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  1. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    If you come out for the sump teardown, I'll see what I have. I think I might have enough 1/2" to make a nice rimless tall one. I have lots of weld on 3 extra think I'm out of 16. Tank is a little over 1/3 full Dumped an entire bucket of salt in there so its cloudy. circulation is 2 mag 8's...
  2. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    Fun fun. I like playing with acrylic. IF you want to start small and practice before a big order, I have a bunch kicking around. HWS has weld on 3 and 16 in the back.
  3. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    LOL... no one is following this build besides Dave... Are they.
  4. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    Well, tank is filling now, should be just about done and mixed by tommorow afternoon and hooked to the main system by nightfall. Had a little to much fun on the auctions, suppose I should rig up a frag wrack or 2.... I'm hoping the little breaks where sunlight gets in give a nice shimmer...
  5. K

    LED moonlights?

    you would have to try. I have mine 20" off the top of a 30" deep tank. If you are near Bellingham, I could unscrew on and you could try it.
  6. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    Also found a fun product because I can't resist things on sale.. its no good for deep scratches, but if you have a light haze on the outside of your tank, spray this stuff on, and rub it off with an old T shirt. not so sure about using it inside the tank though... this is the 12 year old...
  7. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    well... leaking is all fixed, return pump is plumbed in and the wall is installed. suppose I should finish painting that wall... Not overly happy about it but I think it will be ok once it grows in. Think I may have scored some sweet eel mates as well. we shall see... should start...
  8. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    I ddi dang near get stuck in the stand for the 250.... I'm to fat to be in there fixing leaks.
  9. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    Are you saying I'm a little chubby to be in them tight spaces...LOL
  10. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    LOL... you got pics of your tank up yet?
  11. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    Return plumbing is in, and I'm running my top off water through it now to check for leaks. Had one union not tight enough, and it looks like I bumped a bit of the overflow getting everything in (crawling over the tank)so I'll have to see about fixing that tommorow. About killed myself today...
  12. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    Ahhh the easy way to deal with stubbern coraline algea and other stains... 3000 psi... yummy....
  13. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    Finally sat down to play with spray foam. I have a couple ideas that I want to play with as well. Using pvc fittings for interesting nooks, and second shaping the spray foam after it drys. I'm not planning on the epoxy/sand part because its a PITA, and everything in my tank seems to turn purple...
  14. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    lol.... its a bit of a mess at the moment, was playing in the sand again... I'm usually around if you are up this way.
  15. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    Well, got a bit more done before I ran out of a few crucial parts. Funny how that happens after the only store anywhere near you is closed. Due to several people asking, this is also a photo tour of my fish room... This is the veiw walking in to the room.. you can usually see the glow from...
  16. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    All tied together, well, the 300 will be soon. With the water change system and the (soon to be) 2 skimmers it should be around 1750 gallons. All of it is in 1 room thats a little less than 20x15. Theres room for my chair to sit and watch everything (which I hope to do someday...LOL) and a...
  17. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    Theres plenty of other barrels in the back yard. For compost the black ones would be fine. LOL. I hate plumbing.
  18. K

    Rebirth of an old 300 gallon

    with any luck, in a week or so I'll be calling you to help get it on the stand...LOL I need more spray foam..
  19. K

    LPS hammer coral missing??

    When stressed, I have heard they can 'drop heads' you might want to look in some of the corners of the tank where things can be blown by powerheads you might find it. I found one loose in my tank during the fiasco of my build but gluing it didn't work and I lost it again.
  20. K

    LED moonlights?

    In one of my bored project moods, I picked these up, they are 21 led 'spotlights' (I think the box of 12 was like $60 on ebay) that have the standard lightbulb screw in (L26 I think) and put them in a $5 wallmart outdoor light fixture. Little bright for smaller tanks, but deep or wide ones...
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