Deep Blue 30g rimless aka mistress

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/10/2016, 09:07 AM

Well, it's almost been a year since I've had a tank since selling my cadlight. Figure it was about time to get wet again so Broland hooked a brother up with selling me my old DB 30g cube.

Before shots

First main piece of equipment for a reefer is a rodi unit so I found someone selling one for a pretty good price over in Orlando. its a 5 stage brs with pressure gauge and tds meter.

and since i'm not going to have the money for an apex right now i went ahead and got 2x DJ switches. i didnt realize the plugs weren't on the back of these but instead on the side so i had to change where i put them in the tank. wanted them up top. plus they're build strange so the hole i had to cut is bigger than the plate on the switches so there's a gap(have to fix it) on the side of them.

next i had to figure out a way to hang the 250w radium over top of this.

and hanging over the tank bad pic with everything in the messy garage(need to clean this up. lol it just so hot here in FL)

if the halides are to hot i just got these custom DIY led . i'll mount the brackets on the back before i set it up in case i want to switch it over.

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/10/2016, 09:07 AM

finally mounted my fuge light to the stand in the bottom.
need to adjust it a lil bit but should work out great

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/10/2016, 09:10 AM

Forgot these sets of pics. Lol
so the first thing i had to do with the stand is cut another opening on the side so i could stick the sump it left to right.

fits like a glove. lol

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/10/2016, 09:15 AM

Scored a killer deal on a Hanna PO4 checker, refractometer, handheld tds meter, and an api saltwater test kit for $50. Regimen is expired on the Hanna but figured it's still a good deal.

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/16/2016, 11:40 PM

Well, finally went to Lowes to get some of the plumbing pieces together. Had about 30mins before work so I got the manifold put together and an idea of where I wanted to put it. Came out pretty nice.

After seeing everything up saw the drain wasn't going to line up so I needed to get a few 45's and forgot to add a ball value to the actual return part so on break went to ace to get the rest of the stuff. I got off work around 11:45 and "the mistress" was calling for some alone time so with a yuengling lager and a maduro HC black stogie went ahead and finish the plumbing part or at least the dry fit. Think it came out nicely. Tomorrow I'll move the tank inside to glue everything up.

I'm thinking this might be the aquascape plus an island out front and a ledge.

On a great note won a few auction tonight. Yellow and blue tenuis

Here's to a good night. Also got my jebao pp4 ordered. Hopefully she'll be wet tomorrow.

Devaji108 · 07/18/2016, 11:28 AM

looking good!

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/19/2016, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devaji108

looking good!

Thanks.

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/19/2016, 12:54 PM

Well, got a lil more done to the tank. I still need a clamp for the return and to make up some water and buy salt. That'll probably be tomorrow mornings task or another cigar and beer night. Lol got the halides up and plumbing done and moved the refugium light to the other side. Think it should work there pretty good. Lol

Also won a pretty sweet Aussie chalice

Still deciding on if I want to run these DIY LEDs I got. I know they'll grow anything under them.

knukles55 · 07/19/2016, 04:57 PM

Nice tank

following

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/19/2016, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knukles55

Nice tank

following

Thanks. Hopefully it'll turn out half as good as yours. Lol

lusenut2 · 07/19/2016, 06:45 PM

Looking good.

knukles55 · 07/19/2016, 07:05 PM

I like that sump

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/21/2016, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by knukles55

I like that sump

Thanks the guy I bought the tank from build it. I think he did a great job for first time. I just had to move the baffle on the right to make a lil more room for a refugium.

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/21/2016, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lusenut2

Looking good.

Thanks. It should be ready this weekend. Or ready for the ammonia.

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/21/2016, 12:16 AM

Well, got 14g from a glacier machine and the tds was only 7 so I'll cheat on making my own and waiting all day for it. Lol I'll grab another 14g tomorrow and probably fill up my brute can in the garage for top offs. Still need to figure out what I'm going to use as a mixing bucket. Buy a tote or use a 20g tank and drill out the side and fit a bulkhead out of it.
Got my pp4 in today and hopefully get my salt Friday or Saturday. All it'll need is to be mixed and aquascape the rocks and add sand. Here's a teaser for ya.

Rodmad · 07/21/2016, 06:09 AM

Looking great! Let me know if you need help.

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/24/2016, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodmad

Looking great! Let me know if you need help.

Thanks sir. I'll let ya know. How's your new rimless going?

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/24/2016, 01:22 AM

Well, got off of work late tonight/morning but the mistress wanted some attention so I finish making water from break. Ended up mixing up 21g In the tank and about 14g in a tote. All I can say is aquaforest reef salt is amazing. Never saw it get cloudy and after about 15mins it was ready to be used. So, I've got no complaints. Plumbing needs a lil work to make it a tad bit quieter. Other than that didn't see any leaks. The skimmer is looking pretty good. Can't wait to see it in action. I'm glad I never got the dct6000 pump. The eheim compact 3000 is plenty of power has its only 50% open. The only equipment I need now is a couple reactors, tunze 3155 ago, and a apex jr to control the temp & lights. Here's a few pics of the aquascape which I'm planning on putting in with the sand and I'm going to the Madreefer(Lfs) tomorrow to buy a couple of mag floats and aquaforest bio s to jump start the cycle. Hopefully it'll do pretty good. Here's are the pics. Lol

And the only tank fully running.

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/24/2016, 12:43 PM

Well, got the aquascape done like how it turned out. Here's a few shots of it plus whoever doesn't thing reef tanks are messy hasn't had one. Lol
Front

Top view

Side view

Messy room. Lol

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/26/2016, 11:36 AM

Well, I drop 2 drops of AF bio s yesterday(7/25/2016) so let the cycle start. This Fiji pink sand has the tank so cloudy I couldn't get anything else done last night after work. Finally cleared up enough to see it and I needed to move the sand around and poof another sand storm inside the tank. I dropped 2 more drops today followed by some ammonia. Tested the water and it was showing some ammonia so hopefully the cycle will go quickly now. It's got to be great using Aquaforest product when the LFS shelves looks like this. Lol

They were running a sale on reactor and phosphate minus so I went ahead and bought the 2 of them for $100. Basically got the minus for free.

Here it is under the stand. Almost doesn't fit but it's like a glove. Lol

Here's now the tank looks now. All cloudy for the damn sand.

And testing out the sump light with a cheap frag. Going to see how it does while cycling. So, far it's been opened the whole time. I have high hopes for this light.

HarryJohnson · 07/26/2016, 06:21 PM

Love these tanks

plyle02 · 07/27/2016, 08:24 AM

Nice Matt, look forward to your tank coming ALIVE!!! Cheers

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/27/2016, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryJohnson

Love these tanks

Yea it's perfect for a smaller tank. I'm glad the aquascape came out ok. That's was my biggest fear. Lol

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/27/2016, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plyle02

Nice Matt, look forward to your tank coming ALIVE!!! Cheers

Thanks man. I can't wait either. Lol what are you using to dose ALK & CA to keep up with the demands of all those sps?

Lilmatty5dimes · 07/29/2016, 12:50 PM

Well, just got off work and went ahead and tested the tank to see where I was at.
Salinity 1.026
Ammonia 0.50
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
I've been dosing 2 drops of the bio s and I think I'll drop that down to a single drop starting today now.
Got some cords worked out of the way a lil bit. Still have some work there but need to go to lowes to figure out what to use as far as cord management stuff. Believe I've got my halide and refugium light set up now. My halides will run from 11a-4p and the refugium 4p-11a.
Turned the skimmer on to see how it would do. I left it now the other day and it overflowed and got some water all over the place. Nothing to major. It's actually producing a nice decent foamy head.

Put a ball value on the brute can and found a 20g one at Walmart for only $15 so I grabbed that one to use for mixing water. I'll buy the wheels for it so I can wheel it to the tank for when I mix up about 5-7g for water changes.

This thing saved me from a huge mess in the garage. Thank god it actually stopped the water from overflowing the can.

Got the call I've been waiting for about my new pair of clowns. They're a pair of ora premium snowflakes aka extreme snowflakes.

That's hint of blue streak that I absolutely love.

07/10/2016, 09:07 AM	#1
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Deep Blue 30g rimless aka mistress Well, it's almost been a year since I've had a tank since selling my cadlight. Figure it was about time to get wet again so Broland hooked a brother up with selling me my old DB 30g cube. Before shots First main piece of equipment for a reefer is a rodi unit so I found someone selling one for a pretty good price over in Orlando. its a 5 stage brs with pressure gauge and tds meter. and since i'm not going to have the money for an apex right now i went ahead and got 2x DJ switches. i didnt realize the plugs weren't on the back of these but instead on the side so i had to change where i put them in the tank. wanted them up top. plus they're build strange so the hole i had to cut is bigger than the plate on the switches so there's a gap(have to fix it) on the side of them. next i had to figure out a way to hang the 250w radium over top of this. and hanging over the tank bad pic with everything in the messy garage(need to clean this up. lol it just so hot here in FL) if the halides are to hot i just got these custom DIY led . i'll mount the brackets on the back before i set it up in case i want to switch it over.

07/21/2016, 06:09 AM	#16
Rodmad Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 175	Tank Looking great! Let me know if you need help.

07/27/2016, 08:24 AM	#22
plyle02 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lake Helen, FL Posts: 5,526	Nice Matt, look forward to your tank coming ALIVE!!! Cheers __________________ Perry "Anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die" ~Buddha~ Current Tank Info: 50 Gallon AIO Cube, Aquamaxx WS-1 Skimmer, LED/ Hybrid 4x24 watt t5

07/10/2016, 09:10 AM	#3
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Forgot these sets of pics. Lol so the first thing i had to do with the stand is cut another opening on the side so i could stick the sump it left to right. fits like a glove. lol

07/10/2016, 09:15 AM	#4
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Scored a killer deal on a Hanna PO4 checker, refractometer, handheld tds meter, and an api saltwater test kit for $50. Regimen is expired on the Hanna but figured it's still a good deal.

07/16/2016, 11:40 PM	#5
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Well, finally went to Lowes to get some of the plumbing pieces together. Had about 30mins before work so I got the manifold put together and an idea of where I wanted to put it. Came out pretty nice. After seeing everything up saw the drain wasn't going to line up so I needed to get a few 45's and forgot to add a ball value to the actual return part so on break went to ace to get the rest of the stuff. I got off work around 11:45 and "the mistress" was calling for some alone time so with a yuengling lager and a maduro HC black stogie went ahead and finish the plumbing part or at least the dry fit. Think it came out nicely. Tomorrow I'll move the tank inside to glue everything up. I'm thinking this might be the aquascape plus an island out front and a ledge. On a great note won a few auction tonight. Yellow and blue tenuis Here's to a good night. Also got my jebao pp4 ordered. Hopefully she'll be wet tomorrow.

07/18/2016, 11:28 AM	#6
Devaji108 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jackson Hole Wy Posts: 3,430	looking good!

07/19/2016, 12:54 PM	#8
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Well, got a lil more done to the tank. I still need a clamp for the return and to make up some water and buy salt. That'll probably be tomorrow mornings task or another cigar and beer night. Lol got the halides up and plumbing done and moved the refugium light to the other side. Think it should work there pretty good. Lol Also won a pretty sweet Aussie chalice Still deciding on if I want to run these DIY LEDs I got. I know they'll grow anything under them.

07/19/2016, 04:57 PM	#9
knukles55 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Pembroke Pines Posts: 1,739	Nice tank following

07/19/2016, 06:45 PM	#11
lusenut2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ocoee, Fl Posts: 1,580	Looking good.

07/19/2016, 07:05 PM	#12
knukles55 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Pembroke Pines Posts: 1,739	I like that sump

07/21/2016, 12:16 AM	#15
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Well, got 14g from a glacier machine and the tds was only 7 so I'll cheat on making my own and waiting all day for it. Lol I'll grab another 14g tomorrow and probably fill up my brute can in the garage for top offs. Still need to figure out what I'm going to use as a mixing bucket. Buy a tote or use a 20g tank and drill out the side and fit a bulkhead out of it. Got my pp4 in today and hopefully get my salt Friday or Saturday. All it'll need is to be mixed and aquascape the rocks and add sand. Here's a teaser for ya.

07/24/2016, 01:22 AM	#18
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Well, got off of work late tonight/morning but the mistress wanted some attention so I finish making water from break. Ended up mixing up 21g In the tank and about 14g in a tote. All I can say is aquaforest reef salt is amazing. Never saw it get cloudy and after about 15mins it was ready to be used. So, I've got no complaints. Plumbing needs a lil work to make it a tad bit quieter. Other than that didn't see any leaks. The skimmer is looking pretty good. Can't wait to see it in action. I'm glad I never got the dct6000 pump. The eheim compact 3000 is plenty of power has its only 50% open. The only equipment I need now is a couple reactors, tunze 3155 ago, and a apex jr to control the temp & lights. Here's a few pics of the aquascape which I'm planning on putting in with the sand and I'm going to the Madreefer(Lfs) tomorrow to buy a couple of mag floats and aquaforest bio s to jump start the cycle. Hopefully it'll do pretty good. Here's are the pics. Lol And the only tank fully running.

07/24/2016, 12:43 PM	#19
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Well, got the aquascape done like how it turned out. Here's a few shots of it plus whoever doesn't thing reef tanks are messy hasn't had one. Lol Front Top view Side view Messy room. Lol

07/26/2016, 11:36 AM	#20
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Well, I drop 2 drops of AF bio s yesterday(7/25/2016) so let the cycle start. This Fiji pink sand has the tank so cloudy I couldn't get anything else done last night after work. Finally cleared up enough to see it and I needed to move the sand around and poof another sand storm inside the tank. I dropped 2 more drops today followed by some ammonia. Tested the water and it was showing some ammonia so hopefully the cycle will go quickly now. It's got to be great using Aquaforest product when the LFS shelves looks like this. Lol They were running a sale on reactor and phosphate minus so I went ahead and bought the 2 of them for $100. Basically got the minus for free. Here it is under the stand. Almost doesn't fit but it's like a glove. Lol Here's now the tank looks now. All cloudy for the damn sand. And testing out the sump light with a cheap frag. Going to see how it does while cycling. So, far it's been opened the whole time. I have high hopes for this light.

07/26/2016, 06:21 PM	#21
HarryJohnson Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 18	Love these tanks

07/29/2016, 12:50 PM	#25
Lilmatty5dimes Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PSJ, FL Posts: 2,235	Well, just got off work and went ahead and tested the tank to see where I was at. Salinity 1.026 Ammonia 0.50 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 I've been dosing 2 drops of the bio s and I think I'll drop that down to a single drop starting today now. Got some cords worked out of the way a lil bit. Still have some work there but need to go to lowes to figure out what to use as far as cord management stuff. Believe I've got my halide and refugium light set up now. My halides will run from 11a-4p and the refugium 4p-11a. Turned the skimmer on to see how it would do. I left it now the other day and it overflowed and got some water all over the place. Nothing to major. It's actually producing a nice decent foamy head. Put a ball value on the brute can and found a 20g one at Walmart for only $15 so I grabbed that one to use for mixing water. I'll buy the wheels for it so I can wheel it to the tank for when I mix up about 5-7g for water changes. This thing saved me from a huge mess in the garage. Thank god it actually stopped the water from overflowing the can. Got the call I've been waiting for about my new pair of clowns. They're a pair of ora premium snowflakes aka extreme snowflakes. That's hint of blue streak that I absolutely love.