my new tank!

[terryansimon]

the thought of washing ten bags of sand was daunting! so I just dumped every damn thing in there and let whatever free floating particles be caught by the sump's filter media or to be scooped out manually by me. or my girlfriend.

please don't gun me down regarding the cloudy tank. it was already 11 plus when we started filling it with water. 11 plus at night. me and my friend were dead tired.

[terryansimon]

a shot of sump with cloudy water and deep sea bed. six inches and all.

eagled eye viewers will notice that something is new with the close loop pump. hehz. shan't say what happened, although it was quite a dumb mistake. can't blame my friend. probably too tired.

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a shot of the chiller I intend to chill the tank with.

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Eido 1000GLXP with inbuilt Iwaki pump. 1.3hp. bought it from Marine Life.

you can search for Eido's spokesperson here, eidomon, for more enquiries.

don't ask about the price coz I don't think its nice to reveal the price here.

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front shot of the skimmer still wrapped up. many thanks to bum for the skimmer.

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backside view of still wrapped up AquaC EV-180

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assembled AquaC EV-180.

[terryansimon]

okay things to do.

1) get filter bag with smaller holes for my carbon. stupid bag I got from petmart too big!

2) loc-lines. awaiting answer from my friend

3) pump for the skimmer. Rio 3100.

4) hose for skimmer.

5) liverocks. depending on financial situation of course. need to back out from Joe_Ps offer due to cost. =(

6) test kits for NO2/NO3/PO4

7) get full body massage from girlfriend.

please don't tell me off regarding putting sand in just like that without washing. like I said, me and my friend were shit tired already from a whole days work. can wash tomorrow yes, but I needed to check the intergrity of the pipes urgently. so yah.

[bum]

dude,

why so deep? you're gonna need strong lights

to penetrate that depth...

dn worry abt the murkiness....

its fresh water right?

just swirl the sand up every other hour while its running

and let your wool filter out everything,

mine took like 3 days before all the junk came out...

then chuck the water

you planning on rock stacking in an empty tank?

oh btw, nice setup

[sinner]

did you happen to get the tank from david? hehe

[SpiderOne]

u shld have layed the rockwork down before the sandbed. unless u plan to use eggcrate. I'd put back that centre beam if i were u .

[terryansimon]

dude,

why so deep? you're gonna need strong lights

to penetrate that depth...

dn worry abt the murkiness....

its fresh water right?

just swirl the sand up every other hour while its running

and let your wool filter out everything,

mine took like 3 days before all the junk came out...

then chuck the water

you planning on rock stacking in an empty tank?

oh btw, nice setup

don't intend to keep any corals for the time being. say about a year. to allow for full maturity of the tank. from now till then it'll probably a FOWLR system, coupled with some hardy corals in about six months time.

all planned out. don't worry! (=

and urh yeah, I'll do stacking of liverocks without egg crates I think. 100kg worth. should be able to stack lah. if not then I'll go and take the eggcrate rock rack some reefer offered to me for free.

as for rock stacking, I intend to just siphon out about one two feet tank worth of water and do it. although I'll probably drown in the process.

its salt water by the way. coz I wanted to allow for full settling of the salt. and then I'll reduce the amount of water for rock stacking. gonna get my girlfriend to do that. hahaha. then can take it as a water change as well.

[terryansimon]

did you happen to get the tank from david? hehe

I don't know if I should say who I got the tank from. not even sure if my friend wants his name to be published or not. hahaha.

[terryansimon]

u shld have layed the rockwork down before the sandbed. unless u plan to use eggcrate. I'd put back that centre beam if i were u .

nah I don't. I'll just remove a portion of the water and then work with it. can take that as a water change and also a time for me to adjust the salinity level.

as for the beam. I tried putting it back. but it was 12midnight by then and any attempts to hammer the beam in *due to the addition weight strain* will probably be met with a policeman knocking on my door in about fifteen minutes time.

[huskiesg]

The tank has finally arrived Great photos bro.. keep them coming Maybe I can get you to be the official photgrapher for me to chronicle my process when my tank comes in next month

[tiger]

Nice tank and good description of process. No need to say, spent a fortune too, envy rich guy like you, hol.

[terryansimon]

The tank has finally arrived Great photos bro.. keep them coming Maybe I can get you to be the official photgrapher for me to chronicle my process when my tank comes in next month

I charge you freelance rate lah. SG$50 per hour. this will cover equipment/makan/transport.

[terryansimon]

Nice tank and good description of process. No need to say, spent a fortune too, envy rich guy like you, hol.

I'm not rich. please, this has been in the pipelines since goodness knows when, just that I decided to make it into reality.

and after procuring all those stuff. now even more broke. damn!

[huskiesg]

I charge you freelance rate lah. SG$50 per hour. this will cover equipment/makan/transport.

God mum won't allow you to charge me that kind of rate Back to topic, great tank. What lights are you intending to use?

[terryansimon]

that one standard freelance photographer rate leh. actually standard is slightly higher, depending on portfolio.

as for lights. intending to get 2 dimmable ATIs from EAquanature. will only add in the MH lights when I go into corals, anytime from six months to a year from now.

[riot]

Whoa really sweet tank

looking forward to your updates

[zenus]

woah...

must have cost u a bomb!!

[pospeh]

Looks like another top-notch setup.

Looking forward to when it is fully stocked up (but I am sure not as much as you)

[dradttg]

after much consideration and decision making, I've finally decided to get a big marine tank to start of with. since my mother liked the idea of having her own little nemo swimming around. hmm.

here are some pictures of the tank that just arrived today. (=

Hi Terry,

Congratulation on your new tank.

[islander]

another hint to uncomplicate things if u HAVENT PUT WATER.

remember to cut the hole on the styrofoam below the main tank slightly bigger when u seal in the male/female thread.this is to give u a clearer view of the connections of the thread to the main tank from below.mine didnt cut so when i have leak its quite impossible to c from below as th foam is blocking it arrggghhh...