Ok so, I'm going to throw my hat into the build thread ring here..... little late on the uptake but I'll try to get things up and going. This process started.... I think I about February..... Yes I'm slow.
Originally started with a 29gallon Bio Cube, caught the bug, jumped up to a bigger one and so currently for the last few years I'v been running a non drilled 90 gallon. Works pretty well but not exactly what I was aiming for. The boss gave the Ok for one big tank.
So I went hunting and found this awesome 110 Gallon Hagen
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Non Drilled, but that's ok, we can fix this.
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Glass-holes.com 1400gph overflow is now installed!
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Trying to decide on the stand design.......over building everything!
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Gotta upload more photos.... back with more shortly.
Ok! So we have some stand progress!!
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Rocks are Here!!!
Thanks eco-reefer.com
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More Stand Progress!!!
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And the Tank is up on the stand.... yes I know its not the right way but there is a reason for this ;)
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75lbs of Rocks Orca Glued to the back! (Thanks to Jim at Forty Fathoms for the glue this stuff ROCKS)
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Another view of the rocks
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And the plumbing Begins!
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Time to rinse the tank and these rocks off!!
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Will be back later with more!
Looking good so far. This is going to be a nice set up when you're complete. It's always best to take your time as you are. Patience is a virtue in this hobby as you well know.
Here is the Sump being wet tested, had to make sure it wasn't gonna hold water!
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Hey! Canopy and Light Testing!!
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Hanging Kit? We don't need no Hanging Kit!!! Brass threaded rod and lots of hardware makes overkill DYI adjustable hanging kit!
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Back with more photos later.
One of the temporary tanks and buckets I had to setup to hold the water rocks and critters!
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First coat of black paint on the back of the tank to hide the holes in between the rocks, you can also see the Nac7 (Another Jim @ Forty Fathoms Shipment)
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The Transfer Starts!! time to unload the tanks and garbage cans of rocks, sand, water and critters!
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Slow process..... yes I was wet.... yes the floor was wet..... yes I was very sure the other half was not home because she would have probably killed me for the mess I made
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Crappy Picture of everything finally transferred!! Successfully migrated from the 90 gallon to the 110!!
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Happy and chilling out
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two weeks later I still don't have the RKL completely reprogrammed the way I want, need another power bar, lots of wires and timers hanging around everywhere.... doors still aren't on the front.... HOWEVER
It looks awesome and the water specs are perfect :)
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once I get the stand finished off and the wires all cleaned up I'll post more pics...
I also need to start my frag hunt.... Still have some stuff in in a separate tank after a small manjanos outbreak in the old tank before the move :(
Awesome start
Cool rock work. Looks like there is a lot of swimming area for the fish. Definitely coming along great!
Quote from: djtr on June 02, 2012, 02:28:30 PM
Here is the Sump being wet tested, had to make sure it wasn't gonna hold water!
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Back with more photos later.
That was a typo right?
LOL yes and a good one at that!