My finished 100g build

ibefishy · 06/28/2011, 01:25 PM

This weekend I finished my 100g with getting everything moved into its new home. I forgot how long it takes to break down a tank and clean all that stuff. But 6 months ago I bought a used 100g tank off CL and had to polish the scratches out (60 hours total), build a stand and canopy, build a sump, build my diy 60" 6X80w T5 light setup, install 2 120mm fans, hook up timers, install my 2 media reactors, do all the plumbing, and go thru a cycling period. But now I am done except for some re-arranging that I will do until I get everything how I want it. Here are a few photos.

Thats just a quick preview of all the pics that were taken during the build. So far everything runs exactly how I planned, even had a power outage last week in the middle of the night and no flooding or anything, very happy about that. Just wanted to share my happiness.

nitro4kthompson · 06/28/2011, 11:17 PM

That's a really clean build. It looks great.I like the stand and canopy alot. Good job.

huggybear1000 · 06/28/2011, 11:43 PM

what did you use to polish it? I have an old 32 gallon finnex I want to polish.
btw 60 hrs? thats a lot of polishing!

crvz · 06/29/2011, 07:33 AM

looks great so far. what are the long term plans of the system?

dzfish17 · 06/29/2011, 07:52 AM

Youre tank looks good... definitely worth all the hard work.

ibefishy · 06/29/2011, 08:26 AM

Thanks for the compliments. As far as long range plans right now I just got it going so I am going to see how it goes, I may switch from a mixed reef to a lps and softie tank again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by huggybear1000

what did you use to polish it? I have an old 32 gallon finnex I want to polish.
btw 60 hrs? thats a lot of polishing!

I used wet-dry sandpaper starting with 400 grit and went all the way up to 3000 grit. Then I used Novus polish to finish the final polishing.

ibefishy · 07/21/2011, 11:03 PM

Here is a pic I took today, pretty happy with the results thus far, especially after getting my moonlights put in.

06/28/2011, 01:25 PM	#1
ibefishy Moved On Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Grover Beach, California Posts: 307	My finished 100g build This weekend I finished my 100g with getting everything moved into its new home. I forgot how long it takes to break down a tank and clean all that stuff. But 6 months ago I bought a used 100g tank off CL and had to polish the scratches out (60 hours total), build a stand and canopy, build a sump, build my diy 60" 6X80w T5 light setup, install 2 120mm fans, hook up timers, install my 2 media reactors, do all the plumbing, and go thru a cycling period. But now I am done except for some re-arranging that I will do until I get everything how I want it. Here are a few photos. Thats just a quick preview of all the pics that were taken during the build. So far everything runs exactly how I planned, even had a power outage last week in the middle of the night and no flooding or anything, very happy about that. Just wanted to share my happiness.

06/29/2011, 07:33 AM	#4
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	looks great so far. what are the long term plans of the system? __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?

06/29/2011, 07:52 AM	#5
dzfish17 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fresno,Ca. Posts: 2,545	Youre tank looks good... definitely worth all the hard work. __________________ 600g (96x36x46) FOWLR

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06/28/2011, 11:17 PM	#2
nitro4kthompson Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: mccalla,alabama Posts: 273	That's a really clean build. It looks great.I like the stand and canopy alot. Good job.

06/28/2011, 11:43 PM	#3
huggybear1000 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: la,ca Posts: 56	what did you use to polish it? I have an old 32 gallon finnex I want to polish. btw 60 hrs? thats a lot of polishing!

07/21/2011, 11:03 PM	#7
ibefishy Moved On Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Grover Beach, California Posts: 307	Here is a pic I took today, pretty happy with the results thus far, especially after getting my moonlights put in.