My piece of the Reef - the new build continues!

LOL! Okay I will make it more simple
Living room - 100 becomes a 220
sump room - 75 and 30 become a 60 or 80 rimless (consolidate 2 tanks to 1)
Fuge becomes a 29 or stays the same.
QT system grows up!

 

Picked up a 60 rimless frag tank today. Looks like that's the direction I am going

The above is a lie. I got there and saw the 80...... welllllll 80 it is. Updated 8.27

 

Going with a blue back ground

 

I am going to do a blue on my next as well. Have always done black but think i would like a dark blue better. Interested to see a FTS when you are done.

 

Oh there will be quite a few! I'm still 2 months out. Wife loved the blue back ground of the old cichlid tank. I'm doing everything I can to make her happy about this.

 

smart man

 

What kind of paint did you use?

 

Rustoleum high gloss enamel, with a roller not spray. 3 coats

 

Well after a lot of thought I am making a few lighting changes. For my grow out tank, I have built a light rack using 8020. It will hold (2) AI sol blue in the center, and on each side a 48" T5. It will go over the grow out tank for now and then once the upgrade is done will go over the frag system.

For the upgrade I will be using a 6 Bulb ATI 60" fixture and 4 Kessils.

I will be selling my Acan 800 series 48" light. Just could not figure how to make it work. (shoot me a PM if interested I will make a good deal)

Mike

 

Yesterday I made some changes in the sump room and cleaned up the garage all in getting ready for the upgrade. I have had issues with my water changes as we don't have a sewer system, we have cesspools and most of my water goes into it. Something I really never liked and wife definitely did not like.

With the breakdown I just bought, one of the items was a Mag18, so I ran a 1" PVC through the wall into the garage, added a ball valve to it and a garden hose attachment, The sump side I ran right to above the sump with a barbed fitting. So now when I do my water changes, I connect the Mag 18 to the barb, pump goes in the sump, and I run a garden hose down the driveway and let the water go into the gutter and down the storm drain. Much better. I can do about 50 -60 gallon water changes at a time just pulling water from the sump.

Another reason I did this is I set the 150 gallon Rubber made up in the garage so I can start to cure the 300 pounds of live rock that came with it. Now I have a way to get water into the garage with out carrying buckets. I can use my water from my water change to start filling it up.