Bubba30 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks for checking it out. I have zero patients so this process is killing me. Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Custom mounted Radion Gen2 Pro is hung. Big thank you to Chris from PicO for creating these brackets exactly to my specs. It goes so good with the room I am very happy. Somehow seems cleaner than my R420R. The middle of the light is about 6.5" off the wall; the tank is 15" deep so it's a little offset to the back. I plan on keeping acans in the front bottom of the tank where par will be lower. Hopefully I don't get a ton of light spilling off the front too. This is an old table. As much as I like it; just not sturdy enough. Stand should be finished tomorrow. I just finished a bathroom remodel so I should have a lot more free time! Hope the stand comes out as nice as the bathroom vanity I built. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bella's Reef Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Looking good man! This is going to be amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Did a little Radion surgery this morning. Last night at 3 am I'm thinking about running the Radion power wire through the wall; I was concerned it would look sloppy coming out the side of the fixture. I already took the power cord off the light because I didn't want to drill a 1" hole in the wall to accommodate the waterproof connection to the PSU. Now I just need to deal with a 1/4" hole. So I drilled Radion directly under the right bracket in the back. Now power exits the rear of the light and I will run it right under the bracket through the wall. If there is a phobia for fear of seeing wires I certainly have it. You can see the old hole plugged with some nylon push fastener and the new hole/grommet installed in the rear. It's the little things that matter in this build. Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Still need caulk and touch up paint. I didn't fry anything which is good. Got it programmed up! This thing is fun. 2 Quote Link to comment
JR! Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 you do all the things that i wish i could do. #### apartments 2 Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 I just bought new walnut flooring for the house so I'm going to get it installed before I bring the tank into the equation. I've waited this long what's another couple weeks. I might set the tank up to cycle so once the floor is in everything will be ready. Quote Link to comment
frankdontsurf Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Damn you're the king of honey-do's... Lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Whatever it takes for her to let me do my thing with the tank. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Built like a tank. This is going to blow away my shit from IKEA. Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Dang, that is an ingenious way to hang a radion. Minimal wires and everything... very cool. 1 Quote Link to comment
frankdontsurf Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 image.jpg Built like a tank. This is going to blow away my shit from IKEA. LMAO! Are those 4x4 fence posts!? That's beyond strong. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 They are 3 x 3; the rest is 2 xs. Laminating 3/4" ply with 3/4" pine for the top. I was literally just jumping on it. Overkill for a 22 gallon but I like the chunky look. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Believe it or not this build is still alive. Tank is on a stand which is progress. So much to finish up around the house before I even get to my sump room. I bought a 20" x 20" x 16" rimless for my sump. I plan on setting up a false back wall 6" deep with filter sock, skimmer, and reactor; display fuge in the front 12". Need to wrap up all my house work so I can focus on the tank again! Taking the tank out of the closet has me excited. 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefed419 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Sweet build man! Get her wet! Quote Link to comment
BattleAthletics Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Wow a nano tank with big tank build characteristics. Awesome. Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Sump build is underway and starting to get my equipment together. My fish closet still needs some work it I'm just trying to get to the point I can cycle this dry rock. I'd really like to get a nice lense for my Nikon D3000 and document my build better. Along with this I'd need to find a good host for my pictures. Any suggestions? 1 Quote Link to comment
theleftcoastguy Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I'm diggin the attention to detail! I've been using photobucket but I feel like they have a lot of advertisement. Although all free host sites might be swamped with ads. I don't know. Other than that it works just fine for me. 1 Quote Link to comment
JR! Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 thanks for the update man. wondered what you were up to. hope all is well man. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Had a baby, remodeled the entire house, got promoted and work too much, now it is time to enjoy everything and get this bad boy wet. It's still my dream tank after all this time so I am really excited. Thanks for following. 1 Quote Link to comment
JR! Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 nice. hows the sump looking? Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Waiting on the laser cut pieces still. I was going to have it built for me to save time but it didn't work out. The sump tank is dermed top and bottom so I can change the rim color to white. I'm thinking of just keeping it rimless on the top now. Quote Link to comment
Bubba30 Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 I brought my stand back to my welder to add some more supports as it bowed about 1/8" across the 54". Need piece of mind in case a kid is running around the tank. Going to add a lot more cross bars to get all the weight onto the legs. My acrylic baffles shipped and I'll have them Thursday. I am thinking I may start cycling my rock in a bucket to get things rolling. If I do this would I need a heater running? 1 Quote Link to comment
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