dear journal,here we go again-200g build: to be continued.....on to new dreams:)

[reefwars]

hey all so not much over the past week just playing the waiting game, i did get my apex the other day so im still setting it up apparently its harder to set this up then it is to do any sort of brain surgery lol seriously though its alot of f'ing around(pardon my french) so far it makes a great thermometer lol well im almost got it figured out tonight im mounting it in its place with velcro and setting up the controller so its nice and clean.

i also finished up the stand a bit more while the misses was gone on hollidays so i had to make sure it was looking good when she got home to justify spending so much this month on it lol

im also gonna set up my refuge and frag tank tonight i have all the plumbing done its just a matter of filling it up and hooking up the return pump for now untill i get my led's ordered ill just use a small t5 or similar i have kincking around


heres some pics as it sits today i still am looking for more rock and some tonga branchcheers all






















and my job for tonight and proably till the day i die lol:

[Skimmerking]

Dude that stand is Friggin awesome

[reefwars]

thanks mike, funny thing is it cost me $00.00 lol minus some small hardware.... i do renovations for a living and after putting a pile of money into my last stand with all kinds of fancy hardwoods as soon as it was finished it was sold , so this time no way lol i kept it simple to finish it fast and instead of going with the average wood grain stands i went with a very cool color green and trimmed it plain jain.i find it looks sweet when theres little to it and leaves more to viewing the tank plus i gotta say the misses loves it, all the materials i had in the garage plus paint trim etc...... right over the window is where my apex display will be mounted with velcro and after tonight you wont be able to see any more wires as they are getting "fished lol" through the framing or pvc fastened to the stands ceiling

[fishoholic]

Awesome stand Denny!

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Awesome stand Denny!

thanks laurie the green doesnt show up to well in the photo but its very nice im getting "reefwars reef" done in black cool writing right over the window, im finally getting it cleaned up inside it looks like a wiring jungle lol but i just finished hooking it all up to the apex and ran the wires through the stand so alls good and away from water. right now im installing a gfci and as it will stand when it will be done is there will be a tiny wire coming out the bottom on one side of my stand for my apex to my router and on the other side will be another small hole for my apex power bar to the gfci other than that there wont be a cord to be seen or ran outside of the stand

[jphong]

That stand is looking great Denny! I love the trim on it, makes it look so clean and classy

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by jphong

That stand is looking great Denny! I love the trim on it, makes it look so clean and classy

Thanks john Im glad the way it turned out ice always been a fan of bright white and greens how's your tank coming along??? Drop over the next night your free and I'll give you the tour, text me buddy

[The Grizz]

Looking sexy dude! Have you finished mounting the MH on the light ring yet, I want pics of that when you do.

[reefwars]

hey guys so tonight i filled up the frag tank and refuge and plumbed in the return pump, i also mounted the other front halide and did my water tests.last week i was showing a small amount of amonia and nitrate now im nil for amonia and sitting at around 5ppm for nitrate and 0 for phos. i added my male cinnamon clown to the tank and he seems very happy exploring all corners and holes....he already owns the joint lol

heres some pics taken tonight and steve at red coral edmonton has my zeo reactor in so when ever my broke ass can get over ill have that up and running as well cheers guys

[reefcanada]

Wow Denny, That is looking great.