110 reef build done my way(lots of pics)

[clayspst]

well i am going to post on here my 110 build that is if northcoast reefers don't mind. well let me start with the measurments 60x18x24 i have also heard this is a 125 tall but it really doesn't matter what it is called. so here is the DIY stand and canopy. I am currently waiting for the canopy to dry from being sealed. The stand is sealed all ready. both are using 1x6 to support the weight. The tank is currently at arch's glass getting ready to be drilled. i am a little nervous about this but we will see how it goes.
Here is the tank as a freshwater tank. I will update when things change.
freshwater
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/1.jpg
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http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/3.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/4.jpg

unfinished stand and canopy
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010005.jpg
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[northbay-reefer]

Good luck with drilling your tank

[crispyreef]

Looks good. I need to build a new stand for my 125 by the end of April. Keep us posted on how it goes.

[clayspst]

the stand and canopy are sealed pics to come later. new updates the tank is drilled no cracks or breaks i will pick it up this morning and post pics later.
i pick about 100lbs of live rock and sand from craisglist. pics below
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010020.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010021.jpg

[clayspst]

well the stand and canopy are done. i had four holes drilled in the tank. overflows are put in and the back of the tank is painted. here are the pictures.
overflow
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010028.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010026.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010025.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010023.jpg
returns
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010024.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010022.jpg

[clayspst]

the refugium is done. it is a 45L only cost me $170. now i need to go get a pump and run some water :)
Thank you jeffkluse for "making me DIY it" it was fun to make
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010028-1.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010029.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010030.jpg

[chrismhaase]

Clay, I am in the process of building a 90, and I am going to make a fuge as well. Is there a reason why you decided to have the return built into the fuge instead of making it external? Or does it not really matter? I was thinking of raising the temp, so
i decided to do it external. where are your baffles and what type of skimmer are you going to use? Nice work.

[revclyburn]

Hey Clay,

where did you get the design for your fuge from. I am going to create a fuge from my old 38 gal. I like the way yours is laid out, and from what I see it's not so hard to do. I can really just look at your pics and get a good idea of what needs to be done. But, if you have a DIY plan, it will be also be a big help.

thanks RevClyburn

[clayspst]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9479077#post9479077 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chrismhaase
Clay, I am in the process of building a 90, and I am going to make a fuge as well. Is there a reason why you decided to have the return built into the fuge instead of making it external? Or does it not really matter? I was thinking of raising the temp, so
i decided to do it external. where are your baffles and what type of skimmer are you going to use? Nice work.

i did it all in one due to space. I dont think a pump of about 1300gph will rasie the temp in set-up of 150 gallons. in smaller set-ups yes. but no big tanks. My baffles are place where i wanted them each one is about an 1inch a part. i am going to run the RS-80 from euro reef for my skimmer.

[clayspst]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9479191#post9479191 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by revclyburn
Hey Clay,

where did you get the design for your fuge from. I am going to create a fuge from my old 38 gal. I like the way yours is laid out, and from what I see it's not so hard to do. I can really just look at your pics and get a good idea of what needs to be done. But, if you have a DIY plan, it will be also be a big help.

thanks RevClyburn

as for the design i just have been looking at other refugiums and picking parts that i like and putting them all into one. It is really easy i just made sure they are striaght and where i want them. As for a plan i just figured how big i wanted my fuge and how big the footprint on my skimmer would be and measured out from there. if you have any questions feel free to pm me or just ask them here i will answer what i can.

[jkreefer]

hey looks good, now you can take that extra money and go with your buddy out to steves and get a few corals for your new tank......ohhh forgot you still have to cycle, we'll you still saved a couple hundred anyway. when you need some macro for your fuge let me know.

[revclyburn]

Do you have to cycle the fuge?

And as for the fuge, I'll just wing and see how it comes out. I've seen a lot of designs, all are basically the same I guess. I'm just a little intimidated with the whole thing, don't want to create a mess. But, hey, if I don't try it, I'll never know if I can do it. Have you thought about making a arcylic fuge? Saw some plans for one, lookd a little easy too. But, let me make a couple before I GRADUATE to that level.

how are you planning on feeding your skimmer and is the return internal or external?

rev

[sulcata1619]

Hey nice job, What are the books for in the sump? we all know you are supposed to use beer bottles for scale in our photos. LOL
mike

[clayspst]

yeah jeff we will be heading up there today. but i still have a nano at work that could use some more corals. thanks again.


Cycle the fuge i dont know. i was planing on cycling it with the tank. the fuge is acrylic. the skimmer will be internal in the return part of the refugium.


the books are the wifes. as for the beer bottles i keep those out of the picks just incase there are kids watching.

[chrismhaase]

I did a DIY wet dry to fuge conversion. All I did was add a baffle and we were ready to go. I had an external skimmer.
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/chrismhaase/refuge.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

It was a 90 gallon rated wet dry. I know it was small but in this 55 gallon reef I had about 90lbs of LR and 70-80lbs of LS, cheato, mangroves, and some red gracilia. My tank was good.

[chrismhaase]

I never cycled my fuge. I did use fuge mud and ls sand when I hooked it up. I got a little brown algae bloom for about a day, but my cleanup crew took care of it.

[revclyburn]

Do you have a skimmer Chrismhaase?

edwin

[jkreefer]

As for cycling i was talking about his new main tank.

[chrismhaase]

yes i had a skimmer. It was a Sea Life Impact Skimmer 250 here is a picture for you. It was rated for 200 gallons I think.
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[chrismhaase]

This was a picture right after I cleaned it. My buddy has it on his 65. This is a monster. I had a great time using it. It worked really good for me. I had a mag 7 on it and ran it out of the section where the raw water comes in and then flows into the fuge section.

[clayspst]

i picked up a posidien PS4 pump from a friendly reefer. i will be plumbing it this weekend. i will post pics later.

[SethSPST]

Looks good clay.

[TikiDan]

do you have any pictures of how you plumbed the 2 overflows to your sump?

[clayspst]

ok i haven't updated this forum yet so here i go. The plumbing is complete. There are a lot of 90's but it works good so i am happy with it. pics below.
right side put back also my JBJ ATO(works great)
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010084.jpg
left side overflows
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010085.jpg
back of tank
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010086.jpg

[clayspst]

aquascaping is done.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010087.jpg
right sidehttp://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010088.jpg
left side
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010089.jpg

[clayspst]

Tank has been cycling since 22MAR07 i will be testing the water tomorrow. The lights and aquacontroller will be ordered on monday. lights will be 3 x 250watt lunmarc MH and 2 x T5 54w ice caps. skimmer is euro-reef rs 80 which will be orederd soon.

[SethSPST]

Looks good Clay. Do you have a hole drilled in the return pipe after it enters the tank in case the power goes out?

[clayspst]

no there is a check valve so the water wont run out of the tank

[clayspst]

lights are in cycle is complete. I am ready for corals WOOT
<------------(does a little dance)

[SethSPST]

Congrats dude. What are you going to put in it? How about some pics?

[bigdaddyTank]

Is that an Oceanic tank? I have the exact same tank and stand that I have had for over 15 years, its been empty for the last 7 years and I'm going to be building into a reef in a few years. Mine has the same measurements and is not drilled. I was thinking when I bought it that they said that it was not tempered and the bottom could be drilled out. How thick is your glass by the way?
Looks great by the way!

[clayspst]

i think it is an oceanic. the glass is 3/8 thick.

[clayspst]

here are the lights 250w 14k lunmenarc
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/5_4_20078_31PM_0002.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/5_4_20078_31PM_0001.jpg
fulltank shot
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/5_4_20078_31PM_0007.jpg
hydro 4
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/5_4_20078_31PM_0006.jpg
GSP
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/5_4_20078_31PM_0005.jpg
BTA
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/5_4_20078_31PM_0004.jpg
lawnmower blenny
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/5_4_20078_31PM_0003.jpg

[northbay-reefer]

looks like you are ready for some frags :D :D ... when your tank is ready, maybe we can do a club donation program where everyone in the club bring frags for your new tank in the next meeting :D :D

[clayspst]

the tank is all ready. if you guys would like to do that it works for me.

[jkreefer]

Looks good Clay, cant wait to see in person.

[SethSPST]

Thanks for the update Clay. Looks good.

[crispyreef]

Looks great. What do you want to stock your tank with, SPS, LPS, softies, mixed, etc? Since your tank is being set up from scratch, this gives you a chance to have it set up just the way you want it. An example is by not putting in mushrooms if you want an SPS dominating tank. Just ask Tom about that!:D :D

[clayspst]

yeah it will be mixed. with no mushrooms or kenya trees.

[jmmicioni]

im jealous...i cant wait to see it memorial day weekend!!!!! i sent you you 2 pics...let know if you get them.........

[Steve Ruddy]

I like how you did the top. How do you like the nano streams? Which model did you get?

[northbay-reefer]

Steve you meant Hydor right ?

[clayspst]

i am using 2 hydor 4's they move a lot of water and are very quiet.

[Steve Ruddy]

Nice are they easy to position? I have a few on order to test out. It seems everyone likes them so far.

[northbay-reefer]

Steve take a look at these, they look pretty good, better par than the XM 20k and the color graph looks great too.

http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_lighting_metal_halide_bulbs_single-ended_20000K_blue_life_sps.asp

The company Sun pacific supplies just got bought up by blue life SPS and they are selling these bulbs again. The test on Sanjay's site looks great, but couldnt find the bulbs until now. I think the company is looking for people to sell these bulbs and they might send you some free one for testing.

http://www.bluelifeusa.com/index.php

[clayspst]

updated pics not the best but it works
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010101.jpg
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[clayspst]

more
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[clayspst]

last two
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http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010117.jpg

[northbay-reefer]

You are getting coraline algea so thats a good sign

[jkreefer]

looks goood clay. Love that carpet!!

[northbay-reefer]

is that a berber carpet ?? :D :D

[clayspst]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10473454#post10473454 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by northbay-reefer
You are getting coraline algea so thats a good sign

i have more coraline then i know what to do with. every day i clean of the glass

[clayspst]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10475390#post10475390 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jkreefer
looks goood clay. Love that carpet!!

yeah it is about 9" acrossed i picked it up for 25.

[SethSPST]

Looks good clay. If only your camera skills were as good as your tank.

[scuglass]

nice set up.... what kind of fish is that in the last picture of the post with the mandarin?

[clayspst]

it is a yellow headed jawfish

[clayspst]

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010153.jpg
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carpet moved
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[clayspst]

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[SethSPST]

Looks good clay. How did you get you clowns to change color?:D

[sulcata1619]

Looking good Clay.

[revclyburn]

great lookin tanl clay


I'm about to set my tank back up, pics are forth coming, I looked at it today and I need to drill it, and get it going. Just bought a house and it's been my nemesis for at least 2 month, enough is enuf!
Time to get back to my tank, thanks clay for reminding me what is really important!

rev

[clayspst]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10726911#post10726911 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SethSPST
Looks good clay. How did you get you clowns to change color?:D

paint marker

[SethSPST]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10731900#post10731900 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clayspst
paint marker

I tried, but she won't quite wiggling.:D I got my fleet up approved by command and detailer today.:bounce2:

[trdofwrkin]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10731900#post10731900 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clayspst
paint marker

its permanent marker...and by the way when you get transferred i get dibs on ur stuff before you go. you can give them to me that way when you get where your going you can have them back....I love you:thumbsup:

[clayspst]

3 months of growth. here they are
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010204.jpg
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[clayspst]

oh yeah lighting is now 3X250 20K XM's and the t-5's
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q294/clayspst1/P1010212.jpg
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[jo kerpaly]

The tank is looking good!!

[crispyreef]

The bottle brush has been growing. Looks good.

[clayspst]

which one is the bottle brush?

[crispyreef]

Pic #6

[SethSPST]

Looks good clay. How many nems are in there? 4?

[clayspst]

yep