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JoJo · 12-27-2007, 07:52 AM

Ok, everyone here's a little history on me & SW. I started out with a 10g sw with a couple of pieces of LR, a Emperor filter, stock hood, a clown fish, & I think a serpent starfish? I upgraded from there to a 55g with a PC lighting, a cheap skimmer,a wet/dry & beginner coral. Next I moved all that to the 90g, upgraded to a CL superskimmer 220, & this set up ran until the big move from our condo to our new home.

Now here's where the fun begins I found a predrilled 135g with stand for $200 on craigslist, I convinced my wife to let me put it in the wall the backs up to the closet of the dogs room. I planned FW because I have a pleco thats been with me for 10yrs, but going through my junky garage out pops a 20g long with stand & hood, his new home.

So i've been spending the last 5 days/nights reading as much material here as possible, I learned 3 things, read/do searchs; ask questions; and take it slow. So that was I will be doing, I will be hard because the wall has been finished and the only thing left to do is slide the sump in the stand and put the tank on top.

There's 3 holes drilled on the floor of the tank outside of the overflow which i'm guessing was an extra drain and maybe a closed loop system. I'm really considering capping all of the off, it just seems too risky to me. I would like to have a return to the overflow and maybe a T to that line and run it to a spraybar. The sump will be a 55g that I will have to get glass baffle made for & I still have a fuge(about 10-15g). Does this sound like a good start, any ideas or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

This what we have to work with, notice the plumbing from the floor of tank

The wall of choice, started demo before remembering to tank a pic

My dad & I did majority of the work in one day. His tank is soon to follow mine, I will chronicle his as well.

Instead of building a new stand we decided to use the old one, reversing the position, it saved time & money!

Here's the project at the end of the day, rough looking but its there

More pics to follow of the finished wall later today.

12-27-2007, 07:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
JoJo Golden Moray Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Petersburg, Fl Posts: 2,131 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	My slow 135g build Ok, everyone here's a little history on me & SW. I started out with a 10g sw with a couple of pieces of LR, a Emperor filter, stock hood, a clown fish, & I think a serpent starfish? I upgraded from there to a 55g with a PC lighting, a cheap skimmer,a wet/dry & beginner coral. Next I moved all that to the 90g, upgraded to a CL superskimmer 220, & this set up ran until the big move from our condo to our new home. Now here's where the fun begins I found a predrilled 135g with stand for $200 on craigslist, I convinced my wife to let me put it in the wall the backs up to the closet of the dogs room. I planned FW because I have a pleco thats been with me for 10yrs, but going through my junky garage out pops a 20g long with stand & hood, his new home. So i've been spending the last 5 days/nights reading as much material here as possible, I learned 3 things, read/do searchs; ask questions; and take it slow. So that was I will be doing, I will be hard because the wall has been finished and the only thing left to do is slide the sump in the stand and put the tank on top. There's 3 holes drilled on the floor of the tank outside of the overflow which i'm guessing was an extra drain and maybe a closed loop system. I'm really considering capping all of the off, it just seems too risky to me. I would like to have a return to the overflow and maybe a T to that line and run it to a spraybar. The sump will be a 55g that I will have to get glass baffle made for & I still have a fuge(about 10-15g). Does this sound like a good start, any ideas or opinions would be greatly appreciated. This what we have to work with, notice the plumbing from the floor of tank The wall of choice, started demo before remembering to tank a pic My dad & I did majority of the work in one day. His tank is soon to follow mine, I will chronicle his as well. Instead of building a new stand we decided to use the old one, reversing the position, it saved time & money! Here's the project at the end of the day, rough looking but its there More pics to follow of the finished wall later today.