My new glass box upgrade!

puffermike

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I'm officially addicted to the hobby. I've had this tank in storage for a while and finally decided to pull it out and make some room for it, six feet of space. It fits nicely. I'm going to be painting the stand black although I love the cherry color it is now it just doesn't match my black leather furniture at all.

The tank is 125Gs with dual overflows. Here it is! I had to clear out everything off of the wall for it.

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Don't mind Charlie the explorer...

After a lot of discussion about the sump I'm going with this general design and using a 40G long. I'll be making some changes as far as where some of the drains plumb to and the size of the return area ect...

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puffermike

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The skimmer came in today! It's a lot bigger than what I thought it would be. Luckily it fits underneath the stand.. barely. It's the Eshopps PSK-300.

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Mayja

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puffermike said:
I'm officially addicted to the hobby. I've had this tank in storage for a while and finally decided to pull it out and make some room for it, six feet of space. It fits nicely. I'm going to be painting the stand black although I love the cherry color it is now it just doesn't match my black leather furniture at all.

The tank is 125Gs with dual overflows. Here it is! I had to clear out everything off of the wall for it.

20141207_213128_zpseb7eeff2.jpg


Don't mind Charlie the explorer...

After a lot of discussion about the sump I'm going with this general design and using a 40G long. I'll be making some changes as far as where some of the drains plumb to and the size of the return area ect...

sumpdesign_zpsd07195bd.png
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I think Charlie has the best seat in the house! Gratz on the new tank!
 
puffermike

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She's coming together.. slowly but surely! Got the plumbing done, sump put together, stuffed it with some base rock, new hardware on the doors and fresh paint. Have a few minor things I need to do here and there but it's almost ready to start cycling.

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puffermike

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It's been up and running since last Saturday! Let the cycling begin. The herbie style overflow is silent. The only thing I can hear when I open the doors is the return pump. It took a good 2-3 hours of me fiddling around with the drain valves to stop it from rising and falling but it's absolutely perfect now. Not even a drip is going down the emergency drains but it's right to the brim. I'm sure I will have to adjust this accordingly in the future.

This is my first sump and I must say I really love the amount of customization that you can do with one.

Anyways.. I'm waiting in the mail for these goodies and it's a struggle.

Three of the DM165P+

I'll be able to use my phone for these. So much easier than my lumentek 240! I love being able to adjust the intensity every 10 minutes on that model but it took two hours to set it up. This model being on the phone will be a breeze.

http://reefradiance.com/dm-165p.html


The Riptide Gyre!

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And a dual chamber media reactor... figured I'd try these out.

http://www.tbaquatics.com/double-chamber-media-reactor-for-carbon-and-gfo-310.html#.VJTK014AKA
 
StirCrayzy

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Cool. But why not just restFONT=Arial][/FONT]rain the wood dark? seems like a shame to paint anything but pine.
 
puffermike

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StirCrayzy said:
Cool. But why not just restFONT=Arial][/FONT]rain the wood dark? seems like a shame to paint anything but pine.
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You mean stain the wood darker? I tried doing it to another stand of mine but the color would never get dark enough to match my living room. It came out a very dark brown no matter how many times I stained it with a black satin shade. Plus, I can't say i'm the master of staining anyways. If you have any tips on how to do it I'd love to know. I even sanded the previous stand down with a disc sander after it wouldn't work and it still came out brown. I could never get the flat or even glossy black.
 
puffermike

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The lights came in today! Reef Radiance had them shipped out to me on a Sunday for free! Talk about good service.

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StirCrayzy

StirCrayzy

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I'm jealous, my wife won't let me hang a sword.
As for staining, I'm no expert , and I've heard black is the toughest color.
Either way, your stand does look good !
 
puffermike

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Also got a big order of frags from Tidal Gardens. I was impressed with their shipping techniques. Not one coral was even damaged slightly. My favorite frags out of the bunch are the pink goni and a piece I've been trying to find for a while, a jack o lantern lepto!

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