Tony
Staff member
Your right about that. Sadly with teh clean tank, other issues came up such as the seals. I knew about the top brace and was and is not a big deal. I just didn't know the other seals were so bad. It's only going to cost me $20 to fix this tank and a few days of cure time as well as a few more to leak test it. All in all, it's still a good tank.
I left the truck with the wife tonight and she is going ot be picking up the new 90g tank tomorrow when she gets off work. we have decided to move the tank (I think lol) to another location that has less traffic. The one thing the fish hate is a lot of traffic right next to the tank.
The rock is coming along nicely. I have not checked any of the levels since last time when the ammonia and nitrite was up, but when I check it tomorrow or friday I should notice those have come down and the nitrates have come up. And nitrates are taken care of with a water change. Eventually I will have a refugium that will suck out the nitrates and phosphates in the water. It will also stabilize the PH of the tank as well.
All in all it's coming along nicely. When I set the 90 up, I may just take some video of how we set it up and the process that is involved. I'm going to first be laying some base rock that is used as the "legs" for the rest of the rock. Once that is placed, I will put the 120lbs of sand in the tank and then finish off the rest of the rock laying and finally fill it up with water again. The rock placement will take the longest since I have a specific way I want the tank to look.
If you can see in that picture above, the over flow is in the left rear corner. I don't like it there unless the tank is in a corner and this is one reason we purchased the 90. I was able to get one with the over flow in the back. It may be offset to the left, but it will not be on the side wall. This will allow me a little easier time getting the rocks how I want them. and with 119.6lbs of rock, i have my work cut out for me.
But you guys are asking this to be done like a build, and I guess it is, so I will see what I can do about making that happen. For those of you that are scared about setting up a saltwater, it's much easier than you think. Just remember, the larger the tank, the more stable it will be. This is the reason we decided to go with a 110 (thought it was a 150 until I calculated, and now going to a 90 for a while lol) with a 20g sump. All in all, I will have over 100g of water in this tank at all times. This will help to keep everything stable and alive.
Just give me time. There is nothing that we can rush on this build. Everything is slow. Once the tank drops the ammonia and nitrite levels and starts to raise the nitrate levels, I know I can add my first two fish to help the tank along with the rest of the cycle. Once that second cycle is done. then it's time to put other things in the tank such as inverts like snails and shrimp to help with cleaning as well as some corals that I have been looking at. But this won't happen any time before next year.
I left the truck with the wife tonight and she is going ot be picking up the new 90g tank tomorrow when she gets off work. we have decided to move the tank (I think lol) to another location that has less traffic. The one thing the fish hate is a lot of traffic right next to the tank.
The rock is coming along nicely. I have not checked any of the levels since last time when the ammonia and nitrite was up, but when I check it tomorrow or friday I should notice those have come down and the nitrates have come up. And nitrates are taken care of with a water change. Eventually I will have a refugium that will suck out the nitrates and phosphates in the water. It will also stabilize the PH of the tank as well.
All in all it's coming along nicely. When I set the 90 up, I may just take some video of how we set it up and the process that is involved. I'm going to first be laying some base rock that is used as the "legs" for the rest of the rock. Once that is placed, I will put the 120lbs of sand in the tank and then finish off the rest of the rock laying and finally fill it up with water again. The rock placement will take the longest since I have a specific way I want the tank to look.
If you can see in that picture above, the over flow is in the left rear corner. I don't like it there unless the tank is in a corner and this is one reason we purchased the 90. I was able to get one with the over flow in the back. It may be offset to the left, but it will not be on the side wall. This will allow me a little easier time getting the rocks how I want them. and with 119.6lbs of rock, i have my work cut out for me.
But you guys are asking this to be done like a build, and I guess it is, so I will see what I can do about making that happen. For those of you that are scared about setting up a saltwater, it's much easier than you think. Just remember, the larger the tank, the more stable it will be. This is the reason we decided to go with a 110 (thought it was a 150 until I calculated, and now going to a 90 for a while lol) with a 20g sump. All in all, I will have over 100g of water in this tank at all times. This will help to keep everything stable and alive.
Just give me time. There is nothing that we can rush on this build. Everything is slow. Once the tank drops the ammonia and nitrite levels and starts to raise the nitrate levels, I know I can add my first two fish to help the tank along with the rest of the cycle. Once that second cycle is done. then it's time to put other things in the tank such as inverts like snails and shrimp to help with cleaning as well as some corals that I have been looking at. But this won't happen any time before next year.
