As Promised 180 build thread

[zdaytonaroadster]

Linda Lee;297502 wrote: Can't. I'm on a fitness kick. (No more junk food)

burn

 

[seedless reefer]

 

[ericmcj31]

dang-I got duped-lol

 

[seedless reefer]

I could have Rick Rolled you instead just a creative way of saying the 180 is ALIVE!

 

[seedless reefer]

Now I'm going to have a beer!

 

[seedless reefer]

Ok stand by.

 

[ericmcj31]

yeah-pics! pics! pics!

 

[linda lee]

I ordered a little RC helicopter from last week's Woot Out. Fed Ex delivered it today, so we may not see Loren for awhile. At least, not until he breaks it.

 

[seedless reefer]

Uh.....yeah

I broke it lol but I was able to super glue it.

**** thing flies straight for things everytime and once when I bent over my left man boob hit the throttle and I chopped myself in the face.

 

[linda lee]

Seedless Reefer;298284 wrote: ...once when I bent over my left man boob hit the throttle and I chopped myself in the face.

I trust you posted that episode to You-Tube so we can all enjoy it as much as you did.

 

[seedless reefer]

OK so I filled the tank to just under the overflow.

I added some water to the skimmer section and the return and then I filled her to overflow:

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She overflowed and I fired up the return and the skimmer.

Sump appears to work better than I anticipated with the fuge water level just over the drain! The return is a MAG 9.5 attached to a SCWD that I was going to leave off but frankly I like them.

Drains and return are running wide open and nothing is throttled back!

No adjustments at water change/top off time!

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No doubt about it MRC makes a quality skimmer. I recently told JessPete the other day that when I got this skimmer I felt like I had gotten my first quality reef piece.

I know some of you swear by this skimmer or that skimmer but for my money you can't beat the way this thing bubbles wide open with only a single Beckett powered by a MAG 9.5.

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And yesterday I had the brainstorm to run out and buy a 100 gallon stock tank to put Linda's stuff in. This tank will be for sale as soon as they get switched to the 180.

Here is everyone waiting for a new home:
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Need to finish up the fuge tonight and then let the tank brew for a week.

 

[weaglereefer]

Looks good! It would look better if we could see inside the tank. :up:

 

[seedless reefer]

Canopy would make aquascaping a night mare so no lights until the tank is scaped hopefully after a water change next week end.

 

[lorenk]

Seedless Reefer;298295 wrote:
And yesterday I had the brainstorm to run out and buy a 100 gallon stock tank to put Linda's stuff in. This tank will be for sale as soon as they get switched to the 180.

I know you were jealous of my setup. My fish love that tub.

 

[seedless reefer]

It's handy for sure.

And everything looks happy in it.

 

[jesspete]

Yay! I'm immortalized in the build thread. I think there should be a forum just for Loren that is called DIYDS, instead of DIY. Do it your darn self.

 

[linda lee]

Seedless Reefer;298404 wrote: It's handy for sure.

And everything looks happy in it.

A tip about new stock tanks: "leak-test these before filling them -- your hardwood floors will thank you."</em>

 

[crew]

haha, no way

 

[linda lee]

They have some kind of bulkhead/plug/drain thingie. Just gotta make sure it's tightened.

I wasn't home to witness this particular flood -- just heard about it after.

 

[crew]

awww thats no fun.. it's better when you witness the incident.. more fireworks haha