Elos 70 upgrade

[WDKegge]

Hello Reef2Reef!

I'm currently in the processes of upgrading my biocube 29 to a fancy Elos tank that I came up on.

I actually paid for it with mostly jawbreakers that my mother has been producing, I got the tank at a steal of 400 bucks out of picket and about 5 small jawbreakers, not bad considering I got the mushroom the size of a pencil eraser 7 months ago.

The Elos and the stand are in 9.5 out of 10 condition, the glass on it is amazing, I am really excited to have such a nice looking tank, not a single scratch on it, the previous owner took great care of it. My current biocube was a used tank and has all sorts of scratches on it.

Here is a link to my current biocube thread

Here is the tank as it sits for now, I am currently on hold due to the room that the tank will be going in is awaiting a remodel. The red walls and fake wood are not my idea, previous owners of the house had uh...less than appealing taste.

Equipment will be as follows:

Lighting: Two xr15 pros
Skimmer: SWC 160
Return: Ehime 1260
Controller: Reefkeeper & Reeflink
Flow: 2x mp 10's
Reactors: BRS GFO/Carbon
Rock: 70 LBS of BRS reef saver

Tank came with a Elos Sump and i'm not sure if I want to keep it at this point, I am thinking of just making my own out of a 40 breeder, it would fit nicely under the stand.

I love zoas so i'm thinking of just keeping it a mostly zoa dominated tank, but that could change.

 

[WDKegge]

Skimmer and return have been cleaned from previous tank and are ready for the new one.

Here are my current thoughts for the sump, any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[Chknsamich]

Sweet upgrade! Where'd you get the Elos? I was told by the studio to not buy second hand Elos... Not sure if that's just a business strategy to make people spend more on new tanks though.

 

[WDKegge]

Sweet upgrade! Where'd you get the Elos? I was told by the studio to not buy second hand Elos... Not sure if that's just a business strategy to make people spend more on new tanks though.

I have never heard that before. I was intending on buying a new 60 cube before I came across this elos. I have spent the entire time in the hobby using some one else's 2nd hand tank and I didn't want another used one.

I got the elos from a very well known member of a local reef group who owns several elos tanks. It is was extremely well taken care of.

As for being told not to buy used tanks I imagine that's a business thing, no company is going to tell you to get their used product somewhere cheaper.

 

[WDKegge]

Got another xr 15 yesterday, Should be nice coverage with 2 of them spread out slightly.

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Sweet upgrade! Where'd you get the Elos? I was told by the studio to not buy second hand Elos... Not sure if that's just a business strategy to make people spend more on new tanks though.

Its because the warranty does not transfer over. I know their smaller one have a tendency to bust a seal at the 4.5 to 6 year mark.

 

[Mirkus]

That sure looks a whole lot like my old tank and sump, might be... I sold it to a guy that had another elos tank at the time.

Nice tank, it's very well built. I haven't heard anything about elos 70s blowing seams.

 

[WDKegge]

That sure looks a whole lot like my old tank and sump, might be... I sold it to a guy that had another elos tank at the time.

Nice tank, it's very well built. I haven't heard anything about elos 70s blowing seams.

Did you sell it from JT? Sacramento area?

 

[ifarmer]

sweet tank.

 

[Mirkus]

Did you sell it from JT? Sacramento area?

I don't recall the name. I don't think he lived in sac. He was in Bay Area somewhere. Oh well nice tank. I look forward to seeing it come along.

 

[WDKegge]

It's been a busy weekend, I got tired of looking at the god awful texture and paint in the dining room, coupled with the fact that I couldn't set the tank up untill the room was done and that I had a 3 day weekend I made stuff happen.

Scraping begins, I had done this to my living room already so I knew the process, have to scrape away the texture layer after layer till you get down to the drywall.

Pain in the butt and a total mess, I could choke the people that did this.

sanding smooth and doing a light knockdown texture.

Disaster zone.

Primer.

almost there!

Done!

Wife approved location in"her"dining room. Can finally get going on this now that it has a home!

 

[erk]

That red paint reminds me of when I moved into my house. The previous owners painted opposing walls deep red and the adjoining walls a weird yellow. I made sure to paint the walls before we moved in. I don't get why some people want to look at red walls. You did a great job with the dining room.

 

[WDKegge]

That red paint reminds me of when I moved into my house. The previous owners painted opposing walls deep red and the adjoining walls a weird yellow. I made sure to paint the walls before we moved in. I don't get why some people want to look at red walls. You did a great job with the dining room.

The living room was baby**** green, I don't know what was worse.

 

[erk]

The living room was baby**** green, I don't know what was worse.

OMG What is wrong with people.

 

[revhtree]

WOW looking great!

 

[WDKegge]

Didn't like the sump that came with the tank so I ordered a trigger systems 26 sump.

Hard plumbing the tank is looking like more and more of a pain with elos's special plumbing and overflow. Thinking of just going lazy and using tubing.

 

[WDKegge]

Sump has arrived!

 

[jokim]

Very nice!!! I want to change my sump on my 70 good choice. Looking great

 

[WDKegge]

Things still left to do:

Figure out plumbing, I ordered a bunch of bulkheads on amazon to see what will fit.
Build a base for the sump to sit on
Install cabinet lighting
aquascape

 

[WDKegge]

Well that was a tight fit, less than a quarter of an inch wiggle room on either side.