600 gallon Acrylic Reef

[pwhitby]

That was one option Tony......one of many. I wont go into some of the others we thought of....

[MyMonkey]

Wow, nice work Paul. I hate to think how unveven my floor is.

[pwhitby]

well....to continue....

Heres the stand on the wooden base:


the top has an extra sheet of ply under it.....while I am doing some painting, but the steel is in place and not going anywhere.
Next step is getting the holes cut for the closed loop then getting the tank on top.

The skimmer came today, I went with an ASM g6 redrilled to make it a recirculating skimmer.



and here is lynn next to it for size comparison.



the skimmer has 3 sedra 9000 pumps......cant wait to get it running.

Paul.

[asnatlas]

Looking good... Looks like you are picking up a little speed on the project now When I get home in the morning I am going to work on my aquascaping some and should have my RO booster pump tomorrow or Friday...

[freezerguy]

that protein skimmer ought to get the job done! how did you attach the stand to the wood?

[pwhitby]

the steel is just sat on the wood subframe. I dont envisage it moving at all.

[Gwalker]

WOW, you had the same pic idea I had with my little tank project, only Emily is standing next to the head of the skimmer and not the whole thing. I'm not hijacking. Your still the residential reef KING!!



You will be pleased with the G6. Mine pulls tons of stuff out, even without the mods.

Gary



and with it all assembled....

[pwhitby]

Show off.

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by pwhitby
Show off.

LOL

[pwhitby]

all that seems overkill for that Nano you have on the store counter.....or are you upto something else.

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by pwhitby
the skimmer has 3 sedra 9000 pumps......cant wait to get it running.

I can't wait to get this up and running...

[pwhitby]

Show off.

LOL.

I may paint the pipe on mine red....

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by pwhitby
Show off.

LOL.

I may paint the pipe on mine red....

LOL, on my system plumbing I used sched 80 fittings on everything, I am debating on using red tape and going over all of the white sched 40 pipes to make it all match...

[Gwalker]

Man, you'd be amazed how much corals and fish you can squeeze into one of those nanos with a skimmer like that on it!!

Overall I think we have some nice looking skimmer models! You were probably thinking the same thing I was "nobody would rather see me in this pic"

Keep those pics coming...

Gary

[pwhitby]

Shawn, you're killing me....tho I have to be honest....I helped a friend set his tank up and the plumbing and the laying of the electrical he did was incredible....i was thinki9ng of having him come help me (listening Ray?)...

There is a real difference between plumbing and making a nice clean and good looking job.

The colors of the bubble king are nice. I really do like the red pipe. I debated on black or red for my stand. I went with Black cos I could not envisage using red outdoor paint for any other project i have going on.

When do you think you will have water in yours? Im hoping to have mine drilled this weekend and plumbed by next.

P.

[pwhitby]

Originally posted by Gwalker
Overall I think we have some nice looking skimmer models! You were probably thinking the same thing I was "nobody would rather see me in this pic"

Gary...you read my mind.....

[Gwalker]

BTW, If you want to cover your pipes in red all you have to do is go to Bed, Bath and Beyond. They have plastic shower rod covers that come in all different colors. They just snap around the pipe. The maximum diameter it works on is 1" but it looks pretty good.

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by pwhitby
Shawn, you're killing me....tho I have to be honest....I helped a friend set his tank up and the plumbing and the laying of the electrical he did was incredible....i was thinki9ng of having him come help me (listening Ray?)...

There is a real difference between plumbing and making a nice clean and good looking job.

The colors of the bubble king are nice. I really do like the red pipe. I debated on black or red for my stand. I went with Black cos I could not envisage using red outdoor paint for any other project i have going on.

When do you think you will have water in yours? Im hoping to have mine drilled this weekend and plumbed by next.

P.

Do you have any pics of Ray's setup, I am interested in seeing...

I am waiting on my RO booster pump which should be tomorrow (today) or Friday... I am going to try to start on my aquascaping after work if I am not too tired and once I get the booster pump setup I am going to start filling the display while I work on setting up the sump and ref and getting all of that plumbed, It will take a good few days to fill the display so I can be killing two birds with one stone...

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by Gwalker
BTW, If you want to cover your pipes in red all you have to do is go to Bed, Bath and Beyond. They have plastic shower rod covers that come in all different colors. They just snap around the pipe. The maximum diameter it works on is 1" but it looks pretty good.

Most of my pipes will be 1.5" and 2"...

Oh wait, you were prob talking to Paul

[captbunzo]

Hehe. Now I have heard it all - skimmer pipe coloring debates!

I'll have to keep this in mind and use orange electrical tape when I build mine in a month or two or three....

[pwhitby]

Gary.....what the hell were you doing in Blood bath and beyond?

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[asnatlas]

Originally posted by pwhitby
Gary.....what the hell were you doing in Blood bath and beyond?

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ROFL maybe his wife saw them and told him ??

[Gwalker]

You know it was one of those "honeydos" shopping excursions. I've been in this TOO long. When I go somewhere I can always find something that will be incorporated into an aquarium item. Paul, you know you have to do those "honeydos", especially if you want her to keep letting you put behemoth aquariums in the house!!!!

I don't even want to talk about what it takes to have her work in the shop for free. OH THE shame!! the shame!!!

[pwhitby]

I hear you on the finding stuff....

While Lynn was recovering from a surgery I was sizing up her IV drip for a kalkwasser reactor im designing. She wouldnt ask if she could keep it as a souvenir....

P.

[Untamed12]

That's funny. While visiting a friend in the hospital, I was doing the exact same thing! Everytime somebody walked by, I was sizing up their feed pump.

Thanks for confirming my decision to go with the G6. Did you recirc mod all three pumps?...or two...or one...? It looks like there is one pump of the three that has a different pipe on it. How are you going to feed the skimmer if you mod'd all three pumps?