Randy's build thread in BHM

[hawkinsrgk]

Plumbing under the tank

 

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Plumbing behind the tank

 

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Outside drain for water changes

 

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Sorry for the bad picture. Wanted to show the drain from the tub.

 

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I could not get the suction cups to stick for the temperature problem (Reefkeeper) so I built an inline holder from one of the overflows.

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Cut a piece of eggcrate to be used as a refugium section in the sump.

 

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Controller setup and started cycling process.

 

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Rockwork complete

 

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I used Ammonia from Ace Hardware to cycle the tank.

 

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While that was going on I started to build a canopy for the 180G. The inside would be painted white and black stain on the outside.

 

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Canopy is complete. Basically the lights that I have are hanging, but with the raised ceiling and the air duct being in the way.... thats why I build the canopy. The 125 will eventually be used for a frag tank or refugium, but for now its just additional water volume.

 

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Picture of the equipment wall complete

 

[hawkinsrgk]

So that's where I'm at. I am currently doing water changes to try to the nitrites under control. The ammonia worked a little too well for the cycle. So far I've done 3 40 gallon water changes and one 70 gallon water change.

Nitrates have gone from off the chart to somewhere between 40 and 80

 

[sprinklerdudes]

lot of work, build looking good

 

[Liquid360]

Just wanted to send a shout out to a fellow Birminghamesian. Nice build!

 

[hawkinsrgk]

lot of work, build looking good

Thanks AJ. Been working on this for several months.

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Just wanted to send a shout out to a fellow Birminghamesian. Nice build!

Thank you. I wanted to introduce myself to the BARF group. The only two people that I really know from here are AJ and Mark.