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That light design is going to be awesome once it is built!
CV's 75g noobie tank and now upgrade to 240g
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Anytime. (Once my neglected tank comes back to it's full glory in it's new enclosure)Ah shucks buddy!But I'm still hitting you up for some frags.
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Hey, missed that tag ,almost a yr ago...Alright. Time for an update. Have been so busy with the move, renovation, construction and dust and more dust that I have barely had any time for my tank.
Short story for posterity, and since it was in the emergency thread, is that as I finished moving the tank a while ago, l discovered some salt creep in the back along the bottom. Yes, you guessed right. I hired a big name coral company to move it and they cracked it.... after 130 am call with @fishguy242 I managed to get things under control and a plan to save it. Next day I got a new aqueon from Petco and moved everything again into totes and back again into the new tank. (You read that right. He helped me at 130 am PST!!. So grateful!
Most things survived. Although now with all construction going on it has been somewhat neglected. I haven't made a water change in 3 months. But I have to say my lps are thriving!
New tank is still on pause, but @Reefer Reboot you'll be called upon soon enough for lots of help lol.
In any case, I am back here in R2Rand looking forward to sharing my upgrade.
Here are some pics of the new stand. Still a work in progress.
congrats on new tank...
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And some additional plumbing work today. Flex PVC took me a while given the tight space. Almost ready to water test now, missing a few fittings. (And yes, I still hate plumbing)
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Water test today. Took me a while to get the bean animal silent but now I get how it works. My pipe was too long below the water so it had a hard time purging air on restart. Working perfect now. My first test was a geyser on the living room though, badly tightened union
(Ok sorry, my modified drains before the bean animal police shows up)
(Ok sorry, my modified drains before the bean animal police shows up
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I had to feature this one. Won this guy at reefapalooza. I love this pump. Low footprint, zero water level, moves a lot of water for it's size.
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So. Grown up Legos are here!. Let's see how I do here bringing @Reefer Reboot 's design to life. Maybe some of my previous engineer training will come back to me.
Hopefully the four arms that I forgot to put on your build list will get to you soon.
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Hopefully the four arms that I forgot to put on your build list will get to you soon.
They'll be here by the time it takes me to figure out the rest!
Yeah, Mr. Lucky, wins not just one item, but 5 items out of Saturdays raffle! Fixture is coming along nicely. Pretty easy, isn't it?
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Easy cause I have a roadmap for dummies....
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Light arms are here. This is looking great! Great pick on those rotating gimbal things @Reefer Reboot
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And with a quick visit today from the master @Reefer Reboot himself for some last minute adjustments, my lights are now almost finished. Only need to move my 2 existing ones once I am ready to transfer the tank. This arm setup is amazing!! . Next, aquascaping.
It's looking good and coming along nicely. And for someone who claims to hate plumbing, you've done a great job.
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Lights finished. Cables tied and old tank transfered. I really lost a lot last year with the move and the tank crack. Time to coral up again!
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Time for some wire management. Have a few more to zip tie but mostly done. Whole idea was to make all easy to remove individually when needed.
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How did you mount this kessils to 8020? Do you have a different thread for the light build? I am just beginning to design something. I already have kessils with stand mount but I am thinking of adding 2 AI blades to supplement kessils and mount all of them on a rectangle T slot frame and hang it from roof.
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