Nyles Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Hmmm. making me think about dumping my SB. LOL very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 Thought I would update with the latest pics and status. So, the faux sand bed is almost done, the seam between the 2 peices need to be filled with silicone and sand. I finished my sump this weekend, it will hold around 30G of water with a 10G area for overflow in a power outage. The tank is now setting on the stand on a 1" peice of foam from HD. I have to wait until friday to work on anymore plumbing because the peices I needed had to be ordered. So here are the pics. Here is the faux sand bed in the 2 peices Here is the sump. Here is the tank on the stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Well I got a bunch done last week and over the weekend. I still need to finish the plumbing for my skimmer but everything else is pretty much done. I installed my Tunze 6100 streams in the tank this weekend also and I'm blown away with the amount of water these things move, the actually create a wave that runs across the tank. The only thing I don't like so far is their mounting system, it doesn't hold them as tight as I would like but I'm working on fixing that. For the plumbing I tried to stick with the gray pvc but I found out that I was missing a couple of items so I had to use the white. I also tried out the bending of PVC pipe for the plumbing, it works very good if you pack the PVC with sand and get it hot enough. Here are some pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 It's looking sweet Rich. I like the pvc bends. Might have to try that when I redo my plumbing this winter. Very nice. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted August 9, 2006 Author Share Posted August 9, 2006 Thank you! The PVC bending worked great and doesn't kill the flow like 90's do. I picked up a $10 heat gun from Harbor freight to do it. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Foxy Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 That is one sweet lookin' setup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 Thank you, I can't wait to get moved into it, but that's going to be a lot of work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rude944 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Where you at now, Rich? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 It is in the garage basicly ready to go, I have a couple little things that I need to do but nothing that would affect the install. That said the person that was building my stand cover and canopy was not able to do it, so I'm back at square one with that. I have an appt tonight with a customer cabinet guy to see what he can do for me. Then I have to find the time to get the tanks swapped and setup. My plan is to borrow a frag tank setup from a friend, move the current tank into it and then move and setup the new tank. Then I can work on separting the corals from the rock and putting them in a good place. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted September 2, 2006 Author Share Posted September 2, 2006 Update Well, I finally have a good update. I now have my stand cover and the tank moved into the house. The contents of my old tank is in a friends frag tank in my garage. Doing it like this makes it a lot easier and it allowed me to replace my floor with pergo type flooring. Here are some pictures. Frag tank setup with contents of old tank. New tank moved into the house: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Looks good Rich. So when is the full move in gonna happen? Just wondering. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCP Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 if you have space where you can cut the wall to stick that one there. Now that would be OUT THE SHIZNEYYYYYYYYY. than put some stone around it. just an idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Foxy Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I might know a good guy to do some stone work for ya... I think he might post on this board.. ...See above...LOL Seriously..that is one sweet setup.. ...Is jealousy a sin?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCP Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 yeeee b foxy :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 Thank you, I wouldn't want to add anything else to this house now for my next house most definantly an inwall tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 All most there... Well I'm almost done, the rock and corals are all moved into the new tank and looking happy. I still need to install my chiller and clean up the wiring, and deal with a minor macro bubble issue. Here are some pics from today. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Great Job!!!!!!!!!. The corals look fantastic!!!!!!!! They all look like they made the change over without a hitch. The hood and cabinet came out perfect. But is that water dripping in the 2nd picture on the right??? J/K Maybe you can shoot a video of the flow and the skimmer. Again, a great build. Thank You for sharing it all. (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 Thank you, it was a lot of work but I fix it came out very well. I will see what I can do for a video... Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 New tanks and friends pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Nice pics h20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 Thank you, some came out a lot better then others... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180Brandy Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Nice setup!!! I like your fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Great pics Rich. How are the cardnals? They stay out in the open and together most of the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20cooled Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Well they did but for some reason suddenly started dieing off, so now I have 1 left. Its kind of sad cause I really liked them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Your tank looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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