~~troylee's new diy prop system~~

[Troylee]

well i had down time for 2 days and built from the ground up a new system...;) once again everything was diy....
the tank 48x24x12 rimless acrylic 60gal
diy sump 40gal with 15gal ato resivior built in....
diy bk mini skimmer....
diy aluminum stand...
and the diy light fixture im gonna try to knock out tomorrow...;)

i have offically started my tank...;)
nothing to fancy just a diy 48x24x12 tall prop tank with external overflow.....
diy bk mini skimmer and a diy stand and diy sump....
also will be lit by some diy t5s for now.....;)
got the material cut but thats it lol..... also building a nano for a raffle at my local metting this weekend.. it will be 20x20x12 with a external overflow......lots more pics to come....

Got the nano done...;)
Just got to install the external c2c overflow tomorrow...
Gluing it up with the pins and needles...

Chea!!!!!

And completed minus the overflow and a quick polish...
20x20x12 rimless prop or nano with a c2c overflow...
Build time 2 hrs thus far...;)

and 1234 blam done with the prop tank...;)

 

[Troylee]

Got the stand built forthe prop tank.... Chea!!!
Can we say aluminum????

nano is done polished and leak tested...;)

 

[Troylee]

Tomorrow is the sump...
I got the prop tank done thou... Just installed the c2c overflow and it's a 100% now...;)

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Sump is done...;) it's a 40 gal sump with a 15gal resevior built into it on the right side...

 

[Troylee]

Chea!!!!!!
All systems go!!!!

were plumbed and ready for water...;)
i got a little creative on the return plumbing to keep the clean rimless look....
also got my all black diy bk mini ready to rock!!!!!
gonna change the water in my display and add the old to the prop!!!!!
all systems go chea!!!!!
only thing left is build the light fixture "6bulb t5" for now untill i can afford leds...
and skin the stand real nice and clean...chea chea!!!!!!
this shall be known as the 5150 prop!!!! all blacked out.....;)

 

[Troylee]

We are cycling!!!!;) chea used my diy rock I had sitting on the side of the house.... All systems go now!!!

 

[Troylee]

build time was 3 days start to finish and cycling in 5 days due to a lack of funds...:(
it was another crazy idea lol... monday morning a vision and wednesday i was rolling..... some things do come quick in this hobby in troylees world...lol
plenty more pics to come as i get the light built and fill it up...;)

 

[Mr E Wrasse]

dude that is so sick! I can't believe you did all of that in only 3 days!

 

[Troylee]

dude that is so sick! I can't believe you did all of that in only 3 days!

thank you for the kind words...;)
been doing it all my life man fabricating is something i truly love more than anything else......."even the wife" nah j/k lol.....lol!!!!

 

[goody]

Great job! I wish I was able to do this kind of work myself.

 

[Troylee]

Great job! I wish I was able to do this kind of work myself.

You can!!!! I shall teach you all...;)

 

[J&O'sdad]

You have to love your wife more. She lets you build stuff all the time. What would the materials cost a average Joe to build something like this.

 

[Troylee]

Oh ya if you didn't notice it's a rimless with a c2c overflow and the bean animals dead silent failsafe overflow minus the emergency drain.... Didn't see any use it for it since I have ran plenty of these set ups and never used the failsafe with the teeth...;)

 

[Troylee]

You have to love your wife more. She lets you build stuff all the time. What would the materials cost a average Joe to build something like this.

Far from it... It's easier to beg for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission...
She went to the mall and it just magically appeared before she came home... Lol 2 days of fighting and arguing and now she's over it...;)
Cost would run ya about 400$ in materials minus the skimmer... That would cover the tank, stand, and sump...

 

[Troylee]

Btw need some advice on t5 bulbs... I have only used them as supplements in my past and I'm going all t5 with this tank...
I'm gonna build a 8 bulb fixture what lamps would you use???? Mostly sps with a few chalices... Tia.

 

[J&O'sdad]

If I did something like that, my wife would find my super glue and part of me would be on a plug in that tank.

 

[revsgirl]

Awesome! Congrats!

 

[Troylee]

If I did something like that, my wife would find my super glue and part of me would be on a plug in that tank.

I have trying to get her into the hobby since I started... I'm gonna just buy all pink and purple corals and slowly convert her lol.... I just made up excuses like I will save money since I can turn the lights off on my 220 display that's basically a frag tank... I also lost a expensive coral and said see if I had another tank to frag a piece off and put in a different system I would have a better chance of saving not that she cared but I threw it in there lol.... If she had it her way I wouldn't have any tanks...:(

 

[Troylee]

Awesome! Congrats!

Thank you tonya.... I gotta get my wife off face book and have her talk to you.... Lol

 

[WrasseSandwich]

That is AWESOME :bigsmile:

 

[TopNotchCorals]

Im headed to Vegas in September TL and we gots to hook up bro;)