Saint's 110g Reef Build - Another Break Down

[saintsreturn]

Been a busy couple of days as I took the time to build one of the door hangers, paint the canopy, draw out plans for the new electronics display and then relocate the rock and corals into a more permanent home.

I also had my buddy come into the room again to show me is disgust for this tank and the time i am putting into it. What he doesnt seem to remember is our recent trip to the dog park where he had a lot of fun!

The look on his face says it all

 

[saintsreturn]

A couple more pics of the fun. Investigating the power box to decide if I will end up using it and some corals in their new home.

 

[saintsreturn]

The last picture of the zoas shows a mushroom i have been looking for right behind them to the left. I was devastated thinking that i lost it in the chaos of the tank transition, but thankfully i found it alive and healthy

I finished the modifications on my skimmer and am currently having an issue dialing it in. So hopefully it works itself out, or I am going to have to go back to the drawing board on it.

 

[Reefandthecurious]

Loving the build and all the custom work you’ve put into it. Your on talented guy you should start a buisness if u haven’t already lol. What other custom work do u plan on doing definitely following along

 

[saintsreturn]

Wow thank you for the kind words.

Right now I also building a fully pi controlled water station in the garage.

The tank will have a custom electronics center and I am still playing with the "prototype" and then the tank should be close to done.

Then I am building a tank with the guy who bought mine and doing something similar to mine with him.

In about a year I am helping another friend build a fully custom tank in his bar room.

So mostly just a lot of fun and trying new things.

Loving the build and all the custom work you’ve put into it. Your on talented guy you should start a buisness if u haven’t already lol. What other custom work do u plan on doing definitely following along

 

[Reefandthecurious]

Wow that’s awesome you do this just for a hobby Amazing your very dedicated. Post pics of the prototype let’s see what u got so far

 

[saintsreturn]

I'll be sure to do that when I get home. It's currently an MDF box with dividers and switches, but it's about to have an acrylic face and labels. Then later I am going to have the whole thing made of acrylic.

 

[Victoria M]

be sure to post pics of your friends tank too

 

[saintsreturn]

Well bummer. I only have enough screws to half hang my lights and that ain't gonna happen. So I got the new C channel lined up, canopy out back together without rusted parts and am heading to HD tomorrow.

 

[saintsreturn]

Wow that’s awesome you do this just for a hobby Amazing your very dedicated. Post pics of the prototype let’s see what u got so far

I totally forgot to take the pics! My bad. And thank you for the compliments. It has been an up and down battle thus far as a lot of this i am trying for the first time

 

[saintsreturn]

Wow that’s awesome you do this just for a hobby Amazing your very dedicated. Post pics of the prototype let’s see what u got so far

Still a work in progress for sure

 

[saintsreturn]

Finally a productive night!

 

[Reefandthecurious]

That’s a prototype? If it is can’t wait to see the final project looks great so far

 

[saintsreturn]

Thank you! [emoji109][emoji482]

Yeah I am going to trim out some more detail and eventually have it all redone by someone more skilled than I. Hopefully it comes together nicely.

That’s a prototype? If it is can’t wait to see the final project looks great so far

 

[saintsreturn]

Woke up and checked on the tank. The lights are still hanging and did not fall into the water, so i guess this was a success.

I can slide them side to side, which makes me happy as i work to dial in their location.

 

[saintsreturn]

The skimmer appears to be dialing itself in finally. Was getting nervous this week but on the right track

 

[saintsreturn]

The skimmer is finally settling down and doing its job as designed. The tank is looking great and i moved around some corals to help them find better homes. I got the zoa mountain built and allowing them to do their thing now and went back to working on the power center. I lost momentum on it as i got frustrated with a couple of things on it. Mostly, i screwed up a measurement and now i love the aesthetic i was looking for. This will only reduce the timeline i had planned on the custom acrylic piece i want to order... but there goes for overspend haha.

That said, the tank is starting to really show signs of stability and i need to get into the routine of managing the filter socks better. The main drawback right now is the amount of floating particles in the water column. Some filter floss should help with that, so i will most likely do that tonight.

Hope yall are having a great week!

 

[saintsreturn]

Well the nights plans got changed, but for the best.

We foster dogs with a local agency and we had decided to break our rule and allow a puppy to be in our home. We usually work with what they refer to as "difficult dogs" who got turned in for a variety of reasons other than the usual high energy stuff. We are not a puppy family, but this one stole our hearts immediately as it looked a lot like our boy when he was younger.

It didnt take long for us to be reminded of why we do not care for puppies. The separation anxiety, lack of bladder control, destructive nature all set in and the room that got it the worst was my fish room. Over the weekend, i met some potential adopters a couple different times and we ended up placing him late sunday night. After nearly four months of having him in our home, we placed him in a home that i know is a great fit.

So last night started the "depuppying" of our house, including a deep carpet clean of the fish room. The room is back to new so hopefully i start to finish everything tonight. We will see though

Acer, AKA "Tweaker" doing his thing.

Scoping out his new back yard and his new girl friend

Riding with me to the new place for the final time

Saying goodbye to my little buddy

 

[Miles Williams]

Now the plumbing and more test fitting...

That blue and white does look really good against the white stand inside like you were saying!

 

[JasonK84]

Great build! tons of DIY. Tell me about the raspberry pi controlled water station. How will you be using that to control it? Electronic valves??

Building my own controller would be out of the question but my father in law is big into this type of thing (Raspberry pi projects not aquarium related) Among others. I'm about to start building my water mixing station and wouldn't that be cool to press a button and out comes fresh or salt or refills mixing container.