Teeka's 120 build

[Teeka01]

This is my tank and stand. I have included a close up picture of the board from the difficult door on the canopy.

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This is the closet that everything will be going into.

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This is the holes that Steve, my hubby, drilled thru the walls for the pvc pipe.

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My sump waiting to be plumbed.

[FragOutpost]

It looks like it is coming along nicely Teeka. That is great that you have an available closet on the opposite side of the wall. I like the canopy. It looks great. I bet you can't wait to get water in the tank. Did you decide on a salt mix yet? Sump looks great too!

[FragOutpost]

A nifty idea that I saw last month at a local reefer's house was that he used a liner like the type used to go under bathtubs and he lined the bottom of his cabinetry having the liner extend up about 6 inches on the sides. He said that after the first couple of floods he decided to do something to prevent it from happening again. Just a suggestion to save any future headaches since you are at the point where something like this could be added easily.

[Teeka01]

The salt that I have got is the IO.I have to take a few more pictures to add to this.

[Teeka01]

Here is the rest of the plumbing.

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Sump closet after it is done waiting for water.

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Lights Installed in the canopy.

[FragOutpost]

Looks great Teeka. Have you been able to fill it with water yet?
Do you have some sort of a glass UV shield for your DE halides?

[Teeka01]

Last night we let the pipes dry over night. We got up and filled the tank with water. There was 1 leak. So that had to be taken care of. The system is now leak free. We also had to teak the system so it would not overflow the tank. I bought a bigger pump so I can add a 55. gallon I have. I want that one for a zoo only tank. So that means I can order my live rock on Monday. It ships on Tuesdays for a Wednesday delivery. I finally have my system set up, it has taken so long.

I have plain glass where would you get the uv shield glass from?

[FragOutpost]

Plain glass is good but tempered is better. I just wanted to make sure that you had something in place to filter the UV as the DE halides can potentially cook your corals if the UV is not filtered.
Looks like you are well on your way! Let the excitement begin!

[Teeka01]

I just ordered my live rock it will be here wednesday. I order 60 lbs of Marshall live rock. Yipee!!!!

[Teeka01]

I got my live rock today. I got 60 lbs of Marshall Island. I love the shapes of my rock. I still don't have any of the base rock so my tank doesn't have that much rock in it. I plan on adding 120 lbs of base rock to get a total of 180 lbs.

[D12monkey]

Looks like it progressing along nicely.

[Teeka01]

I test my Nirates. They was 50. I didn't get the other 2 test. But this seems alittle fast to me as my rock was uncured. The rock hasn't been in my tank 48 hours yet.

[FragOutpost]

50 is pretty high for only being the second day of the cycle. Did you rinse off as much debris as possible before placing in the tank? Check your nitrates again at the end of one week and let us know what they are.

[Teeka01]

Yes I did rinse very well. I also picked off what soft stuff I could find.

[Teeka01]

My nitrates had reached way above 100. I had a real deep pinkish purple on the Salifert test kits. Now they are somewhere between 50-100. they are not a 100 as the pink is not that dark. The color is a little darker then the 50. I am getting the base rock today. After my hubby gets home we will do the aquascaping then I will post some pictures.