I Got Civics In My Tank...BlueSi4's Tale of The 75RR

[BlueSi4]

So about 6 months after getting my 46G Bow...i ended up upgrading to a 75G RR. It was too good of a deal to pass, so i got the tank with stand, 30G Sump and a DIY 250W MH. I will be moving all my livestock on Saturday. Tonight and tomorrow i will start filling the tank with some water, make sure everything is alright. Then saturday should be full enough to break down the 46 and move everything into their new home.
Here are some pictures of the tank and stand...

And this is a section that the guy i bought the tank from cut. It's the last first part of the drain section. What should i do?

 

[latino277]

put a union on it....

 

[NYreefNoob]

get a coupling and glue it bac together

 

[BlueSi4]

WOOT, thanks for the quick reply guys...will do that on Saturday!

 

[BlueSi4]

Alright so it's almost 3am and we just finished transferring everything from the 46 to the 75. Me, my friend Joe (who bought my 46), his brother Nick, and my friend Will started tearing down the 46 at about 8pm. We spent about 2 hours at Home Depot trying to look for adaptors in order to allow the return to be connected, ended up not finding anything so we put the sump build for another day and we just focused on getting everything out of the 46 into the 75. By midnight, we had all the rocks in the tank, aquascaping was almost done and the fish were getting anxious to make it to its new home. An hour later, the aquascaping was done and the fish were able to be moved into their new home. After the fish were in, we moved the corals. At around 2am we finished with everything, including emptying the 46 and fit it in my friend's car.
Here are the pics...well some of them. Water is a bit blurry because of the sand...should clear up by tomorrow.

what a mess!!!

the wires and the placement of the equipment is just temporary until we get the sump to work

finished aquascaping

 

[ireefny]

nice, too bad you had to cut the canopy out, hope you can still save it, it looked well made

 

[crox99]

Good luck with your upgrade.rangehat

 

[Chongpark27]

Good luck with your upgrade :party:

 

[reef28]

New Tank

Good luck, Reefer

 

[BlueSi4]

Thanks guys!
Joe (jw10604) came this morning to help me finish the plumbing, i had some problems with the return and it was finally fixed. Wednesday i will fill up the sump and get it to work, then i will move everything in there (skimmer, heater)
So far i've had no losses, but the corals haven't opened up yet since i haven't been able to hook up the light yet, hopefully that can be done tonight.

 

[KathyC]

Congrats on the upgrade Oriol !!! :party:

Coming along very well..it's a good thing that you weren't even thinking about upgrading and you definitely weren't even going to put one coral in your tank until the Spring...lol...you're addicted

 

[BlueSi4]

Thanks Kathy!

I didn't expect to upgrade because of all the work, but i did want a Reef Ready tank. I was contemplating drilling my 46, but buying a new stand, breaking down the tank and all the effort wasn't worth it, and this deal was too good to pass. So I admit i was wrong, i said i wasn't gonna upgrade and that i wouldn't have any corals until the Spring, but i got them a lot earlier than expected...I guess i have the site to blame for that...all the good pictures and threads don't help much.

 

[KathyC]

What are your plans for the canopy/lighting?
More pics?

 

[BlueSi4]

As far as plans go...this is the way it's prob going to go.

1. ATO System (Tunze)
2. Upgrade Lighting (2 175W MH, 2 Actinics)
3. Upgrade Skimmer (currently using Remora Pro)

That's it for now, have a couple mods i wanna do to the car so i have to balance both hobbies...haha

 

[autoponicz]

nice upgrade.....

now off subject a bit....what mods you plan for the civic?:p

 

[BlueSi4]

nice upgrade.....

now off subject a bit....what mods you plan for the civic?:p

Yes it's a nice upgrade, loving it so far!!

As far as the Civic...

just installed the Avic D3
soon getting skunk2 coilovers
skunk2 header
TSX retrofit

 

[autoponicz]

is the avic D3 struts/shocks? or is that a intake?

 

[BlueSi4]

is the avic D3 struts/shocks? or is that a intake?

Avic D3 is a Pioneer Navigation System with iPod interface, DVD playback and all the other things lol

 

[autoponicz]

LoL....ooooo.....sweet....im not too much of a audio guy....i just have a mp3 headunit and 4 aftermarket speakers....but yea...be careful of the thieves...

 

[BlueSi4]

Alright, so i've been trying to mount the MH but i'm running into a lot of trouble with the seams because the equpiment i was using doesn't seem to work anymore. So today i just put it on top of the tank for a while, just so the corals can get some deserved light...here are some pics