White House Fish Room

kschweer · Dec 14, 2013

Looking good! Wish I had a basement for my sumps.

SLUF681 · Dec 14, 2013

Go to Lowes and get a water hose adapter and put it on the end of the T. That way you can run the hose outside and make messless water changes.

tangboy · Dec 15, 2013

SLUF681 said:
Go to Lowes and get a water hose adapter and put it on the end of the T. That way you can run the hose outside and make messless water changes.

That's on my list of things to get today while at Lowes.

ARNALDOLEX · Dec 15, 2013

looking very nice

tangboy · Dec 15, 2013

Hung lights today

Also leak testing the plumbing at the vat.

Small drip out of one of the threaded joints. When I drain the test water out I will probably put a bead of silicone around the outer rim.

tangboy · Dec 15, 2013

ARNALDOLEX said:
looking very nice

Thanks for the kind words! It's a work in progress!

kschweer · Dec 15, 2013

Did you use any Teflon tape on the threaded connection? If not that should fix your leak. Looks like your in the home stretch.

tangboy · Dec 16, 2013

kschweer said:
Did you use any Teflon tape on the threaded connection? If not that should fix your leak. Looks like your in the home stretch.

Yup! I always use Teflon tape on any threaded joints. A little silicone went a long way and I don't have any more drops.

tangboy · Dec 18, 2013

I picked up an early Christmas present... Another 150g vat and plumbed it in with the other vat...

I placed some leftover ball valves on the sump (right) to control flew from the fuge (left) in case I needed to take the fuge offline for maintenance etc.

Just a different angle of the plumbing

Possible rock layout right side

Left side

Distance

Top

Thoughts?

nitrox36 · Dec 19, 2013

Looks great bro, that rock looks familiar....lol

rworegon · Dec 19, 2013

Just a thought, but you might put another valve just downstream from the pump. That way if you do need to take the pump offline for maintenance of replacement you dont have all that water draining onto the the floor.

djoutkast22 · Dec 19, 2013

This looks amazing

tangboy · Dec 19, 2013

rworegon said:
Just a thought, but you might put another valve just downstream from the pump. That way if you do need to take the pump offline for maintenance of replacement you dont have all that water draining onto the the floor.

I have the valve that sits off water from the sump. Then I grab a bucket and drain the remaining water from the line at pump level, then remove the pump with little water loss.

tangboy · Dec 20, 2013

So, vats are still filling as we speak.

Picked up 2 boxes of Reef Crystals and 4 bags of live sand. Salt will be mixed tomorrow night and sand added to fuge after temp is high enough. Then I will add the 2 bags of live sand I already have to the display and turn the pumps on!

Here is the final product of the rock work...

Left side

Right side

Right side close up

Lots of great nooks and crannies for fish as well as pockets and ledges for coral.

tangboy · Dec 22, 2013

Salt and sand have been added! Let the cycle begin!

For kicks and giggles. Wife and I on a date night out to the symphony and dinner!

Flavum · Jan 10, 2014

Well Done Sir, I'm really digging on the Water room.

tangboy · Feb 3, 2014

Need to come on down and visit Flavum!

tangboy · Feb 3, 2014

I know I know I know... updates are needed but I do not have much to report. My heaters have had a hard time keeping up with the fluxuations in temperatures so I have left off with ordering some clowns until I have enough heaters to maintain a constant temp!

I'll see what I can do in the way of pics here soon!

Swine · Feb 3, 2014

I love the 300 gallon sump for the 34 gallon tank. Looks awesome

Dapple · Feb 7, 2014

If I was you I would move the rocks away from the glass. I put the rocks , on my dad's tank, too close to the glass and I wish I never had. If you still need purple Monti, hollar at me I've got plenty.