The Undecided Reef

[LILBUDDHA]

Well.
Not a perfect day so far . Not too shabby though .
The UPS guy made my day bringing the box in the house . I couldn't have done it .
I thought my Tunze nano magnet was in the UPS flat box .



What in da ham Sanwich ?
An empty box ...

 

[LILBUDDHA]

It's been a strange journey so far with my reef buddies and I .
Tbh20 and his Marineland tank seam issues . 3 returns
ECUreefer and his destroyed Cadlights Versa 66 rimless and missing parts . He refused the shipment .
The second one was in town but they wouldn't deliver it due to a corporate issue with CL n FedEx Freight .
He was able to get the tank but is held up by missing parts .

It's been a roller coaster ride for me since I have had to deal with a lot of different vendors.
Amazon Prime is $$ comparative and no glitches with free 2 day being the bee's knees .
PA Dry goods have been awesome .. The other side ( rather not comment but its resolved )
BRS did well
In tank llc was great
Sweet Pets local lfs has been great .
Ecotech .. I was confused on pre-orders . Never seen someone take your money upfront unless they have the item in stock . 4-8 leeway . I called accounting and they took care of it .
I do did not see it process on my debit yet .
Aquacave has been awesome but I am missing a Tunze nano Magnet .:( I plan to use the long on the Fusion 40 n the nano on the QT fusion 10 .
CV was good but inconsistent on product info but shipped quickly even though I got an open box never used item.
Ebay quick and consistent with the exception of a live stock seller .(big let down )
Won't comment on livestock vendors yet than what was stated so far. ( nothing bad though )
Tank appears intact . I can't get it out myself so I have to wait for Ecureefer . He may come this evening or in the morning when we start on the Oceanic Stand Redux .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

BTW the tank in the box is a NUVO fusion 40 cube.

This is the water damaged stand we are going to revamp on Saturday . It uses a smoked glass door . It would have been nice to be able to paint the stand white to keep the SW Storm Trooper Look consistent . Wifey's :rolleyes:

No Reef Smart for me .

Pardon the deck . I have been slowly stripping it to redo it . Spray the stuff on and soak . Rinse off with water hose .

 

[nova65ss]

Keep forgetting reefsmart is tomorrow may try to get down there early and see what's up. Anything you are looking for I will keep my eyes open for you?

And on another note super stoked for you getting the 40! Cant wait to see it running!

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Thanks @nova66ss . I am good but much appreciated on looking out @ ReefSmart .

It's going to take a bit on the stand . It's possible we were moving too fast with it yesterday . Both of us were half asleep and it caused a lot of laughs and back tracking .
The stand will have to cure for a bit . Orange Peel is common with laquer spray. I have to go to Lowe's n pick up a few things today .
I need the magnetic latch and Parval ? sprayer to try to get the orange peel out . U can't really see it in the home . I know it's there so I'll try to remedy it before I get to the next step .

It's great the wood that can be salvaged has kreg pockets in it already . The sides r 3/4 wood .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Did some measuring and we decided to to make the top and bottom flush to the front and just a tad larger vs the tank .




Birch is primed on one side already. It comes that way .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

This is the second board being cut




Top and bottom cuts are done .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I have no clue what were were doing here . Ecureefer has some pic's of me but i'd rather stay incognito .We scuffed the stand with a palm sander .






We used a heat gun and a can of spray paint to roll the veneer trim on ,

We forgot towels and paper towels were not cutting it . Darn thing gets hot .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I am missing the pic's on my phone camera . We used a compressor to remove the dust from the stand . Priming the stand pics are missing .

We went to get a bite to eat . It was like 90 degrees already .

Got back after doing a few other things and started sanding the stand .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

More missing pic's on my phone .

The orange peel made it a lil frustrating . The stand kept sucking up paint . We quit spraying after 4 cans .

Got the stand in the house and put the door on , Just missing the mag latch .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Not upset over the orange peel . It happens when you use laquer spray rattle cans .
It was basically a free stand . It sure beats that MDF 299.95 one that IM offers .
As far as hanging the geisemann I am exploring 3 options .
Bend some conduit and spray it .
Get a buddy to weld a steel light rack .
Use 80 /20 . I already know what parts are needed .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Just came home from Lowe's
Got the Magnetic Latch
Preval Sprayer , Lacquer Thinner , n some non misc related items .
I am going to try to get rid of the orange peel with some method I read on the www.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Tested a few parameters in the QT tank
Salt RSCP 34ppt Sybon
CA 450 ppm RS pro test kit
DKH 10.0 " "
Mag 1490 " " keeping it this high to inhibit bad algae on frag plugs

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 5 ppm
Nitrate 10 ppm

 

[ecureefer]

Sure looks like u had a jack of all trades helping u. Stand came out pretty good considering the shape it was in to start with. Surprised u didn't take pics of my shorts hahaha

 

[ecureefer]

P.S when do u want to get the water so we can get the tank wet or u gonna wait to get the light rod figured out first

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Sure looks like u had a jack of all trades helping u. Stand came out pretty good considering the shape it was in to start with. Surprised u didn't take pics of my shorts hahaha

P.S when do u want to get the water so we can get the tank wet or u gonna wait to get the light rod figured out first

Yes u were a big help .Except the painting part . ( we suck ) .Half to 3/4 would not be done with you and Rufryder's help . Nah it's a family site . Not too sure if a mod would have deleted the pic of u mooning everyone . U split them pretty bad . Now u have to get rid of them . I am sure the lil lady is glad of that . I bet she was a lil uneasy when we went to lunch and the deli was pretty packed with ppl . LOL

I don't know since I would have to cut my old conduit rod from my 70 cube . It's bent forward too much since that cube was bigger . Maybe 80 /20 is the best route .

I burned thru the paint to the primer . So it's back to the drawing board again . lol .

This is the only pic I will show of me . Sorry it's my back side but that's how I feel atm .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I mentioned earlier that I was missing the nano magnet( tunze care ) . I loved the long but it was too strong for the lil qt tank .
I just created another help desk ticket and Aqua Cave answered quickly . I read the message hmm . It's in the tank taped to the bottom of the screen.
I never bothered to check since I was still tinkering with the stand paint .

Well so much for my id10t moment . I sent A C ( good service btw ) an apology . When I am wrong , I admit it . If I am right it's a whole different approach .

Didn't see anything here .




I opened the plastic and flipped the screen . Uh oh, I see it .



Case of the missing magnet solved .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Build has taken a set back .
I had to be in sync with my reefing buddies tbdh20 and ecu reefer . I have officially joined the tank mishap club .
ECU came over this evening and we got the tank out the box to only notice it was damaged . It had to have been dropped hard on one corner . The crack runs from the rear corner in a s pattern all the way to the top . I have sent aquacave the pic's and created another help ticket .

The styro top looked fine but the bottom was all broken apart .




there was no protection in one corner




The right rear corner .



The crack




away photo of the crack




We were pushed for time so we will try to get it boxed back up tomorrow evening.

Hopefully another one will be sent out soon .

 

[nova65ss]

dang man i hate to see that hope they take care of you quickly!

 

[LILBUDDHA]

**** man i hate to see that hope they take care of you quickly!

I do too . It seems to be a more common setback nowadays .When Julio told me " i got bad news "
I thought he was joking because he joshes like that all the time . For once he wasn't joking . LOL