Gearing up to rebuild: 125g

[reefkprz]

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Originally Posted by acrylic51 http:///t/390234/gearing-up-to-rebuild-125g/20#post_3456513
What ballasts are you going to be running the XM bulbs on.....
gotta look when I dig them out I dont remember what they are.

 

[eric b 125]

Any progress so far?

 

[reefkprz]

starting now:
last picture of the tank and stand....more to come I promise....

 

[reefkprz]

progress:

 

[snakeblitz33]

Wow.

 

[eric b 125]

Oh boy, you have your work cut out for you!

 

[reefkprz]

well thats the hardest part really cleaning it out. I did a basic clean for now I will hose it out better when I remove the tank and build the new stand. which is the plan for next saturday. so untill next time, Same bat, time same bat, channel.....

 

[spanko]

Holy work cut out for ya reef!!

 

[snakeblitz33]

Well, guess what? You just hit my subscription list!

 

[reefkprz]

so the stand build is on for today, I have to go to work for an hour or two to finish up an apartment so it rentable, then I'll be home destructing and reconstructing my stand. be prepared for pictures sometime this afternoon/evening.

 

[spanko]

Waiting..........

 

[reefkprz]

a'ight, here we go
Lumber cut

main deck assembled

My lackey dissassembling the old stand

whats left of the old stand getting ready to be fed to the fireplace
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assembly begins with big frikken screws 6inch GRK screws with pl 5oo constructionn adhesive at EVERY contact point

Leveling the stand

new stand decked tank in place

Next phase will be adding plywood to the partitions under the stand, then constructing the sump and pluimbing it up.

 

[spanko]

On a roll now!!

 

[snakeblitz33]

Looking good!

 

[reefkprz]

I got drain plumbing cut and ready this morning now just to glue it in place. I need to clean out the old sump tank first since it still has lr drudge in it from the last batch of LR it held. the complexity of my sump design will blow all your minds I promise... baffeless, told you it would be mind blowing. I was going to cut baffels and do all kinds of things but I realized all it does is lock me into one setup or rather limit my options on changing it in the future easily... I have run baffeless sumps before and I will do so again... lol

 

[reefkprz]

got the drain plumbed, simplistic, next I need to set up some egg crate for the benthic zone in the sump.

 

[reefkprz]

Here is a tentative plan for my under sand flow pipes or in tank closed loop if you will the pipes angled in will be upright and capped drilled elbowed to direct flow as I want it. was just playing around killing time before work this morning
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[eric b 125]

 

[novahobbies]

Lookin' good!
Tell me more about this "in tank closed loop." Sounds intriguing. Your idea, or did you see this done before?

 

[reefkprz]

basicly I am going to put one big powerhead on it to provide lower flow at a lot of areas instead of using 6 smaller powerheads. same Idea as your classic closed loop only using a submersible powerhead instead of an external.. can't remember if this is something I thought of or if some one else inspired me into it. I would have to say though its probably been done before.