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chrismikea
Tue, 17th Feb 2009, 10:52 PM
Ok i sould my 56 rr and just keep all my corals and my two fish in a 14g biocube so now I'm on to building my 20 gallon long. I'm not the words best when it comes to building things but here is what i got done to for the stand.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/1233723740063.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/1233723773120.jpg


I made the door larger then the solid panel. dont know why i did it but i liked it. I'm going to stain it black to match the rest of my stuff. I plan to use a custom sump and a mag 5 as my return pump.I also will be running T5's on this tank.
chrismikea
Tue, 17th Feb 2009, 10:53 PM
noting really to new, I painted the stand black and got my display tank. here is some more bad pics. I think im going to order my pump and light today or tomorrow.


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/black-1.jpg
chrismikea
Tue, 17th Feb 2009, 10:53 PM
update, should be picking up my sump and my drilled tank on tuesday and my light on friday. I did pick up my mag 5 and k1 today.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/pump.jpg
chrismikea
Tue, 17th Feb 2009, 10:56 PM
well got good news and bad news, bad news first. while drilling the tank it cracked. :cry: but never fail i should have a new tank around friday hopfully drilled to that along with my lights . The good new is i got my sump and the plumbing for my return anyone got any macro they would be willing to hook me up with? I would pay if you wanted to lol, any kind you got would be nice. BIG THANKS TO ACE. The sump looks great and fits even better. i cant wait to get this thing set up and going

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/1234928556901.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/1234928480071.jpg
chrismikea
Tue, 17th Feb 2009, 10:57 PM
Thats what i got so far , more to come as i get stuff.
ErikH
Tue, 17th Feb 2009, 11:06 PM
Are you going to put in fresh dry sand and seed it with LR? I have found that to be a great way to start a tank. My next tank will be started that way, and I started my 48 like that. I have some dragons breath, caulerpa, and some chaeto I could give up.
glennr1978
Tue, 17th Feb 2009, 11:43 PM
did you already buy your lights? If not I've got a nice little 4x's 24w T5 fixture (30") I could let go.
Kicknballs
Wed, 18th Feb 2009, 12:15 AM
Nice
chrismikea
Wed, 18th Feb 2009, 01:23 AM
Are you going to put in fresh dry sand and seed it with LR? I have found that to be a great way to start a tank. My next tank will be started that way, and I started my 48 like that. I have some dragons breath, caulerpa, and some chaeto I could give up.

I have live sand left from my large reef that i will be using on top of the live rock and live sand from my 14 gallon cube
chrismikea
Wed, 18th Feb 2009, 01:24 AM
did you already buy your lights? If not I've got a nice little 4x's 24w T5 fixture (30") I could let go.

PM sent
glennr1978
Wed, 18th Feb 2009, 02:33 AM
PM sent

PM replied, but I accidentally quoted you $10 too much sorry!!
chrismikea
Sat, 21st Feb 2009, 07:00 PM
UPDATES !!!

ok i got my tank drilled my overflow built and my light. i started plumbing my tank and sealing everything together. I also painted the back black. here are some pics of my work. BIG thanks again to ace for all his great work he did. overflow looks great. I cant wait to get this thing set up and running.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/1235252756333.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/1235253003168.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/1235252743325.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/1235259399832.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fastwhiteegg/1235168364520.jpg


again sorry for the bad pics they are from my cell phone.
mozartkt
Sun, 22nd Feb 2009, 12:19 PM
Looks good - keep up the updates
chrismikea
Sun, 1st Mar 2009, 02:56 PM
noting to new just added my sand and a piece of live rock. just waiting now
chrismikea
Wed, 1st Apr 2009, 01:39 AM
well the tank has been up and running with no problems so far(cross your fingers). I trasfered all my sand rock and water from my biocude into this tank and it seem to work our great. Here are some pretty crappy shots of whats inside.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/kay2780/aquarium%20pics/003.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/kay2780/aquarium%20pics/003.jpg
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NateDogg
Wed, 1st Apr 2009, 05:50 AM
looks nice! what are you going to do with your 14?
Mr Cob
Wed, 1st Apr 2009, 10:23 AM
Looks great!
chrismikea
Wed, 1st Apr 2009, 01:30 PM
looks nice! what are you going to do with your 14?

sold it
QuickSilver525
Thu, 9th Apr 2009, 11:01 AM
beautiful bro, i love it. my room-mate has a 20g long that she is going to prolly be getting rid of that she had for turtles. yours looks really great, keep coming with the pictures.