So my 40 gallon breeder setup started leaking, and I was planning on replacing it soon anyway, but my timeline for that suddenly got WAY shorter. Luckily, my friends at Coralvue came through and had an Acquasole 60 system in Orlando with Ricardo, so I could go and pick it up! Also, I must be cursed, because as Ricardo was showing me his big tank, I noticed he had a small trickle of water coming from the bulkheads in his sump, which had had the gasket installed on the wrong side for quite some time, but had picked that very moment to start dumping out water! Luckily it was a somewhat quick fix.
I got everything home, and then I started to get to work.
Got the stand bottom I cut prepped (they don't come with bottoms). Going to silicone it in place tonight.
Corals and fish are doing well so far.
Put a buttload of felt slidy-jiggies under the stand so it wouldn't scratch the floor any when moving it around.
Thinking I'm going to put it back on the far wall instead of on the wall to the left where the 40 was.
And a test fit of the sump, skimmer, and return pump.
Ordered sand this morning. Going to see if 20lbs of Nature's Ocean Samoa Pink #5 (1.7-2.5mm grain size) is enough. Can always add more later. It is the same kind of sand that I used to have in my 80, but this is a slightly larger grain size.
I'm still deciding on what to do about the aquascape. I don't want to use all dry rock, but with live rock I'll be limited as to what I can do since I can't keep it out of water too long. Decisions, decisions.
I got everything home, and then I started to get to work.
Got the stand bottom I cut prepped (they don't come with bottoms). Going to silicone it in place tonight.
Corals and fish are doing well so far.
Put a buttload of felt slidy-jiggies under the stand so it wouldn't scratch the floor any when moving it around.
Thinking I'm going to put it back on the far wall instead of on the wall to the left where the 40 was.
And a test fit of the sump, skimmer, and return pump.
Ordered sand this morning. Going to see if 20lbs of Nature's Ocean Samoa Pink #5 (1.7-2.5mm grain size) is enough. Can always add more later. It is the same kind of sand that I used to have in my 80, but this is a slightly larger grain size.
I'm still deciding on what to do about the aquascape. I don't want to use all dry rock, but with live rock I'll be limited as to what I can do since I can't keep it out of water too long. Decisions, decisions.