Planet aquarium 375 build

[loganjude]

I am redoing my 300..rock work... 96x30x24..

Post up some pics as you get the rock work done. I need inspiration!

 

[1ocean]

looking good...I am running 4 radion xr30 blues and 3 kessil x360 on mine...

 

[1ocean]

I will post picks on my thread ...Been cutting rocks one side flat so I can motar together so the flat backs go up against the back wall. Building sections so it wont be heavy also making arches connected to them to hold them up///
Your sump looks good. I run two return pumps...you may have to also

 

[1ocean]

Post up some pics as you get the rock work done. I need inspiration!

yes thats why I mentioned it...waiting for the marco rock mortar to get here so I can glue...

 

[loganjude]

I will post picks on my thread ...Been cutting rocks one side flat so I can motar together so the flat backs go up against the back wall. Building sections so it wont be heavy also making arches connected to them to hold them up///
Your sump looks good. I run two return pumps...you may have to also

I have the 4 xr30s dor now would like to get 2 or 4 more eventually. The return pump is got is rated for 4k gph but will be adding another for a redundancy. How are you cutting your rocks flat? Wouldn't mind building my own foundation rocks instead of paying foundation rock price.

 

[1ocean]

here is what I call the zoa tree. since it will be all zoa's It is in the 300 now and will stay...

 

[1ocean]

cutting marco rock with a landscape brick cutting saw. Marco rock also has sells rocks with on side already cut flat..

 

[1ocean]

the 300 has alot of zoa's...Girl loves them...I added Kessils to add a little shimmer and add some very low white light. I keep the radions at 1800k and the kessils when they come on add around 1400k

 

[1ocean]

looking forward to watching your build grow while I drink coffee in the morning...or a Peroni at night...

 

[loganjude]

looking forward to watching your build grow while I drink coffee in the morning...or a Peroni at night...

Likewise. Read through yours. Love the sump size you have now.

 

[loganjude]

Got the sump plumbing done.

Got control board cabinet built and started painting today. Should be done and can install it tomorrow.

Put together the light mount i built out of extruded aluminum. Can't put the cross bar on until I slide the tank back some because its hitting my dining room light lol. But the back mounts are on. Have them set at about 17 inches above the water.

 

[loganjude]

Painted the rest of the control cabinet today and got it installed. Just waiting on the rest of my 3d printed parts and will start running wires and doing wire management. I'm the worst at that part lol. Got some cable raceways in still debating on how to route.

 

[loganjude]

BTW the colored fittings are easier to dry fit with the schedule 80

 

[1ocean]

having a cup while I read your posts...looking good...

 

[loganjude]

Thank you. Gonna be a while before next update. Going on family vacations then back to work for a week.

having a cup while I read your posts...looking good.

 

[loganjude]

Back from vacation with 2 days to get some more done. Got lights mounted, ato installed, and started running equipment. Still have some things to extend and hide but you can see the direction things are going. Now back to work for 7 days

 

[thelonereefer1]

Man it’s looking awesome!

 

[loganjude]

Thank you!!

 

[thelonereefer1]

I definitely can’t wait to see the rock work - do you plan on using all dry rock? You’re definitely haven’t cut any corners yet lol

 

[loganjude]

I definitely can’t wait to see the rock work - do you plan on using all dry rock? You’re definitely haven’t cut any corners yet

I'm gonna be getting 400 pounds of dry that were originally in this tank. Bunch of foundation and shelf rocks. I got ideas in mind but I'm not the best at bringing my visualization to life with rockscapes