New 90 gallon. Pictures.

ibanez

ibanez

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Finally got my dream tank. I am going to enjoy taking my time setting this up. This guy had it set up for five years and had a heater break and fry everything. He kept it running but just let it go. The only thing that lived was a little snow flake eel. He had fed the snowflake eel cooked shrimp, and the tank hadn't been cleaned in quit a while and it was obvious. All in all it was a great setup that looks like brand new. He definitely threw money at the tank trying to keep it look good but never new really what to do with it. After cleaning it, it looks like brand new. The rock is top of the line fiji rock with some huge pieces measuring 15 to 20 inches across with great nooks and hiding places, plus some nice tonga branch rock. It was so nasty cleaning it out, there was a trigger skull floating at the top of the tank, and a dead bat that was only a week or less old stuck to the overflow, rotten under the water. YUK!!!
The stand is one I made in anticipation of the tank and it has lots of room in it. The sump is a 38 gallon. I am not sure the brand of the skimmer but it isn't a cheap one.
I threw in the picture of my son for those of you that think I have no clue about having kids. He is thrilled to get the tank going as you can see. I have had the ro going all day trying to get enough water to cover the live rock tonight. The guy used tap water so there was an inch thick of diatoms and cyano covering everything. I may salvage a little life on the rock, but this is basically starting the tank fresh.
Hope you enjoy the pictures. Pictures are coming in the next post.
 
slice

slice

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Originally Posted by IbanEz
http:///forum/post/3258770
Can you find the poodle in the picture? Please don't make fun of my wifes dog. LOL
It is in the reflection in the first tank pic! Do I get a cookie??
Questions about your elec outlet in the stand: the two switches control the outlets independently I assume? One for skimmer and one for pump? Does it run to a GFCI outlet outside the stand? Lights, pumps and such are powered from an outlet located elsewhere I take it?
 
ibanez

ibanez

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Originally Posted by Slice
http:///forum/post/3258831
It is in the reflection in the first tank pic! Do I get a cookie??
Questions about your elec outlet in the stand: the two switches control the outlets independently I assume? One for skimmer and one for pump? Does it run to a GFCI outlet outside the stand? Lights, pumps and such are powered from an outlet located elsewhere I take it?
Yes, the top half of the outlet is one switch, the bottom half is another, I also have 3 outlets constant power above that box. I put in outlets for now, but I am going to change out some of them to gfci. I wouldn't put all equipment on one gfci because if it trips, which they do for crazy stuff sometimes (I was an electrician for 4 years and I changed out hundreds of bad gfci outlets) then everything shuts down.
 
slice

slice

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Ah, ok...you answered my implyed question. I have only one outlet near my tank, I have not figured out what to do yet. Currently, a power strip (in the stand with drip loops aplenty) is plugged into the only standard outlet. I've been mulling replacing that outlet with a GFCI, but have read about their crazy behaviour. Wonder if I should keep some things, like the powerhead(s), separated from a plug-in GFCI on the power strip?
I also need to get a grounding probe. I was wondering if that should go into the power strip, or should it be in the remaining standard outlet in the wall?
PS you blew off my cookie request....
 
ibanez

ibanez

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The only reason you wouldn't want to put it in the powerstrip is if the powerstrip wasn't grounded. If it has the ground probe on the plug in, then it is grounded. You shouldn't use a powerstrip that isn't grounded, but they are available, and I have seen them be used. As far as the cookie, help yourself. You can make your own outlet strip like I did, just get a box with room for 3 or 4 outlets, get a pigtail, wire the gfci outlets up to the pigtail, plug the pigtail into your outlet or power strip. Screw it to the wall of your stand.
 
ibanez

ibanez

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Updated pictures from today. Good news is, it looks like I avoided any die off from the 8 hours the rock set out of the tank. But it will be a while before I add anything. Just put the snowflake eel that came with the tank back in there. Had a ballast fry in the t5 so the pictures are only one 10k and actinic. Beaselbob, if you read this, you got any extra clippings of that fancy macro algae? I want to get some of the fancy stuff. Some of it is about as pretty as some corals.





 
ibanez

ibanez

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Oh ya, the pumps and heaters are not where they are going to be, heaters will be in the sump. I am not sure what I will do yet for water movement, this is just what it came with. Also I will paint the back black most likely soon.
 
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