start of a new adventure 265gal starphire

[ycnibrc]

haha I almost want to file them out but jarhead stop me since he doesn't want to see me crack the tank...:-).

When Leemar drill the hole they drill from both side of the glass but they didn't file the part when the two drill come together so there is a grove in the middle and just 1mm the bulkhead didn't go through. Anyway I have to wait until Wed. In the meantime I can think about more plumbing.....:-).

Oh Jonathan I have to bug you later about the AC3 programing. I don't have alot of stuff just halide,t5,fan and heater.

[jnarowe]

Oh, it's glass not, acrylic! Nevermind then.

No sweat on the AC3. Curt at Neptune is extremely customer service oriented, so any question you post in his forum will be answered promptly. I can share with you my code and thought process to give you a head start.

[Jar*Head]

Anthony, your tank will be running before thanksgiving. Will burn midnight oil on wednesday.

[ycnibrc]

haha I hope that Leemar will deliver my tank by Wed. Frag tank won't be until the 29th. Hey Steve do you know where I can rent those big glass suction cup holder? I think we need those to put the tank on top of the styrofoam cushion.

[ycnibrc]

well since I don't have my tank to work on. I build a flexible holder for my ac3 controller. Here are the parts

1 flexible mic post,a base ,the microphone base connector and some double side tape.



first I put a stripe of double side tape to the microphone holder then I tape that to the back of ac3 controller







then I attach the microphone base with the ac3 to the flexible post and screw in the base to mount.





It took me a lengthy 10 min to complete the project and cost $27....:-)

[jnarowe]

That is so cool.

[ycnibrc]

Originally posted by jnarowe
That is so cool.

thanks Jonathan I'm all dress up but no where to go. So I have sometime to do some little project.

[jnarowe]

How will you run the probe wires?

[ycnibrc]

I have the black vinyl tubing that can hide the wire inside and I just tie wrap it with the flexible post. I will install the post to the right side of the stand and drill ad 3/4 hole to run the wire inside the stand and install the PH probe and temp sensor.

[ycnibrc]

Here is the picture

[jnarowe]

Very nice. That makes sense! Did you already find out that one of the probes has a short wire? I had to get an extension to reach my sump.

[ycnibrc]

I will mount the controller to the right side of the stand and the sum is locate right next to it. I think I have enough length for both temp and PH the rest are power and ethernet cable.

[Jar*Head]

Wow, that look very nice Anthony. The delay of your tank could be a good thing. At least you made some progress. Hey, the tank is being made, pick up in Fed.

[ycnibrc]

awesome Jarhead but it's too bad you will be in CO. But by that time my coral will be mature enough to frag....:-)

[Jar*Head]

Cool, i will need a lot of Frags hehehehehe.

[ycnibrc]

well finally my tank have arrived safely thank God.

I just have enough time to put it on the stand and tomorrow the plumbing will start and hopefully by the weekend I can transfer my current tank over.

some picture of the tank




picture of H&S skimmer A200-1260


I will run 2 skimmer 1 wet skim and 1 dry skim. I still need to figure how to fit the hayward bulkhead into the drill hole since Leemar doesn't have the right drill bit for the Hayward bulkhead. It miss like 1mm :-(

[jnarowe]

That tank looks sweet. Can you file out the hole a bit?

Also, I wouldn't dream of setting up a tank and making the transfer that quickly. I know guys do it all the time, but I really like to see things settle out first. Test everything over a longer period, intoduce some rock first, then some fish, then when it has stabilized, move corals. I have seen several systems crash and burn because of these quick transfers.

[ycnibrc]

Well I sold my old tank already. I have save some water when I do water change so I have almost 3/4 of the total volume in old water and I only have to mix the rest. I know the coral will stress out a little but I will try tokeep the same parameter as far as temp,cal,alk and mag. The glass is touch to grind but I sand down the bulk head just a little and it fit through.

[jnarowe]

problem solved. do you have a QT tank or some kind of tub you can house sensitive corals in while the new tank comes online?

[ycnibrc]

yeah I have a 50 gal refugium that I can put some corals in there when I transfer.
This is my plan. I have 3 section in my current tank.
I will move the coral on the right side to the refugium then I can move the live rock to the new tank and aquascape the right side of t new tank.
Then I move the coral in the middle to the empty rightside of the current tank. Then I will move the live rock in the middle of current tank to new tank and aquascape.
Last I will move the coral of the left side to the middle of current tank and move the live rock to new tank and aquascape. After satisfy with aquascape I will start to pump the water of the old tank to new tank and fill it up. Start the close loop for water circultaion and move corals over. After corals move over then fish will come. Corals and fish will stay in the old tank until the last moment so less stress for them.

[Jar*Head]

I can hear the sound of the dremel working on them CL holes... I hope you will get them all done today...

[jnarowe]

Well, at least you have a plan!

[Jar*Head]

Thanks god, i did not hear my name mentioned in his plan.... Or else i will be up for 36hrs traight....

[ycnibrc]

haha steve better take your nap cause you will be working hard on Friday...3 bulkhead done 5 more to go.....:-)

[Jar*Head]

Dude, i hate duty on holiday... It seems so long and you don't see a darn soul...