Jay and Amy's 90 gallon build thread

[Isaac_P._Martinez]

Tank and sump look great, but you should really frame up your floor properly. No sense interrupting your day to day life with semi fixed solution. No disrespect meant. [emoji846]

 

[Vaiodude]

Tank and sump look great, but you should really frame up your floor properly. No sense interrupting your day to day life with semi fixed solution. No disrespect meant. [emoji846]

I went the semi fixed solution due to a few factors. It is a semi finished basement room that we barely use and I will most likely be utilizing that framing to make a bookshelf for the kids every growing collection of books. Also the amount of electrical and plumbing in the way would have been a pain for try to add sistered joists.

 

[Vaiodude]

Added an adhesive black background to the Sump to hide the wires going into the sump.

 

[Bronc]

Well Deep Blue responded that the micro bubbles in the seam are part of the manufacturing process and can be more pronounced when it is filled and settles on the stand. What a joke!

Anyone want a good deal on a brand new tank???

How much??

 

[Vaiodude]

I just paid $400 for it two weeks ago and painted the back black. Hoping to get around $300 or so.

 

[Vaiodude]

Full system fresh water test!!!!

So far:

Tank pass
Sump pass
Bulkheads Pass
Drain Lines Pass

Waiting a few hours to test the return lines......yikes!!

 

[Vaiodude]

Woohoo!! Return pump on and so far no leaks (fingers crossed)!

 

[gar732]

I think I remember reading a thread where there were bubbles in the seems that only were noticeable when filled. After the tank settled they went away. I tried looking but couldn't find it unfortunately.

 

[AquaMama13]

Sand is going in!!! [emoji171][emoji16][emoji225]

 

[Vaiodude]

Ok a few updates since I have been too busy working on the tank.

Made 90 gallons of fresh salt water, rinsed new dry sand, and filled the tank on Tuesday.

Working on all the finer details.

 

[DarkTang]

Looks clean!!!

 

[McMullen]

Will this be your aquascape?

One of my all time fav tank of the months on reefkeeping.com utilized this approach, it allowed his hard coral to form all the structure. Something I will try when I upgrade.

 

[Vaiodude]

Will this be your aquascape?

One of my all time fav tank of the months on reefkeeping.com utilized this approach, it allowed his hard coral to form all the structure. Something I will try when I upgrade.

No this is just the rock I am adding to the 60lbs of live rock that will be transferred over from the 55 gal.

All this is yet to move over..

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Nice job!

 

[DarkTang]

Nice job!

The honorable rev is here!

 

[Vaiodude]

Got a new toy on the mail today!! Love this AI prime!

 

[Collinslice]

Got a new toy on the mail today!! Love this AI prime!

Such a great little light

 

[Vaiodude]

Such a great little light

Yea it is really cool and sleek. After messing around with it I was almost considering getting 4 of them for the main display and give up the T5s. I will resist the temptation lol.

 

[143MPCo]

Looks great you two!

 

[AquaMama13]

Yea it is really cool and sleek. After messing around with it I was almost considering getting 4 of them for the main display and give up the T5s. I will resist the temptation lol.

Resisting temptation for the moment [emoji12]