125 build with custom stand

Rob.D · Nov 27, 2012

Harbor freight and Big Lots carry cheap tarps, less than $5 each. I bought a few to cover my firewood.

SLUF681 · Nov 27, 2012

I've got some tote pans, unless you just want to use a tarp.

Dapple · Nov 28, 2012

I'm wanting to use a tarp so we can see what rocks we have to available to use, cause I've got a lot.

Dapple · Dec 2, 2012

Well after 2 days of hard work I've been awarded a beautiful reef. Rodney and I were awake for 30+ hours and worked a lot on the project. When I got home tonight after visiting family , water was half way across the basement floor. It seems as if the seal on my sump has gone out , the leak is coming from the bottom seam. I pulled everything back out again and put my 30 gal from the 75 into the 125. Man what a job this has been.

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Rob.D · Dec 2, 2012

Looks great Darren, I hope to make it by soon to see it in person!

Engloid · Dec 2, 2012

Yip, looks great. I like the use of the wye's for the drains. Do you find you get much noise from water draining out?

Dapple · Dec 2, 2012

The drain is totally silent . We have a major project now. My 40 breeder sump leaks. We MUST reseal if. I have my 30 from the old tank going now.

Rob.D · Dec 2, 2012

Dapple said:
The drain is totally silent . We have a major project now. My 40 breeder sump leaks. We MUST reseal if. I have my 30 from the old tank going now.

That sucks, is that one of the dollar per gallon 40 breeders?

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SLUF681 · Dec 2, 2012

No. He bought that sump from a guy on craigslist.

Dapple · Dec 4, 2012

Picture time.

I was able to get my AI sols into the canopy with the metal halides , notice the controller.

This has been a huge project . I would like to thank all my friends who have helped me with this build and my family who have put up with me while doing so.

Dapple · Dec 8, 2012

I thought about selling my leds but I just couldn't let them go so I put them in the canopy with the metal halides and adjusted timers to sequence out duties.

The tops for side cabinets got built today as well.

Hard to imagine that stuff is just linoleum with white plastic trim to decorate the finished ends.

Rob.D · Dec 8, 2012

Darren having the Led's that close to the MH may cause problems?

Dapple · Dec 8, 2012

Finished pictures.

Drawer pics

Do you think the leds are too close. They seem to working fine.

Engloid · Dec 9, 2012

Dapple said:
Do you think the leds are too close. They seem to working fine.

He may just be thinking about the heat of the MH's being hard on the LED's...maybe melting the enclosure, or just adding heat to the inside...cause what I hear is that LED lifespan is highly dependent on how well you can get heat away from them.

Looks really good though. You should work up some cards and put them out at the LFS's, for custom fishtank stands and stuff. I don't know that anybody around here does them. You've probably thought about that already though, and have a reason you haven't done it though.