Two new 100 G starfire glassand tank and one 80G tank incomming

Thanks much appreciated .

 

Concept Aquariums from Calgary the best service you can ask for.

I phone Concept Aquariums today about my problem with the sump size, and they suggested to take the trim off with a utility knife all around which will take a few milimeters off each sides of the sump, which is exactly what was missing, or should i say was in surplus. So it should fit now and if it doesn't they'll make me a new one, how's that for service. No worries.

 

Foaming times

Well yesterday i did a bit of foaming in the fuge i foamed my wall . I place temporarely my wall in my main tank to see what cut i would have to make. I say temporarely because we have to move that pig again to be able to slide my sump back into position again. Oh dear...... Anyway it looks nice .

I'll foam those in after the sump is put in.



I'll be putting resin and sanding the foam on the sculpure today 2 inch of sand will cover the eggcrate making my Tonga branch stand alone.




If you use any foam Acetone will clean out the spout very well and you can use your can and spout again and again. That stuff really strong .It also very good to clean your hands






The foam will be sand today and will be blend in. I don't want dirty water to be trapped behind those panels.







The foamed worked well it went right where i wanted and is blocking any entry spot.







A nice blade will get rid of the smudge.


Smelly cat, smelly cat, or is it soft kitty?







Cat alley......behind the scenes




They shouldnt mess with the plumbing right????





Thats how thick those stands are




What a line up!The 150 G backwall



Inside the $20 external glass Wavebox, i just bought the Tunze pump and voila. I bought the sponge too to house the pump.




The top of the panel will be siliconed on this one because foam swells too much . I don't want the foam blocking my teeth.




A lurker....



The next step is to foam in the seperation with rubbles and blend in the foam and rubble with resin and sand.Thats today; Foam and rubbles will help make and secure the screen. I thought that i wouldn't need silicone on the front glass, that it would be tight enough. WRONG i'll have to put silicone after all. Can't win every time .



On the left side will be the anglers, they don't need much swimming room they rather "walk" and stalk their prey. The right side will be the seahorses territory. The extreme right panel prevent the light from the window to go in the tank.



Before foaming i made sure that every panel was flush with the glass. As you can see they are very flat.





The bottom are also very flat and smooth



The rubbles for the screen

 

Excellent update as always. Keep up the great work!

 

Finishing the Refugium

Ok well today was finishing the refugium decor, backwall , the separation and the substrates.


So i chose some rubbles to put in the larger openings and gaps between the separation and the ceramic panel, and then applied the foam.





I applied foam on both sides to make sure shrimps the smallest of the critters wouldn't cross over and be eaten by the anglers.





Now i didn't apply foam in the bottom like i intended to do because 3 inch of sand would help hold this as well. I just put rubbles to help lift the screen in place while the foam cures. after that i'll silicone the front edge to the front glass panel. I thought i wouldn't have too, but i have too.Their's a gap and i have to fill it.



Thats the silicone i used on top of the panels not block the teeth with foam, the same will be done for the screen.





I have 2 gallons of mud in the tank with the sand on top on one side, and on the other side its a bit mixed. The sand is Tropic Eden Tonga Reef Flakes and Tonga Reef mini-Flakes 2-1 ratio. I use mud for medicinal reason and nothing else, i still do my water changes , i do my own miracles......









The Anglers pen , 30 G



The seahorses pen 45 G





Oh yes i forgot i sanded my sculpture




I'll probably do a second coating






Don't forget to clean your spout with acetone to be able to reuse it

 

You're making quick progress Mud! I am really enjoying seeing this come together. To be honest, I wasn't sure you could pull off what you wanted to do but you certainly are!

 

Looking as awesome as ever!

 

Thank you both, guess who i found spoiling my sand this morning.......what punishment should i inflic do you think. Bare in mind these guys already got castrated lol. Are they intitle to some mistchivism?????

 

hopefully they just messed up the sand and didn't "do their business" in it I think they're entitled to some mischief, yes.

 

Comming from you i'm not surprise, lol and not it didn't smell; i ran my finger in it all the way and all around and didn't pick up a thing. Yes i'm brave that way nothing like that scares me, i would of just wash it 3 or 4 .......thousand times, lol . So anyway but from now on till water is in there the room is closed when i'm not there lol. Right now Lulu is sleeping right beside my coffe mug as i'm typing. They both went in, they were leaving in a hurry when i arrived.