65 to 120 Upgrade

[Zippy69]

If it make you happy and you enjoy it, I say bravo! You have spent your money well. Besides there is a whole lifetime to just go make more and last I checked, you can't take it with you.

 

[TanksNStuff]

Haha, at least you got a good deal on a stand so you can use that as an excuse for getting the LED's! I'll have it with me at the party Brian. Make sure you bring a truck big enough to bring it home.

 

[Fish Brain]

It's like one of those Geico commercials. I saved a bunch of money on the stand, I upgraded my lighting to Vegas! Seriously tho, the stand and canopy I was looking at, WAS the same price as the AI's.

The stand should fit in my Exploder. The tank fit fine with lots of room to spare. Question is, can I fit the stand and a 75 gallon tank for a remote sump? Hmmm....

 

[TanksNStuff]

Might be a tight squeeze, but you can probably fit it. Worse comes to worse, you can always put the sump inside the stand, then put it in the truck.

 

[Fish Brain]

Unless we take the sides off the stand. The stand is 48" wide and the tank is 48" wide.

 

[redfishbluefish]

You could always strap the stand to the roof.

 

[Fish Brain]

You could always strap the stand to the roof.

Not with the way I drive.

 

[Fish Brain]

Things did not go as well as I would have liked with the transfer. It is my fault on both counts. First was procrastination, do not setup a tank two days before you have to be out of your apartment. Second was ATO, I had everything I needed to setup the ATO, but didn't. The salinity in the 40B temporary tank went on a roller coaster ride.

Needless to say, I lost a lot of SPS and have a few that are still alive but barely.

Only positives so far are, I love the dimensions of the 120 and I LOVE the way the rock work came out!

AI Vegas are going up tomorrow.

FTS:

We covered the good and the bad, now here is the ugly.

STN:

RTN:

Only one colony is still alive to the right of my beloved monti cap that is STNing, and I hope that pink lemonade makes it.

Others not looking so hot:

 

[Zippy69]

I have the Ora green bop I got from you. Much bigger now let me know if you need some. The same for the ponape.

Pete

 

[Sunny]

Brian

LMK when you are ready for some SPS frags. I got that covered.

Sunny

 

[mnat]

All of the birdsnest frags you gave to us are doing really well so if you need some back just let us know.

 

[Fish Brain]

Thanks for all the offers. Things seem to have stabilized and I have not lost anymore corals and the STN has stopped.

I did get the AI Vegas up.

I just need to come up with a way to hide the wires.

 

[redfishbluefish]

I just need to come up with a way to hide the wires.

If you’re talking about the wires on the wall, HD/Lowes sells a number of wire covers…..HERE are some examples.


And the tank looks good....I like the rock work.

 

[Fish Brain]

Yea, I know there are a ton of option for cable routing along the walls. It's the wall to the lights that I need to figure out. As you can see in the pic, the end of the power wires are HUGE. Right now they go up and come back down.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Gotcha!


So here’s my next suggestion: If the wires fit into ½ CPVC (otherwise regular ½” PVC), make the following Rube Goldberg and paint it flat black with HD’s $0.99 spray paint.

If you go this route, make sure you thread strings through the pipe while you’re assembling. It will make pulling the wires through a lot easier.

Oh, and the scribble at the ends of the pipes are those can-shaped things on the wires.

 

[Fish Brain]

The Ferrite choke on the power cords will require 1-1/4" PVC. LoL

 

[redfishbluefish]

The Ferrite choke on the power cords will require 1-1/4" PVC. LoL

Oh crap! So I'm assuming you can't disconnect the wires from the other end?

 

[Fish Brain]

Brick on one end and choke on the other.

 

[redfishbluefish]

 

[Jcurry@wesketch]

Cut a slot in the pipe on your table saw to slide the wire in.