40 gallon project

[Jshroom86]

Well its time to move up, I am taking down the 29 gallon and moving up to a 40 breeder thanks to the killer deal at aquatic specialist. Went in today and orderd the tank and stand. hopefully pick up friday and then its off to the races. I will make sure to post pics and all that during the process.
Oh yeah lol I couldnt go home without buying something i could leave with, :cool:, got some nice ocellaris clowns and probably going to buy a bta or seabea for them to play in lol.

[marinelife]

Sounds great, I can not wait to see the build thread!

[jeremyreef]

clowns in a nem is always fun to watch. i look foward to the pics!

[ghurlag]

Hey, jshroom86, if you have any left over gear you want to sell from the 29g, let me know. That's what I have right now. It's kinda funny, I have been looking at 40 breeders since setting up my tank. No plans to upgrade any time soon, though.

[Jshroom86]

ill let you know, what all do you need? i may have extra stuff im not usuing right now. I love my 29 but like most, I always want a bigger tank lol

[Jshroom86]

Well still waiting till friday for my tank to come in. I cant wait. I ordered my overflow from glass-holes.com today. So we will see how the drilling goes. lol, As far as the hardware goes Im building a 20 gallon refugium, Not sure if Im going to do all acrylic from scratch or if im going to use an old tank. I have A JBJ dual wavemaker and 2 Koralia nanos. A hydor eth heater which has worked amazingly and i love that it is out of the tank and easily adjusted. I am not sure what kind of skimmer to run I have a red sea prizm but not sure if im going to keep it or get a new one. Also will be buying a mag pump and some directional u tubes for the return. I wanted to drill those too, but I didnt want to be locked in one place once I put them in. I like to be able to change the direction every so often lol. plus I dont know where the best place is and these things are easily moved. I guess thats it for now, If anyone has any input on the build let me know i am open to just about any help i can get. This is my first attempt at a refugium so let me know any success or epic fail stories. thanks

[TechGuy40]

If you buy a AGA 20G long, Lowes sells glass panes in the exact width of the tank, and the perfect height to build a nice sump/fuge out of. Thats what I used on my old 29 for a long time before upgrading.

[jeremyreef]

i like to change my flow a little from time to time as well. :)

[Jshroom86]

Okay time to update. I just picked up the tank and stand. yay. I also just finished drilling the back side for my overflow from glass-holes.com. Waiting for my background,salt,in the mail and refugium project to get finished up and I will start loading pictures. Also went to coral ranch and had to come home with something....well a few things. Pipe coral(organ coral) mushrooms, a nice piece of torch coral, white eagle eye zoas (also has 2 eclipse polyps on it) and a small chunk of an anemone that got sucked through their intake,lol he was healthy when i seen him so we will see what happens. Oh yea and some mushrooms from Aquatic specialists. lol I could not help myself.

[mayhem_audio]

IF your going a solid color back ground you should have got a hold of me vinyl works great for backgrounds. and since i was down there friday i could have brought some i even helped justin move your tank and stank around lol

[Jshroom86]

aww man lol, I am using black I always use the watercolors brand back grounds they work good But i never even thought to ask ya. I think its exactly the same material they just send it in a kit like window tint. I will have to keep this in mind for next time which should be soon

[aquatic mouse]

Why take the 29 gallon down? Why not have two tanks?

[Jshroom86]

well I just dont have the room to keep both up I have a one bedroom apt lol, believe me I would love to keep both up I am trying to convience the girlfriend to let me keep the 29 as a grow out/frag tank. lol

[aquatic mouse]

I am trying to convience the girlfriend to let me keep the 29 as a grow out/frag tank. lol

I'm crossing my fingers for you!

[Jshroom86]

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[jeremyreef]

I am trying to convience the girlfriend to let me keep the 29 as a grow out/frag tank. lol

it takes a little while. you gotta slowly get them interested, take her with you to the reef shops and then buy a thing or two they like then bam! they are hooked too. :laugh: unless they are one of the few who just cant get into it no matter what.:wtf:

[jeremyreef]

hey, tanks looking good!

[mayhem_audio]

hole looks good

[Jshroom86]

lol she likes it she just cant get over the dollar signs, she picked out some zoas (white eagle eyes and some fancy pink ones) I have tried to explain that she spends just as much on purses and make up lol i know thats a losing battle but i have faith she will come around at least she is helping set up the 40 so maybe that will help too. lol I will post more pics soon

[Jshroom86]

Update!! got one of my packages around 6 today and here is what all i got done today (the background and the overflow is installed)
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Pictures arent the greatest but I hope you can tell the where the box is

[ghurlag]

I like :)

[Jshroom86]

Okay Sorry for the long delay its been a busy a$$ past couple of months with school and my job and life in general. lol Anyways I have finally managed to get the refugium built and placed under the stand and filled with water, (note... this is the second attempt at the refugium the first time was a way bad design lol water everywhere.) This time it seems to work out perfectly. I choose to stay with the prizm skimmer for now on top of the fact that I dont run it much plus It gives me a ton more room for my refuge. Ill post pics soon

[chromiumlux]

Nice little set up ya got going Joey. I will be tagging along on this build.

[hdelectraglide]

hey its lookin good

[Jshroom86]

Heres some pics
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[Aquatic Specialists]

nice set-up buddy

[marinelife]

:yourock:

[Jshroom86]

lol i had to take the pics with my phone after i downloaded them to the pc lol, so they arent the best and I couldnt resize them on the pc so this was the easiest option lol and yes that date on these is wrong lol
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[marinelife]

Looks good!

[jeremyreef]

your setup looks really nice! thanks for sharing.

[Jshroom86]

anyone have any experience with a DIY auto top of lol I think I may need one I am losing about 1 liter a day which i hope its because its about 73 and dry in my house and the tank is 78 and well, wet lol. NO lids or canopys yet I am working on finding a good deal on the glass canopys and making one for the return area I am leaving the fuge open. Still no leaks lol

[TechGuy40]

Yea I did.

If you don't run a DI unit you want an ATO, if you run DI you can use a float valve from your RO unit.