187 Funky Dimension Prbly Gonna Flood Floors Build.

[justingraham]

If possible I would hard plumb that vectra

 

[Asonitez]

Any reason in particular for hard plumbing my vectra? I wanted something easy and simple with little to no bends and enough tolerance to move around while I do maintenance.

It also makes it easy to take out inspect and perform maintenance.

I wasn't aware of a performance benefit for hard plumbing but I'm def open to suggestions.

 

[justingraham]

U will get a better flow with hard plumb both of mine are hard plumbed and easy to take out with the collar

Unless u don't want the most flow possible then leave as is

 

[justingraham]

And I think I'm goi to plumb it to an inch and a quarter to get more flow soon instead of the 3/4

 

[Asonitez]

My vectra is ONLY being used as a return pump fortunately. I'm not powering any thing else with it. I'm hoping to keep the ways low and the flow good with the 1" tubing im using the herbie overflow so more than likely I might have to turn that beast down a little bit to make sure I'm not overpowering the drain.

 

[Brogratz]

Following, like what you have done here .

 

[Husker]

The stand came together nicely. The trim is always a tricky step. What lights did you end up choosing?

 

[Asonitez]

@Husker I actually went with the Nanoboxreef hybrid. It's frickin awesome !!!!!!

I bought a leak froggie!

She's fillin Boys n girls!!!

She's setup my new rodi filters and did the necessary plumbing in the laundry room

 

[Husker]

@Husker I actually went with the Nanoboxreef hybrid. It's frickin awesome !!!!!!

Oh yah, I saw that before. I have the same thing. I have a few Acros that I almost threw away because they were so close to dead they were covered in algae. After two weeks under the new lights in the new system they are looking alive.

 

[Asonitez]

Almost there!!! Will def be full by tonight. And I can turn on the pumps and test out my herbie. Or spend the evening ticked off because it didn't work at which point I'll make 2 Durso's and say fcukit

 

[Asonitez]

Update time:


So I swear I have not been idle lol.

So I was able to get the tank full of RODI and salt

3 40lb bags of caribsea ocean direct later and I have a completely cloudy mess

So I figured I would put my skimmer in and crank that summabish up. Remember my sump area?

Not good. My skimmer could not fit due to the elbow!!! Earlier in my build thread I found out the 200sss was unavailable for weeks from my retailer and instead got the 250sss. Well it's to big.

85lb braided Fishing line later and I was able to cut out the first baffle.

Look ma it fits!!!

Finally set this bad boy up.

Threw a bunch of this in

About ready for rock I say !

 

[Asonitez]

Afternoon Update:


So I have the next week off which will be great for building and designing my aquascape and generally getting the tank really dialed in. I have a few issues I still need to solve one of which is my return pump. Its of course a Vectra L1 and something tell me its not working correctly.







I have heard a few L1's and they don't sound like this. A call to EcoTech this morning resulted in a very nice gentleman telling me to give it another week to "break in" and see how that works.

I have a different theory.

Notice to the left of the return section is a completely empty 20GAL reservoir for my Tunze 3155 ATO? Well I'm thinking maybe its amplifying the vibrations from the return section and making a little water speaker. So its currently being filled up with RODI. If that does not result in a nice HUM from my L1 then the nice guy from EcoTech told me to give them a call and they will replace it with a new one.


Lets take a vote. How many of you think that its vibrations from the pump into the empty ATO section that's causing the noise. How many of you think that my Vectra is Shot lol

 

[Asonitez]

The gifts keeps on giving:

So this one time I legit spent like 100 dollars on a cleaning magnet. I know right dumb. Just grab a magfloat and keep it moving amirite? Lol

Today I opened my box of goodness and pulled out ye' olde' magnet - goin on a few years old now and naturally it has a lump.

So being the good little reefer that I am I figure maintenance!! And pulled off the Velcro to replace it


Da FUQ?!!?!?

Oh right I forgot EVERY SiNGLe thing must challenge me for this project cuz why not fuq me right lol.

So I shot off an email to the manufacturer algaefree and after apologizing for the wet side failure he will be sending me a nEw replacement wetside for free and that my fellow Reefers is why I spent 100 bucks on a f*!&@:!& magnet.

 

[Micksfish]

subbed to this build! Great work! Going to be one amazing tank. Wish I had your budget

 

[Asonitez]

My back hurts a lot. It took us 4 hours lots of wet floors lots of buckets and 3 tubes of epoxy.

The tanks too cloudy to show you pics of the final scape but there in some more clarity and hoping for the best.

Skimmer went crazy of course considering it's not broken in yet and temperamental...

 

[Asonitez]

Monday Funday Update!

First up is a quick video of the rockscape

Next up is manifold!




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[Asonitez]

So last night after a rough day doing rock and other tank stuff it was like midnight when I started doing the manifold.

Wife came in found me taking a nap on the job. In reality I had lay down on the floor to stretch out my back after crouching under the stand routing wires and closed my eyes. I eventually drifted off a bit lol.

(That hose was the wrong size btw)

Woke up finished the job and my wife forced me to come to bed.

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[Asonitez]

Update:

I have been busy the last few days!

First up I took a trip to GREENSBORO,NC to checkout Daves shop and see a few of his custom fixtures in action. I will definitely be ordering 1 or 2 for my new frag tanks soon. It is a absolutely gorgeous facility.

While there we decided to checkout the science center while Dave worked on a secret upgrade to my light fixture!

Some very cool stuff there and only 12.50 to get in!! Easily an entire family day there and well worth the trip! After a few hours we decided to check out a new fish store in the area Reef Architect run by Earnest and his family.

We must have spend about 2 hours in there checking out his livestock and dry goods. In the end I walked out with 7 corals (Softies and LPS) and a quarantine tank!

 

[Asonitez]

Continued:

After the Greensboro adventure and picking up a quarantine tank my wife and I discussed a lot of my failures as a reefer and what caused them.

We considered that at any point we would have thousands of dollars in equipment, thousands in fish and corals, and yet take risks with those investments by not quarantine fish.

We realized that the reason we didn't was because we didn't have space for the tank, or the tank was on the floor where it was hard to work on or see in, or too small, and all these excuses that over time cost me hundreds of dollars in fish and frustration.

This time we decided to do it right.

Using my new tank stand building skills I whipped this up and painted it in about 2 hours.

 

[Asonitez]

Moved it in and setup the quarantine. I've been thinking of whether or not to black out the sides of the quarantine but I might want to or use the tank for some other purpose so I opted not to.

For filtration I got a biowheel filter and I'm gonna grab some dr tims and marine pure media