72x30x18 DIY build thread

[Nate Chalk]

Hypnea didnt settle from shipment. Coulda been dinos or not letting tank settle before adding. Will try again soon.

other algae seem hardier and fine.

Getting nutrients back up, tested mid day today at 6. so we are moving right :)

Trying to go slowly so I dont shock the big tank, which I definitely care more about.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Moving in the right direction again. Dialing it in. Blue Hypnea bit the dust. Will get some soon.

Dinos are mostly gone. Just praying on soft tissue stuff now, but that was pretty easy compared to the first fight.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Slightly growing . 1 month lolol

 

[Nate Chalk]

Okay... So . No cabinet room underneath do a put a cabinet or shelf above?

 

[StatelineReefer]

Okay... So . No cabinet room underneath do a put a cabinet or shelf above?

You get creative and use your front stand skin and door as a fold out work surface.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Drills hole in wall runs cables to other side? A possibility.

Probably gonna get a cabinet of sorts or idk

 

[Nate Chalk]

You get creative and use your front stand skin and door as a fold out work surface.

More so trying to figure out what to do with all these cables.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/delu...5yfqBswatNnn0ZpwPRYFA_o76he2EegxoCQPgQAvD_BwE
Thinking about mounting one of these on the wall above the tank right in the center. Get all the cables, all the power supplies in there. and use the rail mounts sam made to route all the cables nicely

 

[Projects with Sam]

More so trying to figure out what to do with all these cables.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/delu...5yfqBswatNnn0ZpwPRYFA_o76he2EegxoCQPgQAvD_BwE
Thinking about mounting one of these on the wall above the tank right in the center. Get all the cables, all the power supplies in there. and use the rail mounts sam made to route all the cables nicely

I'd be nervous putting all the controllers right above the water. Plus may be a distraction from the tank!
CAnt do it under the macro tank?

 

[Nate Chalk]

I'd be nervous putting all the controllers right above the water. Plus may be a distraction from the tank!
CAnt do it under the macro tank?

Shelves are full of dosers and other stuff + some cables dont reach over that far. It's either under and have a nest of cables or above in a cabinet and it looks clean.

It might be a distraction. Wife wants me to paint the box the same color as the wall lol

 

[Nate Chalk]

Head hurts thinking of a solution. Would be cool to just put a shelf under the tank and tuck it all... hmm thats another thought.

Still pickling around

 

[Projects with Sam]

didn't we discuss using t-nuts to attach a vinyl gutter running the whole length to the top-back extrusion so you could just toss all the cables and power bricks in there?

 

[Nate Chalk]

didn't we discuss using t-nuts to attach a vinyl gutter running the whole length to the top-back extrusion so you could just toss all the cables and power bricks in there?

Yeah its access though to the power strips after that I was thinking about.

 

[Projects with Sam]

power strips under macro tank with extension cords for anything that really needs it?

 

[Nate Chalk]

power strips under macro tank with extension cords for anything that really needs it?

TBH hesitant to put them under, I already accidently over filled it :)

gives me more nightmare than having them where they were.

 

[tbrown]

Power Tower!

 

[Projects with Sam]

Power Tower!

omg its so big! and thick! The end is so rounded! I wish I could get my plug to stand up like that! wow! its magic!
I bet you cant wait to plug those holes!

 

[F i s h y]

Yeah its access though to the power strips after that I was thinking about.

Smart outlets

 

[F i s h y]

omg its so big! and thick! The end is so rounded! I wish I could get my plug to stand up like that! wow! its magic!
I bet you cant wait to plug those holes!

 

[Stang67]

So is there any room nearby for a small night stand or end table? You could convert it to a free standing power center similar to what @rmorris_14 has?

 

[StatelineReefer]

Free Standing Power Center.