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HVani

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So this will eventually be my upgrade from my 25 gallon cube found here
October 27, 2014

 

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Tank Specs:

65 Gallon 36x18x24
Glass Holes 700 kit
2 WP25 with dual controller
Maxijet Utility pump 3000
Aquamaxx HOB skimmer
NanoBox 24" Duo

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Sweet! I have followers :P

 

 

The tank is drilled, painted and back in the house. Today I'll be making tops for it. I'm waiting on a shipment from marine depot so I can finish the plumping and do a leak test :D

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Sweet! I have followers :P

 

 

The tank is drilled, painted and back in the house. Today I'll be making tops for it. I'm waiting on a shipment from marine depot so I can finish the plumping and do a leak test :D

What color background? And by tops do you mean to keep the fish in? I have to do the same and am looking for ideas!!!!!

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I have the background painted black but I am planning a rock wall for this tank. I plan on having a few gaps between rocks and I want that to show the black background, it should give the tank some depth.

 

NO open top here I just finished making the screen tops to keep my fish in. My husband helped which was awesome because he is MUCH more precise than I am. I get impatient and end up with uneven things. But these fit perfectly.

 

Rock arrived today. Tomorrow I will start on the rock wall. I'll try and get pictures of how it looks now :)

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Whew that took a while but I got the rock wall started. The foam is all in and I'm letting it cure. I'm thinking about letting the foam cure fo 3-4 days then trim and epoxy/sand. Then let it cure a week or so before putting it in the tank

 

Anyway here are a few pictures from the progress so far.

 

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Looks really nice and I am interested to see how this turns out, but somebody needs some lessons on how to paint omgomgomg

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Eh, so little of the background is going to show my paint job really doesn't matter :P

 

Believe it or not I'm an artist haha

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Also if anyone is interested here is a list of things I used to make my rock wall:

 

Dry rock, mine came from reef cleaners

Egg crate cut to the size of the tank. I made holes for my overflow box and return.

Tetra pond foam, I used 2 cans, this stuff does not go very far

Zip ties, to tie the rocks to the egg crate

Band aides :( I cut myself a lot on the egg crate

Epoxy, I'm using a food grade epoxy

crushed coral, to make it look more natural :)

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Plumbing is done! Tomorrow is water test day. Hopefully I don't have any leaks. :fingerscrossed:

 

Then I have to finish the rock wall and let the epoxy cure for a week or so.

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Plumping is done! Tomorrow is water test day. Hopefully I don't have any leaks. :fingerscrossed:

 

Then I have to finish the rock wall and let the epoxy cure for a week or so.

Yay!!!! Can't wait to see it :) Are you ahead of schedule on setting this one up or right on schedule???? I like the dimensions of that tank a lot!!!!! It looks great in your room too!!!!

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I'm pretty ahead of schedule now lol. I was planning on setting it after the first of the year. But I didn't have a great reason to. So now it's getting set up.

 

Water test day! omgomgomg

 

So far one small leak that was easily fixed. Now I'm on watch for slow leaks

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Just a quick update on the tank.

 

I'm giving the epoxy a full week to cure. The smell is pretty much gone but I want to be sure. Now I'm just washing the sand so it can be added to the tank. I started filling up the sump with water from water changes on my 25 gallon. :)

 

It's getting close. I have fragged/separated several corals and remounted them. Once the new tank is set up these will go in first once things settle down.

 

I also picked up 12 more pounds of dry rock.

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