cadillac's 6g fluval edge build with sump and skimmer

[cadillactattoo]

hahaha nice seth . and no crystal thoes are seths hands not mine .

 

[Shane and John]

This is looking like a Unique little tank....We will be following along to see it with water in it...and corals too...

It was great to meet you at the psas event.....Congrats on all of the stuff you won at the auction....Shane

 

[cadillactattoo]

Thanks , plumbing should happen tomorrow pics to follow , picking up misc parts today

 

[cadillactattoo]

so , another trip to home depot , and 40 bucks later , have paint for the stand and hood , and the rest of the plumbing stuff

 

[akunochi]

...still waiting for completion.

 

[cadillactattoo]

and im still waiting to get off work smart kid , hey ,,, if you would have asked i would have let you borrow my new fish trap . maybe you would have caught something ! hahahga

 

[cadillactattoo]

ok 1145 , finally off work , time to go paint

 

[cadillactattoo]

220 am , ready for bed but figguerd i would post a couple pics from the phone of what i did tonight . painted mini stand/hood / overflow . put some plumming parts together . more to come tomorrow

 

[akunochi]

That color really sets the tank off. It looks much better than stock.

 

[cadillactattoo]

thanks , its kinda a maroon . so i got up and started working , cut the mini stand for the pass through , cut the main stand for the pass through cleaned and repainted the stand to match the tank . and put it all back together . its amazing what a couple cans of paint do ...

sorry about the pic quality , had to use my iphone , left the camera at the studio

 

[nata]

Looking good!!

 

[cadillactattoo]

thanks nata

it was a pleasure meeting you the other day .

ok so a few hours , a 1/8 in piecw of acrilic , some weldon add another 30 bucks to the build and here we go ........................
1/8 acrilic trimmed to fit the gap , more weldon and a pair of vice clamps 3 pieces are one ......

then off to plumbing while it cures ...................

while that was setting up , i made this little piece, piece of difuser with acrillic sides

marked and dremmeled out a spot for it , and you guessed it ......... more weldon

 

[cadillactattoo]

over flow screen in place .... cross your fingers

holding water !

 

[cadillactattoo]

ill let that go for a day or so .... hmmmm now lighting

 

[nata]

Nice meeting you too..can't wait to see those goodies in there..

 

[akunochi]

Yeah that came out super clean. If you put a gate valve on the primary line and dial it back you'll stop the gurgling noise.

 

[akunochi]

well this appears to have come to a screeching halt....is it on your floor yet?

 

[cadillactattoo]

hahaha been busy , but yes as a mater of fact . it got moved to the final resting spot this morning , picked up the materials to hang my t5 over it until i can figure out what i want to do for lighting . got water ready , picked up a heater , might need a bigger pump but we will see , installed a balvalve in the return now it doesnt sound like a toilet . should be salty tonight

 

[akunochi]

LOL I meant is the water all over your floor from failure yet.....LOL but that's good news also.

 

[cadillactattoo]

lol no ! it has been running on the porch for the past few days , ran in to a few issues , tiny bulk head leak , and i some how glued a union together , so another union a small length of pipe , that prob is fixed , and installed , been running again and all issues fixed . , time to get salty !