120 gallon upgrade, sort of

[lmforbis]

Got the stand structure painted today. Just as I was finishing up my Puppy ran across it and left a trail of paint foot prints on the wood floors.

 

[lmforbis]

Still waiting for the tank. It was 2 weeks late then when it arrived it was damaged. Hopefully it will be here on Friday.

I was going to use my existing 29 gallon sump. I did some remeasuring and the 40b I already have will fit in the space in the basement so I headed out to the hardware store for aquarium safe silicone and acrylic. Put together a new sump. Once the silicone is fully cured I'm going to fill it with water and move the rubble the marinepure block into it to encourage the pods to reproduce. I'll probably put some of the rock from the main tank as well. I have some new rock that's been curing for the last month.

 

[2quills]

Good call going with the 40b.

 

[lmforbis]

Tank finally arrived 2 weeks ago.

I managed to fill it and transfer everything in 2 days.

 

[lmforbis]

Here are some pics after 2 weeks.

 

[jay0705]

Very nice. You have more fish then i thought

 

[lmforbis]

Probably around 11. Most are in the 2-3" range full grown. The two tangs will get bigger and the lamarks angel. Everybody made it through the move with no issues.

 

[jay0705]

It was the angel!! I couldn't tell in the pic what it was. Very good

 

[one-fish]

Cheers.... Looks very nice..!!...I would sit back and be Proud..

 

[2quills]

Looks great! Nice work on the stand. Is that a sea horse handle I see on the door?

 

[lmforbis]

Thanks guys.

It is a seahorse. I have a couple more, a crab and an octopus, just haven't got them on yet.

I had some issues with the return pump. I bought a Jebao but when I installed it then stuck my hand in the water I got a sizable zap. It was the only thing in the sump at the time. I quickly ordered a Sicce pump from BRS and returned the other to Amazon.

 

[one-fish]

You have a GFCI right

 

[lmforbis]

I do

 

[one-fish]

Electrician here...shouldn't have received a jolt..if ya did something is not right...

 

[lmforbis]

Do they go bad?

 

[one-fish]

Yes if they have tripped it's a detrimental test more the worse They do make testers I have no experience there if in doubt I replaced it Gov worker ...Lol

 

[2quills]

Sounds like something wasn't making a path to ground until you put your hand in the tank.

Did the gfci trip after the jolt?

 

[one-fish]

If she received a jolt bad GFCI. or loose connections..or both

 

[lmforbis]

I think I'll just replace the GFCI. It has never tripped as far as I know. Certainly not when I got Zapped.

 

[one-fish]

But thinking if it was a DC motor not sure what effect it will do to a AC GFCI