I already have my tank running,but it's not finished yet,figured I'd show some pics of the build
I already have my tank running,but it's not finished yet,figured I'd show some pics of the build
and after the fiberglass
here is after the first coat of sweetwater paint
I'm gonna leave the back of the over flow with the wood showing(pic #2),so people can see it is a wooden tank
and more
I built my sump as big as I could and still get it under the stand....only about 60 gallons,44Lx22Wx16D
heres some pics of my stand
I have a few pics of the...."successful"..... sump water test
I sanded the frame for the glass and got it ready for the silicon also this morning,heres a few pics of that as well
heres the glass test fit
here its propped up so I could install the bumpers and silicon
here is the little bumpers 12" apart
here is silicon oozing out
you can see the bumpers through the glass,these are 1/8" thick so the silicon should be that thickness all the way around,
I temporarily installed my top to make sure everything stays square until the silicon sets,thin I'll mount it permanently
here's my overflow teeth........glass-holes.com fixed these for me....they labeled them ""custom dentures for Willie""on there web site when they fixed 'em
its half full and no leaks yet,I'll leave it like this for a few days then fill it on up,if no leaks develop....my silicon was cured on the inside and the outside but its probably still not in the center of the gasket,but to my understanding,the moisture helps with the curing....
I have worked all day cleaning the excess silicon off,I knew I didn't want the front to be blue,I am planning on trimming it with oak,so I went to wally world and found some brown textured spray paint,I think it will look good with oak trim...after sanding the frame a little and some more cleaning,I painted the frame....here are some pics
I had a piece of oak so I threw it in the pics for comparison
what do y'all think
after the brown paint dried,I ran a bead of silicon around the glass again.....
I've filled my tank on up,so far so good.....a few more pics
I'm gonna let set now for a week or so and see what happens
well the tank and stand are in the bed of my truck,ready to be carried in if I can find some able bodys to help
for a size perspective,this is a full sized 78" long truck bed...I loaded it by myself,but I don't think I will ever do that again....oh my back...
yes I am a redneck,I still have my Christmas light up
I don't know what happened to the last pic,its got part of my aquarium in it
the tank is in the house,already had its first critter in it.....my baby girl,insisted she get in it first
here is some of my mess,I'm not sure how I'm gonna plumb it yet...so its just temporary right now,I had in mind to run 1 of the over flow drains split between my skimmer and fuge and the other drain as a safety,but with the little giant running,both drains are running almost full,so I'm thinking I may feed the skimmer and fuge with a tee off the little giant......my durso's work great...I think I might need to raise 'em a little,the waterfall you see in the pics is noisy
I guess these are more of what people want to see,its still a little cloudy,but its clearing slowly
I finally added baffles to my sump,I hope the silicon will hold acrylic to the epoxy paint,when the water pressure is on it....it feels like it will hold good
I also added a piece of acrylic for my float valve to mount to
I put the silicon on really heavy hoping it will hold better,we'll see tomorrow
I did my plumbing,and I'm still not satisfied with it,
I have built a temporary light rack to raise my lights with.........with all 4 MH's on,you can tell the center 2 lights are brighter than the 2 outer lights by the cross brace shadow.....the outer lights are using the odyssea ballasts and the original supposed to be 12k bulbs(more like 10k) ,the center lights are using the lumatek ballasts and the pheonix 14k bulbs
but at least,my lights are spread out more evenly now over the tank
I drilled my 20g and made an overflow for it,and got it siliconed in,I don't have my bulkhead yet but I ordered 2 this morning....here are a few pics of it
this tank is for my chaeto fuge
more pics of the fuge
here's with all 4 halides before and after lowering the lights
I think,after I replace the 2 outer bulbs and ballasts with the same that the inner 2 have,I'll be set for lighting
here's some pics of some of my critters
here's a few of my flame angel
I need a camera,mine is just not showing the true colors no matter what settings I use,but here you go
this is my recordea garden with flash
this is without flash
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