here the start of my 360 gallon build

[trido]

Wow! you were just as busy last month picking up equipment as I was. Did you get the foscam set up? Was is easy?

 

[reefman069]

Wow! you were just as busy last month picking up equipment as I was. Did you get the foscam set up? Was is easy?

yes i have been really busy working on my tank. well i don't have to go to work because of my broken right leg. it gave me time to think about what i wanted to do on my tank. its nice having money come in and i don't have to work for it. lol. i did get the foscam set up. it was pretty easy to install. not to happy with the video quality. i guess to have really clear video you have to buy the webcams that coast around $1,000.00. im not going to do that. now it is time to work on my 160 gallon tank. i have a 3 foot snowflake eel that i want to get rid of. then i plan on turning that tank into a zoathid tank. always something to do

 

[reefman069]

just got a shipment of salt in. will not have to buy salt for a long time. this will make 1000 gallons of saltwater. woooo hoooo.

 

[tike]

That's a LOT of salt!!!

 

[reefman069]

yeah it is alot of salt. i hate buying salt local. i have been buying this salt at petco. one bag makes 50 gallons. after tax it comes to $27. buying this salt online i get one box for $40 and it comes with 4 bags that makes 200 gallons. free shipping to my house. so buying all this salt at petco would have coast me $540.00. i bought all this salt online with free shipping for $199.97. buying online is the way to go

 

[user 26995]

Just in case you run out and forget to order before you do...Barrier Reef I am pretty sure, carries that in the box at pretty close to the same price.

And yeah thats a LOT of salt. you should be set for a couple years.

 

[reefman069]

Just in case you run out and forget to order before you do...Barrier Reef I am pretty sure, carries that in the box at pretty close to the same price.

And yeah thats a LOT of salt. you should be set for a couple years.

i do a 50 gallon water change every two weeks. so this salt will last me 10 months.

 

[mfinn]

I usually order 3-4 boxes the same way.

 

[reefman069]

I usually order 3-4 boxes the same way.

great minds think alike. my old mail person was a little tiny girl. she would not deliver them to me. she would make me come pick them up from the post office. my new mail man is a old guy. i told him i would meet him at the end of my driveway with a hand truck. he said he had no problem delivering them. those boxes weigh 63 pounds each.

 

[user 26995]

Well yeah, I admit, I order 2 boxes every few months. we dont get mail delivery out here. I have it shipped fedex. they deliver to the door.

 

[reefman069]

Well yeah, I admit, I order 2 boxes every few months. we dont get mail delivery out here. I have it shipped fedex. they deliver to the door.

i dont understand why my salt comes from the post office. it gets shipped ups to kent wa then from there it goes to the post office. kind of weird.

 

[reefman069]

here is a picture of my acrylic box's that peppie made for me. thank you peppie. you did a great job on them. all i have to do is drill tons of holes in them. these two acrylic box's will hold my mini maxi anemones when i frag them. Dave made it so the lids slide on and off.

 

[reefman069]

 

[reefman069]

 

[1guydude]

O wow. Idk why but I pictured white acrylic with see through sliding lids

These will b sweet. Real clear. Duh lol.
-d

 

[reefman069]

well i got one drilled and forgot to take a picture of it. i was in a hurry to get my mini maxi anemones into the new box. here is a picture of it in my tank with my mini maxi anemones in it.

 

[reefman069]

here is a picture of the 2nd box all drilled

 

[halmus]

Nicely done with the spacing. Did you use a jig, or are your eyeballs that highly calibrated?

 

[reefman069]

Nicely done with the spacing. Did you use a jig, or are your eyeballs that highly calibrated?

hey thank you. well i bought a new craftsman drill press. i marked with a pencil all the dots. then used my eyeballs to make sure they were center. i think it turned out perfect. lol

 

[itche_scratche]

Hey Chad, how are those led flood light. Are the good for the sump? I'm thinking getting 20w cool white.