G&D's Foray Into a 90G Tank (Take One)

[gridley]

Thanks Jason - yes it is a very small leak - only a drop or two after a few minutes. The way I tested this was to close the gate valve, fill the overflow with water and watch for leaks into the tank. My concern was to ensure that in the case of a power outage, that no water leaks from the tank into the overflow and then down into the sump causing a flood. I have already done another round of silicine in the affected area - if for some reason this is still leaking, you think it will be fine?

[FishyFishy!]

The overflow looks a lot better! Nice silicone job.

Where did you get the white gate valve? Not that I have looked for one lately...But I like the white ones better than the grey ones.

[gridley]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

The overflow looks a lot better! Nice silicone job.

Where did you get the white gate valve? Not that I have looked for one lately...But I like the white ones better than the grey ones.

Thanks for the compliment regarding the silicone job on the overflow. The white gate valve came from Concept Aquatics.

[HaZRaTTy]

Originally Posted by gridley

Thanks for the compliment regarding the silicone job on the overflow. The white gate valve came from Concept Aquatics.

Good build thread so far, Welcome to the DARK.. errr Salt Side of the Hobby!!!

Can't wait for the wallet to empty and Coral/Fish start to populate the tank.


Reading your last post on the leak, I couldn't help but picture the infomerical "Mighty Putty" when he pushes it onto that leaky PVC pipe. Haha I guess you could give it a try. Never tried or looked at the stuff myself.

[gridley]

Originally Posted by HaZRaTTy

Good build thread so far, Welcome to the DARK.. errr Salt Side of the Hobby!!!

Can't wait for the wallet to empty and Coral/Fish start to populate the tank.


Reading your last post on the leak, I couldn't help but picture the infomerical "Mighty Putty" when he pushes it onto that leaky PVC pipe. Haha I guess you could give it a try. Never tried or looked at the stuff myself.

I was ready to try almost anything - but fortunatly, all leaks are now sealed and the tank holds water!

[gridley]

We have made a bit more progress in the last few days. All the leaks have been resolved and we have our 70lbs of dry rock in the tank.



The next step is to add water, live rock and begin the curing process. We have decided to follow Myka's guide for this which includes having the skimmer up and running from day one. ttp://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=44859

We purchased our skimmer (Reef Life Support System R8-u) a while back and last night pulled it out of the box to assemble it. We quickly discovered that one fitting has messed up threads and the fitting to hook up the pump to the skimmer is missing. This morning we contacted RLSS and new parts are coming by Fed Ex. The folks at RLSS were very easy to work with.



So, while we wait for the parts to arrive, I plan to begin to work on a side cabinet that will house an ATO tank, some of the electrical and some storage space. So its off to the workshop this evening or tomorrow AM to start on a cabinet. I am willing to take any and all suggestions and recommendations on the electircal part of this cabinet. - Thanks

[gridley]

Wow - it has been a month since I lasted posted on here. Because of waiting for replacement parts for the skimmer, a trip for a conference and a busy schedule we have just now made some progress.

Last week we were able to add salt water to the tank! On Friday we bought 32 lbs of live rock to add to our 70 lbs of dry rock. We ended up putting some of the live rock in the sump as we didn't like the very full look of having everything in the DT.

Question: In order to properly seed the dry rock, do we need all the live rock in the DT?









We got the skimmer working, but it isn't doing much - not that I expected much at this point. Part of it might be that we really don't know what we are doing!

The next steps are to complete a side cabinet for the ATO and electrical stuff, and then to build a new canopy that will fit the Radions we bought.

I'm also looking for any advice on cycling the tank - people talk about ghost feeding the tank - now that we are at that place, what advice do you have for us?

Thanks!