partsguy247 40g breeder.
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Topic: partsguy247 40g breeder.
Posted By: partsguy247
Subject: partsguy247 40g breeder.
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 8:00pm
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Hello everyone I am still kinda of new here and thought I would show you kinda how I got to where I am now. I am not super big on typing so I will let the pictures do the talking. 40 Gallon Breeder 30 Gallon sump Octopus nw250 skimmer( I think) 2 Tunze 7045 power heads 2 Icecap 660 ballast 4 T5 Bulbs and one VHO bulb (soon to be all T5) Quiet One 4000 (return pump) Stand with no doors and not stained.  Stand minus the doors.  The power center minus one ballast.(I want to redo this part)  The sump section that was later redone and replaced with a 30g sump and better baffles.  You can kinda see the mess of electrical and skimmer and refuge that was later replaced.  The canopy that would eventually hold 4 T5's and one VHO   |
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Posted By: partsguy247
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 8:04pm
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I thought I had more pictures of the build. I will post more pictures soon. Hopefully these 6 month old pictures will hold over everyone.   |
Posted By: partsguy247
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 8:05pm
Oops. Wrong picture.
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Posted By: Luckedout
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 8:10pm
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Very nice! Do you have pics of your new sump?
------------- -Ben 90g Mixed reef www.body-balancechiropractic.com |
Posted By: partsguy247
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 8:31pm
I just took this picture. Sorry its not the best but it is on demand. |
Posted By: partsguy247
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 8:32pm
| I made the stand with a removable center brace. Makes anything to do with the sump a lot easier. |
Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 8:35pm
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I like your idea for what I assume are the Calcium and Alk drip bottles. Looks great! ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: partsguy247
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 8:40pm
| The drip bottles did not work out to well. Almost imposable to get the same drip rates out of both bottles. I now use it to dose Marine Snow. |
Posted By: jmorrell
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 8:56pm
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thats a good looking tank, it looks like you have a good setup. |
Posted By: Luckedout
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 9:28pm
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Is your return pump with your skimmer? Like I said this tank looks great. Even my wife came over for a closer look at the pictures and commented on them, which is a big compliment! She usually doesn't care for this hobby, so maybe if I can get my tank looking like yours she won't complain about my spending habits.
------------- -Ben 90g Mixed reef www.body-balancechiropractic.com |
Posted By: MadReefer
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 9:50pm
Nice
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Posted By: partsguy247
Date Posted: January 18 2010 at 10:48pm
My return pump is on the far right side in the last picture and is hard to see because of the live rock ruble that I keep in the sump. So the water flows from left to right in the sump. |
Luckedout wrote:Posted By: sanddune600
Date Posted: January 21 2010 at 11:58pm
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is that an led light strip for night lights if so where did you get them looks like it would work good
------------- Andy Jorgensen My number is four three 5 7 six four 8 0 three four |