My slow 135g build

[JoJo]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!

Hey Becky, believe it or not i was watching soaps until i got the new job. opcorn:

Greg, you're so right. i try to stop and listen every chance i get but sometimes its hard to tune out the chaos of life.

Thanks for checking in Craig, how's it going?

Terry, the dogs beat you to it this morning. i guess they were feeling a little restless this morning and decided to chase each other around the house making all kinds of noise.

i have a couple of lawns to do this morning but will try to do the silicone before going to work this afternoon.

[JoJo]

i didnt have much time after servicing lawns this morning but i did get to resilicone the sump baffles. now its off to work i go. i may give the BR a FW bath when i get off and start the scaping in the DT.

[TangMang232]

tank is coming along. Any advice on drilling wholes in glass, i need to do it but have been to nervous to try lol. anyways, things are looking great and i cant wait to see the tank up and running with everything in place.

[okiejaco]

What are of Lowe's are the egg crates located in? I may get some tomorrow or Saturday. Too bad work is interfering with the important things in life. lol

[vdituri]

Usually back in the lighting department.

Head towards the light okiejaco!
Head towards the light!

[JoJo]

Tang, the best advice i can give is make sure its not tempered. i found a article when i google "recognizing tempered glass" and it gives tips on how to determine if your glass is or not. the best was put on polarized sunglasses and look at the glass, if you see black spots or changes throughout the glass its tempered if not the more than likely its not tempered but this is not a for sure thing.

Okie, here they were located near insulation and stuff on isle 18.

Vic, its funny they were nowhere near the lighting department...go figure!

[JoJo]

oh, new product came in today, the topoff sensor for the sump from autotopoff.com was delivered while i was at work. its too late for pic taking but i post some tomorrow.

Good night folks.

[vdituri]

WHAT?! Not in the lighting department?
How cross eyed was the guy that designed your home improvement store? lol

Was it one of the biggies? Home Depot, Lowes etc.?
You are on the East Coast though.

[JoJo]

yea, it was Lowes & HD(they just didnt have any instock). from what i hear florida isnt recognized as east coast, instead we're called southerners or the dirty south(sorry, thats a hip hop term).

[JoJo]

this morning i flushed the base rock in a tub of RO and started putting it into the DT.

should i rinse the sand before adding it, i hate rinsing sand!!!

here's a shot of how i want the scaping to turn out.

[Craig Manoukian]

Looks wet! Very cool Jojo!

[JoJo]

thanks Craig, we're getting there.

[CMG]

Cool design JoJo, I am planning on making my tank like that or maybe three piles instead of two once I have time to aquascape since I just finished filling it after the move last night. I like it.

Too bad about the store "hidding" the eggcrate...haha.

When I got my sand I never rinsed it and had no noticible side effects, I used "live" sand from drs foster smith.

[JoJo]

thanks, the pile to the left needs to be bigger and wrap around the overflow box. glad to hear the move went well.

yea, it was way out in the boonies, the last place you would look.

i got my "LS" from DFS too. the bag says if you rinse the sand its less cloudy but i dont think its worth the hassle rinsing.

[CMG]

Huh. When I added the sand it was cloudy but if you dont have any pumps on then it should settle within a day. Or maybe even a few hours....but then again I have a small tank...

Are you adding the sand while the water is in the tank or are you draining it? You could drainit into your sump first, that would help if you are that worried about the cloudyness