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    Didn't use salt water in the first test?

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    You guessed it

    I just didnt understand how salt water can affect the skimmer
    (plus i didnt want to waste salt to test my skimmer, but i ended up doing it anyways )
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    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    And in the end you learned a valuable lesson. So how close are you to getting your tank wet?

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    self taught skimmer lession 101. first of many im sure, u should see how deep that rabbit hole goes!



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    Quote Originally Posted by veriann View Post
    self taught skimmer lession 101. first of many im sure, u should see how deep that rabbit hole goes!
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    hmmmm..... need another 65g for fuge, pumps (an order away, have money, prob monday), need to drill tank, and plumb, depending on how fast i can get the stuff id say 1-3 weeks (im hopeful)

    Im planning on using a single 250 MH fixture for a couple months just so i can see in the tank. This is so i can save up alot for a new lighting fixture (there will be no coral in this time period)

    I'd go for the solaris LED fixture if i win the lottery or had the patience to save up enough.

    All in all, im going to take my time and not rush into anything (if i can help it)
    Josh

    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    Goodbye Patience :(

    Well, no big huge updates like my systems wet, ooor, any updates at all. but due to a recent LFS visit i decided to start up my nano cube again. Mainly becuase he offered me some free live rock that he has no room for (its actually good rock, he just has a shipment coming in). so yeah, all i have to invest in is sand and im all set. Im also going to build it a stand becuase i had very little access to it on my desk.

    Im planning to stock it lightely, Pair of clowns, pair of Skunk cleaners, thats it. Prob no corals (or low light ones, we'll see). It will all end up in my 120 when i'm done (it seems further off by the day).

    School is kicking my butt right now (stupid vacation) but when i get caught up (prob next weekend) ill be startin her up, ill keep you all updated.
    Josh

    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    well, a moment of weekness for all, my mom said no, so then im like w/e, and ordered all my pumps, bulkheads, and heater. AND THEY CAME IN TODAY!!!!

    So what i got-
    1-reeflow dart 3600GPH pump
    1-Mag 12 for sump/fuge return
    4-1" bulkheads (for tank>sump>fuge>fuge2>return)
    1-2" bulkhead (for dart intake)
    1-1 1/2" bulkhead (will be split into two 3/4" returns inside tank. return for dart)
    2-Visotherm 300 watt heaters.

    A grand total of $537.33 (out of my own hard-working pocket thank you very much)

    So tomorow, i clean out the room behind the tank so i can start getting it set up.

    Within the next week, will build new stand for sump and fuge1, paint and seal display stand and seal sump and fuge1 stand, while the tank is being drilled (my dad and mom are paying for this )

    Within the next month or so, i will probably get my lighting, i will then build the canopy.

    ALSO. my uncle picked a very good time to get out of the hobby. So i get his ro/di filter, possibly his lighting (he has a corner tank so i can use it for a fuge light), and once my tank is cycled, i get his geourgeous red belly regal tang and two yellow tangs (havent decided if i want these yet.)

    So thats the plan, and i'm gonna do my best to make sure it all pans out.

    So yeah, good good day.
    Josh

    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    awesome... yeah the prices can sting.. welcome to the club.. lol

    good job so far, keep the updates commin
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    Yippee! Don't you love getting boxes in the mail?
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    as soon as something happens, u guys will b the first to know.

    Next big purchase (well, one of the last ones actually)

    is the lighting
    im looking at a 3mh 2VHO set for $550, im just hoping the dude still has it by the time i have the money.
    Josh

    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    wow... thats a good price...
    im crossin my fingers for ya... good luck..
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    an update!?!?!?! Really?!?!?!?!?

    Well, sorta.

    I just came back from toronto (windsor is garbage as far as lfs's go, and out of teh 20 glass stores, they all ran for cover when i asked them to drill the tank). there is an excellent store in toronto name oakville reef gallery, only carries SW and top-of-the line stuff (ice cap, euro-reef, Deltec, the list goes on).

    Anywho, the owner drills tanks, although he was somewhat hesistant to drill the *@$% out of a 3/8" tank. But anywho, he had me and my dad help him out (hold template and water and shtuff) and i even answered the phone a couple of times (it rang like every 2 minutes!!!).

    So, after about 2 and a half hours of drilling (lots of customers and calls), i got 6 new glass coasters out of the deal (oh, and a very hole-y tank to go with it)

    After that, he took us to the back and hooked us up with all the bulkheads, t's, splitters, valves, loc-line fittings, and anything else you could think of.

    I was starting to get nervous after i walked to the front of the store with two boxes full of various stuff (and about 20' of 1 1/2" tubing, and 30' of another size).

    I pulled my dad aside and told him money may be an issue (as i was only expecting a $150 drill job). He told me not to worry about it and said that him and my mum had been planning on treating me

    In the end, i walked out with a drilled tank, two gourgeous overflows, 6 new bulkheads, 6 sections of loc-line stuff, fitting and other shtuff.

    I felt really bad that my parents had to spend $1124.97 (holy #@$* !!!!) on me.
    (on their 27th wedding aniversary )

    So, when we got to our hotel in Niagra falls for their little aniversary trip (embassy suites, very very nice), i treated them to a steak and lobster dinner at the Keg on the ninth floor of the hotel (i had $200 that i was planning on spending at some point, why not on my parents??). Of course i still feel like a spoiled brat so im going to end up doing chores for them out of pure guilt, but whatever i can do/

    So anywho, i just moved the tank downstairs, wiped it down, installed the bulkheads and all the interior plumbing (loc-line, overflows, strainers). So now all that needs to be done is attaching plywood to the stand, painting it, then styrofoam, and tank. Im switching out my many-tank sump design (realised i was asking for leaks) for a single sump fuge.

    Now that i have all the plumbing i need, im hoping the tank will be done by next weekend (fingers crossed).

    Anywho, as i am Uber tired right now, ill snap some pics of the tank tomorow and will keeep the updates regular. (sorry for the reading, lots to say XD)
    Josh

    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    haha wow! i wish my parents were that nice! when iwas in FW my mom paid for everything, but once i got into salt, it was all me. youre lucky! my mom will buy me a coral here and there, but only if she likes it. and my dad will buy acouple things here and there too, but never anything like that!...haha yeah im excited to see your pictures! i also would like to build a stand too!
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    WELL, i promised ya pics, so ill give em to ya before i have to go to work (:'( i h8 that i have to work when i can actually do stuff with my tank :'( )

    btw mark, what were you doing up at 5:14?!?!?!?!
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    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    it was only 2 14 for me! lol
    -Mark

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    All Cows Smoke Grass.
    That is why we have HIGH GRADE milk.

    I've Got More Grams Than Teddy
    and don't worry, be hyphy

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    Josh,

    How exciting! You'd better give your parents lots of XOXO and do about a million chores!
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    Quote Originally Posted by CarmieJo View Post
    Josh,

    How exciting! You'd better give your parents lots of XOXO and do about a million chores!
    Lol, no kidding Carmie, unless my dad IS bluffing and actually makes me pay him back................
    Josh

    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    hahah yeah..if you wait long enough, he will forget all about it! lol nice locline..lol that looks expensive, i think its such a rip off how those flare nozzles are like 5 bucks a pop...and you have like 6 of them! lol
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    yeah. I think each peace of loc-line pipe (like 6") was $9.99. The flares were also $9.99 each. So i have four loc-line pipes (two on each side of the splitter) and 2 flares on the fuge return (top in between the overflows). then i have four more pipes and four more flares for my closed loop (two Bulkheads, each with a splitter) and of course the splitters were $9.99 (at least the prices are consistent :s )

    So the loc-line alone was like $170.00 (lol, guess if i would have spent that much of my own money on flexible piping.....)
    Josh

    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    youre crazy....CRAZY! or actually, lucky that you can do that. i had the hardest time getting a 30 dollar coral WITH my own money. lol ..."mark are you sure you want that one, you can get those from that tank for only 20" lol =)
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    I've Got More Grams Than Teddy
    and don't worry, be hyphy

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    lol, i didnt even ask for the piping and stuff......it just kind of happened.........
    Josh

    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    Update, a good one this time

    Quote Originally Posted by Small Fry View Post
    lol, i didnt even ask for the piping and stuff......it just kind of happened.........
    Well guess what, it happened again.

    I walked into the same place in toronto, had $1000 in my pocket (first time hitting the triple 0's w/o spending it) and a promised $200 from my parents.

    So i figured, only things i dont have yet is a uv sterilizer, and an ro/di filter. Lights were not yet on my radar as they aren't needed to get water in the system.

    So i walk in there, "hi how ya doin? im lookin for an ro/di and a uv sterilizer" "well ok, i have the top of the line ro/di, and in my opinion, u dont need the sterilizer"

    so im like cool, as i wander to the front, he sees me looking at the lights, tells me the prices (MH 250w, $550 a kit)

    Long story short, this guy is a good salesman, my parents really love me and they are tired of a glass box occupying space in their house.

    So long story short, i walked out of the store with

    • 3 lumen-max 3 reflector kits
    • 3 ice-cap 250w ballasts
    • 3 14k bulbs (dont remember the brand at this point)
    • 1 spectra-pure 100-200 gpd ro/di filter
    • 1 tds meter
    • 1 refractometer
    • 1 200g bucket of salt


    and of course, he had to show me this new rock he got in.
    took me to his huge rubbermaid containers of lr. There were prolly about 4 pieces that weighted 20-30 lbs each.

    "whats the price on this rock??", i asked the nice man.
    "well, its normally 8$/lb But for you, ill drop it down to $7.50/lb if you get 50 lbs."
    "my tank is a 120, so ill probably be looking for about 150-170 lbs of rock."
    "well, in that case, u can have it for $6.00/lb"

    So me, possibly being the most spoiled kid on the planet, now has everything he needs to finish his tank, and 175 lbs of fiji and k (something, really really light though) rock sitting in a rubbermaid container in his laundry room.

    So now, i have the full weekend off (a first for me) and the means to a beggining

    So if all goes well, my tank will be cycling by tuesday (im gonna beat you gwen )

    Ill upload some pics for you all once i find a suitable camera cord

    sorry for the long entry, thnx for reading
    Last edited by Small Fry; 05-19-2007 at 01:41 AM. Reason: forgot the salt :D
    Josh

    Small Frys 120

    Fish- 1 Percula Clown, Black fin Shrimp Goby

    Clown and Goby are just chilling in the NanoCube 12

    120 almost ready for re-cycle


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    Josh,

    That's great! I am excited for you and can't wait to see your tank set up.

    As a mom, I know that your parents must be proud of you. Many teens don't have the patience, vision and tenacity to work towards such a long term goal. These traits will serve you well all of your life.
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