EagleEyez 125 new pix 04/08

the old system is 90 gallons of water.....

so I don't want to just add another 160 gallons of water to it.......I think adding 40-50% of the total water volume would be ok, but not more than that

OK finaly some pix
Here is the tank in place from the front

Here is the side view as the plumbing goes throught the wall

Here is the wet room view of plumbing coming through the wall

Ok now I have the 30 gal that I have pulled out in the main tank......I hope to leave it in the main as I slowly fill it, that way the send is better prepaired to handle the new fish......

{Oh and I hope someone picks up that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a British Comedy}

I will keep a close eye on them, they have been in the quarantine tank for a week and a half with no problem....they actualy swim quite close together all the time....the other fish in the quarantine tank are a mystery wrasse and a four line wrasse.......who knows, I may have one up forsale in the next month.....

Okay, no problem, it is not for looks. It just needs to be functional. It's not like any of us geeks are going to want to see it or anything. I mean don't show anyone how you did it or what a great job you did.

Edited by Mike Savage - September 19 2007 at 8:51am

almost midnight......I think I walked in the doors at 12:02.......who knows maybe by putting the dividers on an angle, I stumbled on some new way that oxygenates the water at a raster rate.......

I guess it is really lucky I found the clear silicon the mess I made would really stand out if it were white......

So you did find the clear, did you end up breaking up a 4 pack?

As long as the baffles work who cares what they look l like.

I think it takes a couple of hours to set, but I think it takes about 24 hours to fully cure.

Just make sure as you are leak testing to not just fill one compartment, but to add water to all compartments as you go so the pressure equalizes on on both sides of the baffles.

Have fun working on the house, did you grab that water yet?

I gave the current system the weekend off without a water change.....but today I moved over another 10 gal......I only have about 6 more water changes at 10 gals each, and I will be ready to move the whole tank.....so if I do one every day to day and a half, I will be right on schedule to move the whole setup.....I tested the main tank, since that is where I am putting all the water now....and the Nitrates were around 70 ppm.....I will be taking a load of macro over tomorrow to help drop this.....the reason there was a spike, is because of the tank itself....it was setup a bruce's house before, so I was expecting some die off inside the tank, and a small cycle.....the ammonia was still low, so the bacteria on the rock I have in it can obviously handle the die off....ph/nitrite/temp/cal/alk were all good as well.....

another 10 tomorrow....and so on....

I did buy an RO/DI unit, that will be here tomorrow, now I just need to get the big holding tanks and I will be set......I think I will keep 55 gal on hand at all times.....I will also be using a 6 gal bucket to act as my auto top off, this make sure I don't over top off the tank and wash all the salt out of it......

I really got into the plumbing today, and bought the flex spa pipe.....I cleaned out aquatech....who had it at .95 per foot.......tomorrow I will glue it up and run the pipe........I will also build the hood and cabinetry around the stand and tank......If I get it done, I will get some picts on the board.....

Edited by EagleEyez5 - September 20 2007 at 12:08am

Thanks for the heads up on the 50 gallon drums....I am headed there right now.....

They were all gone by the time I got there....will keep looking

Edited by EagleEyez5 - September 21 2007 at 10:58pm