Jimbo662 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Thanks...I've siliconed a few things in the past...I'm just hoping the sump actually works the way it does in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Lights are unpacked, hooked to the apex and programmed!!! Also picked up 6 bags of pool filter sand which will be going in in the next couple of days. Had the outlet turned on but the intensity at 0%. It's advised to turn the outlet off to turn the lights off completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 A little more progress...lights hung! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 A little more progress...The next to the last piece of glass is in the sump...last piece going in tomorrow. Put four 50lb bags of PFS in and am loving the look of it. I've got about a 2" depth and have two more bags in the garage.I threw in two of the three pieces of driftwood (3rd pc is too big to get in with the canopy on...and it's too heavy to lift by myself...) and threw in the rock I picked up a couple of weeks ago. I may end up circling it around the piece of wood so I can put some ground cover around it and make it more of an individual island. I'll probably go back to the LFS and pick up more of the same to keep the look consistent. I've got a bunch left from my last FW tank but it's really a mix and match of different looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Looking good. I'm glad to see this one kicking off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Sump is finished. Picked up the plumbing pieces yesterday...should get that finished this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 One more pic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 I got the lights installed, sort of, and programmed. You can vaguely see the wiring at the top of the pic that wraps around the inside to each door. No matter which door you open the lights turn on. The ac adapter I bought will only handle two of the ecoxotic strips. I've got to get a strip of wood to attach to the cross braces and will attach the lights to it and get some small staples to attach the wiring to the stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SChrisEV Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Your setup is coming along nicely! Looking forward to seeing it up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Thanks, maybe by the time you're ready to pick up the undata I'll have something in it. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 This would be a great setup even if you didn't put plants in it. Are you going the discus route with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 This would be a great setup even if you didn't put plants in it. Are you going the discus route with it? Ha...thanks. I'd considered discus when I first starting thinking about doing the tank but decided to keep it simple and just do tropical / community tank. I'll probably have 3 or 4 angels and a bunch of shoaling fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SChrisEV Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Thanks, maybe by the time you're ready to pick up the undata I'll have something in it. :-) Man, the only real time I have to work on my new setup is the weekend, and the past few weekends have had unexpected requirements of my time!!! GRRR. I literally thought about taking some time off work just to move this along, but then I need/want that money to spend on the tank... kinda a catch 22. But If you want it out of your tank I'll pick it up and just put it in my existing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 ...and the plumbing has begun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 WOOHOO...plumbing is done! Now to decide when to test it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvrEnuf Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Thanks...it's getting there slowly but surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Looks great there bud. We NEED WATER LOL Let me know when your ready for some cuttings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Thanks. I'm debating on trying to get water in it on Tues or Thurs when I work from home but not sure that would be a good idea if something were to go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Went to Aquatek and cleaned them out of the last of the rock they had of this type. Quick bath before going in the tank. Planning to start filling on Thursday to test the plumbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 That plumbing looks very, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Thanks, I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Wow that tank has sure come along since I saw it two weeks ago. You did an awesome job on the plumbing! Whenever I do plumbing I feel like a caveman seeing fire for the first time. I celebrated for like a week after my last plumbing attempt and it only looked half as good as yours. Hey that Undata is coming back. I didn't think it would after I got it home, but now most of the skeleton has polyps on it. It's still not the right color though. It's red and the skeleton should be a light green with a purple rim. Let me if you want a piece of it once it fully recovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Thanks, glad to hear the undata is doing well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Time to clean / sink the wood! I ordered a python with a 50ft hose which will arrive today. Not sure if I'll start filling today or wait till tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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