Turtle's Fairy Tale

[SashimiTurtle]

Hey, back at work... but, I figured I'd show you what I got accomplished over the weekend.

Part of my living room is back... YAY! TV and Xbox! The coffee table is too heavy and long for me to solo, and the next part of my couch is a 45°, and its also too heavy and big for me to solo without dragging it across my newly resurfaced floor.

I also managed to move my new stand inside... and its level right where it is... just like the last one was. Before I set the tank up I'm going to place a few jacks under the house and maybe a 6x4 under the joists. Just to make extra sure the floor is solid and not going to sag any when weight is applied.

Alright, so it's 4.5" off the wall, 13.5" from the fireplace and 13" from the dining room entry. It doesnt look like it, but the light is centered. At least the level said it is. I'll plum bob it before I set the tank on it. Holes are kinda drilled for the light, and the stand can move.

... yes, I know the sea turtle painting isn't centered. It's moving elsewhere. That was above the Deep Blue, its not at tall as this tank.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Hey, back at work... but, I figured I'd show you what I got accomplished over the weekend.

Part of my living room is back... YAY! TV and Xbox! The coffee table is too heavy and long for me to solo, and the next part of my couch is a 45°, and its also too heavy and big for me to solo without dragging it across my newly resurfaced floor.

I so managed to move my new stand inside... and its level right where it is... just like the last one was. Before I set the tank up I'm going to place a few jacks under the house and maybe a 6x4 under the joists. Just to make extra sure the floor is solid and not going to sag any when weight is applied.

Alright, so it's 4.5" off the wall, 13.5" from the fireplace and 13" from the dining room entry. It doesnt look like it, but the light is centered. At least the level said it is. I'll plum bob it before I set the tank on it. Holes are kinda drilled for the light, and the stand can move.

... yes, I know the sea turtle painting isn't centered. It's moving elsewhere. That was above the Deep Blue, its not at tall as this tank.

Honestly, my favorite part is that rug. Looks like ocean waves. Excellent job!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Honestly, my favorite part is that rug. Looks like ocean waves. Excellent job!

Can't take credit for that... my ex fiancee picked that one. I agreed, but it was her find. Fairly inexpensive if I remember too. I'm certain it was less than $80 on Amazon.

I have a few pillows for the couch also... white and blue. One is white with a blue stitched skip jack tuna on it. Another is bluenwith white stitching, has a little quote one it, "You can't control the wind, but you can adjust the sails." Another is just blue with a white stripe...

 

[Scurvy]

Getting there!

 

[Fudsey]

Looking good :-)

 

[Brew12]

Gotta be nice to have the house back together!

 

[hwntunda]

Glad to see things are coming along, Nice work too!

 

[Aaron-A2]

@Robin Haselden I just read through this entire thread. This has been one rollercoaster @_@

I actually ordered my SCA 90 on Monday (Current 210 is SCA as well). Looking forward to being right there with ya!

Side Edit: I've spoken to Steve at SCA as well -- I'm getting them to silicone the bottom drilled holes, remove the center overflow, and drill 4 rear holes for an external overflow. Giving the bean animal method a try!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

@Robin Haselden I just read through this entire thread. This has been one rollercoaster @_@

I actually ordered my SCA 90 on Monday (Current 210 is SCA as well). Looking forward to being right there with ya!

Side Edit: I've spoken to Steve at SCA as well -- I'm getting them to silicone the bottom drilled holes, remove the center overflow, and drill 4 rear holes for an external overflow. Giving the bean animal method a try!

Yea...

I would be skeptical of covering up the bottom holes with silicon. I'm sure they can custom make your 90 for an external overflow without the holes drilled in the bottom...

 

[Brew12]

I would be skeptical of covering up the bottom holes with silicon. I'm sure they can custom make your 90 for an external overflow without the holes drilled in the bottom...

Agreed. They did mine that way, drilled for a synergy ghost overflow.

 

[Aaron-A2]

I would be skeptical of covering up the bottom holes with silicon. I'm sure they can custom make your 90 for an external overflow without the holes drilled in the bottom...

I got a pretty good deal, plus the silicone will be covered up by sand.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I got a pretty good deal, plus the silicone will be covered up by sand.

I'll just leave this here...

 

[Aaron-A2]

@Robin Haselden Yeah I remember, and I feel for you... Looking forward to seeing it built up again!

I worked with SCA before for my 210. It came in cracked at the base from a pallet jack hitting it during shipment. They re-shipped a brand new tank within the same week. So far, they have been good to me and others I know (as well as yourself it seems since they shipped you a new one relatively quickly).

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Weekend off... This week has been fun, really busy at work. Normal dayshift with everyone at the plant. Thunderstorms every night also, welcome to summer in the south. LED light fixture in the kitchen blew up last night and my DSL modem blew up earlier this week. Yep, Murphy hasn't left me alone still.

Anyway, lets get this stand leveled. First thing I noticed was the left side has a little gap under it. Floor is lower in that one spot. Need sone shims. Left to right, the stand is pretty level but front to back its down about a 1/8" in the back. The good thing, its its down about an 1/8" on both the back left and back right corner.

Left to right

Left side, front to back(front higher)

Right side, front to back(front higher)

 

[sfin52]

Good to see your home put back together

 

[Tmm87]

Somebody call Turtle's work and get him excused for a couple weeks with pay.

The clowns miss all the tank updates.

 

[Brew12]

Somebody call Turtle's work and get him excused for a couple weeks with pay.

The clowns miss all the tank updates.

I'm not sure the people in his area would appreciate his not being there to help keep the lights on. ;)

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I do have most of my vacation time left. I've only taken 1 or 2 days this year, and I have one day this coming Saturday.

But... my sister, brother-in-law and neice came over today and helped with the rest of the furniture and the tank.

Now, back to setting this tank up. We're fixing to do a garden hose thru the back door and fill this thing with tap water. We want to make sure that the stand is going to stay level from where we shimmed it.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I wish my RODI made water this fast...

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Just a few minutes, and a bathroom break from all the running water sounds, later... the tank is full.

Everything is level front to back and left to right, the doors both line up on the stand still and there are shims under every spot that doesnt touch the floor with a max of 3" between shims. I don't feel I can level this thing any better than it is.

Guess its time to siphon all the tap water out and work on the plumbing now. Gotta open up the return for the lock lines like we did before.