Joe Blow

What do you mean by finicky?

I need an in the sump skimmer w/ pump for a 125g plus sump.

In need of rock to fill my tank......all I ask is that you have no aiptasia and that pieces are bigger than rubble................

Need a VHO lighting setup as well. Tell me what ya got.......something with a couple pendants in it would be considered as well. The only real requirement is that it be 72" long.

Thanks.

So how many gallons does this skimmer do? I need an in the sump style skimmer that will handle a 125gal tank plus sump.

As previously mentioned, just make [language filter] SURE it's thawed out. Slowly lower the turkey into the oil, and you'll be fine. I would let you borrow mine, but I left it over on my boat in Newport......... Only reason I'm not deep fryin this year is because I got a Traeger for Father's Day.

I also use a ball valve to retrict it.

 

it should not run more than a few bucks at HD but you know. you could always grab a coupler, cut out the holes add a small 4 inch section and you are back to square one unless you glued it all

I glued everything..................... Lesson learned on that for sure...........(scratch)(scratch)

Yea I think I'm just going to go buy the right parts when I can afford it. For now I'll just deal with the noise. What I have found is that when I adjust my flow with my shut off valves it goes away, so I'll just run with a little restriction on the flow for now....... I drilled more holes in the caps as well. Now each cap has 5 holes in it.

Hmmmmmm..... I don't have any tubes going out of my holes. I just drilled holes and figured since they stick out of the water that it was good. I drilled like 5/16" holes too.

Well this tank has holes already drilled into the bottom, and I don't think I can drill more holes in it. Especially considering that it's full of salt water now......... Will just whacking off the tops of these over flows help at all?

I got a ball valve on each drain to control flow, and to shut them off if I need to service something in the sump or whatever. I'm thinking of just removing these gurgle busters because the only thing they busted was my wallet...................... My pump is an EcoPlus 1267 GPH.

The over flows. I made some gurgle busters, using a cap, a T, and a 90. I drilled a hole in the cap. This is supposed to be just like the quiet over flow kits you can buy, but these aren't quiet. I was just trying to save some money.........

Ok sump is figured out, tank was delivered, and everything is filled and set up tank wise. Running the system atm to get the silt out and the things that are supposed to cause less noise, are actually causing A LOT of noise. Any ideas?

Already have a baffle, it's just removed in the picture. Thanks for the offers guys. The sump is repaired now. Thanks to Bob at coral reef pet center.

Ok, I'm going to try to repair this. I was extremely pissed when I found it, as you could imagine....... Goin to get the tank this morning, but couldn't find these glues at lowes. You guys have any suggestions on places to buy this stuff locally? Is plexiglass at lowes the same as acrylic? Is there better material I could buy locally in Salem as well?

like lambs to the slaughter eh? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! baaaaaaaahhhhhhhh......baaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

Sure is.......Just as much as growin coral is, just a lot more lucrative......

Anybody who hordes/over charges for corals isn't in this hobby for the right reasons. Kinda like the guy who sits back and hordes/over charges on marijuana clones. As if their really doing the hobby any favors....... To be honest these things wouldn't be so rare if people would freely trade or sell things for a reasonable price. No reason to behave like this, other than you're a weak soul who needs nurturing.......................... PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't aware this was possible....... Any instruction on this would be very much appreciated because the tank gets here on Sunday..........

That's INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I already bought one and was all ready to install it on my new build.

Then I found it like this in my garage........

Of course, NONE of the kids know what happened. The boogy man must have done it.................................

Let me know what ya got and what ya want for it. I prefer an acrylic sump but would consider a glass tank w/ baffles.....

Well just went to get the sump outta the garage. Asked the kids to pic up my scraps earlier and take them to the garage. How nice of them to help me.........

So now I need another sump................ Anybody have a sump for sale?

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

very very nice. Definitely put a lip around the bottom' date=' so that it can be sealed up an made waterproof so that the eventual spill wont hurt anything :P[/quote']

 

 

mmmhmmmmmmm (clap)(clap)(clap)

the only thing i would change joe is putting a bottom in the stand' date=' best decision i ever made with my stand was putting a bottom in and putting a 2x4 lip around it, that way the bottom of the stand can hold up to 4" of water, which is NICE if you get a leak or when your doin water changes an water spills lol[/quote']

 

The stand is not complete yet. I am putting a bottom in it. It's also getting skinned out with 1/2" Oak plywood. Also you probably can't tell because of the limited pic size allowed here, but there is a shelf/countertop around the tank that will be tiled or something cool.

I have a sump that I purchased in the classified forum, I will post pics later. The light I plan on using is the 72" 3- 400w MH pendants and actinics. Not sure model # just right this second, but I'm getting it at cost so I'm really stoked about buying this top end light.

Things I need still:

Skimmer, There is one at the shop I can buy but I'm always looking to save some dough so if anybody has one that will work please feel free to let me know.

Calcium Reactor, same as above, actually haven't even priced these yet, but I would just need the reactor as I already own 25# tanks and I'm sure my regulators will work just fine.

Heater, need suggestions on good heaters that have minimal fail rates. Don't want the top of the line, just something reliable, and that ain't gonna light me up with electricity if it fails.

Refugium ideas. I would love to have a fuge, unfortunately I don't think my sump is big enough. I got plenty of cab room so if anybody has any ideas there that would be cool too.

So this all started a few weeks ago. I purchased a tank from Bob at Coral Reef Pet Center. It's one of Jason's old display 125g tanks he had lined up in the shop. I looked at the prices on stands and just couldn't believe what they want for these things, so me being a journeyman carpenter, decided to just build my own. I made a thread here asking about plans for tank stands and got a few ideas and rolled with it. So here is what I got atm.