Vanessa's build story
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So the stain is now on and I'm patiently waiting for it to dry so I can put the ladder on top of it I have cleaned all the brand new fish tanks ready to go on :for the hospital tank the quarantine tank and the family fish tank.... it's just killing me waiting for this thing to dry I want to paint paint paint
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So finally getting into it with being gone for a month I ordered the hanging protein skimmers Cool Wave makers and the heaters, I'm wondering though am I missing something that those tanks would need . so today my mission is to get the hospital tank the quarantine tank and the miscellaneous tank all up and running I've made progress on the larger stand and will post pictures of that later today
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Is there a recommended size should I use, corner pieces, straight pieces or just a variety
Thank you for your help and then I kind of got myself stumped a little bit
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Well, don't get stumped.
The sizes depends on the size fish you keep in there.
IMO I wouldn't go smaller than 1".
I have 1" and up to 2" in there.
45's, 90's, straight and T's.
The sizes depends on the size fish you keep in there.
IMO I wouldn't go smaller than 1".
I have 1" and up to 2" in there.
45's, 90's, straight and T's.
I've used 1/2" for small, slim fish like royal grammas and shrimp gobies...
Can't wait to see what you do with that nautical wood & trim!
~Bruce
Can't wait to see what you do with that nautical wood & trim!
~Bruce
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In the midst of building stands and everything I'm having to rework all of my initial plans since I decided to go 100 gallon main with a hundred gallons stump I'm realizing that I need some pumps that can push serious water, so I'm back to the drawing board again because now I'm having to rework my powerheads my pumps and my fittings, none of my tanks are drilled because I don't know how to do that so I'm trying to find some submersible pumps because I think that's the right I'm going to have to go with my sump refugium I need to start figuring out where I'm putting walls and how high and low they need to be. And then it brings me to the same issue that I've had this whole time about my protein skimmer. So much studying so much reading oh my God I'm loving it.
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Well I've always had the hundred gallon main but initially I was starting out with a 75 gallon sump, I did go ahead and pick up another hundred gallon for my sump refugium, but that also puts me back to the drawing board I'm still very excited though. The bad part about my long stay in the hospital as I had lost my memory but it's only comes back piece by piece so it's kind of an adventure redesigning what I thought I had done onceOh wow Vamesss a 100 gallon
So exciting.
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So after taking a couple months hiatus
, I am Rock and ready to go I'm still adjusting some final things on the hospital day the quarantine tank and the goldfish tank with that mostly complete I'm really working hard on getting the main stand sanded and start getting ready to assemble. It's really funny because I'll do some research and think that's what I'm going to do and then next day I look at something else and think oh should I try that so I think I'm going to spend a couple hours going through some old articles again and seeing what best fits me that's the problem when you take a Hiatus when you come back it starts all over again
so glad to be back
, I am Rock and ready to go I'm still adjusting some final things on the hospital day the quarantine tank and the goldfish tank with that mostly complete I'm really working hard on getting the main stand sanded and start getting ready to assemble. It's really funny because I'll do some research and think that's what I'm going to do and then next day I look at something else and think oh should I try that so I think I'm going to spend a couple hours going through some old articles again and seeing what best fits me that's the problem when you take a Hiatus when you come back it starts all over again so glad to be back
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@ so back to it again we finally got the hospital tank and the quarantine tank done we realize that we're going to have to put a back panel on the stand we made sure that there was enough room above the tanks for lights and everything but I didn't quite think of everything that I was going to need to hang off the back so that's one of the newest little projects second of all I've looked at a lot of equipment that I have and I've decided to change my ways and some of the things so what I'm going to be doing over the next week is taking some of the items that I have and driving the three and a half hours to go to a local fish tank and then going to bring my items to compare to the newer items so I can get a hands on feel and touch and see what they're actually like during this time I will be taking videos and posting pictures of our trips of comparing equipment find an easier way to hang the controls of your equipment behind your stands and you get the wonderful satisfaction of seeing me being silly, but it'll be fun and very excited I will post pictures tomorrow of the completed hospital and I want you to take a look at the stand turned out beautiful. I was very impressed so now we're still working on that 90 main and the 90 sump stands. So I thought I would make this build a little bit more interesting and let you guys see my spreadsheets the books and some of the stuff that I have used to compare the equipment for what I think I would like to come out with then I would love and put on how you feel that Equipment Works I will be posting lots of pictures lots of videos lots of questions and I can't wait to rock on with it. So see you tomorrow
