Smaller place, bigger tank...my 200DD build

EricB · Sep 17, 2014

Got the first two baffles in. They were cut a little short, but I'm hoping that a good amount of silicone will be enough to keep them secure.

Have a little clean up to do but overall I think I did a fair enough job w/ the silicone.

EricB · Sep 23, 2014

Sump is pretty much finished. Got some silicone b/w the baffles so I'm going to run to Home Depot to see if there is some sort of long handled razor blade holder. It's no big deal if I can't find one.

Skimmer (Skimz Oval SV203) is set to be delivered tomorrow and the tank will be here on Thursday.

EricB · Sep 25, 2014

Skimmer is in and the space has been cleared for tank delivery tomorrow.

EricB · Sep 25, 2014

Boom

butters417 · Sep 25, 2014

Nice!

Euphyllia57 · Sep 25, 2014

That fits perfectly in that spot. Nice sump job, very clean.

Karl Hevacheck · Sep 25, 2014

It looks good there. Following along (I also have a 200dd).

EricB · Sep 25, 2014

butters417 said:
Nice!

Euphyllia57 said:
That fits perfectly in that spot. Nice sump job, very clean.

Karl Hevacheck said:
It looks good there. Following along (I also have a 200dd).

Thanks! We just moved in last month so we haven't completely settled-in yet. We've been waiting for the tank to get here to hang some art, etc.

I put the sump in the stand, just for S&G's. Also, you can see that I started painting the back glass.

I'm going to have to remove the rear center brace on the stand in order to fit the 20L ATO reservoir tank in. My goal for this weekend is to have the back of the DT painted, the reservoir tank painted (to avoid algae from growing in it), light hangers bent, painted, and installed. That way I will be able to push the tank up to the wall and start plumbing.

EricB · Sep 28, 2014

Finished painting the DT

Need a few more coats on the reservoir tank:

And started working on the light hangers

SeahorseKeeper · Sep 28, 2014

Looks like everything is coming along nicely. What are you using for light hangers? I need to come up with something for the seahorse tank.

EricB · Sep 28, 2014

SeahorseKeeper said:
Looks like everything is coming along nicely. What are you using for light hangers? I need to come up with something for the seahorse tank.

It's getting there. Looking forward to being able to at least push the tank back up to the wall... having a mess in the house drives me nuts! The light hangers are 1" electrical conduit. I'm going to paint them black once I get the eye hooks through them. They'll allow me to swing the lights out of the way during maintenance. Depending on how much light spills into the room (I'm expecting a lot) I might have a cabinet maker make me a three sided canopy that I can slide on and off.

EricB · Sep 29, 2014

The light hangers are just about ready for paint. Just have to trim off some of the threading on the eye bolt that sticks up above the nuts. Krista, here is a shot of how I'll attach the fixtures to the hangers

EricB · Oct 2, 2014

Just about ready for plumbing

Sorry about the bad photos...Still haven't gotten around to placing floor lamps and those overhead lights create a ton of glare.

EricB · Oct 2, 2014

EricB · Oct 7, 2014

Needed to swap out the 20L reservoir tank for a 10g. The 20L (and then a 20H) would not fit. So I got the 10g painted today using spray paint...MUCH easier than rolling it on.

EricB · Oct 7, 2014

I also started plumbing today. Got the overflow plumbing mocked-up. Still have to work on the standpipes and glue it all together. It's a BeanAnimal design so from left to right in all pictures: full-siphon, open channel, emergency channel. Please let me know what you think so I can make changes if needed...

EricB · Oct 7, 2014

I will be adding a support for the long horizontal run.

EricB · Oct 13, 2014

Decided to redesign the layout of the stand. While I'm waiting for threaded bulkheads to be delivered I got some work done on the box for the DJ power strips.

I designed the right side of the box like that so I only have to slide it back an inch or so in order to remove it, or the reservoir tank, from the stand.

I used insert nuts so that I can remove a power strip and put it back in the box without having to worry about damaging the wood. The holes aren't exactly straight, but they line up with the holes on the strips. Not bad for a guy with limited skills and even fewer tools, lol.