Elos 70 upgrade

revhtree · Jan 18, 2016

Just be careful that a skimmer overflow doesn't make it outside the sump!

WDKegge · Jan 18, 2016

revhtree said:
Just be careful that a skimmer overflow doesn't make it outside the sump!

It's got a bit of clearance

Salty1962 · Jan 18, 2016

Looks like it's really coming along. Nice remod on room!

WDKegge · Jan 26, 2016

It's ridiculous and I love it. Sadly it looks like all my gate valves I ordered on amazon are going to be a week late, I was hoping to be up and running this weekend but it looks like that's not going to happen.

irish02bk · Jan 26, 2016

Nice, i'm setting up an elos 70 too here shortly.

Did you not have the stock sump with it? i think to start i'm going to stick with the stock sump but may go towards something similar to yours eventually.

WDKegge · Jan 26, 2016

irish02bk said:
Nice, i'm setting up an elos 70 too here shortly.

Did you not have the stock sump with it? i think to start i'm going to stick with the stock sump but may go towards something similar to yours eventually.

I had the stock sump but I really wasn't a fan off it, I wanted to have a proper fuge in this tank.

WDKegge · Feb 1, 2016

Major progress this weekend.

Painting the back of the tank and sump, I used plasti dip.

Back in the house.

Aquascaping begins.

Final product, linking a video I took as well if you really want to see the depth of the work, this was my first go at this, I think it came out fantastic!

Plumbing complete!

Tight fit!

As she sits right now.

Things left to do:
Electrical
FILL IT WITH WATER!

Mirkus · Feb 1, 2016

Great start! I'm glad my old tank lives on (latest pics confirm). I look forward to following your progress.

WDKegge · Feb 1, 2016

Mirkus said:
Great start! I'm glad my old tank lives on (latest pics confirm). I look forward to following your progress.

Thats awesome. How long ago did you have it? I bought it from a local guy in the Sacramento area, tank is near flawless, not a single scratch on the glass.

Mirkus · Feb 1, 2016

..well not exactly flawless. You have the chip and I think there is one small light scratch.

I purchased tank in 2008 and sold it in early 2014.

WDKegge · Feb 1, 2016

Mirkus said:
..well not exactly flawless. You have the chip and I think there is one small light scratch.

I purchased tank in 2008 and sold it in early 2014.

Eh, the chip is superficial to me for how nice the tank is, and I think the only scratch is in the upper right somewhere. Either way, it's leaps and bounds over my scratched to **** biocube.

Tank was obviously well cared for to be in such good condition so many years later.

irish02bk · Feb 1, 2016

Looking good, makes me want to start getting at mine...

WDKegge · Feb 8, 2016

Electrical looks like **** but SHES ALIVE!

Just wanted to get my cycle going, will figure out all the Apex and whatnot later!

Had a few small leaks here and there but hopefully were straight now.

Might have had a bottle or two while waiting for RODI water.

WDKegge · Feb 9, 2016

Thinking of doing more sps in this tank, picked these guys up from a local with some nice stuff:

RR promethus
RR purple passion
Tyree pink lemonade
ORA red planet

irish02bk · Feb 12, 2016

Looking good!

WDKegge · Feb 16, 2016

Did some cleaning up this weekend.

Used this:

To turn this:

Into this:

Going to try and find the time this week to build the book shelf that will be going next to the tank that will double as ATO storage and wiring area.

WDKegge · Mar 23, 2016

90% of the biocube has been moved over, here is what's left of the once great biocube.

I placed what I wanted on to the rock work and fragged lots of stuff, I ended up running out of plugs so the light is still on the tank till everything else is moved out.

Minor hair algae after the cycle, but everything is happy as can be, I plan on taking some better pictures after the other light goes on and I spread things out a bit.

Took about a week, but the skimmer finally broke in after its deep deep cleaning I gave it.

My daughter making sure "her fish" are happy in their new home.

WDKegge · Mar 30, 2016

Things are doing great, I moved all the livestock over from my biocube and ended up with TONS of frags, happily getting some money back from local groups that are buying everything up.

Hate having the DIY temp frag racks in the tank, but had to put it somewhere!