180 Build Thread

[bknapp]

I've done that myself. Where do you find the egg crate at?

 

[palvyre]

Lowes in the raised ceiling area.

 

[Dowtish]

Sigh, was cutting plastic egg crate to fit the bottom of the 180 last night and set two of the glass tops on the garage floor. Accidentally stepped on one and broke it.

Doh! another reason to have screen mesh:wink:

 

[pickupman66]

agreed! :tongue:

 

[bknapp]

Lowes in the raised ceiling area.

Thanks.

How much sand (if any) and rock (which type?) are you planning to use?

 

[palvyre]

Using rice sized aragonite so that mp40s won't blow it around. I will reuse my live rock which is Fiji and nicely encrusted with coralline. I'll need to buy some more live rock for a good base. Hoping I can find some for a decent price. Also, buying an atomic reef reactor from Rick for my gfo/carbon. I already ordered the eheim 1000 compact pump for it.

 

[palvyre]

Skimmer is here.

 

[palvyre]

So the line into the skimmer pump is a hose barb. Is there an attachment or something to weigh down vinyl tubing so it won't pop out of your sump?

 

[Dowtish]

Hahahahaha! I am posting a pic on your build thread...is that wrong?:wink:


Your other tank looks so tiny....

 

[pickupman66]

Lol... that's going to look good! I love the black stand. Looks oddly familiar.

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[mixer911]

That is going to be really nice!

 

[palvyre]

Thanks for all the help. My buddy stayed and helped me plumb it. Still dealing with the skimmer dilemma. Rinsed the sand and put it in along with the dry live rock I bought from gmoney. Has about 35 gallons of water in it do far as well.

 

[bknapp]

What kind of plans do you have for the aquascape? Islands? Its gonna look killer!

 

[pickupman66]

Looking good man. I wanted to do two islands with my rock but it just didn't turn out that way ...

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[ToXIc]

Looking good


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[palvyre]

I have intentions of doing islands. We'll see how it goes as I add my mature live rock to it.

 

[revsgirl]

Lookin' good!!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Thank God for buddies who can plumb! I have one too! LOL!

 

[palvyre]

Dropped in on my dad today and bought a bunch of stuff at Home Depot. He built a custom cabinet for the skimmer. Now my wife is going to paint it.

 

[bknapp]

Whew! Got the cabinet situation figured out! Gotta keep the misses happy! Its gonna be a real nice set up Derek, sure you're getting excited!