90g Build (formerly Sukie's)
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Topic: 90g Build (formerly Sukie's)
Posted By: Lowry
Subject: 90g Build (formerly Sukie's)
Date Posted: January 21 2011 at 5:21pm
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On Tuesday I bought Sukie's 90g setup and have since been putting a lot of time into trying to recreate some of the awesomeness I have seen her come up with. I got the tank, stand and canopy from her; the sump and sand from my friend Brendan; and I ordered my light setup from hellolights while grabbing the ballasts from a guy in SLC. I have pictures but i need to shrink them so I can put them on here. I've done the plumbing, mixed water, etc and am just about to get the water flowing between the tank and sump. I am getting live rock/sand and a skimmer tonight from PJGravis at which point I will get this bad boy running! ------------- Moving back to Utah soon, and starting a new tank or three! |
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Posted By: sukie
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 3:04am
 I will have to say. . that I was very sad to see this setup go, even though it was sitting in my garage gather dust. I was really attached to it.But I'm super glad it went to another responsible reefkeeper who's going to make better use of it.  Can't wait to see pictures!!! ------------- http://sukie.mt-wudan.com/ - My Blog |
Posted By: Lowry
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 8:23pm
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Hopefully I will have time to shrink some pics soon...but in the meantime, lights question. I have 2 magnetic ballasts all wired up to a mogul base socket and I am using Coralvue 14K 175W and they aren't working. The ballasts are getting warm/hot so I know juice is getting into them just fine but the bulbs aren't even thinking about starting up. I remember when I bought the bulbs it said something like "Operate on a probe start ballast" so does that mean if my ballasts are pulse start then it won't work? Ugh, I swear on tank setups if it isn't one thing it's another. But still, totally worth it once this is all figured out. ------------- Moving back to Utah soon, and starting a new tank or three! |
Posted By: Lowry
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 8:45pm
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Figured out my ballasts are M57's which are probe start so I should be fine... This is flusterpating. Com and Lamp wires connected to the lamp mogul base, 120V and Com attached to plug. Hmmm. I feel like sherlock holmes, except I am at the part of the book where I am losing. Lol.
------------- Moving back to Utah soon, and starting a new tank or three! |
Posted By: Lowry
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 9:05pm
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Mwa ha ha. Sherlock Holmes wins the day! We have lights. One last plumbing issue and hopefully we'll be running.
------------- Moving back to Utah soon, and starting a new tank or three! |
Posted By: Lowry
Date Posted: January 26 2011 at 10:15pm
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Posted By: Lowry
Date Posted: January 26 2011 at 10:17pm
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Top picture shows a problem I am trying to overcome and don't know how to at this point. The left side is the drilled overflow hole and if you can tell there are 2 little cracks around where it was drilled. I put in the bulkhead and it leaks because of these two chips around the hole. How do I repair this so I can make it work?
The other two are the only pics I had on my phone of where I am at in the process. I like the dark with the lights on. :) ------------- Moving back to Utah soon, and starting a new tank or three! |
Posted By: kody72
Date Posted: January 27 2011 at 1:46am
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Silicone around the bulk head should do the trick ------------- http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60612&title=kody72-fishroom" rel="nofollow - KODY72 FISHROOM BUILD 281g DT 187g Rimless Frag ATI PM lighting SRO DSCR-300ext 8013908179 |
Posted By: Josh95
Date Posted: January 27 2011 at 7:35am
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why are you using 175w halides for a 90g? The light will really get low torward the bottom of the tank |
Posted By: Shane H
Date Posted: January 27 2011 at 10:46am
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You could also try plumbers putty around the bulkhead to overcome the chips. BTW - I think 175w MH are perfect for that tank.
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Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: January 27 2011 at 10:53am
2x175w are more than enough for this tank, awesome tank. cant wait for new pictures
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Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: January 27 2011 at 10:53am
I had a 90 gallon with 175 watt lights and it did great! Grew sps all the way on the bottom. I think he will be fine! ------------- Next meeting: |
Josh95 wrote:Posted By: Lowry
Date Posted: January 27 2011 at 5:26pm
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Yeah, I thought about going with 250 watts, but I felt good about it. I am also running 2 PC at 65 watts each and will eventually add 2 more. You'll see once I get around to shrinking all my pics to a size where I can post them on here. I'm doing the fix around the overflow in a minute, so here's to good luck! ------------- Moving back to Utah soon, and starting a new tank or three! |
Posted By: wickedsnowman
Date Posted: January 27 2011 at 5:36pm
You dont need to shrink them just use photobucket.com. All you have to do is upload the pic copy the img link under the picture and inset it here in a post. Its free to use 
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Posted By: Luckedout
Date Posted: January 27 2011 at 8:34pm
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I use 150's over my 90 gallon without a problem.
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