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Moving from a 29 gal bio cube (again) to a 40br (again)

Bio cube is drilled and has a sump, leds, rkl, mp20, etc...

 

40BR will the intermediate til we get a house and allow me to have a much larger tank.

Display will be a 40BR and the sump will be a 40 gal breeder.

 

lighting will be HO-T5 (36" fixture with 6 bulbs, all packed up so I cant quite remember) I might add some leds after the fact but I need to see if the fixture will be enough

mp20, rkl will be following from the bc29

plumbing is where I am having some hesitation, I'm doing (2) 1.5" bulk heads for the main part of the durso drains and (2) 1" for the other part.

 

As for now I am almost done with the stand

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Holy crappy pictures,batman.... blah

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Doing a mixture of sands... I think it will look more realistic
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What do you think of the sump?
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ordered a skimmer and a new return pump.... I was going to use the pump on the bc29 but I am going to be selling it.
skimmer sca-303 (rated for 150 gallons, so I should be ok)
and return pump is a rio 2500 hd (rated for 798gph at 0 head)

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Checking the fitment of the equipment... so far so good
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Ordered these off amazon and i thought the total output for 2 was 1250 gph (so 625 each) I was wrong both are 1250 each and they are huge ( I have to order xxl gloves for snowboarding)
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Ordered a bean animal style overflow rated for 1600gph should be good to go.... just a waiting game now

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Skimmer and pump both fit in the sump with no issues... light needs frame mounts but I have had this thing for about 3 years and never used it once.... I knew it would come in handy. Just waiting on overflow to get here, then plumbing can be done with and then the tile for the top. As for paneling I am going to reclaim pallet wood and use that as doors. Every side of the cabinet will be able to come off.

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Just drilled the tank and cut the tile for the top.... note to self when using an angle grinder use ear protection and open a window in the basement. Smoked out the basement and i can no longer hear weeeeeeeee
pics to follow tonight

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salt water, rocks and other tank was transfered the other day after waiting a bit, took care of the leaks I was having and wiring the tank is almost done. Need to skin the front and sides and make legs for the light.... but we are about 99% done

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just got done rewiring the t5 lights so I can have just the actinics on and then the 12k bulbs

we are about 99.9% done... skinning will have to wait til I can find enough pallets

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so after things have settled for for a week or so. everyone is very happy... even found out I have a purple spotted mantis shrimp and he is getting big ( about 2.5 to 3 inches long)

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so this happened.... DSC_0023_zpsyz3zf7ig.jpg
and Im out 400 but i can think of no other place that is better to spend it, Eddies man i swear haha

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I picked up a bi color blenny, red scooter blenny(dragonet), and a six line( i just love them) about a billion snails, white poylp toadstool, purple and green frogspawn, and a little red mushroom, and a couple of pounds Florida rock

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