brad908 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Stand looks good, reminds me of what I did to a buffet cabinet a few years ago. Sanded it down then painted it with chalk paint and re-stained the top. 5 Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Aww man, that looks pretty killer! That chalk paint looks great, and the placement of the buffet next to the brick wall really sets it off. Nice job on that! Is it still running? Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 Frag quarantine tank is almost cycled and the new light came in for it.. the new kessil a80 is sleek and solid! Can't wait to see how coral responds to it. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Made a little progress on the tank last night.. Notice the purple primer EVERYWHERE.. man, that stuff sucks. Good thing it's all hidden behind the tank, lol. Atleast it's almost time for water.. just gotta find a little extra time to hook up all the pumps and re run all the electrical. 2 Quote Link to comment
jtwisconsin Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 I use clear primer vs purple primer - makes less of a mess. Purple primer is primarily used so that building inspectors can verify that primer was used on all fittings. There isn't much pressure on these pipes so you could most likely get away without using primer at all, but it helps me sleep at night. Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Yea, I couldn't find any clear primer at the store, so I just got the purple. I used to never use primer, but I was reading a thread on my local forum last week and a guy on there had a pipe bust on him after 2 years of being in place and he had water all over the place, and he thinks it was because he didn't use primer.. so just to make myself feel better, I bought some. Lol 2 Quote Link to comment
brad908 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Aww man, that looks pretty killer! That chalk paint looks great, and the placement of the buffet next to the brick wall really sets it off. Nice job on that! Is it still running? Thank you. Unfortunately we moved across the country 3 years ago, so the tank is no longer running. I did bring the buffet cabinet with me to California, but it has been sitting in the garage. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Well, finally got water in the system and the cycle is underway! (Don't mind the baby gate, lol.) I have a few fish in quarantine that should be ready for this tank in the next few weeks.. just have a few more small projects to finish up and get the apex display fixed..not sure why it randomly stopped working. 4 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 That looks amazing! I love it. 1 Quote Link to comment
JayPagi Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Awesome scape... looks great. 1 Quote Link to comment
NYfishies Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Love the scape! Great work with everything it looks fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment
Biggen Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Love the work you did! Looks great! I thought i was the only one with a wife that HATES all fish furniture. We found this cabinet at a "shabby sheek" store in our area. Plenty of room for goodies after I did some drilling/re-arranging to the inside of it. 1 Quote Link to comment
braaap Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 get the apex display fixed..not sure why it randomly stopped working. It stopped working because the display is a cheap POS. They fail so often. Setup looks really clean. Nice work. Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Thanks everyone! Im getting a small step here and there done.. at least it's moving forward lol Love the work you did! Looks great! I thought i was the only one with a wife that HATES all fish furniture. We found this cabinet at a "shabby sheek" store in our area. Plenty of room for goodies after I did some drilling/re-arranging to the inside of it. Thanks! It actually kind of worked out perfectly.. I kinda like the buffet more than a fish stand now lol It stopped working because the display is a cheap POS. They fail so often. Setup looks really clean. Nice work. Thanks man! I guess I'm going to have to submit a ticket and see how much they're gonna charge me to fix it.. ? Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 So, I have a few tanks that I maintenance for friends, which helps pay for my own tank supplies and such.. here's an iPhone pic I took yesterday as I was doing a water change on my previous boss's 90g mixed reef.. It's really starting to look good, which got me in the mood to push my own tank forward some more.. so I hung the light lol I've never had a T5 fixture before, I've always done Led... I was a little worried that I wouldn't like the "look" of the light, but I can now say I think it looks pretty awesome! ? 7 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 So, I have a few tanks that I maintenance for friends, which helps pay for my own tank supplies and such.. here's an iPhone pic I took yesterday as I was doing a water change on my previous boss's 90g mixed reef.. It's really starting to look good, which got me in the mood to push my own tank forward some more.. so I hung the light lol I've never had a T5 fixture before, I've always done Led... I was a little worried that I wouldn't like the "look" of the light, but I can now say I think it looks pretty awesome! I agree! Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 Mini update- (really just me adding pics for future reference) I think I have a feeding and wc schedule that seems to be working pretty well for the coral QT tank (got it from Natalia_la_loca's reef bowl, thanks Natalia!). The only coral that was a little upset and browned was the tort in the middle, but that was my fault- the light wasn't intense enough. From here on out, the pieces should atleast maintain their color while I QT them. Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 The frags in the 8 seem to be doing pretty well... just waiting for the local frag swap to happen then I'll continuously watch all the frags in the tank for 75 days for any coral parasites/diseases and to let any ich, that may have hitch hiked into the frag tank via encrustation on an lps skeleton, die off. 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hang tight @Jrodinnola, those images will start working shortly, we're experiencing a technical issue with images that will be fixed soon Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 @Christopher Marks It worked once I put in the direct link without the embed code, thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Oh good! Your collection of frags look really nice, a fantastic mix of colors. Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Thanks! I made yet another compromise with my wife; she could have a softie tank if I could borrow it to QT corals for my tank. So the shrooms on the rock will stay there forever, but all the frags on the rack (plus any I pick up at fragniappe on Mar 4th hehe) will go into the 41. Quote Link to comment
Jrodinnola Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 So I ordered the fans to vent the sump side of the cabinet. Its a bit tighter for back there than I anticipated, and I'm unsure if I could put two in there... if I had to just use one fan, do y'all think it should blow air into the sump section, or suck humid air out? There are vent slots in the back panel, so air can either come in or go out through those, depending on which way the fan moves the air. I just wanted to make sure the majority of the humidity would be removed so the stand won't get damaged over time, and also wanted to avoid dust getting sucked in and blown all around. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Hmm, I think I would vent air out of the cabinet. If it's blow too much air over the surface of the sump it might accelerate evaporation. You can use one for the fan and the other as an intake. They're not right beside each other though, right? One on each end or something? Quote Link to comment
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