Keith's 65G Tall (Tech 70)

[Keith P]

So when are you gonna invite me to see it?? :lol2:

It's still a work in progress. Once I can take the garbage cans of rock and water out of my living room, you're all invited :splitspin

 

[Arati]

I though everyone had garbage cans full of salt water in the living room?

tanks looking good Keith, so is my mushroom!

good luck
Chris

 

[masterswimmer]

Nice job Keith.

swimmer

 

[Keith P]

Did a little plumbing. Getting closer...

 

[masterswimmer]

Keith, you're continually impressing with your DIY skills. Very clean.

Russ

 

[Keith P]

One step closer. The reactor and chiller are plumbed in. I also added a second manifold brace. (Yes it's crooked. Too late now to fix it.)

Tomorrow the UV bracket should come in. Once that's plumbed in, I can cement the pvc and fill it. YEAH! Finally!

 

[Domboski]

Sweet setup so far

 

[Mangas50]

I will deff by stopping by lol

 

[Keith P]

The tank is finally filled. What a stressful day!

I hope I did good. I want a Jaw fish, so I put a layer of rock down first, then the sand, and then finally the rest of the rock.
The tank was really cloudy, so I just took the rock from the buckets:

And randomly threw them in the tank:

And this is what I ended up with:

I think I need more rock. There is "supposedly" 85 pounds in there (a bunch is buried)... Either way, I still have flow issues to work out.

 

[masterswimmer]

Looking good. I know the enthusiasm once it's filled and you can finally sit back and chill with a brew and now rush home every night to wait. :lol2:

Keep up the good work,
Russ

 

[Keith P]

I had to redo the plumbing. It had too many restrictions. I also upped the pump size.
The return bulk head was replaced. I could not get the threads to stop leaking, so we used a slip style bulkhead and cemented it.

I also got a lot more rock.. No aquascaping has been done yet...

More to come this weekend.

 

[Hungriee]

nice plumbing work.

what is the part you used in your manifold that connects the soft vinyl tube to your reactors? the piece that connects the pvc to the soft vinyl tube.

 

[Keith P]

nice plumbing work.

what is the part you used in your manifold that connects the soft vinyl tube to your reactors? the piece that connects the pvc to the soft vinyl tube.

3/4" thread to 1/2" barb adapter... The hardware store calls 5/8" barbs 1/2". Home Depot had the correct ones. They are made of white nylon instead of pvc.

 

[masterswimmer]

Keith, nice job. How's the Aquarium Systems 5500 working for the return now?

swimmer

 

[Keith P]

Keith, nice job. How's the Aquarium Systems 5500 working for the return now?

Awesome. I don't know how to rate the flow, but it's quiet and seems to be moving the water quite well. I'm satisfied :birthday:

 

[masterswimmer]

Awesome. I don't know how to rate the flow, but it's quiet and seems to be moving the water quite well. I'm satisfied :birthday:

Excellent. As long as it's adequate for flow into your sump then that's good. I just didn't want the back pressure to be too much for this pump to handle. Glad it worked.

R

 

[Keith P]

Redid the aquascaping. I had to have a buddy come over and MC the move. I'm terrible at tetris

We used the driveway markers from home depot. The structure is rock solid (pun intended). The water was lowered (removed 30G) and we drilled the rocks in the tank.

I'm really satisfied with how it turned out. I was so excited, I couldn't wait for the sand storm to fully settle.

The tank is viewed from the front and left, so this is the money shot:

The other side still looks cool:

There is one orange stake showing on the top left. It will get covered with epoxy eventually. (ignore the floating orange and white dots)

 

[Mangas50]

Keith this is coming out reallly nice

 

[reefman204]

Tank is looking really good.

 

[masterswimmer]

Keith, the money shot is awesome. I'm really 'feeling' it. Very nice job.

R