaquarium Build"? Thanks

I knew one of the super nice ones would see that

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I knew one of the super nice ones would see that

Yes sir!

[mrhasan]

Well I finally got the skimmer

2016-01-04 16.46.41 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

Haven't seen a lot of skimmer but this is the most beautiful skimmer I have seen to date

2016-01-04 16.47.06 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

2016-01-04 17.42.33 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

I encountered two issues with the skimmer:

1. The small piece of pipe connecting the pump and the bubble plate is loose (seems like they didn't put in enough glue) so I will have to use some superglue to fix that thing. No big deal.

2. The skimmer chamber barely fits the skimmer (no space between the inlet and the glass so this will have to be resolved in this weekend.

Will get the superglue, fix the pipe and will put it into vinegar bath. Probably won't be able to get the tank going for another two weeks

[mrhasan]

Just a quick update:

Thanks to Tim from Seacare, I now have 20 lbs of walt smith LR sitting in a tub, waiting to go into the tank. In order to minimize death, Tim shipped them via Air Canada cargo today afternoon and got it over here in the evening. Couldn't take any picture of the individual pieces since I wanted to get them into water ASAP but the pieces are wonderful and lots of lives on the rock. Here's a snap of the rocks sitting in the tub:

2016-01-20 19.51.23 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

On the other side, the stand for the tank has been on backorder for the last couple of weeks and J&L is finally got it in stock today. Requested them to 1 day ship it and hopefully will be getting it on Friday.

If everything goes well, this weekend should be a busy one

On the other side of the story, I got myself this :

2016-01-16 14.41.27 by M Raied Hasan, on Flickr

4k 40" monitor (not TV but monitor). Couldn't go any bigger that this