135 rimless DIY

[misu]

and finally, water in the tank!!!

I'm excited this is harder and taking longer than I thought but I love every bit of it.

should I be leaving it to fill overnight? it's a 110 gal/day RO unit
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[kayakatl]

Well done. That looks awesome!

 

[rbredding]

I'd check it through the night (I'm paranoid about that kind of stuff)...... but you'll probably be fine..

looks good man!

 

[weaglereefer]

As soon as the water level hits 6"+ I'd throw a powerhead in there and start mixing salt, since it will probably take a while.

I would leave it overnight, it should be fine.

 

[fish scales2]

misu;541553 wrote: I installed it but I'm not sure if it's powerful enough, there's very little flow out of the 4 nozzles. I was thinking about removing the Y from the returns.

Also it's really loud, I have it on 2 layers of foam but it's sending the vibrations to the sump.

It's good enough to get me started, thanks again

Your sump/fuge should be ran SLOOOOOOWWWWW flow, maybe somewhere around 600 to 800 gph. Your flow will be coming from the 2 MP40s.

 

[misu]

Fish Scales2;548277 wrote: Your sump/fuge should be ran SLOOOOOOWWWWW flow, maybe somewhere around 600 to 800 gph. Your flow will be coming from the 2 MP40s.

that pump is rated at 1200gph I think so I'm probably around there.

there's nothing in the sump/fuge yet but I'm thinking DSB and macro algae to sort of use it like the magic mud stuff. First chamber will have a bunch of Seachem Matrix too.

good news is that as of this morning the tank is full and salt is mixing

I have to isolate and kill some noises but I think I know what the problem spots are, the return elbow small hole that should be under water

 

[misu]

no rock wall here
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[smoothie]

Nice! Glad you made it to the meeting.

 

[smallblock]

misu;549114 wrote: no rock wall here

hehe looks good!!!

 

[misu]

fresh pic, it's not milky anymore
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[weaglereefer]

Assault;549939 wrote: Misu looks like your trying to make a romantic setting instead of a tank build, trying to add on another little one?

Said the guy with the jacuzzi in his fish room...:lol2:

 

[misu]

au01st;549999 wrote: Said the guy with the jacuzzi in his fish room...:lol2:

Lol so true



Assault you don't understand because you missed the meeting. I emailed a pic to Scott Fellman and he likes it

 

[misu]

all is well, I moved some big corals that can live under my temp lights and a pair of misbars from the other tank.
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[gmpolan]

Looking good bud, keep it up...ill be following your build thread while mines out of commission.

 

[misu]

well here's pics of progress then, I installed the skimmer that came with the tank, don't like it a lot but it will do for now.

I added 2 more fish on sunday, a Chevron and a Labouti Wrasse. Got them together and they're buddies now swimming together and eating great. Sorry for the bad pic but they're both fast fish and I have bad lights

Found this bug on the glass just like another member a few days ago

Also maybe a mod can move this in the member's tanks area I'm mostly done with the DIY piece
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[haninja]

I've been watching this build from the start and I like it a lot. Great work on the rimless feature. I also like the aquascaping. You even have room to add the speciment you have on your avatar

 

[toph]

Great project...rimless definitely looks nice

 

[jcusmarine]

I think this is a great build also. +1 on the aquascape

 

[misu]

thanks for all the compliments, here's a fresh FTS for ya

the tang has an appetite for cleaning rocks so I moved a piece from the seahorse tank for him to clean up that's why I have an extra piece


also I decided today that this will be my only tank soon, I want to spend more time with my family this winter so once I get some decent LED lights I'll move the RSM250 livestock in here and find a new owner for the seahorses aquapod. Freshwater tank is on the way out already. Tough decision but I can't spend all my afternoons between tanks.
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[misu]

haninja;557957 wrote: . You even have room to add the specimen you have on your avatar

I guess my tanks will have to grow with her, my old avatar was a pic of my daughter in the 65gal RSM250 now she's in the 135 with some room to spare but if she's like her dad a 6ft tank will not be big enough in the future. I'm starting to like this big tank thing, probably because I haven't changed the water yet