Spirofucci Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 WTF? Mid September in two days!! Link to comment
castiel Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 Story of my life ... over promise, under deliver. New estimate is early October But! I did make progress. Including a messy silicone job on the sump (hopefully the seals hold), and 80% of the stand cladding done. Need to sand and repaint it (my spraypainting looks awful, drips everywhere), bolster it (bit flimsy right now) and make the catches at the end sleeker/more invisible (idea is you slide the three sides out, leaving the back piece behind) ... but it's getting closer. Then final steps: - drill light stand and hang the Radion - cut the pipes to size to finalise the plumbing - set up and get wet Link to comment
castiel Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 If my hashed attempt at siliconing the sump had worked my tank might have been wet this weekend. Alas it leaked like a mofo, so it now has enough silicone to seal water world but needs another 7 days to cure. I think everything else is ready to go, including the light: Trying to decide where to place my mp10 ... same side as teh return, or opposite? Link to comment
Jessy-Ray Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 looks killer. To bad bout the seals, she'll get there in the end. Also no idea on mp10, though I did just move mine and was a 100% improvement you will prolly just have to mess around with it. Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 looks killer. To bad bout the seals, she'll get there in the end. Also no idea on mp10, though I did just move mine and was a 100% improvement you will prolly just have to mess around with it. ^This. Finally getting there! It's going to look very nice! Link to comment
castiel Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 A little snug in the return section, but I think it will work out. The phosphate reactor was going to hang on the back, but the damn huge Radion power brick is taking up its space. Luckily it all just about fits. Which means the heater ended up in the other side ... just. What's that? Water? Despite my botch silicone job (which has a few small leaks), it seems to be doing the trick. First FTS: Now I just need to work out how to stop the overflow gurgling so loudly Link to comment
Felicia Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 It looks great! I can't wait to see it with a scape! Link to comment
lljdma06 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Your silicon job looks better than mine. Nice to see this progressing. I'll have to do some catchup reading as I don't see the sump display anymore. L Link to comment
castiel Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 The stand cover and therefore the display fuge got put on hold, because I was starting to get worried I wouldn't hit the <1year get wet date! So the stand still needs sanding, painting, and at some point I will take a dremel and cut a window for the fuge area. It will be a few months before it is worth looking at anyway I expect. Link to comment
castiel Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Beginnings of a scape ... remember that a large-ish rock will be going in from my other tank, I am thinking that it will go at the back with these two as 'islands'. The domed piece being covered in zoas, the pointy piece for acro (or ???). Acans, scoly, fungia perhaps on the sand inbetween. This is the rock from the other tank going in also when the cycle is complete: Link to comment
castiel Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Substrate is quite varied in size ... I think I like it: Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Wow! Wet Water!!! Finally!!! Yer scape sucks. So far. Link to comment
Jessy-Ray Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Yay! . What did you end up doing with the extra lengths of wire from the Radion?. I had the same substrate until I moved, did you have trouble rinsing it ( took me anout 37 months to clean mine ) Link to comment
NewZealandReefie Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Looking ####ing awesome Cas. Keep up the good work. Nice to see someone 'doing it right' the first time round with decent equipment etc. Link to comment
castiel Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Yer scape sucks. Screw you. =0) What did you end up doing with the extra lengths of wire from the Radion?. I had the same substrate until I moved, did you have trouble rinsing it ( took me anout 37 months to clean mine ) I just cut off the wire, left a finger length just in case I want to lower it at some point. And yes I rinsed it for about 37 months too, and it still clouded the tank so much I couldn't see through it for 24 hours! Looking ####ing awesome Cas. Thanks! Still a ways to go with scape and stand, but starting to progress. Link to comment
hypersnyper694788 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Just read this whole thread. Awesome build! This thing is going to look great once you get it stocked. What fish do you plan on adding? Link to comment
castiel Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Just read this whole thread. Awesome build! This thing is going to look great once you get it stocked. What fish do you plan on adding? Thanks! Not sure yet. Top of the list is a YWG, which will hopefully pair with my yellow pistol shrimp in the other tank (if I can catch the bugger). I might then choose a nice pair of clowns ... and/or a lawnmower blenny. Initial focus will be on the corals to be honest =0) Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Good to see this still coming together. The substrate is nice too, I love the varied sized with mine, more natural look to it. Link to comment
hypersnyper694788 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thanks! Not sure yet. Top of the list is a YWG, which will hopefully pair with my yellow pistol shrimp in the other tank (if I can catch the bugger). I might then choose a nice pair of clowns ... and/or a lawnmower blenny. Initial focus will be on the corals to be honest =0) Im with you on the fish, cool goby pistol combo, some clowns for pretty and a blenny for algae control. Then all about the coral Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Does yer scape still suck? Link to comment
castiel Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Yup it sure does. Haven't seen any sign of a cycle yet, 5 days in ... so I just dropped half a cube of brine shrimp in to see what that does. Would love to put some bits in this weekend but I think I will wait until next to be safe. Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Yup it sure does. Haven't seen any sign of a cycle yet, 5 days in ... so I just dropped half a cube of brine shrimp in to see what that does. Would love to put some bits in this weekend but I think I will wait until next to be safe. You used some live rock yes? Link to comment
castiel Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Yar. The pointy hunk is live rock from the LFS, the domed piece was in my pico vase algae tank (was trying to grow racemosa ... then the wife unplugged the heater and I didn't notice for a few days until it was all dead). So I expected to see something of a cycle ... Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Mmmmm? maybe you won't get one! Didn't you also throw some live sand in there from the other tank??? Link to comment
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