In Wall 125 Gallon

[philip_r5]

Rubber Mats to reduce vibration, and if water is spilled to keep off wood.

[philip_r5]

The pipe with end cap is where my Manifold will go to provide water to media reactors and such.

[like-fish]

Very clean work!!

Looking great!

[philip_r5]

Now to water test it.



*Crosses Fingers*

[philip_r5]

Only one leak was found an that was at the bulkhead return on left side. I dried it up an I am going to try some Aqueon Silicone Aquarium Sealant around the bulkhead nut area. I think I may have over tightened it or something not to sure.

[philip_r5]

Draining tank today from fresh and putting salt water in. Then sand and rock.

Also decided to post pictures of my refugium that I have had up and running for a few weeks now that will be on the 125. It is standalone right now but will be gravity feeding the 125. The manifold will supply water to it and water will freely flow out into the top of the 125.

I had an explosion of pods. I also lost my Dragon Tongue Algae.

[CoralolisEffect]

Nice pluming looking good. Assume you got your leak narrowed down. From the pict it looks right, but hard to see. The washer always goes on the flange side so the threads don't get in the way. What are the big diameter pipes with caps and holes on them? To make water quiet? Good pods.

[philip_r5]

Ya, the big pipes were for filtration. They have a bunch of wholes in them at the bottom to let water out along with the bottom not having a cap. I have filter floss in them to catch detritus but it didn't work out as good as I thought. To much flow into them and it overflows out the top of the cap. That idea is scratched, and being re configured.

[philip_r5]

Got some things started.

Lights rail up, a vortech in, and saltwater going in as well. Going to have it up and running within the next few days.

Last picture is of the sea turtle skeleton that was found on the beach. I mounted it on some nice redwood.

[SaltWater]

its looking good Phil

[philip_r5]

its looking good Phil

Thanks Man.

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I got the tank water thats in the pic to 1.025 salinity and was able to get the rock from outside precleaned and put into tank. It was outside in the sun for with heaters and powerheads for 5 months. I used kents rock cleaner to scrub the algea off it.

I then put it all in the tank.

[techbiker]

looks good, hey would you clean your messaje box so I can send you a message

[philip_r5]

done

[philip_r5]

Computer Room Mess.

[philip_r5]

Old tank had some Coraline Algae I think :p



Light Rail.



Done Moving Everything.

[philip_r5]

Its kind of cool that you can see how the lights are actually angled ( Lens ).

[philip_r5]

Night 1

[philip_r5]

Behind the Scene ( in the closet ) . Still have some stuff to do in here but this is what she looks like now.



Front Tank Shot, Day 2.



Comparison shot to that of before.

[Michael]

Probably too late now, but if possible I would suggest turning all fixtures 90 degrees. That tank is not that wide so coverage would be still go from front to back and you would get better spread length wise.

Otherwise looks great, definitely would be nice to have a room behind my tank to hide extra things

[philip_r5]

Ya, I was wondering about that with the light rail that I have. However, my lights are dimmed to 80-85%. I could put them a little higher and raise the rail up a little to increase par. My sand bed in select spots gets 180-200. I have varing par throughout the tank. I think I am going to keep it like it is for now and continue to figure out par numbers throughout the tank. After conclusion I may or may not change them around.

Thanks for that input and bringing it up, always great to get another persons opinion.

Also as the water is getting clearer it is less noticeable on the 4 individual modules.