Tank Entry

Dragging my feet on this project because frankly I've never done it before and didn't relish the idea of having to deal with it, I filled in where the concrete floor was too low. This was an important hurdle in my eyes, and I was dreading it. In the end, it wasn't awful, but then again I'm not entirely done. Here's how it went.

The metal stand is up on shims to get the stand and tank completely level. The slab was down nearly 1" at one corner, and any water spills would inevitably ...

The DIY continues unabated. I decided to get the garage side of the walls sheetrocked with 5/8" material (fire grade). That way I could soon use those walls to better use, hanging tools of them or simply using them to lean stuff against. The poofy insulation bats were annoying, and not helping keep the temperature in my house as well as it should.

It took a couple of hours one afternoon to get the pieces cut and installed.
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i purchased a nice DSA 70 and transfered all my stuff from my 65(http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php/962-my-65g-updated) to it. pretty much the same size as my old tank but thicker glass, also got a canopy and nice stand also made by DSA. lighting has changed to a 6 bulb T5ho, im still not sure if im going to keep current lighting or go back to MH. filtration is the same sump i had on my 65, just and octopus skimmer and bio pellets(no fuge), circulation is a vortech mp40 es, and all timers heater, ...

Well this past weekend was the final push with finishing everything up on my new 75g reef ready tank. I'd like to say it went off without a hitch, but frankly it didn't, and I've had some losses since I started moving everything christmas weekend. Long story short, I should have given it a bit more time to cycle, or only moved 1 fish over at a time instead of all 4 from my 29g, as I had a small (1.0ppm at it's highest) nitrite only spike. Ammonia stayed a solid 0 the entire time, but that tiny bit ...

Today, the package from EzTube arrived. I'll be able to get the light rack built soon, as well as install its suspension kit above.

Now that Savko is open for business again, I placed my order for all my plumbing needs. I still need to find 10' of 1.5" black spaflex, if any of you happen to have a source. They were all out.

I placed the order (acrylic) for my new sump, which will arrive tomorrow. I think I'll be building sumps all week for everyone.
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