What's this? Three months of talking and all we get is one pic of a tank sitting on it's end?

I didn't know they made UV LED's. You saw my light setup and how I took care of the UV problem.

So is the dart going to be the return pump? If so, what are you using the other two pumps for that you got from me?

I think you should go bigger on the tank though, but that just me.

No the dart isint working so well. I will most likely us the hammerhead to run the teturn for now. The baracuda is just a backup in case we have way to much flow

Ok that pic dose not count

Lol i have the tank in my room but everythings all a mess. I will try and get a pic soon

Here is a pic of the stand before it goes out for powder coating. The canopy is going too but i didnt get a pic of it

It's coming along! I have a few questions:

1.Did you weld that yourself?
2.How heavy is the stand?
3.What did you make the Canopy out of?

Yes i built the whole thing. And yes its very heavy but it still weighs less than the tank. And the canopy is made out of smaller tubbing its 1 inch instead of 1 1/2 which means the walls for the tubing are 1/16 instead of 1/8 so its alot lighter.

Are you going to grind down the welds on the front of the stand? or did you account for that bead when you cover it?

Yes i did that yesterday afternoon they are all smoothed out now

Got the plumbing from the grage to my room! The stand will be done getting coated tuesday then i have to just get the doors on it and finish the plumbing and im ready to go! Oh i still have to order lights though :/

Why arnt you using pvc to plumb it?

I guess more flexability.

Running flex hose would be MUCH easier through floors than rigid.

Yes running hard pvc would have sucked. This sucked too but was much easier than ridged. The basement is only 3 feet tall so i have to army crawl around the foundation. On another note i plumbed my dads tank today which was even worse lol. I had to climb through holes that i could easily get stuck in it all went good though im thinking about drilling and painting the tanks tommrow.

Got my apex

wanna trade all that for an apex jr?

Haha no

Cory, what are you saying? you can't trade straight up like that. The jr is worth way more, you definitely need to have him throw in a few other things.

Lol funny guys!

Just trying to look out for Cory's best interest.

Lol ok thanks for doing that jimmy on another note i know its not revalant to fish but we got my bird a new cage today! Its about 2.5 times the size of the old one which she is stoked about. so she wont stop chirping lol its kinda giving me a headache actually!

sisterlimonpot wrote:Cory, what are you saying? you can't trade straight up like that. The jr is worth way more, you definitely need to have him throw in a few other things.

Your right Jimmy! Thanks ! Alright Nick I wan the bio pellets too

I do still have the pellets if you are still intrested. Shoot me a pm if you want them

Got the stand in my room!

Is that the stand and hood, or just an odd built stand?

Stand with the hood on top

Ahh, the hood is going to be made of steel, that makes sense why you had so much steel stock.

how's the hood going to function? is it going to sit on top of the tank? attach to the wall?

Its just going to sit on top of the tank. Its nothing special.

it looks good

Thanks! Next Step is to drill and paint the tank!

you built a steel hood?

Ya!

well??

Well what?

Looks like a tight fit, is your room on the second story? If so, what about the weight of the tank?

No first story and my bed is close to it in that pic i moved everything over

well did you get the tank drilled?

No i didnt have time yet im hopeing i will be able to do it tommrow. I also want to run over to the valley and get some acrilic for the sump baffles. Ill see what i can get done!

has your summer vacation already started?

Ya last friday was my last day of school

Why steel hood? Wood would be lighter.

The steel only weighs like 25 pounds its alot smaller too its only 3/4 inch no need to worry about weight.

Thats not bad at all, my canopy weigh probably double that although much larger.

Ya its not to bad. The stand weighs a ton though

Sandman wrote:Thats not bad at all, my canopy weigh probably double that although much larger.

Wait until he covers it though.

In covering it with doors from ikea. They are that hollow wood so it shouldent add to much weight.

Got it drilled! Im painting it now!

Painted, Drilled, and ready for Plumbing!!!

Got the plumbing attached to the tank today. I will have it plumbed to the sump as soon as i get a few more feet of the flex tubing in the mail since i ran out. Ill update pics once thats done

Got the apex all wired in today!