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Ethirtysix · Oct 9, 2019

Started as this when I bought a lot of scratche

Came with The wet/dry sump and eshopps s-120
Not bad for $100 imo. After some sanding and buffing and a 6 pack and repainting cabinet all of 8 hours got to do a water test

please excuse the dirty back panel but very pleased with the outcome.

Wasn’t a fan of the sump so I added another baffle to start a the first chamber into a refugium but I’m not a fan of that either because the slimmer and return are in the same chamber witch the water level fluctuates to much for skimmer to operate at its best ability so I’m in progress of building a new sump out of a 20gallon long. Plus I put to light of sand in the sump so the sand goes everywhere lol.

Ethirtysix · Oct 9, 2019

These guys are happy to be in there new home after being in a bucket for almost 24 hours and the 29 sprung a leak

fuelman · Oct 9, 2019

Welcome to R2R nice looking set up!!!

Ruben's Reef · Oct 9, 2019

!!! Welcome to R2R !!! Looking good.

fishface NJ · Oct 9, 2019

You did a lot of work restoring the tank and all. Nice job. On the return pump you might want to replace a part of the pvc connecting to the pump with silicone tubing to minimize sound/vibration.

waywardreefer · Oct 9, 2019

Ethirtysix · Oct 9, 2019

fishface NJ said:
You did a lot of work restoring the tank and all. Nice job. On the return pump you might want to replace a part of the pvc connecting to the pump with silicone tubing to minimize sound/vibration.

Thanks! I’ll keep that in mind when I swap sumps.
Thanks for your input!

Peace River · Oct 9, 2019

fishface NJ said:
You did a lot of work restoring the tank and all. Nice job. On the return pump you might want to replace a part of the pvc connecting to the pump with silicone tubing to minimize sound/vibration.

+1

Great point! This will make more of a difference than you might imagine. Also some people try to get by with clear plastic tubing made of something other than silicone - IMO it is worth the bother to get the silicone tubing from BRS (or some other comparable source).

Jeto2004 · Oct 9, 2019

Welcome to R2R! Nice job on the refinishing of the tank! Looks good!

Mastiffsrule · Oct 9, 2019

Welcome. Tank looks great after all that hard rock. Keep us update. And little toddler running around?

Ethirtysix · Oct 9, 2019

Mastiffsrule said:
Welcome. Tank looks great after all that hard rock. Keep us update. And little toddler running around?

Haha yeah got more then a toddler running around. Got my daughter who is 3. Plus for other kids of ages 6months-3years old my wife runs a in home daycare.

915MANG · Oct 9, 2019

Hi Lucas! The stand and Tank look nice. What kind of corals are you going to add

Bryson.bobby · Oct 9, 2019

Welcome to R2R

BeejReef · Oct 10, 2019

Welcome

Reesj · Oct 10, 2019

Ethirtysix · Oct 10, 2019

915MANG said:
Hi Lucas! The stand and Tank look nice. What kind of corals are you going to add

Start with a couple hardy lps ,softies to get my feet wet. Anything specific you’d recommend. Thanks!

Dr. Dendrostein · Oct 10, 2019

Ethirtysix said:
New here, name is Lucas from santa rosa, ca
Been in the saltwater game for 5 months now but been keeping freshwater for the past 10 years. Started my saltwater with 29gallon aqueon Fowler that sprung a nasty leak. Luckily found a used 75 gallon truvu acrylic for dirt cheap same day. Refinished it now it’s looking good. Once its morestable and diatoms go away will be excited turn into my fist reef tank

i have pictures of the before and after if you all are interested

Welcome, comrade

1 of 32 carnation corals, dendronephthya sp.

Dr. Dendrostein · Oct 10, 2019

Ethirtysix said:
Started as this when I bought a lot of scratche

Came with The wet/dry sump and eshopps s-120
Not bad for $100 imo. After some sanding and buffing and a 6 pack and repainting cabinet all of 8 hours got to do a water test

please excuse the dirty back panel but very pleased with the outcome.

Wasn’t a fan of the sump so I added another baffle to start a the first chamber into a refugium but I’m not a fan of that either because the slimmer and return are in the same chamber witch the water level fluctuates to much for skimmer to operate at its best ability so I’m in progress of building a new sump out of a 20gallon long. Plus I put to light of sand in the sump so the sand goes everywhere lol.

Thanks for sharing, comrade