Some new updated pics tonight......Been going through parts boxes today and discovered that my supplier sent me DC4's instead of the DC4HD's I ordered.....luckily I caught this mistake this afternoon and got on the phone and they are shipping overnight no cost to me and taking the others back when FedEx arrives......
Been putting off mounting the temp controller for the chiller and the DC8 that will handle the switching of the pumps.....With the AquaController you can program in a feed mode that everday it shuts down the pumps for your specified period of time to allow the food to stay in the tank......The AquaController has been mounted yet....Still contemplating making an acrylic box, with smoked acrylic I have laying around and throw a cover on it as well......
Finally put the bottom manifold inside the tank and ran the plumbing to it.....You can barely see the PVC manifold in the bottom of the tank, which will have rock on top of with nozzles behind the rock work, and sand will cover the area in front of the rock work.....I don't intend on covering the entire bottom of the tank with sand....I've never been a big fan of rock sitting directly on top of sand....good place for dead spots.....I had thought about going BB, and I remembered 4 years back when I did that in a 150, and it was super easy on maintenance, but just didn't care for the look, then I thought of using Starboard and taking silicone and smearing a thin layer over the StarBoard and then sprinkling the StarBoard with sand......Has anyone done this?
Also through the course of the day I was able to run the wiring for my ceiling fan I picked up at Lowes for $10.00....it was display model and could always use a little more air circulation in the viewing room......
And finally started laying the hardwood floor in the viewing area as well.....I was debating if I was going to continue the tile thoughout the whole room, but it kept eating at me about the wood flooring, and asked the wife who is the budget manager for the project said do whatever makes you happy.......It helps to have a good, understanding wife in this hobby.....makes life easy....she never has asked how much.....I think after 10 years she's probably better on the pricing than I am......she probably secretly goes through my catalogs.......
So needless to say it was cut apart redone, and doing other little minor things and helping friends out on their setups and leaving little time for mine.....They did say there willing to come help with LR!!!!!! That should be lots of fun....alot of drilling and pinning is planned that day.......Started putting in the rest of the flooring in the room as well today....Hopefully I'll get pretty far and be able to show some pics and progress as well.
