what did you guys did or buy for your tank today - Page 36

mypepper · 04/24/2015, 08:13 AM

Look what arrived from the UPS driver last night. My new Trigger Systems Emerald sump and Nyos Quatum protein skimmer. You know what I'm going to be doing today on my day off.

The build quality of Trigger System sump and Nyos protein skimmer are simply amazing.

Since I would normally have to take down my tank to install the equipment from the backside, I've engineered some special rigging, 4 x 4 support beams and cross members along with a 4000 pound floor jacket to help support my 90 gallon reef tank, while I remove the front panels on my pine stand and install my new sump and skimmer.

I would rather go on overkill with the temporary support rigging, then damaging my tank.

I going to drain my tank about 2/3's of water and place some of my corals in my spare 50 gallon tank that's in the garage. My fish will remain in the tank with one of my vortech pumps running and a heater of course. The whole install should take about 4 hours or so, which I'll take pictures and videos as I go.

Attached are a few pictures of my new equipment.

Off for some fun now,
Randy

homer1475 · 04/24/2015, 08:28 AM

You got more cahones then I do. I won't even move my 30 without completely draining it. So afraid to crack the glass, specially since your going to just use a floor jack. Definitely interested in how it goes for you.

mypepper · 04/24/2015, 08:57 AM

homer1475,

Not to worry, I'll have a full support beam running on the backside of the tank, which will be supported by 4 x 4 beams as support legs. Directly running underneath and through the top of fish tank stand, will be 4 x 4 support beam to carry all the weight, which I'll adjust the tension with my floor jack. I have also cut 3/4" plywood panels to the exact height, which will be placed on the most outer edges of the front panel to help carry the load bearing weight. Just to let you know, most of the load beaming weight is on the four corners of the stand and with removing 2/3's of the water, the remaining weight is around 500 pounds or so. Since my tank is sitting on a 3/4" flat surface and my stand was built over 20 years ago, which they built the stand with quality back then, I not worried.

I only need 36" in the front panel of my stand to remove the old sump and then install my new sump and skimmer.

Since my tank is also acrylic and not glass, that's why I have opted to not to take down my entire tank.

Once I have taken pictures of the entire temp support structure, you'll have a better idea of what I've been planning out.

Here's a picture of my tank and stand

Thanks,
Randy

christopherjudd · 04/24/2015, 09:00 AM

got some new socks, bucket of red sea coral pro salt

JamesHolt · 04/25/2015, 12:17 AM

ordered 2 175watt 20k Ushio bulbs, should be here monday

Heatherabel3 · 04/25/2015, 09:59 AM

Added a few more CUC, some shells for my hermits, picked up a Duncan coral and a really cool looking multicolored mushroom.

gone fishin · 04/25/2015, 01:49 PM

Lubbock's wrasse came out of QT today. Also decided to give the Maxspect Gyre a try. It will be here Monday.

brianr24 · 04/25/2015, 04:55 PM

3 small frags. Gap, Kenya tree and frogspawn. Frogspawn and Kenya opened right up within first ten min. Gap not yet. Sorry to say I killed a micro starfish during the dip.

brianr24 · 04/25/2015, 04:55 PM

Gsp not gap

james2662 · 04/25/2015, 05:23 PM

A browned out acro that was supposed to be pearl-berry for 10(They don't know for sure it was.), a pink birds nest for 15 and a fox face that had been there for about 2 months so had been qt'd already as they didn't have copper in it.

Heatherabel3 · 04/25/2015, 06:05 PM

I fed the new Duncan for the first time tonight. That...was...AWESOME!!!!

JMorris271 · 04/25/2015, 07:44 PM

I purchased a Deep Blue 120 Gal. tank to replace the one my movers broke.

JamesHolt · 04/26/2015, 12:09 AM

Built a rail system to mount my camera on. No more fighting with the tripod..

Jeremiah_Conway · 04/28/2015, 03:52 PM

got a nice size frag
candy cane

BigCountry74 · 04/28/2015, 07:26 PM

bh-2000 protein skimmer. dropped 90lbs of dry rock (come to find out was caked in crap!) into a 40g long and I thought a simple hob would work. boy was I wrong...lol

the reef octo is already hard at work though

JamesHolt · 04/28/2015, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesHolt

ordered 2 175watt 20k Ushio bulbs, should be here monday

They arrived, and they are Plusrite's not USHIO....smh

Reefer54 · 04/29/2015, 12:02 AM

I'll be back on Thursday with a new rare coral in my tank

I am usually very against emoticons, but you will probably all agree it is okay for this one.

bruindave · 04/29/2015, 12:21 AM

set up quarantine tank, finally got rodi working, and still cycling my rocks all in my bathroom! Almost time for fish!

Reefer54 · 04/30/2015, 06:45 PM

I told ya!! It is larger than a half a baseball and still hasnt opened anywhere near all the way.

not too bad for cell phone pics with absolutely no white balance adjustment or modification in any way. Auto select, i approve.

Miguelh1302 · 05/04/2015, 01:01 PM

Got this beauty

username in use · 05/08/2015, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Miguelh1302

Got this beauty

Be prepared to feed it a variety of foods 5-10X every day.

Miguelh1302 · 05/08/2015, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by username in use

Be prepared to feed it a variety of foods 5-10X every day.

Yep tell me about it lol

username in use · 05/08/2015, 10:33 AM

Has it opened up its polyps yet?

mmittlesteadt · 05/08/2015, 01:33 PM

Bought? 1/4" tubing to extend my RO/DI.

Do? Filling my tank with water finally!

Miguelh1302 · 05/08/2015, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by username in use

Has it opened up its polyps yet?

only one branch, but then one stupid hermit crap started to hang out on top and it close it back lol, how do i know when it die? in case it does

04/24/2015, 08:28 AM	#877
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	You got more cahones then I do. I won't even move my 30 without completely draining it. So afraid to crack the glass, specially since your going to just use a floor jack. Definitely interested in how it goes for you. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

04/25/2015, 12:17 AM	#880
JamesHolt Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Milton,NC Posts: 1,104 Blog Entries: 3	ordered 2 175watt 20k Ushio bulbs, should be here monday __________________ John Adams: "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." Current Tank Info: 29g with 2 Engineer gobies

04/25/2015, 01:49 PM	#882
gone fishin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wyocena Wi Posts: 6,936	Lubbock's wrasse came out of QT today. Also decided to give the Maxspect Gyre a try. It will be here Monday. __________________ Tony Current Tank Info: 180gal DT, BM NAC77 skimmer,3 Maxspect razors, Maxspect Gyre 150, 30g QT

04/25/2015, 05:23 PM	#885
james2662 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 30	A browned out acro that was supposed to be pearl-berry for 10(They don't know for sure it was.), a pink birds nest for 15 and a fox face that had been there for about 2 months so had been qt'd already as they didn't have copper in it. __________________ James Current Tank Info: 75 gallon dt mixed reef, snails, 1 hermit, pair of clowns, bi-color foxface, 20L sump with ASM G2 and TLF 150 reactor, Koralia 2x 1200 1X 425, 250w MH 20k 4-24w T5HO ATI blue+ coral+ true actinic, uvl actinic white(front to back)

04/25/2015, 07:44 PM	#887
JMorris271 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Foothills of SC Posts: 2,010	I purchased a Deep Blue 120 Gal. tank to replace the one my movers broke. __________________ 120 gal mixed tank. Lightly stocked now but....

04/24/2015, 09:00 AM	#879
christopherjudd Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 419	got some new socks, bucket of red sea coral pro salt

04/25/2015, 09:59 AM	#881
Heatherabel3 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 182	Added a few more CUC, some shells for my hermits, picked up a Duncan coral and a really cool looking multicolored mushroom.

04/25/2015, 04:55 PM	#883
brianr24 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: P.A. Posts: 256	3 small frags. Gap, Kenya tree and frogspawn. Frogspawn and Kenya opened right up within first ten min. Gap not yet. Sorry to say I killed a micro starfish during the dip.

04/25/2015, 04:55 PM	#884
brianr24 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: P.A. Posts: 256	Gsp not gap

04/25/2015, 06:05 PM	#886
Heatherabel3 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 182	I fed the new Duncan for the first time tonight. That...was...AWESOME!!!!

04/26/2015, 12:09 AM	#888
JamesHolt Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Milton,NC Posts: 1,104 Blog Entries: 3	Built a rail system to mount my camera on. No more fighting with the tripod.. __________________ John Adams: "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." Current Tank Info: 29g with 2 Engineer gobies

04/28/2015, 03:52 PM	#889
Jeremiah_Conway Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 133	got a nice size frag candy cane

04/28/2015, 07:26 PM	#890
BigCountry74 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,761	bh-2000 protein skimmer. dropped 90lbs of dry rock (come to find out was caked in crap!) into a 40g long and I thought a simple hob would work. boy was I wrong...lol the reef octo is already hard at work though __________________ 135g mixed reef (retired) http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2132815 Current 40g reef http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2483250 Current Tank Info: 40g bare bottom reef

04/29/2015, 12:02 AM	#892
Reefer54 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Avon Posts: 1,087	I'll be back on Thursday with a new rare coral in my tank I am usually very against emoticons, but you will probably all agree it is okay for this one. __________________ R54 Current Tank Info: 36 x 36 x 25 Cube, mixed reef, A360WE x 3, A350N x 1, 40GB sump, RDSB, Remote LR Cryptic, 2 WP-40's, ummm....

05/04/2015, 01:01 PM	#895
Miguelh1302 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 721	Got this beauty

05/08/2015, 10:33 AM	#898
username in use Sciencing Daily Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 6,560	Has it opened up its polyps yet? __________________ Joshua "With fronds like these, who needs anemones?" - Albert Einstein Current Tank Info: multiple nano's sprinkled around the house

05/08/2015, 01:33 PM	#899
mmittlesteadt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Rothschild, WI Posts: 1,209	Bought? 1/4" tubing to extend my RO/DI. Do? Filling my tank with water finally! __________________ Every life on this planet deserve respect, no matter how small or insignificant it may appear at first glance. 40 Gallon Build Thread - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2486801 Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder, Eshopps PSK-100, Kessil A160WE, 70 lbs. rock, 65 gallon sump, 27 gallon refugium