Pretty sure I invented that :wink: use to call them space saver baffles

I bought the Nac7 from Dave and both Doug and him told me up to 90g. So I took their word for it, most sites will over rate their skimmers so it's usually better to go with the low end of the rating. However I do tend to overstock/feed my tanks a bit so maybe they were taking that into consideration when they told me up to 90g.

Good to hear, I know a few people who go full speed ahead with dry rock and run into lots of issues later, glad you're aware to go slow. Should be a nice tank for everyone at the office to enjoy :biggrin:

According to Dave, they are something he has been trying out on sumps to help reduce bubbles/microbubbles by forcing the water to travel the length of the baffle panel. I originally went in with a straight for over/under/over design, but the logic in his idea seemed sound and I don't believe it cost me any extra so I decided to give it a try.

Skimmer will go on the left side (of the first pic), return pump in the middle, and live rock (and possibly a 2nd skimmer on the right).

I understand the idea behind Daves explanation of this design, not sure how they save space though? Do tell! :wink:

Even on the low end I am looking at 135G of that rating.. with the opportunity of having a NAC 6 helping out as well (freebie with the lights from GreenSpottedPuffer). I missed out on my chance for a NAC66 yesterday in the marketplace unfortunately! :cry:


The last thing I want is this office smelling like a crashed tank! :lol:

Picked up a few more things last night from Concept Aquatics.

http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMG_0184.jpg

http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMG_0185.jpg

http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...k/Untitled.jpg

This RO/DI unit looks pretty badass! Looking forward to setting it up this weekend.

Water Blaster HY7000 Return Pump
http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMG_0192.jpg


80lbs of Sand
http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMG_0196.jpg

Coralife Salt. Enough for 300G worth of water.
http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMG_0195.jpg

Vertex Refracometer
http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMG_0193.jpg

Misc Plumbing:
http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMG_0194.jpg


Stopped off at Home Depot tonight and got the rest of my plumbing, a Timer Power bar. Then stopped off at schuns place to grab a Koralia 3 and 250W heater. My ballasts and pendents are somewhere between Vancouver and Calgary according to UPS' shipment tracker (not that I am in a rush for them anyways)

Picking up my overflows tomorrow from Concepts' and hopefully my dry rock if the shipment comes in. Then Saturday it's time to start drilling and plumbing. :razz:

he gets the green light and its zero to sixty in three seconds flat huh?.....looking good mang!.....you'll be happy with the vertex RO....we have one at RCE and its da bomb....(is it just me, or is kinda dorky to be talkin about a RO/DI unit like that?:mrgreen:)

whatever get you wet is a good thing its alll good lol

I've had almost 3 months to plan this tank since the first day I walked into the office and saw it sitting there empty. :mrgreen: Doesn't take long to drive over to concept aquatics from where I work, bit longer than 3secs though. :wink:

Im definitely impressed with the RO over my last unit I had, and I haven't even ran water through it yet! I'm hoping our flimsy walls can support its weight. :razz:

Im almost there!

Went into the office today to do some work on the tank.

Main things I wanted to get done:

- Silicone in my overflows
- Drill the holes for the overflows and returns
- Plumb the tank
- Position the sump and stand where I want them.

I got 2 out of the 4 done, mainly because I got my overflows made to the wrong height and had to leave the the office to get them corrected. I got them made to 28" (30" tank Trim to Trim), unfortunately that left me with 0.5" to the lip of the tank from the top of the overflow, a risk I didn't want to tank. Thankfully Roger and concepts was able to correct this for me today. Still time consuming but I'm in a training class next week, so not sure how much time I will have to work on the tank and really just wanted the overflows done.

I did in the end get the overflows installed and the tank drilled. The sump is in position.

Plumbing the tank I put on hold as I'm debating about adding a blue or black backing to the tank, and the plumbing would just get in the way. I could just let it encrust with coraline I suppose.. Gonna sleep on it this weekend.

Not a great pic as it was with my iphone, but this was basically how it sat when I left the office tonight (minus the frogger tape and dirty glass).

http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...k/IMG_0203.jpg


Oh and one more thing.... I ended up grabbing this little beauty today while at Concepts getting my overflows fixed.

I honestly have NO idea when I will be able to do this tank build as my rental agreement doesn't allow for an aquarium... but it was too nice to leave sitting around the shop. Now it can sit around my bedroom and tease me with idea's of what I'm gonna do with it. :razz:

Apologies for the last picture being so bad.. I got bad lighting in my room and the iphone takes ****ty pics.

http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...f/IMG_0180.jpg

http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...f/IMG_0181.jpg

http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/...f/IMG_0206.jpg

will be following along i gotta say looking killer man:)

id go with the black background over blue:)

This is a looking very good - looking forward to following your build.