300 gallon shipwreck

[gary faulkner]

mrcrab


Welcome to The Welcome. :-)

[HarrsCars]

Ok here goes
[welcome]

did it work.

I feel like one of the seven dwarves under my house laboriously digging, hacking, beating, stupid bloody ROCKS. Its getting there one half shovel at a time. I was going to put in a concrete floor but that would mean we would have to sack it. I dont know about you but I have sacked about 130 bags in one day. Its no fun and the people that help you do it once will never ever ever do it again. So being close to x-mas work on tank is slower but still progressing in the hole. My 72 is up and I'll include a few pics of it to suffice everyone for pics. I am going to Seattle on Sunday for some x-mas shopping and I found a sohal tang I am going to pick up while I am there. He will find space in the 72 while I finish the 300. I think I will use my 72 as a transition tank to the 300 as long as Leo does not think of anyone as food. I thought of tying the 72 into the main system once it is up and running. But still keep it self supported while I aclimate newbees to the system.

Put 4 green chromis in the 72 they are doing great. Maybe swap everybody else out next week. Here are some pics of it.


Full tank shot need to get a new 4ft t5 setup. Unless someones got one to sell.


Left side of tank.


Right side of tank.

I will put the 20 gallon under for a sump and put two sea swirls on it and get rid of the powerheads in the middle. Not bad for now.

Our family x-mas is this Saturday and shoping on Sunday so no tank work this weekend. Bummer!! But top cupboards are up in the kitchen so I think I am in the clear till after x-mas and can finish my excavation.

Still need to cut my slots in the tank so that when overflow box comes I can glue it in. Need a 96hr day to get 12 hours of work in.

I working on the car album once I get it done I will get it posted. We went to SEMA this year truly amazing what there is to offer. Something like 3.5 million sq ft of car stuff. My son and I were in asphalt overload. Picking up a car magazine is old news now since we seen everything thats going to be in it for the next year at the event.

Checking out and watching my chromis with a beer.
Later
Mike

[jamesdawson]

Sounds great Harry.

Take your time and doing it right!

James

[Cuby2k]

Well I am tagging along with interest but I can not look at any more of the pictures where you have and have yet to dig in the crawl space. It makes my back hurt like he dbl toothpicks and even more so when you describe how much more you have to remove.

FWIW, I helped relatives carve out a ten foot basement on an existing home with crawl space but we could use a bobcat. I don't see that option in your case.

Anywho, I like your concept and look forward to seeing it come together. And btw, if you lived closer I would donate an afternoon of digging to help you geterdone.

[Cuby2k]

oops, sorry.

[miwoodar]

Kudos for thinking outside the box Harrscars...then putting it back in the box (glass box).

[firechief]

I would love to see somemore photos on this ship

Love this set up

[jnarowe]

I am really enjoying this build. Lots of work and things to think through, and the moving panel for the bedroom is sweet.

The only concern I have is about having all that water volume below ground level. Ground temps around here are about 45 - 55F depending on the season, so won't this be too cool? I would think your heaters would be on constant to keep up with the heat loss. Am I missing something?

[Young4life]

This is gonna be so awesome once it's fully setup! I can't wait for the next update!