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    There and back again, a REEF tank tale, by Jnaylor

    in Tank Builds

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    Tank is running smoothly, will post pictures tonight. New fish, a file and flame angel.

    Names:

    File Fish - Jr Accountant

    Flame Angel - Mrs Doubtfire

     

    And for the rest of the fish:

    Yellow Tangs: Jesse Pinkman and Heisenburg

    Purple Tang: Thanos (marvel, gold and purple armor)

    Blue Hippo Tang: Oski (Cal Berkeley Mascot blue and yellow)

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    Tank - Sump Build 500 gal +

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    30 minutes ago, Dogfish said:

    CHOKE GAG tank COUGH COUGH quote. Got a few quotes on my tank. I guess the tank builders are all millionaires. 20K, Ouch. Looks like I'm going to be building the tank myself. 6 sheets of 1" thick acrylic @ 600.00 a sheet is 3600.00 plus a few CNC cuts, will not add up to 20K. This is gonna be fun.

    I did drill the holes and tap them for the probe holder. I am a hack. "Un-Skilled" Jack of all trades and master of none. Anyone know if there is a place in Austin that sells SCIGRIP #40? I called Regal and Austin but they did'nt have it or know who would. Online I guess? I want to use it for the sump instead of #4 to get some practice before I tackle the tank.

    Yeah its not cheap to get a new tank. As dimensions get more extreme, the cost is exponential. Best of luck building it yourself, you are much more adventurous than I in that regard!

    There and back again, a REEF tank tale, by Jnaylor

    in Tank Builds

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    Well it's been a long few weeks! A weekend trip to a lake house, and then 6 days traveling for work. I have put many hours into the tank but progress has been slow until this weekend. I finally got the tank mostly cycled and was able to move the fish over and aquascape!

     

    big thanks to @Gig 'em @ NDstructible  For helping me design and execute the aquascape. He is a pro. It turned out really awesome and this time I was finally able to use a rock the way I wanted to when it has caused me such troubles over the years! Nothing like using a whole tube of epoxy to make my dream come true ?.

    I was also able to get the lights hung since the fish and coral (singular) were moved over. Got the sump and components all tuned up and got the thing humming. Literally humming, that's the only noise this bad boy makes!!! The bean animal is amazing, so glad I went with the Shadow overflow, thank you @Synergy reef for making such a great product. 

    Eveything seems to be doing well except my massive amount of nems are trying to locate the light source ;). I will be buying a pro membership tomorrow and will begin selling off some of my nems and the old tank etc so keep an eye out. 

    Here are the update pics!! More to come as things settle in and I stock the fish a bit more. In a few weeks (2 months or so) I will be ready for new frags!! 

    Also, don't tell my wife. I ordered another Maxspect after today, couldn't resist the 20% off from @BulkReefSupply!

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    There and back again, a REEF tank tale, by Jnaylor

    in Tank Builds

    Posted · Edited by Jnaylor

    Sand is in. Salt is mixing. Temp is increasing... slowly. 

     

    Picked up up a stainless steel rod to put my two Maxspect Razors together. Going to figure out a mounting solution tomorrow during work and pick up the material at lunch. Hoping to start to move rock over tomorrow night. Have to get the parameters right first. 

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    There and back again, a REEF tank tale, by Jnaylor

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    Glued the rest of the plumbing last night. My least favorite part of plumbing is that it always seems to change slightly when you glue.. My return ended up being so off that I had to put egg crate under the return pump because the plumbing was lifting it off the bottom of my sump!

    All glued up though so I am happy. Tonight I will fill er up!!

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    On 8/7/2017 at 11:26 AM, Isaac said:

    hopefully its not too late..... when making manifolds, don't end w/ an elbow... use a tee and extra pvc and a cap.  this allows you to add onto it later if you ever need to.   looks awesome :)

    Great suggestions @Isaac, though I did end up ending with an elbow because I didn't have an extra T. Worst case I cut the corner out rebuild it with a T down the road. For now I have 3 valves for reactors. Im just glad to be going to the next step!

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    Sand will be going in next and filling up. I have probably 40 lbs of sand that I just need to rinse heavily. Ill buy some live sand on Thursday and then let the tank run with sand and a few rocks through the weekend.

    There and back again, a REEF tank tale, by Jnaylor

    in Tank Builds

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    Got the drains all glued in, the are uniformed almost all the way through, but at the end they were slightly off... 2 of 3 look perfect. Last one is a little wonky but its fine.

    Returns will be glued tonight, along with the BEAN animal setup. I should be able to start filling the tank tomorrow! Sand will go in as well along with some of the live rock. Let that cycle through the weekend and then acclimate and move over next week.

    I'll post some more pictures tonight as well. 

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