Looky Looky Looky

[Christopher Parish]

I got “Waterboxed”!

I certainly can’t wait til early July...

UTG

 

[PookieGV]

Nice

 

[Dennis McGrath]

That's a long wait...

 

[Christopher Parish]

I’ll take a nap around June 20th, so it’ll speed up that day! LOL

Nah. It’ll give me time to cure my rock and get my Red Dragon 230W that has to make the trip across the big pond,

 

[Skep18]

I waited almost 4 months for a custom tank. A month isn't too bad. I took it as an opportunity to take my first lesson in patience which is valuable in this hobby.

GL!

 

[Christopher Parish]

4 months is a long time to wait. I’m certainly looking forward to some unboxing!

UTG

 

[Michael Allen]

Congrats on your Waterbox, Selling anything old?

 

[jschultzbass]

Nice! I ordered the 170.4/5. Super excited!

 

[Christopher Parish]

Congrats on your Waterbox, Selling anything old?

Nah, my current 20G will turn into a Q tank.

UTG

 

[Christopher Parish]

Look what I picked up on the way home today...

Time to start getting the build together in prep for the 230.6’s arrival!

UTG

 

[Tripptastic]

Following! Maybe I can get some ideas for your tank's little brother.

 

[Christopher Parish]

Good deal. I’m out of town at the moment, but will post some pictures of the goodies the Mr. UPS man dropped off today when I get home tomorrow.

I’ll PM you a drawing of the DT bypass I’m going to install. I’ll be able to bypass the DT and valve off the overflow. This will allow me to clean the sump by using my rerun pump and sock filters. It also has some check valves installed so I don’t get back flow from the redundant pumps.

I’m looking forward to this build...

UTG

 

[Christopher Parish]

More stuff for the build. Now I just need my Waterbox and main return pump.

Not pictured is 150lb of love rock and 200lb of sand.

UTG

 

[nickkohrn]

Any updates for this build?

 

[Christopher Parish]

I decided to swap to a different tank builder, so I figured I shouldn’t post it here.

CP

 

[Tripptastic]

I decided to swap to a different tank builder, so I figured I shouldn’t post it here.

CP

I'm curious, why the switch? and which tank did you decide to go with?

 

[Christopher Parish]

2 reasons. One much more than the other though.

1) The 230.6’s which I had pre-ordered were delayed.

2) These delays were caused by some changes that needed to be made, which gave me cold feet.

I planned on this tank being an investment regarding my family’s pet fish. I have a 1, 3 ,5 & 6 year old and I want them to enjoy the hobby as they mature. I simply wanted to make sure I had something I didn’t have to worry with. Not that WB would not have provided that, but my gut simply told me to go with a more seasoned (tried and true) option. I have received my WB 20 AIO though and will have it running as my QT, so I can still be in the WB family! LOL. My main tank is a RS 750.

As stated in another post. I’m not mad at WB at all and wish them all the success in the world!

CP

 

[Mark Gray]

Looks like a great build I also had some delay's after ordering my tank ( not from WB ) but I think it was a glass shortage problem at the time. not sure about this one mine was Low Iron Good luck I want to see it built

 

[Christopher Parish]

Here it is....

 

[Christopher Parish]

I got my WB 20 in and got it set up today. It’ll be my QT moving forward. I have a Kessil A160, Tunze Nano ATO, BRS mini reactor running carbon (pushed by an IM DC pump) and an older Cobalt heater. Here are some pictures.