NirvanaandTool Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 What kind of glass did you order? I went smoked grey on my 40B's internal beananimal and love it. Blends right in with a black background. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 I went with just regular clear glass, I thought about getting smoked glass actually but I wanted the least amount of shadows as possible. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 build it faster Im building it as fast as my bank account will let me. If I was single Id eat ramen and have it done but, can't be eating ramen everynight with a g/f lol. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 Went and picked up the glass for the overflow. It's going to be 36x4x4 which should give me quite a bit of surface skimming. This is just a test fit to make sure everything fit together before I started to silicone it together. Also went and picked up some 1/4" black starboard for the bottom of the tank. I was going to just paint the bottom of the tank but I think this will look really nice too. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 Just siliconed the overflow together, now letting the silicone cure. Pretty happy with the way it came out. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0891_zps389e606e.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0890_zpsdbe89d73.jpg.html'> Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Please, no hating, the two part marine epoxy that'll cure and make it a solid piece is still curing so we had to add extra rocks underneath the structure on the left. Once it's all dried and cured it won't have the piece in the middle. But here is pretty much what the aquascape is going to look like. I wanted to go pretty minimalistic for the aquascaping. Thoughts. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/photo_zps356f0377.jpg.html'> This structure turned out really nice imo. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/photo1_zps5897079c.jpg.html'> And obviously it looks weird now with rubberbands all over the place. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 Picked up the hole saws for the glass tonight so I need to sack up an drill the damn thing. Ordered the acrylic for the sump, finished the aquascape, which is now curing is some established sw awaiting for me to get the tank up and running. Here is what the final product looks like. Two larger structures will be for SPS, the smaller individual piece will be for zoas or rics. So 7 individual pieces, some marine grade 2 part epoxy, some rubber bands and a little bit of a wait and we have this. Pretty stoked with the way this came out. The 2 main structures will be for SPS and then then smaller individual rock will be for either zoas or rics. Rock is currently curing in some very well established SW while I get the rest of the tank ready to go.http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/photo2_zps5aa9d043.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Arkayology Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 That's a really great looking scape. It creates a lot of interest and gives a lot of room for SPS to grow, but not bump into each other for awhile. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 Thanks man, I'm pretty happy with it. I think it'll give me some good space for corals and I didn't want the tank crammed with rock, I honestly think tanks look terrible crammed with rock. The structure on the right is a little wobbly when it's on a flat surface, and since I'm not running sand I am going to wedge some under it so it doesn't rock back and forth, or like some reef epoxy. But I think it's going to look great running. Link to comment
lilmatty5dimes Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 aquascaping looks great. pretty nice piece on the left. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Thanks again everyone. I can finally imagine the tank up and running soon. I might pickup a Gen-x PCX30 external return pump, well MAYBE, but I know they draw a ton of watts and I hear they are not the quitest pumps around, I actually hear they're quite noisy. Seeing how this tank is going to be about 4 feet from where I work Im not sure I want a screaming loud pump. There was a LFS selling a BNIB water blaster 5000 for $100, and I literally got to the store 5 minutes too late, had I not stopped for cigarettes it would have been mine. I think I am either going to get a Jeboa DC6000 or 12000, I've heard from pretty solid reviews about them but then again, they're all fresh reviews so we'll see. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 had I not stopped for cigarettes it would have been mine. One of many reasons not to smoke lol I think I am either going to get a Jeboa DC6000 or 12000, I've heard from pretty solid reviews about them but then again, they're all fresh reviews so we'll see. Do it. They're identical to every other DC pump that has been on the market. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Got done making the template for drilling the tank. Now I just need to actually do it, not gonna lie. I'm pretty nervous about this but I'm sure it'll be fine. Here is the overflow box with the template, just to give you and idea how it's going to look. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0931_zps52c2b6c4.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0930_zpsb9f7d1ab.jpg.html'> Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Not wanting to get baffles for the sump or put them in, I picked up a different sump. It's definitely smaller but, it's a pretty solid sump, and it gives me more room for an external pump. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0934_zpsd94de5a1.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0933_zpsd2effd2b.jpg.html'> Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Tank is getting drilled tomorrow, if I all of a sudden stop posting it means I cracked the tank and I killed myself.....til later.....hopefully. Edit: Also, since it's already getting three holes drilled for the bean animal, I might just drill the overflow box too and run it externally. We will see. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Got my return pump in. It's a Jebao DC6000. I am going to run it externally. Will get it plumbed to the sump tomorrow. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0940_zps3a57c8b5.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0942_zps25fd4b3b.jpg.html'> Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Be sure to give it active cooling. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 There is a guy on RC running the 12000 externally for a few months now and he stated it runs pretty cool to the touch. I was concerned with heat before because I know the Iwakis, Reeflos etc all have cooling fans on them. But then he said his runs cool. Then I've even seen like externally skimmers with like eheims, sicces etc without active cooling. Im definitely going to keep an eye on it. I also wanted to say, considering this thing only cost $110.50 shipped it feels like it's built VERY well, it's nice and heavy. Oh and also, I couldn't believe how big of fittings I needed for the inlet and outlet. 1 1/4", had to get a couple reducer bushings. I bought 1 1/4" to 1". I might go with 1 1/4" to 3/4". I know it's frowned upon reducing the pumps inlet but that's exactly how the tunze silence/sicce syncras adjust so Im thinking it should be fine. Link to comment
NirvanaandTool Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Wow $110 shipped? Good deal. I'm probably going to upgrade to a DC pump after a few months and was considering one of those. Interested to see how you like it. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 It was actually Jebao that made the suggestion for them if running externally, can't find the thread where I saw it, but the vendor had asked Jebao directly and that was their response. I wonder if they changed something and it is more efficient now? Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0943_zps82e402e5.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0944_zps62053b75.jpg.html'> Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 At about 9:50 pm I went to plumb the tank for the return plumbing, at 9:55 pm I went to cut the first piece of pvc and my godd@mn pvc cutter broke. So that means I had just enough time to drive to home depot to watch them lock up. FML, guess I'm waiting until tomorrow. Link to comment
Arkayology Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 At about 9:50 pm I went to plumb the tank for the return plumbing, at 9:55 pm I went to cut the first piece of pvc and my godd@mn pvc cutter broke. So that means I had just enough time to drive to home depot to watch them lock up. FML, guess I'm waiting until tomorrow. Yup, been there lol Link to comment
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