Jakes Project 90

[jake65]

I'm trying, I'm trying....lol

Jake, canopy looks amazing!!! LOL Hurry up, I've got some frags for you!!

 

[Slate]

I also really love the woodwork you have done.

 

[sandswhitson]

Your build is coming together great. Everything looks great!

 

[Saltyfish]

It looks great. I wish I could go this slow. I have always live hurry up and wait thanks to the military.

Keep up the great work!

BTW did you do your own fan covers? I need some of those for my hood.

 

[jake65]

Thanx everyone,

James, I just retired from the Military(26yrs) so I know what ya mean about the hurry up and wait process...lol
And no I didnt make the fan covers just the back to the canopy

It looks great. I wish I could go this slow. I have always live hurry up and wait thanks to the military.

Keep up the great work!

BTW did you do your own fan covers? I need some of those for my hood.

 

[jake65]

Small update, not to much progress I went ahead and made a different sump (29g) so I could have more volume in case of power outages etc. Still have to water test it. Also installed a strip of metal between the two powerstrips mainly for identification purposes, and then made a "cat cover" over the top of it because I just know they will get up on there one time and shut something off

 

[jake65]

Well got the sump in the stand last nite and hooked it up so I went ahead and filled the tank up with tap water to test everything. Need to make a few adjustments here and there but it seems to be working fine. Couldnt really tune the skimmer with just fresh water running thru it but that should work itself out when I'm ready for salt More to come soon...I hope

 

[vvizz4rcl]

wow thats clean

 

[willandcorina]

looks great keep up the good work

 

[Krish]

Hey Jake!! Nice work so far man!!

 

[Myteemouse]

Nice

is that tank full of saltwater???

If so, I don;t want to sound like a bugger of anything. BUT when you add rock you miught want to take some of the water out so you don't flood your stand and floor.., just saying..

I love your homemade sump.. VERY well done..

 

[jake65]

No Adam, it was just a freshwater plumbing check Its empty again, just waiting on some rock

Nice

is that tank full of saltwater???

If so, I don;t want to sound like a bugger of anything. BUT when you add rock you miught want to take some of the water out so you don't flood your stand and floor.., just saying..

I love your homemade sump.. VERY well done..

 

[jake65]

Thanx Krish, havent seen ya in a while. How are things going

Hey Jake!! Nice work so far man!!

 

[Myteemouse]

No Adam, it was just a freshwater plumbing check Its empty again, just waiting on some rock

Oh my bad, Just lookin out for ya ...
I almost made that mistake with my 125
I got excited and nearly overflowed my sump..LOL:badgrin:

 

[Krish]

Thanx Krish, havent seen ya in a while. How are things going

Everything is good man...Right here hanging in there

 

[jake65]

Thanx for the concern Adam, I appreciate it

Oh my bad, Just lookin out for ya ...
I almost made that mistake with my 125
I got excited and nearly overflowed my sump..LOL:badgrin:

 

[jake65]

finally got it up and running So far I'm pretty happy with the aquascaping, I knew the more I messed with it the more frustrated I would get so I just started fitting them together and making sure they were stable. I also put a few pieces of eggcrate under the big base rock. I had to use about 15gl of tap water because I ran out of RO but I dosed with some Prime to help out Still need to fine tune the skimmer as its not reallly producing foam at the moment just bubbles (anybody have expeirence with the AquaC EV 180?) I also put the heater in my fuge area with the bottom resting on the sand...hope that will be alright

 

[willandcorina]

looking good

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Looks great, looks like you have plenty of light in there

 

[Myteemouse]

VERY nice rocks..
GOOD choice..
I think you got some sweet pieces there..
Gonna be great in a year with all kinds of growth,...
Well done..