jolt Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Oh wow, that really sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Current state of Juicemans Reef.... I'm lucky I still had everything for the most part from having my livestock in tubs otherwise.... it would have been a lot worse..... Will update more later. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 So sorry to see that! yeah, thankfully you were ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Awaiting quotes from Reef Saavy, AGE, and DAS. Anyone use them and can give me your experience? So far Reef Saavy told me 6 months, just waiting on price. AGE said they'd have me a quote hopefully by today.. DAS nothing yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Awaiting quotes from Reef Saavy, AGE, and DAS. Anyone use them and can give me your experience? So far Reef Saavy told me 6 months, just waiting on price. AGE said they'd have me a quote hopefully by today.. DAS nothing yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk do you mean DSA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 I submitted quotes for the same footprint tank... I don't want all the money and time I put into the new stand, skins, and organizing to go out the window... Task for tonight is getting Tubs plumbed back into the sump so can keep levels stable and try my best not to lose anything... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Awaiting quotes from Reef Saavy, AGE, and DAS. Anyone use them and can give me your experience? So far Reef Saavy told me 6 months, just waiting on price. AGE said they'd have me a quote hopefully by today.. DAS nothing yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk do you mean DSA? Dutch Aquarium Systems Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Awaiting quotes from Reef Saavy, AGE, and DAS. Anyone use them and can give me your experience? So far Reef Saavy told me 6 months, just waiting on price. AGE said they'd have me a quote hopefully by today.. DAS nothing yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk do you mean DSA? Dutch Aquarium Systems Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I had one of those like 15 yrs ago...it was a reef ready but I had it set up as freshwater. I never had any issues with it. didn't know they were still making tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Don't forget Planet - Gary at Aquadome did a great job ordering mine for me. Their glasswork was very good. Their overflow was not good, but it's easy to replace, I just put a ghost overflow on mine. I waited 15 months for my Reef Savvy, and they will tell you 6 months but I would not believe them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Don't forget Planet - Gary at Aquadome did a great job ordering mine for me. Their glasswork was very good. Their overflow was not good, but it's easy to replace, I just put a ghost overflow on mine. I waited 15 months for my Reef Savvy, and they will tell you 6 months but I would not believe them +1 on planet...I had a 75g. Nice finish on the edges and silicone. Mine had an external overflow box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Wow! So what happened Juice? Seams bust out of nowhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Wow! So what happened Juice? Seams bust out of nowhere? Basically.... at 5:00 am.... emptied just under half the tank by 5:45 when my girlfriend was coming downstairs to go to work. From the looks of the leak, it popped the bottom front seam in 4 places. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Hate to see it man. Silver lining....new tank coming! (too soon?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Wide enough break for this tool... The front seam split from the topo Chico to the paper towels..... :/ One of the risks of resealing a tank. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Did Shane remove the existing seal in between the glass and then replace or did he just do the inside corner seal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcroc66 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I got my new tank from planet aquarium, ordered it on a Tuesday and it was here that Friday as long as they have the size you need already made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Did Shane remove the existing seal in between the glass and then replace or did he just do the inside corner seal? He removed the old and redid it.. I was there when we put the new pane on... it was new silicone for sure. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 I got my new tank from planet aquarium, ordered it on a Tuesday and it was here that Friday as long as they have the size you need already made Not a 7' tank though. I'd have to go smaller Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Well.... I thought about putting my tubs where the tank would have gone... but that presented the issue of not being able to monitor very well without pulling out a step stool every time I wanted to look at the coral and fish to see if everyone was good... So I opted to move the QTs onto the tank stand and put the tubs back next to the tank.... When I went to Tractor supply today they didn't have any 100g tubs which would match what I already had... so I picked up the 150g one they had. The plan was to send the water into the SPS bin and let it overflow into the fish bin, then the fish bin would overflow into the sump. Well.... it looks like everything fit into the 150g bin... so I may just keep it simple and do one big bin instead of 2. Only issue is i don't think I can fit all my live rock in it... I didn't finish tonight, but I'm at a stopping point with everything being in the tub, happy with good parameters and stable temp. Will get to trying to plumb the tub in the the sump tomorrow. Got quotes from AGE and Reef Saavy so far... AGE said I could have my new tank in 7-8 weeks. Reef Saavy said 6 months.. which from what I understand means a year. So right now AGE is the winner... but I'm going to wait and see what he other companies say before I go for it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Glad to hear you have everything stable for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 We are plumbed back into the system! No leaks! I installed my Glass Holes overflows on the tub and put flex tubing on my return manifold to run it into the sump. Working great and surprisingly quiet! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 No deaths so far... Trying to keep it that way! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Just put my down payment on a tank from AGE. Same dimensions as my old display, Black seams, PVC bottom, steel bracing. No cross bracing needed! And they will drill it exactly like my old tank so I don't have to buy any new plumbing, fittings, equipment, or cut and re glue anything. It will be delivered in 7-8 weeks. Once it comes in, I can just put the overflows back on, and returns back on and get right back at it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 WOW...that's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 I was researching synergy and ghost overflows, etc... which was what they suggested... That would mean redoing all of the plumbing and possibly having to get a new sump also, which would mean yanking out everything I just did over the last 5 months and starting over.. I'll start over one day again with some big monstrosity in my next house, but for now, I don't want to throw away everything I just bought and spent several months planning and working on. I'd love to have gone with Reef Savvy but 6 months or more is just too long for my current situation, and not to mention $2000 more than AGE not including shipping. The other thing that went out the window was my plan for fish that I was working on. I had caught every fish out of the display with the exception of a Yellow Coris Wrasse... I had post Qt a Hippo Tang, Midas Blenny, Shark Fin Wrasse, Melanarus Wrasse, 2 Purple Fire Fish, 2 Snowflake Clowns, and Ocdllaris Clown, and my lone surviving Cleaner Wrasse which had all gone through full QT and TTM... which I had to toss all together with the Yellow Coris... so all my Tank Transfers just went out the window.... My main precaution was velvet, which I for sure had from a Yellow Belly Hippo from Divers Den. But it doesn't appear to have survived after that... no signs on the Ocellaris Clown which I had in the display for the last 10 days and a Diamond Sleeper goby I had for the last 7. Hopefully I can continue to not have any issues. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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