Upgrading aquarium setup

[Plata01]

So, about a year ago my brother gave me his old 93 gallon cube when he upgraded to a 180. He gave me a radion xr30 pro along with some other equipment. Since then I have upgraded to a 150 since the cube cracked at some point. I currently have plans to upgrade the stand from wood to steel which will be powdercoated orange. The plan is to have an orange and white theme throughout the sump area. I am currently working on making my own dosing containers out of white and orange 1/4 inch plexiglass. The next thing i make will be a 12 gallon ATO container, then finally with enough practice, a 48x15x19 sump, also orange and white, from 1/2 plexiglass. I wont work on the stand or sump until about 6 months from now since I PCS in 10 months. Please follow along and criticise and make recommendations as you see fit. my current set up, missing the neptune ato and orange dosing pumps. current tank setup orange dosing pumps
acrylic practice on a top-down porthole working on my dosing containers steel stand plans

 

[Big G]

Nice looking project. Enjoy it! Cheers!

 

[Plata01]

Nice looking project. Enjoy it! Cheers!

Thanks Big G, it's amazing how this hobby get a addicting and my OCD, haha, takes over on trying to make it look nice.

 

[Plata01]

Containers are almost complete, just leak testing it and the final piece will be to put acrylic hinges on the back.

 

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[Plata01]

Added a GFO reactor. Also waiting for my father to finish building my stand so I can start organizing my cables and plumbing.

 

[Plata01]

So, my father started building my stand and not sure what to paint it with. I should get it this weekend. I am also moving to Washington DC in two weeks so I took advantage of the situation and bought new ball valves, gate valves, and orange pipes to go with the orange and gray theme. I also bought two 105 gallon tanks for my water change station and also will go with the orange pipe theme. Pictures to follow once I set up in DC.

 

[Plata01]

Current tank

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[Plata01]

New gate valves, ball valves, bulkheads, orange plumbing, and new water change containers. Cant wait to set it up when I move to DC in two weeks.

 

[Plata01]

Moved to DC from New Orleans last weekend and installing new stand and plumbing.

 

[litenyaup]

Wow looks great! I see you ended up going with white fittings instead of the grey.

 

[Plata01]

Wow looks great! I see you ended up going with white fittings instead of the grey.

Thank you. I was going back and forth but finally decided on the white fittings. Much cheaper and it seems to stand out more than the grey.

 

[Plata01]

Adding my acrylic panels for my components and going to build my acrylic ATO this weekend. Still trying to figure out how to finish the acrylic compartment where I hide my wires on the bottom level and put the components on a second level to hide my wires.

 

[Plata01]

Getting a little further with my build, slowly, but surely. Adding the acrylic panels. I still have to order some 90 degree electrical plugs, some panduit, and some 80/20 aluminum to hide the outlets. I'm also building a 12 gallon ATO (last picture).

 

[Plata01]

My tank is recovering from my long trek from Louisiana to DC.

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[Plata01]

One of my favorite pieces

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[Plata01]

My old skimmer gave out so I replaced it with a reef octopus 300sss. Thing is a beast. I was able to clean up the sump area with a new 40 breeder tank and a 20 gallon xh foe my ATO.

 

[Plata01]

Haven't posted in a while but here are more recent pictures. Still not 100 percent done .

 

[Plata01]

Made a change to the T5/LED hybrid fixture. Just finished working on it but I'm liking it so far.