lou dogs first reef build

lou dog420 · May 5, 2016

Started building a hybrid light today.

lou dog420 · May 6, 2016

Started working on a hybrid light yesterday. 2 T5s , 2 kessils, 3 apex lunar leds. I like the way it turned out so far.

lou dog420 · May 6, 2016

Finished the light and got it hung.

bknapp · May 6, 2016

Very cool build so far. When you plan on filling up the tank?

lou dog420 · May 6, 2016

bknapp said:
Very cool build so far. When you plan on filling up the tank?

Shouldn't be long now, just have a few more things to work out.

bknapp · May 6, 2016

That's exciting! Keep on bringing the updates!

kschweer · May 6, 2016

Great job on everything so far! Looks very well thought out.

FL_Reefer · May 6, 2016

Great job with... well everything! I really like the rock work, looks awesome! I'm curious how those spin streams will hold up with some good flow coming through them. Looking forward to following along! Keep up the good work!

chefjpaul · May 7, 2016

Great start

lou dog420 · May 7, 2016

kschweer said:
Great job on everything so far! Looks very well thought out.

Thanks!!

lou dog420 · May 7, 2016

chefjpaul said:
Great start

Thanks

lou dog420 · May 7, 2016

FL_Reefer said:
Great job with... well everything! I really like the rock work, looks awesome! I'm curious how those spin streams will hold up with some good flow coming through them. Looking forward to following along! Keep up the good work!

Thanks. I filled the system with fresh water and ran it for 2 days to make sure there was no leaks, and the spinners worked awesome for NOW!!Lol, they are kind of loud though.

Lowell Lemon · May 7, 2016

@lou dog420
I just have to ask why did you chose an acrylic tank? Don't get me wrong I love acrylic! I built thousands of tanks in a 30 year period. But it seems to go against the grain now days and I just wanted to hear your reasons.

Nice job by the way.

lou dog420 · May 7, 2016

Lowell Lemon said:
@lou dog420
I just have to ask why did you chose an acrylic tank? Don't get me wrong I love acrylic! I built thousands of tanks in a 30 year period. But it seems to go against the grain now days and I just wanted to hear your reasons.

Nice job by the way.

Easy to drill, 1/2 the weight of glass, scratches can be repaired, better insulated, higher clarity,, and the price was right!!

hybridazn · May 7, 2016

Looking good!

FL_Reefer · May 7, 2016

lou dog420 said:
Thanks. I filled the system with fresh water and ran it for 2 days to make sure there was no leaks, and the spinners worked awesome for NOW!!Lol, they are kind of loud though.

That noise will go away, I run one on my nano and it will pass in time.

lou dog420 · Jun 26, 2016

Have not had much time to work on the build lately, progress has been slow. Got all my apex stuff mounted and wired up. Just need to run a network cable from my router, hook up my leak detectors, and my ATO.

lou dog420 · Jun 27, 2016

Had to build a little platform to raise my skimmer up about an inch

lou dog420 · Jun 27, 2016

The reason for going with 2 sumps is because there was no way of fitting any decent sized skimmer in the ecosystems sump.

the barrel on the left is for waste water. There are no drains in the area so I installed a sump pump and float switch in the barrel, that pumps it over to a drain.all of the RO reject goes in there, and one of the overflow pipes is teed off with a valve and piped into there for water change purposes.