From biocube to a 65 G with underwater sculptures

So the fuge hook up and ready to be filled and work.




I left a good space for the pipe just to prevent any type of stress on it, any stress and the tank blows up






To prevent sagging like i said earlyer,a styrofoam sheet is used and works very well. I got the idea from a LFS that uses them all over so ...




It did sagg, 3mm with out the tank being filled up imagine

 

The clean up

Cleaning up wires and tubes and all that.




Its hard to do when your wall is made of 8 inch concrete.




Controllers here GHL of course.











Line separation











To the CA, DKH,and Mg containers




The jonction

















These go into the fuge

 

Tank issues arise

Some tank issues as arise; for instance, my stalactite is burning, yes the top is. Since its not fully submerged the MH are cooking the resin and its smells and its looks too.




See what i'm saying.....

So i'm tinkering....












Where back to floating again

















Sanding




One full tube of putty(epoxy)





Let dry 24 H





That take care of the level, now for the floating part;
an accrylic square rod cemented and with a putty joint




One hole tube of putty again





Let dry 48 hours

 

Testing the new stalactite

Testing the new desing






Far better looking too, sliker.










All underwater now

 

A canopy needed

Since i'm suppose to host wrasses, well i need a canopy.




































The hole thing is about $ 20 something and can be found at Home Depot in the screen doors and summer seasonnal area

 

The return area



The return area and stalactite presented a special chalenge for a canopy

I had to surmount this





And this





And this





So, i did it in 2 parts









With a flexible one that can be moved and removed.

 

Tank tour

Ready for a tank tour

















Here you have the pod nursery



You can see the legs and the space allowed for the waterflow underneath the rock structure. Its catually more than i calculate. After much debate with my buddy who prone the use of less sand for better flow rate and less debris accumulation in the sand. Well the experiment continues...You can see in the next pictures the space underneath and the advantages of it.

 

Bravo! Great job - I can't wait to see this tank fill out down the road. Love the rockwork and the top notch wiring and plumbing. You went all out!

8)

 

Thanks, i couldn't have a larger tank space wise, so i decided that i would have the best i could have for the one i could fit in there lol. I had some help too from my buddy a good coach too he sold me most of my stuff top notch quality items, from the skimmer to the controllers and the powerheads that i haven't shown yet. Still got a few slides in reserve here lol. The tank is officially opperating since September, so she's new but got some interesting features i haven't shown yet like an upsidedown growing coral, i'm doing great experiment i'm doing, on the stalactite.

 

I like it! Nice fishy closet