Fish building/man cave build!

[tharbin]

The the tunze light the magnetic stick looking one?

Those eco chic lights from Tunze are really nice. I have one of the fuge lights, two of the original marine lights and one of the freshwater lights. They are really useful and waterproof. The marine ones will even grow coral in a small enough tank.

 

[dantimdad]

The the tunze light the magnetic stick looking one?

Yes. First time trying one. We shall see.

 

[dantimdad]

Those eco chic lights from Tunze are really nice. I have one of the fuge lights, two of the original marine lights and one of the freshwater lights. They are really useful and waterproof. The marine ones will even grow coral in a small enough tank.

Good deal. Glad I didn't goof up ordering it.

 

[dantimdad]

The tank is drilled, the holes patched, the overflow fitted and the stand is done except for the shelves and panels.

I came up with a way of mounting power strips that will work very well.

There isn't a lot of spare room in the stand so I am having to get really creative.

I also designed and printed some brackets to hold the back light on the stand. It'll shine through the frosted back.

Once I get the shelves done, I will go ahead and do one last cleaning, run the plumbing, setup the 7 stage and fill with RODI.

Pictures incoming.

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

Those unfortunately don't have a load rating except to say light duty.

Do you have a link to the ones you used that hold the weight?

These are what I ordered.

 

[dantimdad]

These are what I ordered.

Sodium nitrate? I think the link is broken. lol.

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

Sodium nitrate? I think the link is broken. lol.

Doh...let's try again.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DPFVJYMD?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

 

[dantimdad]

I gotta tell ya, I really like the overflow box I made. I’m still gonna ease the edges but I’m super happy

 

[That Crusso Kid]

No I use ink bird as a backup to the one that comes with the H2Pro titanium heaters. I have never had the H2Pro ones fail, but you never know. I also have an audible alarm that sends a message to my phone just in case.

The number one actual failure I have had over the years is heaters and return pumps. If you put the alarm probe in the tank, not the sump, you will also know if they return pump fails because the temp will drop because the heaters are in the sump.

BTW, the tank is drilled and overflow mounted.

I am going back over the fasteners on the stand to make sure they are tight and adding two more cross bars.

The Tunze fuge light came in yesterday. Nicely made and really bright considering the wattage.

I may, eventually switch to the Tunze reactor someone so nicely gave me. If I do that, then the fuge section will become a frag setup.

You still have that reactor? I thought you had gotten rid of it.

 

[dantimdad]

You still have that reactor? I thought you had gotten rid of it.

It was a gift. Not getting rid of it.

 

[dantimdad]

Workbench/desk extension done. (I will take pics after the cleanup)

Now to start organizing stuff so I can get room to setup the tank.

Believe it or not, I have zero 1" pvc pipe. Tons of fittings. I will have to go to Lowes soon.

I also need to go to 5 below and get a yoga mat for under the tank and under the sump. It has a thin Matt attached to the tank but not enough.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

It was a gift. Not getting rid of it.

Awwww man, making a guy almost feel some feelings over here.

FWIW - I still have the steak knives. Yep, they made the move with us to FL. When we were moving, the wife asked, "Can we get rid of these?" To which I replied, "Absolutely not!"

Workbench/desk extension done. (I will take pics after the cleanup)

Now to start organizing stuff so I can get room to setup the tank.

Believe it or not, I have zero 1" pvc pipe. Tons of fittings. I will have to go to Lowes soon.

I also need to go to 5 below and get a yoga mat for under the tank and under the sump. It has a thin Matt attached to the tank but not enough.

Thanks for clarifying why you were getting the yoga mat. If it was for actual yoga use then we'd all know you died and someone else was using your account.

 

[dantimdad]

Awwww man, making a guy almost feel some feelings over here.

FWIW - I still have the steak knives. Yep, they made the move with us to FL. When we were moving, the wife asked, "Can we get rid of these?" To which I replied, "Absolutely not!"


Thanks for clarifying why you were getting the yoga mat. If it was for actual yoga use then we'd all know you died and someone else was using your account.

IF I wasn't dead already, the yoga would do it for sure. lol

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

Workbench/desk extension done. (I will take pics after the cleanup)

Now to start organizing stuff so I can get room to setup the tank.

Believe it or not, I have zero 1" pvc pipe. Tons of fittings. I will have to go to Lowes soon.

I also need to go to 5 below and get a yoga mat for under the tank and under the sump. It has a thin Matt attached to the tank but not enough.

Still waiting for pics...nudge...nudge...

 

[dantimdad]

Still waiting for pics...nudge...nudge...

Gotta finish cleaning up. It’s coming along

 

[dantimdad]

ok gang update on the tank. The drain and emergency drain are plumbed and easily removable for maintenance

I just have to take them back off, clean them and move the stand into place and level.

I also got the yoga Matt glued down.

Here's a photo of the messy desk/bench extension:

I have discovered that I will have to build a shallow controller cabinet or board right next to the tank.

There just isn't enough room to unplug or plug in things with the power strips in the stand. And there isn't any room for the control stuff at all.

 

[dantimdad]

I have almost no variety of 1/4-20 bolts. I need two 1.25” long. Of all things to be out of AND has smatfarm never heard of metric? I have m6x30mm and 35mm

I didn’t believe it at first and I broke out the bolt sizing kit just to be sure. (BTW if you don’t have one, get one!)

I have the light mount done except for those. Pics after I get back from the store.

 

[dantimdad]

OK light mount done. Only one light on it because the other is in use.

I am printing slot covers to hide the wires in the 2020.

According to chatgpt 12" spacing at 9" from the surface of the water should be optimal.

I never in my life thought I would ask AI about lighting. However, the programming instructions were spot on so it has a ton of information about the lights I am using. Impressive.

 

[dantimdad]

Happy 250th America!

 

[dantimdad]

The new 6 stage setup is complete. I took the DI out and added another carbon. I routines the the lines to go pre/carbon/carbon/membrane. Then I added a double DI post membrane and added a 3 line TDS meter. Pre/post membrane/post DI.

It’s a bit messy but I did away with a bunch of excess line and will clean it up further now that it’s setup correctly and finally getting 0 TDS. I flushed the membrane for quite a while and got it down to 2ppm.

The other good news is my booster is back to auto shut off instead of surging when the float is triggered. I think the membrane was so shot it was cause any residual pressure to go out of the waste and let the pump run.

Obviously the UV will have to be moved.

I am also printing a bracket to hold the TDS meter.

I think the canister bracket makes a nice place to set my coffee whilst working on stuff.