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Sounds good, it will probably help on your electricity bill as well since your heater will not have to work as hard. Very excited to see how this turns out! I love the in progress pictures, keep them coming.
OP
OP
Ok, been a couple days since I update. As I mentioned earlier I took delivery of the tank and stand today. So here are a few pics of the new setup. It is currently in my garage filled with fresh water for a little testing. The pics are not that great, but here you go... enjoy.
Jack
Jack
Salty Dog
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looking good, these are the best threads, I love them. Just a pia to do with the camara and log book. I have a 60'x26' addittion that Im building for my 1200g total system soon. Would love to do a thread but its a lot of work
OP
OP
Ok... a quick update.
I thought I would post a few pics of the CAD work that I am using to for the build, and then follow them with some actually build shots..
Plumbing all capped up for pressure testing.
Overview of the entire project... of course the rear wall is existing.
Front Wall..
Side Wall..
Overview..
Finished..
Kicking it off...
Front wall up..
Side wall in.. and test fitting window..
That's all I could get done today. Storms started to move it. I hope to get the roof on tomorrow and then dry everything in before the rain sets in again.
Enjoy..
Jack
I thought I would post a few pics of the CAD work that I am using to for the build, and then follow them with some actually build shots..
Plumbing all capped up for pressure testing.
Overview of the entire project... of course the rear wall is existing.
Front Wall..
Side Wall..
Overview..
Finished..
Kicking it off...
Front wall up..
Side wall in.. and test fitting window..
That's all I could get done today. Storms started to move it. I hope to get the roof on tomorrow and then dry everything in before the rain sets in again.
Enjoy..
Jack
Got to remember man in florida the rain starts around 3pm. Count on it. Looks good. Can't wait to see it.
Tequilero
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Sweet build my man. Can't wait to snake some ideas once you finish the fish room.
Have you seen those solar fans for the roof? Just an idea cause it gets warm in my fish room. Yeah it's not connected to my ac.
Have you seen those solar fans for the roof? Just an idea cause it gets warm in my fish room. Yeah it's not connected to my ac.
OP
OP
Yes I have... thought about putting one up there, but I will have an AC Unit for the room so it should be good to go. But I am considering using solar in another way.. 
stay tuned!
stay tuned!
OP
OP
Another quick update. Didn't get everything I wanted to get done today, but made some pretty good progress. Should have 90% of the "construction" portion done tomorrow, and then I can work on the finish work and the electrical.
Sorry I don't have any in progress shots, I was ******* it today to get it dried in before the rain came.
See that nice gap above the door!!! Measure twice cut once... lol some how the 82 1/2 opening upded up at 86 1/2.. I have no idea how that happened.. LOL O well, will redo the header tomorrow.
Roof is dried in.. Drip cap and shingles and she's done.
That's it for now. More to come.
Jack
Sorry I don't have any in progress shots, I was ******* it today to get it dried in before the rain came.
See that nice gap above the door!!! Measure twice cut once... lol some how the 82 1/2 opening upded up at 86 1/2.. I have no idea how that happened.. LOL O well, will redo the header tomorrow.
Roof is dried in.. Drip cap and shingles and she's done.
That's it for now. More to come.
Jack
Looks awesome man.
OP
OP
Took the day off on the fish room as the weather was going to be pretty crappy, so I focused on getting some work done on tank. Managed to drill the overflow holes, move the current 120, and get the new stand inside. Here are a few pics I snapped along the way....
Enjoy..
I used a scrape piece of acrylic I had and predrilled it with the correct hole size to use as a guide. Worked like a champ!
1" on the left, and 1.5" on the right.. big difference.
This is just a cool shot... you can see the hole drilled half way through the glass.
Donuts anyone? As you can see I enlarged the holes form 1" to 1.5"
All done... four brand new 1.5" bulk heads installed and ready to go.
On to the next project.... Moving the 120G across the room.
Using my new frag tank to hold the water for the move.
And done!!!! Took about 30 mins... and I don't care how much water you take out these suckers are still heavy! Had a few rocks fall down, but nothing major.
Last but not least, I moved the new stand it to start getting things sized up.
One last pic for the road, I snapped a quick shot of the Nano as I was walking by.. .all this will be moving over to the new tank as well..
Enjoy...
Jack
Enjoy..
I used a scrape piece of acrylic I had and predrilled it with the correct hole size to use as a guide. Worked like a champ!
1" on the left, and 1.5" on the right.. big difference.
This is just a cool shot... you can see the hole drilled half way through the glass.
Donuts anyone? As you can see I enlarged the holes form 1" to 1.5"
All done... four brand new 1.5" bulk heads installed and ready to go.
On to the next project.... Moving the 120G across the room.
Using my new frag tank to hold the water for the move.
And done!!!! Took about 30 mins... and I don't care how much water you take out these suckers are still heavy! Had a few rocks fall down, but nothing major.
Last but not least, I moved the new stand it to start getting things sized up.
One last pic for the road, I snapped a quick shot of the Nano as I was walking by.. .all this will be moving over to the new tank as well..
Enjoy...
Jack
OP
OP
Ok, so wanted to update this thread yesturday, but I was just plain wore out!! Was a busy day as we setup the new tank and tore down the old tank. The 120 is completely down now and all or most of the stuff has been moved over.
I do not have the fish room up and running yet, and I am running a temp in stand sump to get things going. Will continue to work on getting the fish room finished and get the permanent setup running.
I still have a lot of scape work to do, but here are some shots to bring it up to date.
Tank all in and sand read for water!
Moved over 100G of water form the old tank, as well as added in some live said to make sure the tank it ready to go.
Almost full... Moving over a few pieces so I can try and catch my fish... Always fun.
Moved the lights over.
80% moved over...
100% moved, and started some scape work... long way to go.
Enjoy,
Jack
I do not have the fish room up and running yet, and I am running a temp in stand sump to get things going. Will continue to work on getting the fish room finished and get the permanent setup running.
I still have a lot of scape work to do, but here are some shots to bring it up to date.
Tank all in and sand read for water!
Moved over 100G of water form the old tank, as well as added in some live said to make sure the tank it ready to go.
Almost full... Moving over a few pieces so I can try and catch my fish... Always fun.
Moved the lights over.
80% moved over...
100% moved, and started some scape work... long way to go.
Enjoy,
Jack
Awesome man. It looks like you maynot need those pieces I made. Scape looks good.
OP
OP
When you coming to see it?
Sometime after the holiday when I am not taking care of the 60 dogs at the hospital.
lps1212
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I enjoyed the thread so far so good man absolutely a fantastic build from the tank specs to the fish room and can't forget about that marriott lookin sump lol best of luck on your new tank will enjoy taggin along on this build
OP
OP
Thanks guys... been a lot of fun.. and a lot of work with still more to come.. Im moving more stuff into the tank today, and will try to get a couple of current shots later today.
Jack
Im moving more stuff into the tank today, and will try to get a couple of current shots later today.Jack
OP
OP
OK.. Been a little while since my last update but that does not mean we have not been making progress. **** job keeps slowing me down!! Anyway, the fish room is 90% done externally. Wire lath is all up, and I just need to stucco and paint it to be officially done on the outside! Inside I still need to insulate it but thats no biggie.
I have started on my sump and I made a few changes and took the fuge out of the sump and will be running a seperate unit for that. This way I can keep the sump for filtration, skimmer and other equipment. It should also allow me to have more flexability in the amount of flow I can push through it safely.
With out further ado, let the pics begin.
Current room shots as she sits now.
Couple of inside shots, nothing glamorous!!
Sump goes here!!
New pump that will run it all!!! (Thanks Andrew!!)
Dropping the Hammer!!!
Sump build has begun.
Here is the new sump layout. Very simple, yet effective!! Im trying something new for the skimmer exit. We will see how it works out.
In progress:
Here is a quick tank shot. Still very disorganized, but I don't want to place anything permanent until the setup is complete. It gives you idea of the depth of the tank. Everything is very happy and has room to spread out.
Also, here is a cool new inhabitant that I picked up a week or so ago. Very cool fish for sure. BTW, my 12yr old daughter took these shots.. not to bad!!
That's it for now. More to come.....
Jack
I have started on my sump and I made a few changes and took the fuge out of the sump and will be running a seperate unit for that. This way I can keep the sump for filtration, skimmer and other equipment. It should also allow me to have more flexability in the amount of flow I can push through it safely.
With out further ado, let the pics begin.
Current room shots as she sits now.
Couple of inside shots, nothing glamorous!!
Sump goes here!!
New pump that will run it all!!! (Thanks Andrew!!)
Dropping the Hammer!!!
Sump build has begun.
Here is the new sump layout. Very simple, yet effective!! Im trying something new for the skimmer exit. We will see how it works out.
In progress:
Here is a quick tank shot. Still very disorganized, but I don't want to place anything permanent until the setup is complete. It gives you idea of the depth of the tank. Everything is very happy and has room to spread out.
Also, here is a cool new inhabitant that I picked up a week or so ago. Very cool fish for sure. BTW, my 12yr old daughter took these shots.. not to bad!!
That's it for now. More to come.....
Jack
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