Had to come back to the cube club! ML 150g DD

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Krylon makes a ruby opaque spray for glass (called sea glass) that if applied over black would be very close I believe. Its on amazon.

 

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Krylon makes a ruby opaque spray for glass (called sea glass) that if applied over black would be very close I believe. Its on amazon.

Oh awesome! Thanks! BTW gonna steal a few Ideas from your build thread. I really like the strip lighting under the tank to light under the stand and I really like the idea of the shelf around the outside of the tank.

 

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Well just got home and test fitted the crossflows. its a little tight ;Playful I wonder if I can get them to alternate so I can put them on different sides.

 

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Sorry for the delay in updates! So first decision was after doing some test painting the PVC, i decided it was not worth the time, effort, and risk of leaks to paint the PVC. Did some testing and really didn't like the result. So i think I am just going to clean the writing off the piping and just keep it white.


So some updates, Cut the holes for the overflow to go into the stand. A buddy came over and helped me get the tank up on the stand. Got the skeleton for the hood built. Radions came in. Had to move the thermostat from where it was to around the corner. My heaters and Zen Reef heater holder came in. Got my mesh top built. Picked up a bunch of rock and live rock.

 

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Also! PVC lined the bottom of my stand for extra guard from getting the floor wet.

The old thermostat had a nasty pumpkin orange color under it.

Test fitting the lights in the hood skeleton.

 

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What sand is that you are using? It looks like crushed aragonite.

 

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And also built the Herbie style overflow standpipes.

 

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What sand is that you are using? It looks like crushed aragonite.

I am going to be using 60# of aragonite and 40# of Caribsea fiji pink live sand. I may mix in a 10# bag of oolite in the center areas to make it a bit better for the wrasses if the fiji pink does not make it a bit lighter

 

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What is the distance between the height of the siphon and the emergency drain? Works better if it is 6" or greater.

 

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It's

What is the distance between the height of the siphon and the emergency drain? Works better if it is 6" or greater.

Exactly 6"

 

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Also just realized why you were asking that. The picture makes it look like they are really close. I chopped out 2-3 inches after I took this picture.

 

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That makes sense. Should be dead silent then.

 

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Well Apex Arrived yesterday so time to design a power panel for all my controllers and such.

 

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been working on the rock stack

 

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And got the hood built. now just needs holes cut for the cables and plumbing and then painted.

 

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Some rockwork pictures from this weekend.

 

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Got the hood painted and equipment mounted in the hood.


Still working on getting all the pump wiring all situated. Running my Jebao's from my Apex.

 

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What are you doing with the tank on the paint cans? Have you decided how you are going to skin the stand? Doors or pull the whole panel off?

 

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What are you doing with the tank on the paint cans? Have you decided how you are going to skin the stand? Doors or pull the whole panel off?

That's going to be a tank for bringing in fish and getting them eating. I use that route specifically for leopard wrasses. Also doubles as a remote refugium. I was using the paint cans to gauge how high to make the mini stand for it. I think I am going to do removable panels. That way I can make it look as sleek as possible.

 

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I like the removable panels cause the look will match your canopy. Have you put the rock in to see how you like it?