Firestarter's 2ft Standard tank

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Tank is finally filled.

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Turned on the seio. Thats when disaster began. The water level rose too high in the main tank. Had to remove the overflow 'comb' to reduce the height.

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The tank a mess after all problems started to surface all at once.

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To make matters worse, I spotted this!!!

Almost had the thought of scrapping the whole idea of setting up a tank again.

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Well, after a series of trial and error, managed to get the tank under control. Sorry no more pics of the disaster because I was too busy trying to prevent any floods, so no hands to take pics.

After it got under control, next step is to tweak the skimmer. The air intake tube is kinda noisy, so I used an old trick I did before: Just place a air valve on it. Noise = Gone, Bubbles = Not affected.

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Managed to quickly snap a pic of this. Skimmer started skimming out stuff!! And I thought its only supposed to work in SW?

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Had to take out the skimmer again and tape the joints with white tape after I spotted one joint had a drop of water formed on it. Also, to connect the pump and skimmer properly.

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Testing the flow.

Tore off a piece of red plastic bag.

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Threw it in and observed how it floated inside the tank. Took about 3 mins for the bag to be caught in the overflow.

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Last pic for today. Tank under control at last!

Still more work to do. Hai.

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Hey... dun be discouraged. You've done a great job so far, so do persevere and see it through. Its things like this that gives you a greater sense of accomplishment when you finally succeed. Keep it up!

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Hey... dun be discouraged. You've done a great job so far, so do persevere and see it through. Its things like this that gives you a greater sense of accomplishment when you finally succeed. Keep it up!

Sadly to say the tank started leaking again. Just before I left for work, no time so just placed a towel there hopefully to absorb and minimize the flood. Came back from work to see the towel soaked, but it wasn't that bad. Will have to remove half of the water and silicon the leak. Well at least the leak is at the top of the tank, not the bottom.

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Today started with my being frustrated and I told myself enough is enough, I'd drain half the water and silicon the leak!

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Lets put an end to this!!!

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I left it for about 4 hours to cure, then just did a quick test to see if it was till leaking. IT WAS!!!

In desperation I had no choice but to cut and tear open the black tape, something that I didn't want to do.

Then I realised that the leak was not at the corner as I expected!!! :angry:

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I siliconed the area immediately. If I'd known, I would have tore the black tape apart long time ago. Sigh.

Opened up my bag of salt.

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Now I know why bro fuel here prefers salt that sticks together when exposed to air.

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Chalky chalky!! Letting the salt mix.

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Dug out this powerhead.

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Making the salt dissolve quicker this way. I didn't on the seio yet because the tank is not to its desired height yet. Letting the silicon to cure for 24hrs.

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Pail full of LR that I collected just now.

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Anyhow dump in about half the pail of LR. More pics to come.

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Anyhow dump in about half the pail of LR. More pics to come.

bro really admire your resilience and diy skills...

what u intend to keep?

if u want a 2 ft tank, i tink exact like what u have, plus a little rusty iron stand for free let me know.

mayb then may u can diy to make a sump and have more space for livestock.

cheers

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Bro... why are the rocks grey in colour...?

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bro really admire your resilience and diy skills...

what u intend to keep?

if u want a 2 ft tank, i tink exact like what u have, plus a little rusty iron stand for free let me know.

mayb then may u can diy to make a sump and have more space for livestock.

cheers

Hi, haha to be honest I'm not really good at DIY. There are reefers here who can DIY their own tank stand from plywood, and those are the real DIY gurus!

I intend to keep some simple corals like mushrooms and zoos first. I've thought of DIY a sump, but not at this point of time yet. Thanks!