amjez Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 John made my tank too. Awesome guy to work with. Tagging along to watch your build. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Hey I did see your build thread! Got into hockey talk though so I got lost . Turns out I wont be redoing he messed up string on the end. That 2 part led glue has them stuck down good lol. It wont be a problem though cause Im thinking of doing 30k whites with 10k whites instead of the RB leds I have waiting to attach. So that should blend all the colors together real well. Link to comment
MGDMIRAGE Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Did you mount the LEDs to aluminum yard sticks? Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Lol no its aluminum flatbar. With the way my light thing is configured Ill be able to use a clip on fan or two so I can keep them cool. The glass splash guard will keep the air in and moving around the leds. Link to comment
MGDMIRAGE Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Lol no its aluminum flatbar. With the way my light thing is configured Ill be able to use a clip on fan or two so I can keep them cool. The glass splash guard will keep the air in and moving around the leds. Haha nice, where can you get those btw? I've been trying to find something like that for awhile. Oh never mind, knowing the name sure helps, i see that home depot carries it! Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Stand is done, tank ships today due to some delay . But knowing what we all know bout John is he gets busy busy. Still need to order in more leds and thats about it. Trying to decide what I wana put in the tank fish wise. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Any thoughts on the cinder blocks? You think I could just do four corners and run them the long way? Duno if that would hold the tank or not. Link to comment
bizzarro Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Any thoughts on the cinder blocks? You think I could just do four corners and run them the long way? Duno if that would hold the tank or not. If you're talking about leaving 2 stacks on each side then it should be able to support it seeing how you fabricated the support for the tank to sit on. I'd be worried if cinderblock can't support a 85 gallons of water weight distributed amongst 4 stacks, they're used in building construction and holding up cars after the wheels are stolen. Unless you're planning on putting a sump below or something I'd leave it to give you a piece of mind. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Looks like ill just leave it lol. Im not too worried bout the weight with all the blocks. Ive seen builds with over 150g ontop of cinder blocks. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Tank was just delivered to my work! Pics tonight, and damn does it look amazing! Link to comment
nickjqz Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Dang! This looks like a sweet build! What kind of scape are you going with? Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Not sure lol ill have to figure something out when the water clears. Link to comment
nickjqz Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Well, I am looking forward to more pictures. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 This is going to be awesome. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Arranged rocks a bit but it clouded up so I duno how it looks now :/... Purchased a couple pieces of live rock :3 trying to get the cycle going. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Couple pieces of live rock added and scaped the base rock! Link to comment
nickjqz Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 That looks sweet! If you leave it like that it is a great minimalist scape. How much live rock is that? Do you like the scape? Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Iam very pleased with this scape. The two pieces in front will be moved to the pile once I get those pesky bristle worms that are lurking within. As for the amount of rock it should be close to 70 pounds dry dont know how much it is with the water weight. Will be picking some stuff up today for the tank aswell. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Im sure my tank dont meet the gallon requirements for a yellow tang, but my tank has alot of swim space. Do you guys think a yellow tang would be ok in this tank? Theres not too much rock taking up the 4'x3' swimming room in the tank. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 You will be Fine for sure in my opinion. The TOTM a month or 2 ago had a tang and it was a 30g. I had a yellow tang as well in my 60g. Link to comment
BillyMays Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Awesome! Wonder if it will like bubbles :3 Link to comment
nickjqz Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Haha definite yes on the tang. Ya I really like the scape as well. Link to comment
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