New 75g Reef Build

Bre · Feb 25, 2020

He’s been home ONE DAY

Erin O · Feb 25, 2020

Welcome home, Tyler! I'm glad you're finally going to get @Bre's tank going. She deserves it!

Lol

Bre · Feb 25, 2020

50 gallons of saltwater made.

& Got the 75g on the stand!;Dead

DownSouthBandit · Feb 25, 2020

While @Bre was making the saltwater I was creating the plumbing for the Fx6. I was able to completely do away with the ribbed hose that comes with the filter. We ended up finding some 1” tubing that fits onto the filter’s ball valve. Then I slid that onto the 3/4” PVC pipe that is behind the tank. For the inlet and outlet pieces I used the black rubber adapter that’s suppose to go on the ribbed hose and put that on a 3/4” male x 3/4” female. Then used a 3” piece of PVC followed by a 90, and then plumbed it back to the tubing. It was fairly easy once I knew the tubing would fit onto the ball valves.

crusso1993 · Feb 25, 2020

DownSouthBandit said:
While @Bre was making the saltwater I was creating the plumbing for the Fx6. I was able to completely do away with the ribbed hose that comes with the filter. We ended up finding some 1” tubing that fits onto the filter’s ball valve. Then I slid that onto the 3/4” PVC pipe that is behind the tank. For the inlet and outlet pieces I used the black rubber adapter that’s suppose to go on the ribbed hose and put that on a 3/4” male x 3/4” female. Then used a 3” piece of PVC followed by a 90, and then plumbed it back to the tubing. It was fairly easy once I knew the tubing would fit onto the ball valves.

Well done!

Not as nice of a return as my redneck doohickey spray bar but I'll let it slide... this time!

Bre · Feb 25, 2020

crusso1993 said:
Well done!

Not as nice of a return as my redneck doohickey spray bar but I'll let it slide... this time!

He would have had to look harder for the spray paint, borrow a drill from someone, let the paint dry... He’s too impatient for that lol. Filling the tank with water now. We didn’t even eat dinner yet! Fish first then food.

Priorities lol.

crusso1993 · Feb 25, 2020

Not having patience can become a very, very bad thing in this hobby. Hopefully, he'll be able to practice some as time goes by.

aerofly0610 · Feb 25, 2020

@DownSouthBandit Nice build and welcome to R2R. I wanted to say thanks for the job that you do and for the sacrifice of spending time with your family. Until those rigs are fully automated we need people willing to work them.

Bre · Feb 26, 2020

!!! During the move both clowns decided to live in the new anemone! They didn’t even care about it yesterday. So happyyy

DownSouthBandit · Feb 26, 2020

Well....it’s complete. After a few setbacks the 75 has water flowing through its pipes and the fish, hammer, and anemone seem happy despite their move. All in all there’s 20-25lbs of love rock, 20lbs of love sand, 20g of water from the old tank, and 60g of fresh saltwater. My skimmer pump went out on me a few months ago so I also replaced it with a new Aquatrance 1000 and it primed right up and started skimming. The lights was the biggest hassle. As I stated a few days ago, @Bre had took out the brackets for the light for a test fit and they didn’t fit. So I seen that some people with the same light ended up gluing the bracket upside down to rest on the topside of the rim so that’s what I did. 3 hours later I put the brackets on the side closest to the wall and the bracket fell right off. After 2 more attempts to glue the bracket I finally took a hammer to it and pried it open just enough to where it tightly snaps onto the rim how it’s suppose to. Once the light was on I set up the app and turned on the moonlight setting so the fish could finally get some rest. I guess they felt right at home because they were cozying right into the bubble tip anemone. 5 days since the snowflake and nem arrived at the house and it’s already hosting. Hopefully tomorrow the water is clear and I’ll start setting up the ramping and timer on the lights. Until tomorrow, goodnight my fellow reefers, and sweet dreams.

Erin O · Feb 26, 2020

I'm so happy for you guys! I know you both have been working toward this for quite a while. All that hard work and waiting finally paid off! It looks great

crusso1993 · Feb 26, 2020

DownSouthBandit said:
Well....it’s complete. After a few setbacks the 75 has water flowing through its pipes and the fish, hammer, and anemone seem happy despite their move. All in all there’s 20-25lbs of love rock, 20lbs of love sand, 20g of water from the old tank, and 60g of fresh saltwater. My skimmer pump went out on me a few months ago so I also replaced it with a new Aquatrance 1000 and it primed right up and started skimming. The lights was the biggest hassle. As I stated a few days ago, @Bre had took out the brackets for the light for a test fit and they didn’t fit. So I seen that some people with the same light ended up gluing the bracket upside down to rest on the topside of the rim so that’s what I did. 3 hours later I put the brackets on the side closest to the wall and the bracket fell right off. After 2 more attempts to glue the bracket I finally took a hammer to it and pried it open just enough to where it tightly snaps onto the rim how it’s suppose to. Once the light was on I set up the app and turned on the moonlight setting so the fish could finally get some rest. I guess they felt right at home because they were cozying right into the bubble tip anemone. 5 days since the snowflake and nem arrived at the house and it’s already hosting. Hopefully tomorrow the water is clear and I’ll start setting up the ramping and timer on the lights. Until tomorrow, goodnight my fellow reefers, and sweet dreams.

Turned out well! I noticed you eliminated the little bridge between the islands. Any particular reason why?

DownSouthBandit · Feb 26, 2020

crusso1993 said:
Turned out well! I noticed you eliminated the little bridge between the islands. Any particular reason why?

its there. I used a piece of the CaribSea Reef rock and it’s dark purple so it’s really hard to see it with my kitchen lights on and only the moonlight setting on on the lights. Once the whites come on at 10 I’ll post more pics. The water is no much more clear this morning than last night. This filter is a beast.

crusso1993 · Feb 29, 2020

Anything exciting or new going on, you fracker?

DownSouthBandit · Feb 29, 2020

I’ve waiting long enough lol. So yesterday we took the kids to the Audabon Zoo in New Orleans and on the way home we stopped at a few coral stores. Needless to say, my wallet wasn’t happy but the tank sure is pretty. We ended up picking up an orange and blue Zoa frag, a Ricordia Yuma with blue Pavona frag, my must have Torch with about 4 heads, a Duncan with 5-6 heads, a orange Monti cap, and a Gonipora frag. Here are some pics.