DeLucs' 25 Gallon Bowfront Journey

hey everybody, its been a couple weeks since i last updated but i had a slight change of plans.....i just bought a drilled Biocube 29 with stand,10 gal sump, mag 5 return, and a almost new sicce voyager 4 powerhead. i got it all for $100 BJ: o he also gave me a box of dry rocks, sump light and said once its finished cycling hes going to hook me up with a couple frags from his 120gal tank. Im pretty pumped right now.

over the past couple weeks i noticed more and more little things about the bowfront, it has lots of scratches and the silicone is starting to peel off. i checked over the bc29 for scratches and only seen one and it wasnt bad at all.

Here she is,


still needs to be cleaned up a bit, heres the sump


doing a v-bath right now to kill all the coraline. also threw out the crush coral he gave me, since i have sand(and i like sand alot better) but left the crushed coral in the sump.


theres my new baby! i personally like it better than the bowfront, has alot more depth to it and i love cube tanks. i used to have a bc14 and loved it!

stay tuned for more updates to come shortly!

 

good start

 

looks great and that was an excellent buy!! congrats!

 

Thanks guys!

 

Alright! so its been a long couple days, i ran the entire system in a vinegar bath for 2 days to clean everything out.
I set my max water lines on the sump for my fail safes and everything was working good. After I turn everything off, the sump was at a certain height and stayed that way. Except when I left it over night. the water level raised to the rim of the sump. Thank God none spilled over. However after further investigation i found that the "stand pipe" going to the bulk head was not cemented in place, so the water would seep through the drain to the sump veeeeeerrrrryy slowly.



I picked up some pvc cement today and cemented it in place. If my power ever went out I would not want anything overflowing, even if it was very slow.

Here's a pic of everything being cleaned


Her she is all cleaned up and moved to her final resting place. (couldn't get off all the coraline, but managed to get most of it)



I also cleaned out the sump and threw out the rest of the crushed coral.


I also got come new things in the mail in the past couple days,
1) A package from DRS FOSTER N SMITH with my salt mix, API Test kits, RO/DI filters and refractometer calibration solution.
(our kitchen table with all my junk on it lol)


2)Got an RO/DO unit. (the DI, is still on the table it needs to be hooked up)


3) And last but not least a blue box mp10 with a nosiy dry side. (only got it for $100, and I ordered some bearings for it)


Well that's it for now folks, I'm hoping to start making some RO/DI water tomorrow and hopefully start filling her by Monday (trying to wait atleast 24 hours for the pvc cement to cure)
until then,
Have a good one!

 

I almost forgot! The guy I bought the bc29 from insisted that it was made of acrylic when I bought it, but I always thought that biocubes were all made of glass. Maybe the older ones were acrylic? I just wanted to make sure, it sounds like glass when you tap it. I've never had an acrylic tank so I don't really know what to look for in difference. There's a sticker on the bottom of the tank "J10". Possibly a manuf date of July 2010? lol iunno but if someone can let me know that'd be awesome.

thanks

 

Easy check if acrylic.. are there alot of scratches? Without a doubt there would be a lot down where sand bed was.

Did you use a razor blade to clean it? If you did you would certainly have scratched it no matter how careful you were.

I have an acrylic tank(not a JBJ) and scratches are unavoidable.

 

no there isnt any scratches, i mean there a few small ones here and there but nothing crazy lol.

 

Alright, so I got my RO/DI pumping some water right now.

TDS from the facet


TDS coming out of the unit


RO/DI is working great, took about 2 1/2 hrs to get a full 5 gallon bucket.

I currently have 5 gallons in the tank with one gallon of sand in there atm. I will be putting more sand in once it clears a bit, so I can see the depth. Whatever I have left over I will put in the refug.


I'm so excited, one step closer to getting it fully setup. All I have left to buy are some lights, but I will get them closer to when the cycle is done.

 

Looking good!

Keep the pictures coming