New tanks and toys Diary

[fats71]

So I went to my lfs ( 2 hours away ) today and they asked me to help out with a sale they were having. I went and took my best friends 17 year old daughter with me so as to not drive alone and also she loves the place plus I love her as my own kid so was a fun day.
Anyway, I ended up buying a new skimmer for my 75 a 30 gal sump with sock kit tek 8 bulbs, mag 1200 and some other odds and ends for my 75.
I then saw it the deal I been looking for. a duel overflow 125 with stand brand new and a 72 inch Coralie light on top as I said brand new for 650 as a deal to me from the owner I also picked up a brand new sump/refuge thats HUGE that fits up to a 400 gal tank duel whatever its called on it it is overkill but I always go bigger is better
I also think I bought a 314 gal acrylic and stand drilled etc but still talking the wife into it
So all in all was a super day.
I will have pics up of my 75 gal equipment tonight and the other tanks etc will be delivered next week so i'm making a diary I think.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Congrats .

 

[fats71]

Thanks, I am very excited. I am thinking of selling the stand on the 125 and building my own. The 315 acrylic has a stand but I want to re-face it and new sides etc to dress it up. My 75 never looked so good. The corals are showing colors I never knew it had lol
The fish are hiding under the rocks I think they are a bit freaked out about all that light. I went 4 white 2 on each outside which runs on a separate switch and then in the middle I ran 1 blue one purple 1 blue one purple. Those will come on at 8 a.m. @ 11 a.m. the whites will come on and then go off around 6 p.m. then the purple and blues will stay on until 9 p.m. I am thinking but if anyone has a better idea lemme know. the bulbs are giesemann.

 

[fats71]

Well, I plumbed my skimmer and my sump. I do not have anything in the sump yet waiting for it.
The MR-1 Skimmer is delicate and i'm having trouble dialing it in right now..
Anyway here are a few pics of hardware will have what small amount of coral I have up tomorrow.
Before tek lights new skimmer and sump.

torch

xenia

new pics

 

[fats71]

Pics with just the 2 blue and two purple on the tek light. The lights just came on so everything is still asleep and not opened up yet.

 

[fats71]

A few more

11 a.m. time for the white light

 

[fats71]

OK, so picked up my 125 duel overflow tank today and some corals etc 4 foot sump, skimmer some sand rubble etc and will paint the back of the tank tomorrow. What is the best thing to paint it with spray paint or what ? I was thinking dark blue or black any suggestions paint type etc an I will start posting some pics tomorrow when I get started.

 

[wattsupdoc]

Arent you the same guy who could'nt spend more than 400 bucks for a light. Then went on and on about how you wife would kill you if you spent more than that? Then professed to everybody how your decision was the only right decision to make?.... Funny, now you're buyin' more tanks you cant afford to light. You really should s l o w down, IMO.

 

[fats71]

Originally Posted by wattsupdoc
http:///forum/post/2601924
Arent you the same guy who could'nt spend more than 400 bucks for a light. Then went on and on about how you wife would kill you if you spent more than that? Then professed to everybody how your decision was the only right decision to make?.... Funny, now you're buyin' more tanks you cant afford to light. You really should s l o w down, IMO.
Thanks for your concern. The difference now from then is I explained how it works to have better things and going cheap is a bad idea.
I picked up a 72 inch coral with lunar lights for the new tank as well.
Anyway, I think we will be fine my intrest checks on my exxon stock paid for this stuff and more Go Go exxon.

 

[corallover23]

nice tank!

 

[fats71]

Ok, so here is the new tank pre-setup and some pics of going to the saint louis airport to pick up a load of livestock.
4 foot duel sump

The front

The southwest guys loading curts truck up i wish my southwest stock was doing better...

 

[fats71]

I am going to paint the back of the tank tomorrow with black latex and get it all plumped.
I think I am going to start on a custom stand for both tanks as I am not real hip to the cheaper stands these things come with.
The 214 tank will be a few weeks to a month away before I get started on that as the stand needs to be re-faced and the tank severely cleaned up buffed etc.
Any suggestions on how to plump this duel overflow would be appreciated. It has teeth at the bottom where the out is going to be so I am going to toss some acrylic in there to cover the bottom and drop a DSB in it I think making a fuge. the first intake will be a sock kit and the second one toward the middle will be Rubble rock. Any better suggestions are more than welcome.
I have a SR4R protein skimmer for it and it will not sit into the sump as it is too small so I have to figure that out as well. The pump is attached so I guess I can just remove the pump ( have not even looked at it really to see if I can and run a hose to the outside of the tank as I did with my other 75.

 

[fats71]

I also picked up a new blue jaw tripper and a clam and a few small frags.
Sorry about some of the crumby pics I dunno how to work the camera worth a flip.
I dunno what this is but it was in my rubble rock I picked up and is attached to a frag stone.

New baby I named him skoal as it always' looks like he is chewing it.

 

[fats71]

Going to toss on one more coat tomorrow and trim it in nice clean up any spots I might have had a spasm.
I am going to Lowe's tomorrow to buy some lumber and make a nicer stand.
Front after 4 coats

Back after 4 coats