At last new tank in

[trik]

well we finally got the tank in this morning, big thanks to ollski (simon) from UR for getting me out the c**p and helping me out.
This tank is 8x2x2.5 christ it was heavy,

The main reason im upgrading is because of this
queen angel
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[trik]

for some reason i can only post 4 pics at a time!!!

a friend of mine asked me to look after her in my QT while he sorted his tank out, then i get a call he doesnt want her back, o hell i thought i cant keep her in my 4x2 QT for ever and she is to big for my main tank 6x2x2 with all my other stock. so this is what i have bought.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/trik_photos/newtankproject010.jpg

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the hood is still in the garage until its all done. Loads to do yet core drill to outside to my sump house and all the pipe work.
Iv just started to fill it up with ro about 6" so i can give it a scrub then empty it out and start again

More to follow

[moorish]

looks a nice job just the size for a queen angel.keep the pictures coming.derek

[trik]

thanks derek there will be pages of it, i hope! as long as every thing goes to plan.:cool:

[callum_parsons]

that is going to look stunning when it is done.
and the angel is stunning

[trik]

thanks , more to come tomorrow, a shallow sand bed has been added and there is about 6" of water in now .:D

[Kev]

this is gonna be one good thread:D Nice one mate.

[trik]

thanks kev , lots of work to do yet , i will try and keep it a good thread. any way here is a pic to keep you going of my extra live rock about 150kg in my holding tank. Then there is about another 100k of LR out of my other tanks aswell to go in.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/trik_photos/newtankproject014.jpg

sorry about the poor pic but my sump house aint that big , well 10x6 , camera c**p and the user.

and my new but second hand skimmer am5000
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/trik_photos/newtankproject015.jpg

More to follow.

[stegoodall]

angel looks fantastic! I'm sure it will love it's new home. Good luck with everything, i hope it works out for ya!

[Tetley]

Looking forward to seeing this one progress. :)

[trik]

Ok small update, advice needed please.

Im in the throws of making my live rock rack, and would like a bit of input please. The first one i made is 12"tall 12" wide and 32" long and the lower part is 6" tall , the reason for the larger left hand side is for the queen angel, i will be drilling all the pipe work for water flow not sure if i should plumb into closed loop, and cutting more holes in the egg crate for fish to swim through, this has not been glued yet as i want to make sure every thing is ok so i dont waste any more kit.
Your input would be greatly received.
Thanks Richard

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[Tetley]

Looks good Trik,

The only thing I might think about is (unless watertight) is the pipework holding up the egg crate, if water was to to enter, it might become stagnet, and you do not want that to happen. So maybe drilling holes so water can pass easily in & out of pipe work. JMO

ATB

Ian

[trik]

thanks Ian , but i did mention that ao my last thread. How big do you think the holes in the pipe should be 8mm?

[MR Teee]

8mm sounds fine Trik.

If it were me I wouldn't be connecting the pipework up for use as a closed loop.

How would you maintain it, i.e cleaning up in the event of blockages etc.
It would be a foundation for the rockwork, an you wouldn't want to be removing it everytime you needed access to the loop.

[trik]

cheers for that, point taken.

[Tetley]

thanks Ian , but i did mention that ao my last thread. How big do you think the holes in the pipe should be 8mm?


Sounds OK, just make sure water can pass easiy, so more the merrier.

I thought about egg crate when I recently set up my 4x2x2, I ditched the idea as do not have confidence regarding aquascaping (ie how to hide it).

Your tank is going to be a stunner.

ATB

[trik]

to be honest Ian nor do i , i just used to throw the rock in and hope for the best lol, but as you say trying to cover the pipe work up is going to be a PITA. :)

[Gillybaby]

The rack's coming together nicely. I wouldn't worry about hiding it too much, it'll get covered in coralline and hidden by corals etc in no time. I hardly notice mine's there anymore ;)

[trik]

cool. thats only 1 iv got to do 2 more yet, thanks guys:D

[Tangman]

Looking good there Richard i hope the Queen is grateful to you for all this effort, i am sure she will be and give you years of fun and enjoyment watching her. :) Eric

[trik]

Thanks eric, right a quick update, the last couple of days iv been running around trying to sort pipe and fittings out, what a night mare. Any way iv started and almost finished all the plumbing, but with my eagerness to do the plumbing (NOT) as im a plumber/sparky buy trade and the tank half full i forgot about painting the back, :( :o . Any ideas guys/girls?
Any way i pumped over from my main tank about 175L to the new tank which was half full of salted RO water left it mixing for 10 mins then pumped back to main tank , reason being it gives my main tank a water change and supplys the new tank with mature water, i then did the same with my QT tank 100L in and 100L back so the queen had a water change to, now all tanks have the same water prams so no need to acclimatize stock, im going to do the same tomorrow.
Iv moved over a eheim pro3 filter full of floss with some sand inbetween the floss from my main tank ,

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/trik_photos/01010058.jpg

i also bought a couple of reactors one with 1000ml of carbon and the other with 1000ml of rowa phos, these are only on the tank temp till i get to move all stock and sump over.

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I then moved my new (well second hand) AM5000 skimmer in temp

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i then hung a 250w 20k single halide unit up temp, this is a copy of arcadia made by weirpro £90 bargain for temp use. The reason for this is i want to move over the live rock i have hade in another tank.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/trik_photos/01010066.jpg

onto next thread this site only allows 4 pics per thread.:confused:

[callum_parsons]

thats some serious hardawre u have there looks like it will b a great system

[trik]

I then moved over the live rock about 175k i have just placed it in the tank and will scape it tomorrow, along with another 30k ish, and i still have around 100k in my main tank, i think some will be for sale soon.
I was amazed how much life there was already, mushes tubeworms loads stometalla and even a chiton or 2 i think, and lots of white sponge things about the size of a pea with what looks like roots coming out of them about 1" long:confused:

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you may if you look hard see those sponge things on this shot( if your lucky):o top middle of pic.

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next thread:confused:

[trik]

and the last page till tomorrow,

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it looks like a bomb site in my dinning room, with a 8x2x2.5 and a 6x2x2 all running it sounds like niagra falls in there, fair play to the missis she is ok about it at the mo,

Any way enough rambling this is the last couple of pics for today , dont forget this is all temp till i can move sump and stock over. Thanks for taking the time to read it.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/trik_photos/01010064.jpg

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more to follow.:eek:

[Gillybaby]

Looking good. Isn't it amazing how all that rock just seems to disappear once in a tank :D

[trik]

ye tell me about it , but i think there will be loads left over after i move the rest over and scaped it, i hope.......

[angel1]

HI!

Can I have first dabs at what u are selling if any?

Please? (i know already been told im cheeky)!!

LILYANN.

[trik]

cheeky, lol, if you dont ask you dont get, ye sure, im sure there will be live rock left, a couple of eheim sump pumps a AM1000SL skimmer 3 months old , a couple dual reators, and thats of the top of my head, o yes a 6x2x2 glass tank and a few other tanks including a complete marine set up on cab.:eek:

[Pinkfish]

Looking good so far mate, keep ya chin up and dont dispair. It will be complete soon and look amazing.


PS I think you will find that those pea sized sponges are called pineapple sponges.

If they look like this

Mike

[trik]

Looking good so far mate, keep ya chin up and dont dispair. It will be complete soon and look amazing.


PS I think you will find that those pea sized sponges are called pineapple sponges.

If they look like this

Mike

Tanks mike, i have loads of them to, these are totally diferent, as i said they are round with what looks like 1" roots coming out of them i will see if i can get a better pic today.

[trik]

ok here is a better shot of those spong type things with roots , centre of pic, well its a bit better,

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/trik_photos/01010071.jpg

[moorish]

looking good at the moment just takes a little time to get everything sorted out,keep the pictures coming.derek

[trik]

right this is the last update , tomorrow is the change over day, :eek: :eek:
iv finished the plumbing , and built the stand for the sump and auto top up tank. All thats left to do is a few sockets under the tank and a few in the sump house, thats first job in the morning(just as well i dont get hang overs) All 3 tanks now have the same water prams, and iv got another 200l of salted ro water on standby. The feeds to the sump are by 2 x 1 1/2" solvent weld pipe and the returns will be feed by 2 x aquamedic
or6500 in 1" solvent weld pipe, the is also a reef clean system in place also feed by a or6500. Just a few pics to show how it went today.

this is the reef clean pump, the eheim tubing is temp, i did a wet test with it.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/trik_photos/01010077.jpg

these are the 2 feeds to the sump
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and the 2 returns
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next thread

[trik]

the cabinet is full open underneath a full 8ft of space
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these are the 2 returns
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and these are the feeds to the sump
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next

[trik]

and the electrical supply
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and finally the base for the sump and top up tank, 2.4mx 600mm
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the wind snapped the poly when i was trying to get it in. Not that much to look at today but will look good tomorrow night.

cheers

Richard

ps happy new year to you all.

[Blue]

A nice big project, that's what we like to see. Keep up the good work.:) :)
You are a brave man.:D All the best

[Gillybaby]

Looking good. All the best for tomorrow and remember to take lots and lots of pictures :)

[Tangman]

Hi Richard. Your doing that Queen proud m8, this will be one hell of a tank when its up and running cant wait o see it running. A Happy New Year to you and yours Richard all the best. :) Eric

[callum_parsons]

looking good this is going to b 1 serious system i cant wai to see it progress

[trik]

same your way eric.

thanks guys , the day has arrived, i will try and update later.

[MR Teee]

I wish my tank was next to the garage wall, so I could have all the bits in there.

How do you cope with the lower temps in the garage Richard, will you have the sump lagged in any way?

[trik]

I wish my tank was next to the garage wall, so I could have all the bits in there.

How do you cope with the lower temps in the garage Richard, will you have the sump lagged in any way?

Its not in the garage , my garage is about 30m away. Its in a building next to the house that was used to house my 2 motor bikes, yes i will be lagging the sump and pipe work, even though there is 13000lph going through the sump i dont think it will have chance to cool down(i hope), its pretty warm in there to be fare its only that wall that isnt insulated, iv also got a oil rad in there that used to keep the bikes warm (mad or what).

Any way i had a good day today 10hours solid im wacked, i will post picks and update tomorrow, no deaths and some corals still sulking.

And no leaks:D :D

[Gillybaby]

Nice one, glad to hear everything went well.

[Tangman]

Its not in the garage , my garage is about 30m away. Its in a building next to the house that was used to house my 2 motor bikes, yes i will be lagging the sump and pipe work, even though there is 13000lph going through the sump i dont think it will have chance to cool down(i hope), its pretty warm in there to be fare its only that wall that isnt insulated, iv also got a oil rad in there that used to keep the bikes warm (mad or what).

Any way i had a good day today 10hours solid im wacked, i will post picks and update tomorrow, no deaths and some corals still sulking.

And no leaks:D :D

Glad things went well Richard and hope they all survived the move :), keep posting the pics as Kev will be back Tomorow. LOL Eric

[trik]

ok these are the pics i took last night, iv still got to move the skimmer into the sump house and the 2 reactors and heater , put up my main set of lights, and find some small bits off live rock to cover the reef rack, and finally the top to go on. O and fit another light above the sump, and not forgetting to put the queen angel in, all to do tonight after work.

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[callum_parsons]

COOL!! i like the tang i cant wait to see the queen angel go in its goin to love it

[trik]

right guy & girls ive moved the temp stuff of the tank and fitted my lights, the main set of lights are a system 2000 3 x 150w 20k i brought of macca (james) and the other light is that cheap 250w 20k you can sure see the dif the cheaper one being alot better, i think when iv got over the heart attack on how much the change over cost i will buy 3 more of the 250w.
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iv added another 2 tunze streams that 3 in total, and i still have 2 power heads at 1200lph with filter floss cartridges on them to clear the water. Also added my tunze wave box that im still playing with, if it dont work right on this tank it will be for sale.There is one more tunze to go in and the surround to hide the lights, in total i will have around 50 x turn over when all done not to bad on a 1200L setup i think.
A few more sots of the tank sorry about the poor quality of the pics i will get round to getting a better cam. Corals are still sulking but there again they only had full lighting this evening.

next page

[trik]

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as you may have noticed i have a few aips turn out, this is in hand with james.

[trik]

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this is a shot of the tank full length, iv still got the pro3 on for water cleaning, i think its working well .

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[callum_parsons]

i really am liking your tank and i cant wait to see more pics

[trik]

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so ive moved all the temp c**p of the tank and fitted it temp to the sump, not enough time in the evening, lol:rolleyes:

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this is also cleaning the water , not bad after 48 hours its nearly crystal.

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[trik]

water movment on the surface made by the 2 returns 13000lph

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right the one i no you want to see well eric any way, is the queen in the tank, well after a big i mean big fight i was soaked, and finally got her in.

next

[trik]

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[callum_parsons]

absoultely fantastic i love your tank so much iam dead jelous

[trik]

she loves it causing a bow wave in the tank, :D :D :D :D

any way last c****y pics.

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more to follow.:rolleyes:

by the way that aint white spot on mail sailfin its dried water on the glass. lol:p

[trik]

absoultely fantastic i love your tank so much iam dead jelous


thank mate , there is still along way to go yet. :(

[Gillybaby]

Your Queen looks soooooo happy in there...I'm sure she's got a manic grin ;)

The tank's looking absolutely fantastic, well done :D

[stevieh]

that tank is looking fantastic, just needs the back painting now lol. :) :) stevie.

[trik]

that tank is looking fantastic, just needs the back painting now lol. :) :) stevie.

Ye i no , im well gutted about that, that will teach me for rushing to get it wet.


Gillybaby i think your right about the manic grin.

thanks for all your kind comments.

[Gillybaby]

About painting the back. Could you get one of those small radiator rollers down the back? It looks like there may be room in the pictures. You'll have to squeeze it under the pipes but you should get a fairly good coverage. So long as you use a low odour paint and cover the top whilst your doing it, I'm sure it'll be fine. Just a thought.

[trik]

About painting the back. Could you get one of those small radiator rollers down the back? It looks like there may be room in the pictures. You'll have to squeeze it under the pipes but you should get a fairly good coverage. So long as you use a low odour paint and cover the top whilst your doing it, I'm sure it'll be fine. Just a thought.


Great idea i never even thought of that :o , thanks i will have a look.:D

[stevieh]

can you slip and stick a peace of laminate cut to the same size as the back.:confused: stevie

[trik]

can you slip and stick a peace of laminate cut to the same size as the back.:confused: stevie

good idea but i dont have the room either side of the tank to slide it in, and i cant go from above as all the pipe work is in the way.:(

thanks any way..

Richard

[stevieh]

laminate is only 1.5mm thick and very flexible, cut to size you could slide it in from the side,no painting.:) stevie

[trik]

laminate is only 1.5mm thick and very flexible, cut to size you could slide it in from the side,no painting.:) stevie


mm i like the idea, cheers.

[Gillybaby]

Would definitely be a lot less messy than painting.

[stevieh]

i have a blue laminate at work, i can cut it to size, but you will have to pick it up h.t.h stevie

[trik]

i have a blue laminate at work, i can cut it to size, but you will have to pick it up h.t.h stevie


thanks for the offer very good of you.
bradford how far is that from worcester, i will get my auto route loaded.

[trik]

:eek: wow thats a long drive, :(

[stevieh]

ok its here if you want it,good luck stevie ;)

[trik]

thanks , a mate of mine is a manager at tnt i will see if he has a driver around that way, im very interested and thanks for your kind offer.:D

[stevieh]

fine just give me some notice so i can cut and pack it. what size 8x2 ? stevie

[Tangman]

Hi Richard Thats a kind offer from Steve, nothing less expected though as he is a top guy. If you cant get a 8x2 sheet in cut it in half and then join it and it will be easier to manage. HTH. Eric

[Reefer]

Hi Trik, great tank! what an awesome project to undertake hats off to you, brilliant, have you thought about setting up systems for a living?

[trik]

fine just give me some notice so i can cut and pack it. what size 8x2 ? stevie

thanks mate, it 8f long and 2.5high, i will give you a pm if i can get a driver up yo you. :D

[trik]

Hi Trik, great tank! what an awesome project to undertake hats off to you, brilliant, have you thought about setting up systems for a living?

thanks a lot, as for doing it for a living im not sure if i could do with the stress, i supply and fit kitchen and bathroom for a living so im plumbing most of the time i think thats enough stress, aswell as the electrics plastering tiling, and every thing else.;)

[trik]

small pic update on live stock

corals not sulking as much now

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[trik]

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the nem seems to have grown allready:confused:

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[trik]

fish are all happy and feeding well, only the regal seems to have got a bad case of white spot, stress from the move i think.
This fella is so happy he wont stay still long enough for a good shot.

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[trik]

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thats all for now , the top of the tank will go on this weekend with a helping hand from a mate.

[SteveS]

thats a superb project trik, fish look great, esp the queen. like the nem too

steve

[Gillybaby]

Very glad to see everything has settled in. Agree with Steve, the nem looks stunning.

[trik]

thanks to both of you:D

[callum_parsons]

lookin good mate i love your tangs so much!!
and your corals look fantastic

[mfcfan]

well done some great pics there :)

[moorish]

reguarding using eggrate,its difficult to hide and looks unsitely.i used reef bones which i stuck together outside the tank,forming some large caves for my angels then just placed live rock on top of it and around it after part filling the tank with salt water.you can then build more caves if required for your fish this looks a lot better than using eggrate.derek

[trik]

reguarding using eggrate,its difficult to hide and looks unsitely.i used reef bones which i stuck together outside the tank,forming some large caves for my angels then just placed live rock on top of it and around it after part filling the tank with salt water.you can then build more caves if required for your fish this looks a lot better than using eggrate.derek


thanks for that derek, i have now split well broken up the rest of the live rock i have and i am in the proces of making a structure to cover them up, the only reason i used the pipe and egg crate was to try and give the queen a good hidding place as well as my sailfin both are about 7" tall, and the angel 11/12" long, i new this wasnt going to be an easy task trying to look after a big fish in a reef system, thanks for your in put. Regards Richard

[trik]

66ins by 60ins by 37ins deep. fish stock 6in moorish idol.8in blue ring angel,7in blue face angel,4in blue face angel, 5in yellow tang, 4in cleaner wrasse, pair red sea clowns, 2 heteractis magnifica anemones,1 heteractis crispa, 2 red bubble tips.



iv just read your fish stock:eek: , wow, is there any pics i can look at on how you have done this , i would be very interested in looking, cheers

[trik]

well done some great pics there :)

thanks alot, im only an amature on photo and still learning.;)

[trik]

lookin good mate i love your tangs so much!!
and your corals look fantastic

thanks alot i put alot of effort into it whilst trying to run my own buisness on top, i must say that the tank and stock came first over the xmas period.:o