Dwolson's 75Gal tank

Well I finally found my new tank, here it is. I am going to be drilling for a bean animal overflow, to keep it quiet. but right now, from the previous owner only one hole in the back.
As it sit today:


As it should sit in a few weeks,
75 All glass tank
partial coast to coast(about 12-15 inches long and 6 inches deep)
bean animal overflow
2 Metal Halide 250w Main lighting
2 VHO Actinic(also slots for 2 more, so possibility of 4 actinic or 2 and 2)
Iwaki - 20 Japanese return pump
30 is gallon sump
Chaeto in the sump
GAC reactor
coralife 125 Skimmer
Seio and Maxijet(modded) powerheads
ATO, homebrew


Future plans:
Vortech mp10- 2 or 3 of them
Possibly upgraded skimmer

you should look at the tunze waveboxes ive been loking into them and im actually thinking of getting one of thoes and mabey some other powerheads like korilia or tunze to have in the tank for more flow. but anywayse the waveboxes seem amazing the move the intire water collom not just one small area

def going to be looking into them, right now I am focused on getting this thing up.
SOOOOO an update.
Nothing really done tonight, I am working on school work and can't play with it. I removed all my plumbing from my old tank, and started putting a bit of it on the new one. I will take a pic in the morning if i remember. Right now, all my stuff is sitting in my 80:

Nice I can't wait to see more pics and the finished product.

well I ran outside and snapped one off. a picture that is...


you can see the back painted glass, and some of the bulkheads. I had 2 of them in backwards for measuring. but one of them is flipped over

some more pictures from today and yesterday. Waiting for the RODI to put out enough water to fill it up. MAN THIS IS TAKING FOREVER!!!!!!!!!

you may or may not notice, but I went with my old sump. I am going to build a new sump eventually, but I wasn't happy with my 29 in there. There wasn't enough room to move around.

a pic of the plumbing all done:

Looks good !

thanks. I like how the plumbing turned out more then last time. Its a pain to get everything aligned, but it doesn't take up as much room in the back, so this is def a win.

You should post a pic of the overflow

oops sorry i didnt see that

lol no worries. I will try to get another once everything is in

Looks good, now it's a waiting game... how much more water do you need? I can turn mine on and get it pumping.

Hey I saw this earlier. He onlw wants $60 for it.

BTW,

how did the back glass turn out? Are there any spots that light shows through?

don't worry about it, I need about 30 or 40 more gallons, I can make it here, its just a slow process. I appreciate the offer though!

no spots that I can see. The sump looks cool, but I think I may build a custom one.... I am not in a hurry, this one has lasted me 9 months, so whats a few more months, as long as it doesn't leak(still didn't last night)

why would it leak. it'll be fine. how was it working with the abs? was it easy to cut and glue up?

cut yes, glue heck no. I was also using PVC glue. the abs isn't perfectly flat, so you have to pull against the bend while pushing down on the joint. I ended up making a jig with a 2x4 to keep it straight.

On a side note, can you add base rock into an established tank as long as you go one by one?

that's perfectly fine as long as you go slow.

I am thinking about instead of curing the rock in a separate tank, just putting them in one by one over the next 3-4 months(only about 6 rocks to put in)

You just have to watch it. Every time you put in a new rock you will have a mini cycle so just make sure to watch ur params

sump

as is aquascape... or lack there of

Day lights

Actinis only(more purple than the crazy blue it looks

display lights out

take a look at the 2nd pic, you can just barely see the overflow. Man I ma tired time to go to bed....

Dude ur clowns are going crazy with all of that swimming room!

Clown, one vanished

looks good, I had to really search for the overflow.

When you transferred everything did you find the other 2 fish?

Have you gotten hinges for the doors yet? I can scrounge 4 euro hinges up for you and sale them to you for cheap.

You know the same thing happend to me the other day. My tail spot just dissapeared. It couldent have jumped i have a lid. And it was eatting fine the night before. And i didnt find his body anywhere so mabey the aliens abducted him lol

I just bought euro hinges like 20 min ago! There is no way they could have jumped, but both my 6 line and female clown are gone. there was at least 12 inches from the top of the water to the top of my 80(it wasn't filled all the way up)

I lost a sixline too. It frustrated me when I couldn't find it.

more rock to come....

U still guna add dry rock?

1 piece at a time, or I will cure it first in my tanks in the garage. I have to scrub it up first.

Looking good.

Looking good.

For some reason, that tank and stand look very familar. Not mine but seems like I've seen it a long time ago.

you probably did. It came from a guy over on RC, and he has been in the hobby for 10 or so years(and it sounded like this was the same tank he has had for a while)

The tank is in imaculate condition. The silicone seals were good, and there are no scratches in the tank. I am really impressed with how clear the tank is. Stand looks good from afar, but when you get close, and you do woodworking as a hobbly you notice a few problems. One he didn't use finishing nails, the trim wasn't correctly cut, and his varnishing wasn't very good.

For the price I paid though, I am very happy with it, and although its not the greatest stand, it does look quite nice!

Picked up a blue hippo tang today! Pics to come later!

Where did you get from?

Tat fish in ventura

Cool has it changed since last time you went in there?

It's better stocked and better prices. It also looks more organized.

I like tats. I agree with you 100%.

Wait is the tank cycled yet? Y are you adding fish so early?

It was a mini-cycle. Everything was taken out of the 30, and placed right into the 80. then a week later everything went from the 80 right into the 75. The cycle was so quick that it wasn't caught with ammonia testing. Very little bacteria died as a result.

and everything is looking good since you know the cycle is done when everything is looking good.... just kidding guys, you just can't see the sarcasm.

I was really careful when I switched everything over to make sure I had as little die off as possible.

Cool! Get some pics up!

I will, got to find the right app