Author Topic: 180 Gallon Starphire tank Upgrade + Fish Room (Read 42594 times)

cyberwollf · « **Reply #175 on:** October 16, 2011, 11:27:14 »

Quote from: Wall_Tank on October 15, 2011, 23:16:50

Yup..I can't believe how strong the joints are. Takes a little bit of practice with clamping to make sure everything stays flush. Used a router table with a 36" fence as a jointer. Would love to have a 6" jointer, but I just don't have the space. Have a DeWalt735 Portable Planer to finish the boards.

Havent even turned on my jointer or planer in a year...

Wall_Tank · « **Reply #176 on:** November 20, 2011, 19:07:16 »

Tank is still going through the brown slime phase. I'm going to step up the mechanical filter changes.... So no nice pics of the tank today.

But the last few weeks, I've been working on the back walls of the room, Cabinets, counters, and sink......I removed the old laundry sink, the frag tank will move into that location. I will need to make custom shelf to hold the RODI water rank. over the back corner of the counter top. The doors are off of the cabinets getting stained.

HUNGER · « **Reply #177 on:** November 20, 2011, 19:34:40 »

that looks great

lazylivin · « **Reply #178 on:** November 20, 2011, 19:36:24 »

Yeah it does, very nicely done.

micki · « **Reply #179 on:** November 20, 2011, 19:37:53 »

Nice job!

stickboy_107 · « **Reply #180 on:** November 21, 2011, 23:23:50 »

Paul you have come a long way. Last time I looked at your post you were just getting the tank. Now it looks amazing.
Quarantine system looks amazing. Very happy to see someone else using hypo and taking the time to do things the right way for the health of the livestock and yourself

The LED build looks great. One day I hope to be able to replace my MH on my tank with a nice DIY set.

"Thats a hint to Kattz if he ever moves down here"
Cant wait to see the rest of it come along. Hopefully by next summer you will be about 95% done with it because we all know a real reefer is never 100% ever done

Maybe when we come up, I can let you know in advance. I would love to come and see it. You can only see so much in pictures.

Wall_Tank · « **Reply #181 on:** November 27, 2011, 22:26:29 »

Doing alot of cleanup. I can start to see the floor in the basement. This weekend, I cleaned up the electric, the outlets were too narrow, since they were originally placed for a 4 ft tank. I also, separated my circuits, and multiple GFCI's per circuit. The goal was to make it easy for someone who might be tank sitting to see if a GFCI was tripped, also to separate to keep one bad device from shutting the whole tank down.

Also, until I get my doors finished on the stand, a bit too much heat loss. So I did some insulating of the sump. You may have noticed the red tint on the hoses. I'm experimenting with LED's for growing Cheato, multiple colors of LEDs. And with 40deg optics on the LED's I get pretty bright light at only about 15 watts of power.

slandis3 · « **Reply #182 on:** November 27, 2011, 22:28:03 »

Looks good, let us know about the leds on cheato.

HUNGER · « **Reply #183 on:** November 27, 2011, 22:29:38 »

Looks clean

lazylivin · « **Reply #184 on:** November 27, 2011, 22:57:52 »

Nice job on running the apex cable.

ucbearcats · « **Reply #185 on:** January 07, 2012, 20:40:58 »

I was able to see the set up today. It is very impressive and going to look really nice.

Wall_Tank · « **Reply #186 on:** January 08, 2012, 11:06:11 »

Quote from: ucbearcats on January 07, 2012, 20:40:58

I was able to see the set up today. It is very impressive and going to look really nice.

Nice to meet you yesterday too. Thanks for the compliment, I just hope that the bacteria stabilizes soon, so I can get some sps to grow in there.

But in the meantime I still have the doors to build for the stand and canopy.

Wall_Tank · « **Reply #187 on:** March 04, 2012, 17:15:58 »

Everything is starting to stabilize in the tank. Some of my montipora that I thought were gonners are coming back.

Orange Cap

Apple Berry

Sunset

Also been working in the Fish Room. I have moved my top of water resevior, as well as new salt water mixing, holding tank. And finished my new frag tank. The LEDs over the tank are re-deployed from my old 90 gallon setup.

Need to make new frag racks and start to move corals in.....this tank is plumbed to my main display.

HUNGER · « **Reply #188 on:** March 04, 2012, 18:59:36 »

Hey talk to lonniehe made mine and did a great job

lazylivin · « **Reply #189 on:** March 05, 2012, 01:31:28 »

Oh yeah those will be back in no time Paul. Even that small still on the rebound and they have good color.

Wall_Tank · « **Reply #190 on:** March 05, 2012, 21:46:16 »

Yes, Lonnie makes some nice frag racks......I already had the black egg crate, so I whipped this up. Wish I had black PVC fittings, but the white ones will get covered in coraline fairly quickly.

Also, I have about 30 minutes in the evening when I have mostly blue light to see things glow. Here is my stylo

HUNGER · « **Reply #191 on:** March 05, 2012, 22:02:57 »

Oh wow that looks great

volcano · « **Reply #192 on:** March 31, 2012, 18:28:33 »

Nice layout!

Wall_Tank · « **Reply #193 on:** June 02, 2012, 11:56:19 »

I finally have some doors on my hood........I still have the rear doors and the stand doors to make. Plus some trim work around the top and sides of the tank. I'm happy with how they turned out, but they are taking alot longer than I would have hoped.

micki · « **Reply #194 on:** June 02, 2012, 12:21:50 »

Looks very nice Paul!

HUNGER · « **Reply #195 on:** June 02, 2012, 13:39:34 »

looks great

lazylivin · « **Reply #196 on:** June 02, 2012, 23:47:17 »

beautiful job Paul. I bet those bad boys took some serious time to make. They look great.

Wall_Tank · « **Reply #197 on:** June 03, 2012, 16:33:17 »

Quote from: Lazylivin on June 02, 2012, 23:47:17

beautiful job Paul. I bet those bad boys took some serious time to make. They look great.

Thanks.

The biggest problem is space. I could only glue one door at a time, and then re-positioning all of the saws/routers between tasks. I have the raised panels made for all of the doors.......but the stand doors take alot more space. Nothing good happens fast with a reef tank!

Twizted1 · « **Reply #198 on:** June 03, 2012, 16:35:50 »

Looks like it was worth it tho. Look spectacular!

Wall_Tank · « **Reply #199 on:** July 11, 2012, 21:17:29 »

Finally got the lower doors done and the trim work.

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Author Topic: 180 Gallon Starphire tank Upgrade + Fish Room (Read 42594 times)