Upgrading my tank by 1200%

The time has come to install my lights. Had to buy this guy cause yeah the metric system

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Than had to make sure I still knew how to use a dial caliper, so I drilled a test hole in some scrap

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And it works

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So here we have the positions of the lights marked and where the holes need to be for the the anchors
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Anchor holes drilled
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Power cable holes drilled

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And vent holes drilled

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Soon as the new paint dries it will be time to hang the lights
 
Mkay here we go, light installed and leveled

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Wires out of the way for now, the extra will be cut after I figure out if they need to lowered

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Both lights

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FTS with lights, finally, coming soon
 
So just ordered the first 2 fish, that didn't come with my rock, for the tank today. Bonus points to whom ever can guess what they are
 
Not reef related I know but finished up another DIY project

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I didn't make the freezer in case you were wondering.

Anyway back to the tank current fish count is as follows:

Yellow tang
Purple tang
Gold stripe maroon
Snowflake clown
Darwin clown
2 damsels

Giving the fish some time to settle in before I get some wrasses and gobys/ jaw fish

Also on the look out for a sweet lightning and mocha storm/ frostbite
 
So been a week or so since I updated anything so here it goes...

Finaly blacked out my return line as it was full of algae and installed my auotfeader

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What it that? I seen a lot of it on my hob refugium when I was cleaning it out for my tank upgrade.
 
City sending you crap water? Just upgrade
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Now I wonder if I can back charge them for the crazy service :mad::rolleyes:
 

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