Julia's new 50 breeder

[jyi2101]

Building a stand

Edited February 20, 2012 by jyi2101

[jyi2101]

more pics

[Coral Hind]

Nice job on the stand. So I see a wood trimmed sump and then also a black trimmed sump in the works. Are both sumps going to be used? What type of lighting are you going to use?

[steveoutlaw]

Nice job all around. The new sump is looking good. You could turn the older sump into a nice fuge and have a nice mangrove forest!

 

Keep the pics coming. Very interested to see how the final set up is going to look.

Edited February 20, 2012 by steveoutlaw

[Chad]

Great start! I am looking forward to seeing more!

 

(You also may consider using a third party site like photobucket or flickr to host your pictures, as you may run in to an attachment limit fairly quickly this way)

[CaptainRon]

Looks great. Makes me wish I would have painted up my stand before I put everything together.

[mogurnda]

Looks like a great start. I have to admit, I clicked the dog first.

[jyi2101]

Looks like a great start. I have to admit, I clicked the dog first.

 

hehehe that's Clyde checking the project out.

[jyi2101]

Great start! I am looking forward to seeing more!

 

(You also may consider using a third party site like photobucket or flickr to host your pictures, as you may run in to an attachment limit fairly quickly this way)

 

I know. I got lazy. I have picasa and dropbox already. Will set it up... thanks

[jyi2101]

Nice job on the stand. So I see a wood trimmed sump and then also a black trimmed sump in the works. Are both sumps going to be used? What type of lighting are you going to use?

 

Thanks

 

I was testing out which sump would fit better. But i settled with the black trim. For now I bought a last min solarmaxHE T5 (21W x2) w/ 6 moolight leds. But pitched in on a group buy w Rob to get a real LED light.

[Guest thefishman65]

Looking good, but I am afraid you lost me on the computer screen. Is that the sump design?

[jyi2101]

Looking good, but I am afraid you lost me on the computer screen. Is that the sump design?

 

Yup... I wasn't sure which design i wanted for mine so i searched for one online.

[jyi2101]

I know. I got lazy. I have picasa and dropbox already. Will set it up... thanks

 

Here it is.

http://www.dropbox.c...20Tank?h=b11f12

[jyi2101]

after 4 attempts, got the skimmer running.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally cycling after a waiting patiently for a whole month

 

 

 

 

Almost ready for the move!

 

 

Edited March 26, 2012 by jyi2101

[smallreef]

Looks great! my only question is have you turned everything off to see where the water level in the sump is at incase of a power outage?

[jyi2101]

Looks great! my only question is have you turned everything off to see where the water level in the sump is at incase of a power outage?

 

Good question! I got an UPS just in case...

[Guest thefishman65]

Yes, but the UPS will fail when it is needed I would make sure you can handle the power failure without a water spill. Easier to fix than to clean up the water when it happens IMHO.

[RubberFrog]

Absolutely. Keep the water level in the sump such that it can handle the overflow from the tank if necessary. A ups can't help you if the pump burns out. It also makes it easier to work on stuff knowing you can turn off the pump for maintenance issues.

 

Similarly, I balance the water level in the tank/return chamber so that if my overflow fails the tank can hold the extra water.