BlackLabelCorals 76G Day Dream Display

[BlackLabelCorals]

I would have went with a red dragon pump haha

I've heard their customer service was bad though? Have you had an experience with it? Because for a protein skimmer I'd like to try their bubble king 180 double cone.

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

Officially done plumbing as long as my leak test goes well. Only additional thing I want to add is some PVC support clamps. Especially for the manifold, it's really heavy and sags.

The emergency drain that comes down in the second chamber of the sump is at a slight angle and it's driving me nuts. If I had enough fittings to redo it I would, oh well.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

It looks good [emoji106]

 

[concretepumper]

Nice

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

Got the rock work all cemented today.

Here was some shots before I used any Emarco 400.

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

Ordered pretty much the rest of everything needed for this build minus a few pieces. Stay tuned for pictures to come!

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

Here some random shots of the pieces I've got patiently waiting in the QT.
Happy Hump Day!

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

Leak test is done, rock work in. Just have to support the sub-floor and add sand, then I can get this thing cycling.

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

Finished the daunting task of going under the house to reinforce the sub floor for the display.

It really wasn't to bad of a task, the worst part is crawling 40' from one end of the house to where the tank will sit.

I added (2) 2"x6" beams between the existing joists. I screwed them in from both ends, and then wedged in 2"x4" legs between the newly installed beams and the 2"x6" beams I laid on the ground to disperse the load.

They aren't perfect, but it's more than enough to support the entire tank.

Before:

After:

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Great job on the scape! Did you get the pukani from brs? And how many pounds of rock is your total scape?

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

Great job on the scape! Did you get the pukani from brs? And how many pounds of rock is your total scape?

Yeah that's where I got it from. I'd guess around 45lbs or so. The Marco Prime Cuts are heavy. Pukani of course is pretty light.

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

Sand in

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

One of my favorites in QT. Excited to see this fully colored up.

 

[litenyaup]

Great build so far! Diff overkill on the return pump lol. I'm going to run a M1 on my 190 gallon hahahaha.

 

[Watevadog5]

Got the rock work all cemented today.

Here was some shots before I used any Emarco 400.

Love the scape

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

Great build so far! Diff overkill on the return pump lol. I'm going to run a M1 on my 190 gallon hahahaha.

Almost to much over kill honestly. Once I Calibrated it, my max setting was only the 4 level setting. And then I run it in the middle. So realistically I'm running it on the second lowest setting. My buddy said his M1 was bogged down with a manifold on a 50G. Then I found out after the fact that he hasn't Calibrated it. For sure could have got away with the M1.

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

A lot of goodies came in today!

Had to test out the radions real quick, the photo is probably with them at 100% since I just plugged it in, didn't connect it to any software. But I think I should have enough coverage for a while with my SPS. We will see!

Progress pictures to come this week. Still need some ideas on my electrical? Any advice. Wanting to make a board for all the drivers, apex stuff and a battery back up once I get one.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

The tank look amazing I am loving the Ecotech line up ,making me consider it as well

 

[BlackLabelCorals]

The tank look amazing I am loving the Ecotech line up ,making me consider it as well

Hoping these radions don't let me down with my Acros. Otherwise I'll be going back to T5's. I'll give them a solid year after the tank is cycled and a few months old.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

Ok that's good to know , what T5 fixture would you go back to a ATI or a Giesemann?