Shrimpchips's 100g (Live!)

[sweet ride]

looking good!

as per the vinyl issue, if I may provide some advice, if you have a clean spay bottle, fill it with some water, spray the section of the tank that you want the vinyl to stick to, slap the vinyl on, the water will give you the ability to move around the vinyl, when your happy with the location, grab a credit card wrap it in a terry cloth, then start from the middle outwards to remove the water. then your done!!!! oh I would recommend to pre-cut the vinyl before slapping it in the back of the tank.

[lastlight]

How the hell did I miss this? It's like hidden nose treasure to a kid it's THAT sweet. Love the stand so far and kudos on all the planning. What exactly are those hinges called and where did you get them? Those are bangin' man.

Miracles does some crazy nice work and I suppose they have a pretty easy ride in your area for high end builds now that AO closed shop.

Looking forward to more!

[lorenz0]

god I love those lights. this tank is going to look gorgous

[shrimpchips]

Thanks guy!

I tried the vinyl application again, but again, it was an epic fail. So I ended up painting the back yesterday.

Yeah, the light is super sexy. I really like it, and I'm glad I went with the Sfiligoi over a Powermodule.

Brett, the hinges are made by....Soss ( http://www.soss.com/ ). Haven't installed them yet though.

Last night I got the sump all done up. First I taped all where the silicone would go down:


After using generous amounts of silicone (GE silicone 1, without mildew guard), and using two plastic spoons to smooth out the seam, I removed the tape and now it's curing in the bathroom.




It looks nice, and the silicone is pretty neatly done. Hopefully it's strong enough to hold the water in each compartment

I've coerced a buddy out for dinner tonight - little does he know that he'll have to earn a beer by lifting a tank! I can smell the progress already!

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by shrimpchips

Yeah, the light is super sexy. I really like it, and I'm glad I went with the Sfiligoi over a Powermodule.

Dude that light runs laps around the power module in the sexy circuit. I'm glad they've got proper distribution and marketing now. More people need to get on board.

[shrimpchips]

Yeah, Tim is really great to work with. I'm lucky he lives pretty close to him. Any issues I've had he's sorted out right away, and always great to chat with.

Anyways....

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!



Plumbing, here I come!!

[shrimpchips]

In the last few days, I've hung the fixture, got all the plumbing done, and screwed in and placed all my electrical componenets. I also levelled the stand with shims, so now all thats left is to get her wet!

Bulkheads in place:


In tank plumbing (all grey schedule 40 PVC - for the sextra sexyness);


Plumbing in the stand:

Not too worried about all the elbows on the manifold - my return pump should be able to overcome it just fine.

Electrical componenets:


All together with dosing containers, sump, ATO reservoir and GFO/GAC reactors:


Some pics with the light going on - can you see the Starphire glass? I can't


Through 3.5' of Starphire glass:


I did a small test of the bulkheads - no leaks in the bulkheads, but there is a small leak through the threaded fitting of the emergency overflow pipe. No big deal though - it leaked ~5ml overnight into the sump.


And a FTS:


Picking up 50' of RO/DI line this weekend to start filling the tank!

[paddyob]

Nicest set up I have seen in a long time. Everything is so neat and orderly underneath. Looks awesome!