new tank build almost

[jrsatx20]

135 gallon oceanic glass tank
drilled x2
custom canopy designed by bigbird123 and built by hobogato. stand skin by Bigbird123 but changed by me to give it my own touch
30 gallon sump need to add baffle to make fuge
sequence dart return pump
mag 12 with sqwd
koralia #4 x2
octopus 110 skimmer for now
dual 250 metal halides
2 6ft vho actinic
4 65 wt powercompact 10k
will be combining my 75 gallon and 55 gallon into this 135 gallon.
This tank was bought from Bigbird123 he had reskined the stand and built the canopy. i changed the stand a little just to change it just a little. Both the stand and canopy were bare wood i stained the canopy just need to finish the stand and stain that.


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[dustint21]

Pics are broke!

[jrsatx20]

anyone else having trouble seeing pics i see them

[cpreefguy]

Looks great so far. I really like the stand and canopy!

[BIGBIRD123]

The canopy was my design but built by Ace but I did the stand skin. I want the credit to go where due.

Steve

[jrsatx20]

will edit my post thanks. almost done bb123. pulled the car out to have more room to work. just going to have a solid piece of wood for the bottom base board.

[BIGBIRD123]

Really looking good Ruben.

S

[millerdog]

Guys I really like the molding on those. What store did you get it from?

[BIGBIRD123]

Home Depot

[apedroza]

looking good Reuben!!! Glad to see that beast won't be a sump after all!!!

[JeffCo]

Nice work!

[jrsatx20]

thanks all for the kind words. thanks to the guys that built it and designed it so all I have to do is set it back up. pics as I get them. thanks all.

[semperfimarine1]

what you going to do with the 75g??

[jrsatx20]

both will be up for sale. theres a for sale thread somewhere but i have to update it

[semperfimarine1]

would you trade for a 110?

[semperfimarine1]

also have the link of the 75??

[coraline79]

Looking awesome with that trim. Man alittle nice trim can really make it nice!!!!! I can'twait to see it ll together!

[RayAllen]

Looking good, will look like a brandnew setup when done.

semperfimarine1 try to keep the sale/trade questions to pm's; just to keep the thread flowing about the build.

[g-ray]

Looks great!!

[jrsatx20]

well update. tank is in the house nut went a different direction. decided to use the 135 as a sump for my biocube 8, just to give it a little more volume of water. j/k its up got sand in ,saltwater in , plumbing in. will let it sit for a couple days to mix everything good then ill add rock hope I have enough but only time will tell.

[Gseclipse02]

ill add rock hope I have enough but only time will tell.


if you need more i have some .... some has red mushrooms and other color mushrooms

[Mr Cob]

Looking good Rube!!!

[greatwhite@AlamoAquatics]

hurry up dude ,your taking long jk call me

[seaurchin]

nice job with the construction work. I wish my carpentry skills were better.

[jrsatx20]

nice job with the construction work. I wish my carpentry skills were better.


ME TOO. IM JUST TWEEKING IT.

[jrsatx20]

update pics
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[DrMark]

I like the rock.
Lots of caves, nice

[jrsatx20]

thanks the wife wasnt so nice with her comments

[dustint21]

Looking good! Cant wait to see what you do with it!

[coraline79]

Man that looks nice!!! No overflow though? Are you going large fish?

[dustint21]

The tank is drilled, I think You can see the 90 degree elbow turned up it the background I think

[jrodriguez]

it looks good are you going to finish the woodwork with a nice coat of varnish for glossiness

[jrsatx20]

its got a low gloss finish to it .was afraid of it being to shiny but i can always put that on later. i just really wanted the wood protected from water. thanks for all the kind words everyone.

coraline79 didnt go with the cal flow just didnt want that long piece of plastic to cast a shadow so i left it the way it came. ive got like and 8 in blue tang that i had in my 25 gallon so hes going in there also about a 4 in yellow tang that might be goin in dont know yet on him. so gonna try and put acouple more lrg fish and for the small ones just keep fish that stay at the bottom. btw hows urs coming along

[coraline79]

its got a low gloss finish to it .was afraid of it being to shiny but i can always put that on later. i just really wanted the wood protected from water. thanks for all the kind words everyone.

coraline79 didnt go with the cal flow just didnt want that long piece of plastic to cast a shadow so i left it the way it came. ive got like and 8 in blue tang that i had in my 25 gallon so hes going in there also about a 4 in yellow tang that might be goin in dont know yet on him. so gonna try and put acouple more lrg fish and for the small ones just keep fish that stay at the bottom. btw hows urs coming along

Cool, I think those caves rock! Mine is not coming along so great at the moment replumbed the drain on my sump and now it's microbubble s by the billions again, and that fuzzy dwarf lion ate my yellow tang!

[jrsatx20]

thought I could put in fish put checked my level n my amm is high. it has about 40 or 50 gal of old water change from my 75 gal. has the old sand also rinsed . rock was cured . skimmer wasn't really pulling any gunk out. so I guess time for water changes.

[KyleV]

That is outstanding rock work!

[jrsatx20]

THANKS KYLE I HAVE TO REDO THE ROCK ON THE LEFT LOOKS LIKE NICE CAVES BUT MY FISH WONT BE ABLE TO SWIM THROUGH THE BACK NOT ENOUGH ROOM.

[jrsatx20]

well picked up a nice big heavy piece of rock from bigbird123 and had to redo the left side of the tank. messed with the right a little but just moved rocks from it. got my mangroves in the sump with my live rock and cheato and live sand. chr=ecked all levels and all is well so maybe couple days i can add fish.
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[jrsatx20]

well tonight i finished with the tank. timers are in. mh are in. all lights on timers. coral in tank. 6 line in tank seems ok. maybe another week and all my fish will be going in. now i can sit back n let my corals color up.

[Jeff]

that is looking good.

[jrsatx20]

my new little buddy.
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