chazde3 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Well I finally got my new tank from my buddy! I spent most of the day cleaning it up, resealing the overflow box and getting all the plumbing figured out. I still need to get the back painted black so I'm hoping for a nice day which might be awhile since Michigans weather sucks lol. I'm gonna use my led light setup I built for my 30b but will probably have to add optics, I'll have to see how everything does without them first. I have pretty much everything that I need for the setup, I might need to get a bigger return pump. Not much else to say, I'll get some pictures up tomorrow or Monday. Link to comment
chazde3 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Allright, made a little progress today. I got the sump setup pretty much completed. The sump is a standard 29g tank so overall water volume is going to roughly be 75g. I also have 10g of sw mixing in the main tank but that will be drained into buckets so I can move the tank to paint the back black. Here's some pics of the setup so far. The front center brace will be put back onto the stand and I still need to make doors for the stand. Link to comment
Pship Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Looking good man keep up the good work... you should cover those wires with something tho Link to comment
chazde3 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Looking good man keep up the good work... you should cover those wires with something tho Yeah, I know. I was just thinking about that earlier and how to do it. I also want to get a splash guard built for the light. Link to comment
chazde3 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Woot woot, its filled with water! Everything seems to be going good except one minor leak that has been corrected. Link to comment
steve0xr Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Nice tank. Did you make a thread for you led build? Link to comment
chazde3 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Nice tank. Did you make a thread for you led build? Yup, http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...=202039&hl= Link to comment
imcosmokramer Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 very nice work. Link to comment
nemmy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Yeah, I know. I was just thinking about that earlier and how to do it. I also want to get a splash guard built for the light. Get some of that heat shrink tubing. You slide the wires through it then run a heat gun over it and it shrinks over the wire. Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Oh wow! Those LEDs are nuts! Link to comment
chazde3 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Oh wow! Those LEDs are nuts! Haha, look trough my 30b build to see pictures of what the corals look like under the royal blue leds. The pictures don't even do it justice, they look like they are radioactive. Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Haha, look trough my 30b build to see pictures of what the corals look like under the royal blue leds. The pictures don't even do it justice, they look like they are radioactive. checking your thread now Link to comment
chazde3 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Well its holding water just fine. Tomorrow I'm planning on picking up the rock that a friend has been holding in his tank. Shouldn't really be a much of a cycle at all. I am also planning on getting a McCosker's Flasher Wrasse from another reefer tomorrow. Here's how the tank looks right now. Link to comment
steve0xr Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Thanks for the link, nice build. Link to comment
chazde3 Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 I need to get more rock but it may be awhile before I get that. Link to comment
ajmckay Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Looks great! Those RB LED's really make things pop. Rockwork looks great also. Looks like a custom overflow? Also, what size drain pipe did you use? What size return (what pump)? I'm in the process of setting up a 40br (need to finish my stand). with a 29g sump, so I'm just fishing for ideas. Link to comment
chazde3 Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Well I traded for the tank from a friend of mine, so I'll do my best. The drain pipe is 1.5in and the return is .75in. I've got an eheim 1226 (I believe) for the pump, but I want to bump it to a bigger pump eventually. Link to comment
Warehouse41Ant Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Tank looks great! Love the LED setup. Going to check your build thread to get some ideas for when I upgrade to my 40b (sometime probably about a year from now). Link to comment
steve0xr Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 nice shots tank is looking great. Link to comment
chazde3 Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thanks steve. I spent a good hour and a half fragging up many of my corals for an upcoming swap. I still have many more that I need to frag up also. Gotta try to cover the cost of what I buy. Link to comment
chazde3 Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Got a couple fish a few days ago. My sandbed is packed with frags ready for an upcoming swap. Link to comment
ryeguy28 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 nice meeting you at the swap yesterday that led set-up is beast Link to comment
Lawnman Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 There are my zoas son? Never heard back from you.Tank looks great. Link to comment
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