Author Topic: my first tank (Read 10891 times)

HUNGER · « **Reply #50 on:** October 18, 2011, 20:51:55 »

very true

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #51 on:** October 18, 2011, 22:24:14 »

i mean i asked a guy about a 75 gal and he was like 175 and i said wat about just the tank and he said 75 and im like 100 for a stand so i can build a smaller one like that for prolly 40

HUNGER · « **Reply #52 on:** October 18, 2011, 22:28:37 »

its crazy how much they cost

HUNGER · « **Reply #53 on:** October 18, 2011, 22:32:57 »

heres a 75 for 30
http://dayton.craigslist.org/pet/2655273976.html

discus513 · « **Reply #54 on:** October 18, 2011, 23:33:22 »

Hatcher, I love the open doors with no center support, this will make your life much easier if you have to replace a sump or get under your stand, One thing is that it will probably be your only weak point. My 75g stand is similar, but behind one of my doors, there is a brace connected to the door, that fits snug from the top frame of the stand to the bottom, that is basically a removable brace. You may want to think about doing somthing like that. it serves two purposes it keeps the fuge light from shinning through, and support. I am not sure if you will get what I am saying so if you want i can post a picture for you. It just helps me sleep at night! lol

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #55 on:** October 18, 2011, 23:43:01 »

i kind of have an idea of what your saying pretty much something to block the light from coming throw VIA pretty much like a seal correct but a pic would be great just to make sure.

lazylivin · « **Reply #56 on:** October 18, 2011, 23:54:32 »

Oh wow Bryce that is a great build. Nice job and fast. Looks solid!

discus513 · « **Reply #57 on:** October 19, 2011, 00:55:24 »

Ill get you a pic of mine tomorrow when i get off of work.

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #58 on:** October 19, 2011, 01:39:15 »

ok thanks man appreciate it. more knowledge is power

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #59 on:** October 19, 2011, 01:40:13 »

i think that 75 gal isnt long enough to use a refugium huh

discus513 · « **Reply #60 on:** October 19, 2011, 02:33:46 »

Quote from: hatcher2014 on October 19, 2011, 01:40:13

i think that 75 gal isnt long enough to use a refugium huh

What?

I run refugium on my 54gal corner, if you can it is always better to run a fuge IMO. anything that can use up your extra nitrates instead of just trapping them is always good! I am only running a wetdry under my 75g, with an external skimmer, but that is because that is the way I bought it, I will be switching to a refugium under it as soon as I get the chance. I did throw a bunch of LR in the sump to give the pods a place to hang out and breed

discus513 · « **Reply #61 on:** October 19, 2011, 02:36:10 »

maybe I misunderstood your post! are you saying that it is too small to stick under the tank?

? or too small to need a refugium?

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #62 on:** October 19, 2011, 17:56:14 »

well anything is to small to go under my tank but im saying to small like long ways i want a 55 long cause 55 tall just seems pretty compact to put baffels it it to have 3-4 different slots to put your skimmer return and algae and stuff.

HUNGER · « **Reply #63 on:** October 19, 2011, 18:48:53 »

just do a 125

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #64 on:** October 19, 2011, 21:49:07 »

yeah i would like to its just finding a cheap one and im not wanting to turn my other big tank into a refugium so im just in the process of looking you know

discus513 · « **Reply #65 on:** October 19, 2011, 22:00:54 »

here is a couple pictures of that center brace I was talking about last night on my stand :

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc488/ricky462/centerbrace2.jpg

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc488/ricky462/centerbrace1.jpg

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc488/ricky462/centerbrace.jpg

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc488/ricky462/75gtank.jpg

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #66 on:** October 19, 2011, 23:10:52 »

ok thats what i thought you were talking about but thanks for the clarification.

rancoo · « **Reply #67 on:** October 20, 2011, 11:06:55 »

Bryce, it looks awesome!! Good job

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #68 on:** October 20, 2011, 23:17:21 »

thanks man time consuming

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #69 on:** October 30, 2011, 17:46:08 »

well an update on whats happening with my tank and setup. i had an ATO that kinda of malfunctioned a couple weeks ago and kinda of flooded my fish room. since then i have been to Mikes house and we took apart the relay and in his awesomness fixe it for me so now instead of haveing to put water in manually it is automatic now. and note to anyone that has an ATO just because ur line running into your sump or were ever u have it running into just because it goes up does not mean that you will not have a back syphon so what i did under the lid of my holding tank for my ATO i drilled to small holes and it now works. i also bought a light off of Rancoo and one of the ballasts were not working so Mike (Slandis) was nice enough to hook me up with a 96w that he had and i also got some frags off of him so i could start getting my feet so my light is up and working ill take pics of all the things i have just talked about so you can see. wish i would have taking pics of replacing that ballast cause OMG it was crazy cause after all of my work of replacing it i forgot to plug it in and was so frustrated i took it out so i could give it back to Mike and after i took it out noticed that it wasnt plugged in and had to do it all over again grrrrr but ill post pics soon. thanks for reading

HUNGER · « **Reply #70 on:** October 30, 2011, 19:20:43 »

Quote from: hatcher2014 on October 30, 2011, 17:46:08

OMG it was crazy cause after all of my work of replacing it i forgot to plug it in and was so frustrated i took it out so i could give it back to Mike and after i took it out noticed that it wasnt plugged in and had to do it all over again grrrrr but ill post pics soon. thanks for reading

haha it suck when u do that

hatcher2014 · « **Reply #71 on:** October 30, 2011, 19:26:32 »

dude i was so pissed the wife was laughing at me and everything

HUNGER · « **Reply #72 on:** October 30, 2011, 19:43:23 »

ya been there done that well not with a wife

slandis3 · « **Reply #73 on:** October 30, 2011, 21:20:15 »

Hey not a problem helping with the ato and ballast.

Just remember when working on something and its not working always ask the age old question... Is it plugged in? LOL

HUNGER · « **Reply #74 on:** October 30, 2011, 21:36:34 »

Quote from: slandis3 on October 30, 2011, 21:20:15

Just remember when working on something and its not working always ask the age old question... Is it plugged in? LOL

thats cheating

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