Pratt Reef Project - The Transition

[prattreef]

Somemore shots:
1) Jim executing Russ' trashbag tank fill technique
2) Tristan's plumbing
3)Frank's ballast enclosure
3)

 

[prattreef]

1) The new super white sand coarse and fine mixture
2) the Pavona/Psammacora monster

 

[Tonyscoots84]

awesome job guys.... cant wait to see this tank up close... sorry i missed it but work comes 1st (it pays for my reef) .....

jim are you posing for the camera :flirtjim was looking at the glass behind him saying damn i iz sexy:lol2

 

[Quang]

Everything looks great Randy. Wish I could have made it.
That pavona monster thingy is huge! From the pic, it takes 4 hands to hold it up! :lol:

 

[nanoreefer22]

Looks great Randy!!! Cant wait to stop by again

 

[prattreef]

And this what happens when the pavona monster decides to break apart while lifting it back into the tank!!!

 

[prattreef]

Kris are you still in town? if so you can stop by tom. if you want to.
Thanks Froggie and Tony RD

 

[Quang]

it broke the center brace?
:screama:

 

[prattreef]

Yes, but its not that bad. The brace is double layered and only the lower one cracked. The tank isn't at risk and it is an easy fix by gluing another piece below it....or so I am told.

There is always 1 mishap and i can live with this. RD

 

[masterswimmer]

And this what happens when the pavona monster decides to break apart while lifting it back into the tank!!!

Damn dude........are you saying we should start some kind of philanthropic project for a new Prattreef tank? :irked: You could probably overlay a new piece of bracing right on top of that and silicone the crap out of it. Must be O'Briens Law >>>>>> Murphy was an optimist

swimmer

 

[nanoreefer22]

Kris are you still in town? if so you can stop by tom. if you want to.
Thanks Froggie and Tony RD

Did you guys get a chance to fix the center brace today? I noticed that the water flow is off in the picture :scratch:.

Yup woke up at 3pm today, think some of the zoa juice got into my system, had a rough night .

 

[bad coffee]

yeah russ. that's the plan. Randy was dealing with fish today, so the glass project will ahve to wait till next week.

B

 

[prattreef]

Russ, its not that bad, only the lower of the double plates broke and
it can be fixed as you describe just from below. I'm not concerned.

 

[prattreef]

What do you mean by the waterflow being off?

 

[masterswimmer]

Russ, its not that bad, only the lower of the double plates broke and
it can be fixed as you describe just from below. I'm not concerned.

Very cool. Glad to hear it's only a superficial wound.

This thread is as active as the LNT from the days of yore. :lol2:

R

 

[nanoreefer22]

What do you mean by the waterflow being off?

The return looks like it was shut off, the top of the water is still(?)...

 

[prattreef]

The return was off so BC could drill siphon break hole sand so we could guage sump level without power-----lots of room BTW Wanna stop by tom?

 

[nanoreefer22]

The return was off so BC could drill siphon break hole sand so we could guage sump level without power-----lots of room BTW Wanna stop by tom?

Ohhhh cool lol. I'd hope you have lots of room for back flow in the sump . I'll try for early morning probably around 9-10

 

[House of Laughter]

T, that was the start of filling - we started work at 7:30 am and started filling at 3:30 pm :headache: So I was tired :yo:

House

 

[FRY]

randy it a shame the glass broke put 2 large clamp on top both side of brace to keep top square use a 2x3 between clamps and glass like 2 feet long while removeing broken glass and install new glass let it dry aand remove clamps,it whould look much better with new glass since its a new tank