DIY projects

We've selected our builder! I'm also tweaking the size of the original overflow, I need something to handle max 6000gph. The tank should be installed in December if my schedule and the builder's works out. I'm working too much to make November a possiblity. I need to take some days off for the builder because of the fact that the tank needs to be built on site.

I'll take some photos tonight of the tank room, its been progressing. The leg tank is installed, and they layout has been ...

I hauled in the leg tank today, and then sent the other half off to the hardware store for supplies. So maybe tonight, or this weekend, it will be set up and chugging along making water.

Upended In my kitchen


From above


From inside
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Tee hee hee! Pretty no?



Just waiting back on the answers to a
couple of questions, and then on Friday I'll be ordering our tank!

Well not really the end as we all know there is never an END to this hobby. Always upgrading, swapping, buying etc....

But I did get the room done inside and out. Tile is laid, over 400 sq ft of it! I wish I would have done that first it would have been WAY easier.

When I started this hobby a few years ago I never realized I would have to be a carpenter, plumber, chemist, tile layer or electrician. I'm sure there are other things I'm forgetting that I've learned over ...

I was simply wondering if anyone has built their own LED lighting system. I read two articles online about it and I totally want to try it. I have a 55 gallon tank, it's a fish only system for now because I haven't gotten up to the high end lighting that is required for a reef tank. Just wondering if anyone has tried this fairly new technology out yet. Here are some plans that I found:

http://ledsupply.com/docs/reef-tank_...structions.pdf

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...0#post14502630