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Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone has built a construction grade lumber stand and then finished it to make it look like furniture. Some ideas I've come across for "skinning" it: -plywood -mdf -melamine -Acrylic sheeting Does anyone else have any ideas or suggestions? I'm really looking for...

Good shot of Cuzco the Emperor Angel. Clean up crew and a cleaner shrimp have arrived. Messed around with the pump and got the water in and out stable in the "fuge." I guess it's somewhat of a chaeto reactor of sorts. I still don't trust the system to run 24/7 so I shut the supply off while...

That would be tragic!

Sounds good. I'll take a few pics when I get back from work on Friday.

He said all the seams were redone. Silicone job looks a little sloppy. Anything in particular I should be on the lookout for?

Haha yeah. I saw the two of them together and they just reminded me of the old guys in the theater laughing and yelling at everyone.

Honestly not sure. I picked this up used from a guy named Chan in Sunnyvale. He said that he got it from a fish store that used to have a few of these as display tanks.

Plumbing the refugium. Everything worked as I expected, but getting the return flow to match the rate coming in is a lot harder than I thought it would be. Long term plan is to use a bulkhead and gravity to return water back to main sump. The flow and spin effect on the chaeto works and looks...

Fish that came with the setup and lived in a black 27g tote for 48 hours together added to the original post. I managed to only lose one fish through all of that. The blue throated fairy wrasse. He was actually one of my favorites when I saw the tank for the first time. He was the most social...

Thanks! I'm really enjoying it even though it's been way more stressful than I expected. The fish in a 27gal tote for 48 hours really put the pressure on to get things done. For days 1-3 it was consuming my every waking moment. I'm going to update the original post with the list of fish that...

Day 9 Tank survived the two days without me. Dog approves. Transferred over my coral banded shrimp "Banjo." He immediately proceeded to eat one of the new hermit crabs I just introduced into the tank. To be fair it hadn't moved, maybe it was dead? maybe it looked at him in the wrong way? He...

Day 7 & 8 Leaving for work. I will be gone for 48 hours. Everything has been running on its own for 5 hours. No leaks. Water starting to look a lot better. I feel a lot more confident leaving it in the hands of the family when they won't be required to do anything other than feed the fishes.

Day 6 Plumbing Day! Pressure was on as I had to work the next two days and I knew the temporary setup with the black totes would not work without me manning the pumps. I decided that I would use the durso drain that was setup on the old tank and add a emergency drain. I realize that dursos don't...

Fish pics!

Day 4 I couldn't fill the tank full because I didn't have the bulkheads plumbed. I wanted to start filtration to clean up the cloudiness so I set up a temporary sump with some temporary plumbing. VarioS-2 used as a pump to pump water out of the tank into the first black tote. "Chamber 1"...

That is correct and was also my thinking, which is what took me a little longer to get a sump going. I'm at week 2 with the tank and just now catching up with the journal.

I will test run one of these tonight to see how it turns out

Day 3 With the tank temp finally up & the water cleared up a bit, the fish are finally in! I was really worried that 48 hours in the tote would cause some massive fish losses. I added the air stone and an Mp40 to help oxygenate the tank while it was without filtration. Here's a couple fish...

Throwing my name in the hat for printing requests. I'm in the monterey area and dont often make it up to bay area, but I could try and make a delivery once a month or so.

Day 2 The main goal for Day 2 was to get the tank clean and on the stand. I was optimistic that I could get the tank filled and the fish in. Tank cleaned up. Black paint removed from sides of overflow and rear. If anyone is trying to remove paint from glass: Heat vinegar up in the microwave...