My 110 gal Adventure

Doot77 · 10-16-2007, 10:23 AM

It all started just over a month ago when I received a phone call from a friend of one of my co-workers who a deal that couldn't be passed up. He had a 110 gallon Oceanic tank complete with stand, sump, plumbing and a bunch of extras that had been sitting around in his garage for a few years and it needing to go because he was planning on moving soon. He had told me about the tank about 9 months ago and wanted $800 at the time and I just didn't have the money to spare at the time, but now he only wanted $300. So after going over and checking out what he had I told him I wanted it and I picked it up later that night. All this happened on my birthday so I figured it would be my 30th birthday present to myself. So thats where it all started.

Doot77 · 10-16-2007, 10:29 AM

So after alot of cleaning, alot of thinking and some measuring I decided that I was going to put the tank in the basement (Which I just recently finished by the way) and build it into the wall. So that meant I needed to cut a big hole in the wall and do some more drywall work, which if you haven't had the joy of ever doing consider yourself lucky.

Doot77 · 10-16-2007, 10:55 AM

OK now time for some pics
Tank awaiting placement

Hole cut in wall

Hole with drywall mud applied

jrf1175 · 10-16-2007, 10:57 AM

Sounds like a good deal!

Can't wait to see the progress.

Doot77 · 10-16-2007, 10:58 AM

During sanding of mud process

Wall Painted and tank sitting in place

Tank room/utility room shot

GeeWizzItsMe · 10-16-2007, 11:16 AM

Cool!

AQTCJAK · 10-16-2007, 11:18 AM

Looks like a great start to me

Doot77 · 10-16-2007, 11:36 AM

]After I waited about a week for the guy that sold me the setup to come over and hook up all the plumbing I decided I'd try and figure it out myself. After a couple of hours of tring to fit all the puzzle pieces togehter I finally figured it out and it seemed pretty easy after I got it. LOL!

GeeWizzItsMe · 10-16-2007, 11:37 AM

cool! have you removed the bioballs yet?

Doot77 · 10-16-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GeeWizzItsMe

cool! have you removed the bioballs yet?

No I haven't I'm going to just go with a fowler setup to start out with for awhile and probably remove them before I go with a reef setup.

GeeWizzItsMe · 10-16-2007, 12:11 PM

Got it!

Dentoid · 10-16-2007, 12:30 PM

Looking good Matt! Keep up the good job!

Doot77 · 10-16-2007, 12:48 PM

So after I figured out all the plumbing and fixed a couple small leaks I finally got to fill it with water from my new RO/DI system that I picked up due to what I've read from here and some other sites.

Added my Base rock and added Live sand and time to wait for everything to settle, which ended up taking most all weekend. Then I could start to aquascape.

Doot77 · 10-17-2007, 02:51 PM

After waiting for what seemed like an eternity (about 3 days) the cloudiness went away and I was able to add my rock.

Here is some of the rock that I was given with the tank when I bought it (previous live rock been sitting dry for awhile)

And here is what I came up with

Doot77 · 10-17-2007, 02:54 PM

I bought a few pieces of Live rock and put it in with the rock that I already had. I also have bought about 20 more lbs of live rock that aren't in this picture. I'll grab some new updated pics tonight and that will bring me up to the current time.

10-16-2007, 10:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Doot77 Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL Posts: 458 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	My 110 gal Adventure It all started just over a month ago when I received a phone call from a friend of one of my co-workers who a deal that couldn't be passed up. He had a 110 gallon Oceanic tank complete with stand, sump, plumbing and a bunch of extras that had been sitting around in his garage for a few years and it needing to go because he was planning on moving soon. He had told me about the tank about 9 months ago and wanted $800 at the time and I just didn't have the money to spare at the time, but now he only wanted $300. So after going over and checking out what he had I told him I wanted it and I picked it up later that night. All this happened on my birthday so I figured it would be my 30th birthday present to myself. So thats where it all started. __________________ Matt ________________________________ 110 Gallon Oceanic with dual corner overflows and 40 gal Oceanic 150 Sump Livestock : - 1 Mystery Wrasse, 1 Fairy Wrasse, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Diamond Watchman Goby, 2 Turbo Snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, 1 Fighting Conch, 6 Dwarf Blue Legged Crabs & 6 Dwarf Zebra Crabs, 3 Emerald Crabs, 1 Purple Reef Lobster, 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Red Sea Star, 1 Brittle Star, 1 Sand Sifting Star Fish 20 gal Quarantine tank Doot's Reef Chronicle

10-16-2007, 10:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Doot77 Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL Posts: 458 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 110 gal Adventure So after alot of cleaning, alot of thinking and some measuring I decided that I was going to put the tank in the basement (Which I just recently finished by the way) and build it into the wall. So that meant I needed to cut a big hole in the wall and do some more drywall work, which if you haven't had the joy of ever doing consider yourself lucky. __________________ Matt ________________________________ 110 Gallon Oceanic with dual corner overflows and 40 gal Oceanic 150 Sump Livestock : - 1 Mystery Wrasse, 1 Fairy Wrasse, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Diamond Watchman Goby, 2 Turbo Snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, 1 Fighting Conch, 6 Dwarf Blue Legged Crabs & 6 Dwarf Zebra Crabs, 3 Emerald Crabs, 1 Purple Reef Lobster, 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Red Sea Star, 1 Brittle Star, 1 Sand Sifting Star Fish 20 gal Quarantine tank Doot's Reef Chronicle

10-16-2007, 10:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
Doot77 Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL Posts: 458 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 110 gal Adventure OK now time for some pics Tank awaiting placement Hole cut in wall Hole with drywall mud applied __________________ Matt ________________________________ 110 Gallon Oceanic with dual corner overflows and 40 gal Oceanic 150 Sump Livestock : - 1 Mystery Wrasse, 1 Fairy Wrasse, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Diamond Watchman Goby, 2 Turbo Snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, 1 Fighting Conch, 6 Dwarf Blue Legged Crabs & 6 Dwarf Zebra Crabs, 3 Emerald Crabs, 1 Purple Reef Lobster, 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Red Sea Star, 1 Brittle Star, 1 Sand Sifting Star Fish 20 gal Quarantine tank Doot's Reef Chronicle

10-16-2007, 10:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
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10-16-2007, 10:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
Doot77 Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL Posts: 458 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 110 gal Adventure During sanding of mud process Wall Painted and tank sitting in place Tank room/utility room shot __________________ Matt ________________________________ 110 Gallon Oceanic with dual corner overflows and 40 gal Oceanic 150 Sump Livestock : - 1 Mystery Wrasse, 1 Fairy Wrasse, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Diamond Watchman Goby, 2 Turbo Snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, 1 Fighting Conch, 6 Dwarf Blue Legged Crabs & 6 Dwarf Zebra Crabs, 3 Emerald Crabs, 1 Purple Reef Lobster, 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Red Sea Star, 1 Brittle Star, 1 Sand Sifting Star Fish 20 gal Quarantine tank Doot's Reef Chronicle

10-16-2007, 11:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
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10-16-2007, 11:36 AM	#8 (permalink)
Doot77 Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL Posts: 458 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 110 gal Adventure ]After I waited about a week for the guy that sold me the setup to come over and hook up all the plumbing I decided I'd try and figure it out myself. After a couple of hours of tring to fit all the puzzle pieces togehter I finally figured it out and it seemed pretty easy after I got it. LOL! __________________ Matt ________________________________ 110 Gallon Oceanic with dual corner overflows and 40 gal Oceanic 150 Sump Livestock : - 1 Mystery Wrasse, 1 Fairy Wrasse, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Diamond Watchman Goby, 2 Turbo Snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, 1 Fighting Conch, 6 Dwarf Blue Legged Crabs & 6 Dwarf Zebra Crabs, 3 Emerald Crabs, 1 Purple Reef Lobster, 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Red Sea Star, 1 Brittle Star, 1 Sand Sifting Star Fish 20 gal Quarantine tank Doot's Reef Chronicle

10-16-2007, 11:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 110 gal Adventure cool! have you removed the bioballs yet? __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

10-16-2007, 12:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
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10-16-2007, 12:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
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10-16-2007, 12:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
Doot77 Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL Posts: 458 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 110 gal Adventure So after I figured out all the plumbing and fixed a couple small leaks I finally got to fill it with water from my new RO/DI system that I picked up due to what I've read from here and some other sites. Added my Base rock and added Live sand and time to wait for everything to settle, which ended up taking most all weekend. Then I could start to aquascape. __________________ Matt ________________________________ 110 Gallon Oceanic with dual corner overflows and 40 gal Oceanic 150 Sump Livestock : - 1 Mystery Wrasse, 1 Fairy Wrasse, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Diamond Watchman Goby, 2 Turbo Snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, 1 Fighting Conch, 6 Dwarf Blue Legged Crabs & 6 Dwarf Zebra Crabs, 3 Emerald Crabs, 1 Purple Reef Lobster, 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Red Sea Star, 1 Brittle Star, 1 Sand Sifting Star Fish 20 gal Quarantine tank Doot's Reef Chronicle

10-17-2007, 02:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
Doot77 Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL Posts: 458 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 110 gal Adventure After waiting for what seemed like an eternity (about 3 days) the cloudiness went away and I was able to add my rock. Here is some of the rock that I was given with the tank when I bought it (previous live rock been sitting dry for awhile) And here is what I came up with __________________ Matt ________________________________ 110 Gallon Oceanic with dual corner overflows and 40 gal Oceanic 150 Sump Livestock : - 1 Mystery Wrasse, 1 Fairy Wrasse, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Diamond Watchman Goby, 2 Turbo Snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, 1 Fighting Conch, 6 Dwarf Blue Legged Crabs & 6 Dwarf Zebra Crabs, 3 Emerald Crabs, 1 Purple Reef Lobster, 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Red Sea Star, 1 Brittle Star, 1 Sand Sifting Star Fish 20 gal Quarantine tank Doot's Reef Chronicle

10-17-2007, 02:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
Doot77 Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL Posts: 458 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 110 gal Adventure I bought a few pieces of Live rock and put it in with the rock that I already had. I also have bought about 20 more lbs of live rock that aren't in this picture. I'll grab some new updated pics tonight and that will bring me up to the current time. __________________ Matt ________________________________ 110 Gallon Oceanic with dual corner overflows and 40 gal Oceanic 150 Sump Livestock : - 1 Mystery Wrasse, 1 Fairy Wrasse, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Diamond Watchman Goby, 2 Turbo Snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, 1 Fighting Conch, 6 Dwarf Blue Legged Crabs & 6 Dwarf Zebra Crabs, 3 Emerald Crabs, 1 Purple Reef Lobster, 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Red Sea Star, 1 Brittle Star, 1 Sand Sifting Star Fish 20 gal Quarantine tank Doot's Reef Chronicle

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