Turbo's AGA75

[Turbovr3six]

Painted the lights.

Plumbing as of now. I might change out the slit pipe in favor of a drilled one.

Acrylic cut out for returns.

 

[Turbovr3six]

This is the sand I got for the DT. Still debating what to put in the fuge.

I moved the BRS reactor because I didn't like it in the middle.

This is the skimmer I will be using. SWC Mini S.

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Chaetomorpha is a must. No ?
Man, I want to see some water in this thing already. Lol...

 

[Turbovr3six]

 

[Turbovr3six]

Aquascape V.1

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Is that water I see ? Wooohooo !!! :biggrinpa

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Love this build, keep those pics!!!!

 

[Turbovr3six]

Pauli- haha yup. Freshwater leak test. Passed!

Jarrett- thanks bro. I'll be bothering you for frags soon enough. Haha

 

[Turbovr3six]

No leaks for a couple of days, so I'm gonna fill it. I need to rinse the sand, put the rocks in, and fill it back up with rodi. I plan to add the salt to the refugium section of the sump slowly. I'm going to put a powerhead in there to help it stir up more. Is this a bad idea with the sand and rock already in the tank?

 

[Turbovr3six]

 

[Og Drogon]

Nice rock work. That first pic looks hot.


Fix Your Fin Or Get Your Fin Fixed!

 

[Turbovr3six]

Thanks. I have 2 rocks to add because they have coral on them, but they're small pieces.

 

[Turbovr3six]

I braced the floor joists under the tank because when I would walk around near the tank, the floor would "bounce". The room that the tank is in has a little crawl space under it with a concrete foundation. Crawling up in here was the least enjoyable part of the build thus far.

And it is now filled with saltwater.

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Congrats :party: ...

 

[Turbovr3six]

Thanks Paulie!



I hit a speed bump. It won't stop me, but will slow me down considerably. I got red bugs in my current DT. At first I was confused as to how they got there because I put all new corals into QT for observation and treat as necessary until ready. Well I got some snails from a guy taking down his tank and I didn't QT them. This is the ONLY way I can see how they got into my system. Lesson learned. Now I'm going to do an intercepter treatment and start QT'ing all over again.

Also the rock in the 75 is leaching PO4 pretty bad. I had this rock in my previous tank for a couple of months and when I moved I just let it dry out. Since then I have only rinsed it in RODI water. It's at .89 so I'm running GFO/carbon and doing W/C's until it's gone. After that I'm going to add live rock to the sump and add a raw shrimp to start the cycle.

I'm guessing that I'll have fish and coral in the 75 no sooner than November.


I've been thinking about putting my clownfish and a nem into the fuge. I would like to keep my fish in the DT limited to wrasse's, gobies, tang, and anthias. I'm going to light the fuge with some LED's and would like to do a DIY kit. I eventually want to replace my halides with a DIY kit, so a little light to start will be good practice.

 

[Turbovr3six]

Well Irene wasn't as bad to me as I thought it would be. I only lost power for about 12Hrs. I had battery backups so I was sailing smooth.

Made a little progress on the build. I moved my frag tank onto it's stand, and moved all of my livestock into a 29G for the time being. Here's a pic of how it looks now.

The room that the tank is in will also be my girlfriends study area, so I also got her desk in there. It works out nice for me because I can use some it for storage.

 

[afernandez]

Looks nice Justin! I have a computer table next to my tank but the computer table looks like a lab that's how I started "oh I'll use this table to keep A few things in it" ....noe a days it's not a computer table... it's more like a reef support table :lol2:

 

[Turbovr3six]

Looks nice Justin! I have a computer table next to my tank but the computer table looks like a lab that's how I started "oh I'll use this table to keep A few things in it" ....noe a days it's not a computer table... it's more like a reef support table :lol2:

I could see that happening here soon.:shhh:

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Loving the MH's. Looking good buddy.
Are you going to make it down on Saturday ?

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

All i gotta say GREAT JOB ON THE TANK. Btw what types of fish do you plan on adding?