Victoria Music's Custom 180 Rebuild

[Victoria M]

I did not get to any of the acrylc work. But I have been working on wire management all day.

 

[Victoria M]

I completely hooked up my new r/o di filter, including the much nicer faucet thingy. Love that I got rid of my crazy hose Y but now I can not use my python with out removing my faucet thingy...it is always something. These days I usually only use my python to clean my brutte so only time will tell.

 

[Victoria M]

Eewwwww!

Hardly any of these guys were in my tank but look at that!

 

[Victoria M]

And i just wanted to share that my 15 year old thinks of my fishroom as the Frankenstein room. And the guts. Guts of the house and guts of the aquarium.

 

[iced98lx]

I completely hooked up my new r/o di filter, including the much nicer faucet thingy. Love that I got rid of my crazy hose Y but now I can not use my python with out removing my faucet thingy...it is always something. These days I usually only use my python to clean my brutte so only time will tell.

You could get some plumbing to hook the RO/DI line up to the plumbing below the sink and have nothing attached to the faucet if you wanted to, that way you could attach the python without extra effort...

Eewwwww!

Hardly any of these guys were in my tank but look at that!

Arrg, those wretched things. I hate them, but they do end up sort of finding hidden places to be eventually like your overflow. I wish I could reboot and rid myself of them.

 

[Victoria M]

You could get some plumbing to hook the RO/DI line up to the plumbing below the sink and have nothing attached to the faucet if you wanted to, that way you could attach the python without extra effort.

that is certainly something to consider. The filter did come with a water line tap thing but My husband did not want to use it. I am still thinking about how to make it work. thanks.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Eewwwww!

Hardly any of these guys were in my tank but look at that!

Vermetid snails and a bad outbreak of them too!

 

[Victoria M]

They were not in my tank for the last 5 years though. Just the overflow! Thank gawd.

 

[Victoria M]

Vermetid snails and a bad outbreak of them too!

Nah, they lived there in the over flow for many years but the tank was pretty well free of them for the last 5 years.

 

[Victoria M]

I got the dry base rock this weekend. Planning to rinse them in tapwater, etch them in acid, rinse again in tap water, then soak in ro di water. Then start testing for phosphate. I am open to suggestions if I am missing something in the process.

 

[Victoria M]

 

[Victoria M]

The lone snail in my invertebrate QT laid eggs. Correction- there are two snails.

 

[Reefer Ryan]

Oh I like your dry rock, where did you get it?

 

[Victoria M]

And this guy is thriving!

 

[Victoria M]

Oh I like your dry rock, where did you get it?

Thank you! I got it from a local fish store, however it is not so local to me. Salty Critter in Vermillion, Ohio

 

[Victoria M]

I got to work on my acrylic projects today. The pictures show how the sock holder slides over to be under the drain line and slides back out again to remove the sock.

 

[Victoria M]

Left side of the sump, the drain side

right side of the sump. All the wires are pretty set. And will look much better when they are plugged in.

 

[Victoria M]

Chaeto refugium light is hung. Will be lowered when in operation.

 

[Victoria M]

Got all the hoses out of the way to show off my most important upgrade.

Also got my apron back out for splashes and got my white board up for notes on QT tanks.

 

[Victoria M]

To improve the room lighting I also picked up new LED 90W can light bulbs to replace the 60W. It made a nice difference. and they were on clearance for 75% off.