Trevor W's 100 Gallon Build Thread 48"L x 24"W x 20"H

[wreck]

By any chance could u post what the roll looks like and the label?

[daplatapus]

Ya sure. This is the stuff I have and got from Home Hardware:







It is a shade of grey but fairly fine thread so there's very little light loss.

[wreck]

Thank you very much that's excellent !!

[lockrookie]

Bayside corals

[Trevor W]

Thank you Daplatapus for the generous offer and for posting those pics it is greatly appreciated! I may have sourced some locally. Yet another reason why this forum is such a great resource.

Thank you Lockrookie for the suggestion! My brother is going to bayside tomorrow and he may just be bringing me back a piece.

[Prariecanuck]

For all the prarie people there is a guy in stoon building tanks now.just thought I'd throw it out there

[Trevor W]

I recently purchased my second Vertex Rx-U 1.5 media reactor. I also purchased a bag of Vertex ROX 0.8 activated carbon. Anyone that has used or seen this carbon will know just how small the grains are. I instantly foreseen a problem with the size of the pores of the supplied sponges VS the size of the grains of carbon. Sure enough upon filling the reactor with 100ml of ROX it instantly started working its way into and through the factory sponges. A quick google search turned up nothing. I than remembered that I had a couple small sheets of Poret foam. It is often used in the freshwater side of the hobby and it truly is the best foam to use in any aquarium application. Seemed like a no brainer. Who would of thought that after spending $$$ on media reactors I would be having to DIY it to properly work with the same brand of carbon lol.

Factory Sponge



Poret Sponge

[wreck]

Nicely done bro, I will replace my 2lf sponges with that foam

[Trevor W]

Originally Posted by wreck

Nicely done bro, I will replace my 2lf sponges with that foam

Thanks! Poret foam is defiantly not the cheapest solution but by far the best option. IMO
A less costly option would be if you could find a hydro sponge filter sponge that would fit nicely around the inner tube of the reactor and than just cut the height to whatever you wanted and trim the outside diameter to fit.

[explor3r]

Great build love your tank dimension and I dig your rock work. Im a big fan of vertex skimmers they work excellent and never give you problems.
Keep it up