ya just taking a little brake lol. hoping to get water in it tonight just need to do the over flow pipe.

ok filled the tank with water and onle 1 leak!?!?!?! it was a union missing a rubber oring i found it on the floor and replaced it and no more leak :)

Now problem #1

my overflow is too small for a herbie in 1 1/2
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1359347035
so im gonna try 1 1/4 and if that wont fit im going to use 1"
any suggestions are welcome.

problem # 2

now i know this was going to happen so i didnt glue the drain line in.
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1359347051

Whats the best way to make it quiet and less splashing? put a 90 half in the water or run the plumbing down to the bottom on the sump?

Just run the piping into the water. I liked to have it close to the bottom and a ninety so the water would swirl keeping debris up so it would make it to the filter socks

so i had the tank running for about 6 weeks now and just got around to building a skirt for the stand.


side view before painting trim.
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1362974726

front view
front panel is held on by magnets still have to put the trim on the front and u can allso see i put a ledge around the tank too.
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1362974710

finnished side other than needing another coat of black paint.
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1362974696

got my skimmer today from steve at redcoral. Vertex omega 150
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1363403113

here it is in my sump brakeing in.

http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1363403095

i can tell right away that this skimmer is a light year ahead of my swc on my other tank.

picked up a light fixture today for the sump and installed it. u can see it with the front panel off.

http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1363567011
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1363567026

i finished painting and putting all the trim on the stand.
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1363579616

i got my apex jr set up and mounted along with the ato and mp10wes.

http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1363579602

so i figured its time to update this build. what stared as a frag tank got turned into a zoa garden.

http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1376353180

as u can see i got rid of my t5 fixture and replaced with a mitra :)
also added a sand bed.

http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1376353142
some of my zoas

http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1376353098
top down

zoa garden
 

Looking good Phil good to see you went with the GHL mitra

This will be a sweet frag tank. Looks like it will be a full reef tank now and no longer a frag tank lol Great job

Well done I love the idea of displaying the frags in rocks it looks more natural.
Now thats a skimmer:razz: