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A little bit more headway made tonight. 1. Return / Overflow Plumbed in 2. Reactor and canister filters plumber in (may swap out my two canister filters for two more media reactors so that I can run (BioPellets in one, carbon in 2, and ph04x4 in reactor 3) 3. Fuge plumbed in (1inch live sand / rubble rock (aragonite) from 60G cube 4. 55 Gallons Salt water added today - shoubd 60 before I head to bed for the night. Need to add skimmer pump to skimmer tomorrow. replacing 5 gallon bucket with trigger ATO tank or comparable. Also thought I would add some photos show a better view of the sump area with lighting. I still need to route all electrical out through a back vent and into the electrical cabinet. You can see the inlet fans that (push) fresh air into the sump area for when I finally have cabinet doors in place.

Im a new paid member. Forgive my ignorance, how do the growouts work? depending on how they work, is there room in this grow out still?

Emerald, thanks LifeReef designs some great products. This sump/Refugium design is one he sells. The left side cabinet will be test equipment, chemicals and food on different shelves. while the right side will be all electronics, which go out the back and then back in through back. so that no moisture can make it to the electronics. To help cool the sump area, I have two external fans mounted that will blow fresh air into the sump area creating pressure to force warmer humid air out. Will see if works at all. I am actually in a bit of a quandary trying to figure out how I am going to set the refugium up for the 120. I want to keep the refugium maintenance low. I tried the caribsea ARK kit on my 60, and I think some poor tank husbandry coupled with a DSB in the fuge caused some nutrient issues Was watching a refugium debate between Jake Adams and Julian Sprung from Macna 2014 the other night and that didnt help me all in my decision process at all, ha.

possibly this, http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=caribbean_diving_guide&id=456

Complete Life Reef system including LifeReef Skimmer, BioReactor and Refugium getting moved over from the 60G and plumbed in as well as water getting added. Hope to have everything cycling in the next 48 hours. Liverock sitting in a bucket with an old bubble magnus waiting to get added once water is cycling through the whole system 48in Rail for 3 AI Sol Blues will hopefully show-up this week. Hopefully, I will get everything ordered to build and install the cabinet doors, I still have a little time before our 6.5 month old daughter starts to crawl around, giving me a little bit more time.

The rock is reefsaver rock from BRS. With as much as the I have been dumping into this stand, I needed to start with some less expensive rock. I have enough live rock from my 60 to help get this seeded.

Couple of things have helped me in the past.. 1. Use a Tripod and a timer 2. Make sure you are perpendicular to the glass 3. Use a lens hood pressed up against the glass 4. Auto-White balance seems to work most of the time. 5. Make sure all of the flow is off in your tank and let things settle. If you get adventurous put a gopro (with waterproof case) in the tank! and set it to continuous photos every x minutes. you can get some really cool stuff that way.

Ha... They would have to get in line, behind the other wood working projects my wife has for me!

Pratore, emerald525, soft, and danlu_gt, thanks for the compliments on the stand. I took my some time, to get it the way I wanted it. the entire stand is built with cabinet grade baltic birch ply. along with a lot of pocket hole joints and more bottles of glue that I though possible for a stand this size. I'll get some better photos posted soon, but I have puck lighting installed for maintenance in the sump/fuge area. they are controlled by one of the switches in the right cabinet. the right cabinet also has switch power that goes back to a dedicated 20 amp circuit. everything else will be run on my Apex Junior. Lighting is 3 AI SOl Blue (may upgrade someday) right now I have one MP40QD for flow in the tank, I am looking at adding or changing got a gyre 130 or150. Sump/Refugium is a custom life Reef system.

Never in Burien, that was the only place I knew of for marine fish, when I started living downtown Seattle. My first false pair of perculas were from a place for pets... 1 committed suicide and jumped into the back of my 12 Gallon, he unfortunately hit the pump side of the back chamber. I still have the other one 7 years later...

Looks great. I love the, everything is better by the ocean sign...

http://www.pnwmas.org/topic/36906-120-gallon-build-maple-valley/Posted up a build thread... it's a bit out of order, but a good start.

Thanks, PM Sent

I have had to move my aquariums 3 times now, when I started, liveaquaria.com and a place for pets in Burien. When i moved to Bainbridge, I used to go to the shark reef and now that I am in maple valley, online or barrier reef.

The images where the vent holes in the back are on the bottom, the stand is upside down.... I still need to finish the doors. but for right now, I am working on getting water in the tank and circulating. When I finish the plumbing this early week, I'll post an updated photo. Right now I have my clown and live rock hanging out in my original 12 gallon nano so that I could tear down the 60G cube.

Hello all, Im new to the forum, so I thought I would start a build thread for the 120 I am working on now. I am upgrading from a 60 Cube to a 120 with a custom built aquarium stand. Other than some live rock that I am moving from my 60G, I am going to start this tank completely from scratch. Post will be image heavy and include images of trim used and the general build of the stand for now. Sorry Photos, will most likely, be out of order...

Kim, assuming the meetings are listed in the event section? how frequently are they held?

Hello All, Thought I would say hello. I just came across this forum today. I have been living in the PNW for about 7 years now and didn't know about this group :( I am on my 2 1/2 tank now:/ I started with a 12G nano cube. moved up to a 60G Cube and in the process of transitioning to a 120 Gallon display with, what I would call, a beatific hand made aquarium stand. Short of a few incident here and there, I have managed to keep one of my false perculas for 7 years now. Anyway, glad found this place. I signed up for he family membership, still need to figure out how I can get the most out of that membership. Cheers, Jason