xmetal's 75 gallon upgrade (2/22/12)

Well, I didn't like how my other shoes were matching my jeans that are also in the photo.

Thank you for the complements. A well thought out move is what really helps. I can't take the credit on the mounting of the lights. If it wasn't for you I would have had some ugly thing holding the lights up.

 

Kudos are well-deserved in your case. We probably do not need to know how or why both your jeans and high heeled boots wound up on your floor...

Anywho, dont forget to pick up some of that peel n stick wiremold stuff from Home Depot to hide your heavy light cables in as they go down the wall. There is a version that fits both those heavier cables nicely - i am pretty sure i got a closeup of the packaging on my thread.

Your new tank really is beautiful. Now, go clean that livingroom before the boss hollers

 

great job!

 

What a minute. You were upgrading? lol j/k Looks awesome. Did the rock just fall and lay that way?

 

I would love to use that wire mold stuff, but since I am renting I want to keep as much sticky and nail stuff off the walls as possible. It really does make it look very clean.The living room will slowly get cleaned.

thank you

I somewhat just winged it because I couldn't see to well into the tank at that point. I think I did a pretty good job at guesstimating rocks. Upgrade only took 5 hours...

 

Wow, your tank looks amazing!! Good job! I can't believe how clear the water is already. Glad everything went smoothly - congrats!!

 

I couldn't believe how quickly it cleared as well. The Aquatic life non-woven 50 micron pads are what removed all the gunk and dust. I would highly recommend them to anyone.

Thank you, it was either now or never last night after I got home from doing a project at midnight... I think being tired halfway through it all is what hindered the process the most. Was going to just do a quick plumbing job, but then decided I better plumb everything in the right way the first time. I am glad I did that. No more stress.

 

BTW, don't mind my reflection in one of the photos...I was very very hot...

 

Trip to the LFS today. Hoping to find some awesome zoas.

 

Just got 3 zoa frags for $10 each. Frag #1 has 13 heads and is a peach color. Frag #2 has about 80 heads and has a black skirt, black rings, and yellow mouths. Frag #3 has 27 heads and has green skirts with blue mouths and rings.