Zechenia’s Upgrade to 90 Gallons!

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by Zechenia, Sep 11, 2012.

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  1. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    thats what mine does, not ideal, but hasn't been an issue

    GREAT idea, I have strofoam under mine, I think it helps with noise as well.
     
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  3. Zechenia

    Zechenia Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    That foam idea is an interesting one!

    Ya, definitely plan on shimming the whole stand. I don't think it needs much to be right on level. I think the biggest reason it's off level as far as it seems is it's height.
     
  4. N00ZE

    N00ZE Eyelash Blennie

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    Whats the height on the whole setup?
    And what are the heights on the stand? and canopy too separate?
     
  5. Zechenia

    Zechenia Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    The canopy and the stand are separate, yes.

    Total Height is 6 feet and 6 inches

    Stand is 3 feet, 4 inches
    Canopy is 1 foot 6 inches.

    The tank sits kinda into the stand and the canopy over the edges of the tank, hiding all the framing.

    Also, leaky bulkhead is fixed :)
     
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  6. Zechenia

    Zechenia Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Got my plumbing mostly done. From where the piping ends I am going to use hot tub tubing (which I now just need to cut to size) to run the rest of the way into the sump.

    Also, ignore sump position. I need to swap out the outlet for a GFCI one, so It's just thrown in for height reference.

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  7. Zechenia

    Zechenia Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Unfortunately Spa hosing was no where NEAR flexible enough. It was a pain getting it on there, and it's def not giving me the ability to bend it where it needs to go. The pressure of moving it might have even re-started my mini-leak in the bulkhead.

    Think I need to cut off the pieces and go with regular pvc.
     
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  9. fetta

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    nice job on the setup can't wait to see it full, and progress of it
     
  10. Zechenia

    Zechenia Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    RapidLED started their Black Friday Deals a little early. Ordered my setup!
     
  11. 1.0reef

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    Specs on the light?
    Exciting ;D
     
  12. Zechenia

    Zechenia Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Standard 90 gallon kit, fans and moonlights