Jeremy's 90 Gallon Build Mayhem!!

[Jeremy0322]

Originally Posted by Dentoid

Whew, I'm worn out just reading that one!

It's like this, as well as any other home project. It will require, every tool in your arsenal, several trips to Home Depot, some cussing, bandaids, inquiries, mistakes and dedication. You have the basics, now expand the basics and tell us a new or different way to do things.

BTW, grandpa has some skillz!

Grandpa has a handy dandy machine that he tells it what to do and it does it. But he is pretty much an all around fabricator, and hes pretty good at what he does.

I just dont really want to overlook anything, and with the 55 coming down and a new 90 going up in a week or two, coupled with a few small medical things I have doing on right now, I know im bound to overlook something small and not be too happy about it.

[Jeremy0322]

Originally Posted by morbius18

I kinda wish that I had built a PVC frame for my rockwork and then ziptied them to it. I might do it one day, but I'll probably have to pull some rock out.

I have actually considered this one, hence the zipties, but I dont know exactly how I want to go about doing it. It will definitely allow much more flow through the mountain if it was a hollow mountain.

Originally Posted by morbius18

I also don't know if there is a way to black out your overflow, but you might want to consider it to reduct growth of algae in the overflow.

That one I dont know if I will need or not, the clear one I used for the 55 grew bad algae for a few weeks and then was taken over by coralline and as long as I dont scrape it off nothing else can take hold. If I wanted to though I could probably glue a few pieces of black acrylic to the inside though.

[new reefer 03]

im lookin for a pic, but my uncle has a 140 cube, and it has a mountain in the middle. he has no additional PH, only the sump output, and he keeps it up fairly well from the few times ive seen it.
no pic, it was on my old email sorry.

[morbius18]

I guess you could have the rocks work up to the overflow, I just think that you might be unhappy with being able to see the standipe and the lower water level inside.

[Jeremy0322]

Yea, it gets covered fairly quickly though, I just take a piece of fairly coarse sandpaper to the outside and give it a few quick swipes and that gives it something to take hold on, makes it much faster of a process!

[Dentoid]

Does your 55 have a DIY overflow? If so, show us a picture of what it looks like now.

[morbius18]

I'm just throwing out suggestions, you know to stop the "darn I should have done that".

[Jeremy0322]

Originally Posted by Dentoid

Does your 55 have a DIY overflow? If so, show us a picture of what it looks like now.

Far right side of this picture..

[morbius18]

Remind me what kinda light that is....

[plecosword]

wow you managed to fill up over 4 pages in one day! I can't keep up, The purple tang is beautiful though!

[Dentoid]

Don't worry about the clear overflow!

[Dentoid]

Just for the record, not to squelch your suggestion Steve. We're all brainstorming here. All suggestions are welcome.

[Jeremy0322]

Originally Posted by morbius18

Remind me what kinda light that is....

260 watt PC Powerhouse!!! 4 bulbs at 65 watts a piece, 2 dual actinic and 2 dual daylight (6700k and 10,000k I think)

Originally Posted by plecosword

wow you managed to fill up over 4 pages in one day! I can't keep up, The purple tang is beautiful though!

Again, would you expect anything else from me, 4 pages in 1 day is pitiful, we can do better team! And thanks, she is most definitely the most beautiful I have ever owned.

[Jeremy0322]

Originally Posted by morbius18

I'm just throwing out suggestions, you know to stop the "darn I should have done that".

Oh dude, dont worry about it at all, you are doing exactly what I asked you guys to do, there are no stupid suggestions right now! Keep them coming!

[morbius18]

is the tank 48 inches long?