vegasgundog Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 It's coming..... it's coming.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Give us the deets! 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 such a tease! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 The story so far...... 120 gallon Planet aquariums, displayed at MACNA. Wife told me I'd get a MACNA tank, just not 2 weeks later Cutting hole for plumbing Painting background Epoxy coating bottom of cabinet Durso done and return lines done New sump So close......almost have initial plumbing design. 2 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 And there was light..... ....and it was good. 2 2 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 OOOOOOOOOOOOOH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Purdy. 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 That's an gorgeous tank @vegasgundog, I remember seeing it at MACNA! You haven't been wasting any time getting it set up, it's looking great so far. 1 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 Plumbing is complete and needs glued, maybe painting white parts grey. And most important addition... 3 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Putting that sticker to good use ☺️ 1 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 Finally finished plumbing. Thought I had it done, but once I started gluing nothing fit and unions didnt join properly. Three more hours on plumbing....sheesh. 1 Quote Link to comment
Orangutran Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Beauty! Can't wait to see it wet! 1 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 One step closer..... Sunday may be the big move. Or I may get the midnight oil tank full and push through the night. Critters may not be happy about spending the night in an igloo cooler..... 1 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted September 26, 2018 Author Share Posted September 26, 2018 No midnight oil tonight for the fishes, but midnight project for some dry rock. Trying for something different from the lumps I have in the red sea. and Max did some exploring... 2 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted September 26, 2018 Author Share Posted September 26, 2018 Mail just got here and its "monday" for work and I've got an hour before I leave.......sudden bout of flu? Gaaaaaa! Dont want to go to work!! 1 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 In all Its glory after one of the longest days of my life..... 6 1 Quote Link to comment
bbetta Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 It looks amazing 😀 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 It looks awesome @vegasgundog, great work! Tank upgrades are quite an orchestration, how did it go all in all? Have your arms dried out yet? 😄 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Christopher Marks said: It looks awesome @vegasgundog, great work! Tank upgrades are quite an orchestration, how did it go all in all? Have your arms dried out yet? 😄 Sunday we moved, yesterday I spent cleaning the red sea e260. Today I'm planning on staying dry lol. I'll be throwing up more details later. I ended up with way more sand and rock than I wanted. Lots of tweeking coral placement and live rock moved a bit. Glad it's over for the most part. 1 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 Sunday move started at 9am. But I needed an air stone so it was more like 1030. After about an hour, enough water and rock were removed to start catching fish. I used a specimen box like the lfs use and it went fairly well. Fast movers required 90% water removal. The one spot Fiji has grown a lot in a year and barely fit. He was none to happy and put up a fight. I just new I was going to get stung he was fighting so much in the box. But I didnt and he ended up in the cooler with everyone else. I scooped out most of the sand and as @brandon429 rinsed it out. Even saw Marc at melevs do it. Enough weight gone to move the red sea. This Planet Aquariums 120 sooo heavey..... Oreo supervised...... The plumbing lines up perfectly the first try. Filling started well Live rock and coral waiting to rehome Break time... Buckets everywhere 3 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 The durso worked perfectly! Then daughter tells me there is a leak. Everything had to be shut down. Plumbing design allowed for easy break down as designed. Luckily it was an easy fix, epoxy around a joint. Finished filling and placing live rock while epoxy cured. 530pm ....and it's fully wet. It was a very long day but it went better than I could have hoped. We kept a constant observation of the temperature in the cooler the fish were in. I was able to save probably 90% of the red seas water. I ended up with 20 gallons of left over new water. By time we were done, the new water and cooler water were the same and fish moved right in. Fiji freaked out for the first day and a half but is as calm as ever now. My wife woke me early Monday morning and said I need to look at the aquarium, she said Fiji was stressed and the shrimp was dead.....it was a molt..... Fiji was stressed but has acting like nothing has happened now. 2 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 The starry blenny, Mr Grumpy, has not been seen since 😖. Hoping he didnt jump out the back and become dog food. Everyone came out for feeding except him. It literally took seconds for the Harley twins to know food was around. I worry I mounted the lights to far back in the hood. The light seems off up front. But the clam is fully open. And during teardown of the red sea.....I found I now have three rbt.... 1 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 Still no Mr Grumpy......😢 2 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 Fish are so happy😄 Apex power bar full......rather than spend 250 on a new one, DJ bar mounted for other stuff. Jaws cant decide where to live and be is making a huge mess..... 😢 four days.....still no mister grumpy. 1 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 I was under the aquarium playing with settings for the Mp40s and for giggles I shut down the filtration and used the phone flashlight to look in the sock...... MR GRUMPY!!! So first he went through Then... And then... 2 5 Quote Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 10/03 Wednesday 11:17 PM Temperature: 78.9 °F pH: 8.1 Ammonia: 0 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 5 ppm Salinity: 1.025 SG Alkalinity: 8.8 dKH Calcium: 448 ppm Magnesium: 1425 ppm ORP: 288 Alkalinity is already dropping. 1 Quote Link to comment
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