Jdeleon
Supporting Member
So for those who don't know me im Juan DeLeon. have been laying low for some time and havent been active on many pages so decided to keep it local and start a build thread here. Quick run thru my current tank is a red sea 525 XL, has been up and running going on 5 years. it is not sps dominated and actually the only thing not SPS is the zoas encrusted on rocks that i cant kill fast enough i did have a file fish in there that was eradicating aptasia along with all the zoas but noticed him running out of food so decided to take him back to my local fish store. i dont have many full tank pics but ya'll get the idea.
This tank is powered by 5 hydra 26's HD and aqualife T5 with 4 blue pluss bulbs, a skimme, dosing pump dosing 150ml of alk and cal, 4 MP40's and 1 M1. i was practicing no water changes for about 6 months but im back to biweekly water changes 20%. i have been looking into moonshiners for trace elements but just seems like a tad bit of work im not convinced yet i want to do.
sooo under development.
some of you may remember i was working on a 180 from planet aquariums but that quickly took a turn when i came across this beauty on one of the Facebook pages,
picked up this new 270 made by crystal dynamic. 72x36x24, 3 side starphire, reinforced starboard bottom, reinforced vertical seams, along with overlapping double top brace. I gotta say this tank is a beauty. My buddy came with me to katy to load it up, 2 little guys and this massive tank in texas heat was not very fun. took a few hours to load it up i wish i had pics of the operation but it was just to hot for all that. It took one day to get it in my garage and a second full day to get it inside my house. no suction cups, no help, same 2 little guys.
once inside i started tinkering ideas for my stand. i knew i wanted steel so slowly came up with this plan.
after receiving a few quotes that seemed to me a bit to expensive i decided to put my old fabrication skills to use, instead of purchasing a stand i invested in a new welding machine, dusted off my old welding hood and took a trip down to Tripple S steel. Did have to purchase a few tools also just because its been some time since i fabricated... it took no time to get going on this project,,
Once it was fabbed up and tacked i did take a break for a few weeks just because it was simply to hot but slowly started getting back in the groove this past week and decided to finish it up.
So thats where im at, my stand is now ready for paint, my buddy Jose from oceanlife told me that he will be ready for me to drop it off this saturday at his paint yard. so im excited.
I wanting to go with an orange paint, what are yall's thoughts?
This tank is powered by 5 hydra 26's HD and aqualife T5 with 4 blue pluss bulbs, a skimme, dosing pump dosing 150ml of alk and cal, 4 MP40's and 1 M1. i was practicing no water changes for about 6 months but im back to biweekly water changes 20%. i have been looking into moonshiners for trace elements but just seems like a tad bit of work im not convinced yet i want to do.
sooo under development.
some of you may remember i was working on a 180 from planet aquariums but that quickly took a turn when i came across this beauty on one of the Facebook pages,
picked up this new 270 made by crystal dynamic. 72x36x24, 3 side starphire, reinforced starboard bottom, reinforced vertical seams, along with overlapping double top brace. I gotta say this tank is a beauty. My buddy came with me to katy to load it up, 2 little guys and this massive tank in texas heat was not very fun. took a few hours to load it up i wish i had pics of the operation but it was just to hot for all that. It took one day to get it in my garage and a second full day to get it inside my house. no suction cups, no help, same 2 little guys.
once inside i started tinkering ideas for my stand. i knew i wanted steel so slowly came up with this plan.
after receiving a few quotes that seemed to me a bit to expensive i decided to put my old fabrication skills to use, instead of purchasing a stand i invested in a new welding machine, dusted off my old welding hood and took a trip down to Tripple S steel. Did have to purchase a few tools also just because its been some time since i fabricated... it took no time to get going on this project,,
Once it was fabbed up and tacked i did take a break for a few weeks just because it was simply to hot but slowly started getting back in the groove this past week and decided to finish it up.
So thats where im at, my stand is now ready for paint, my buddy Jose from oceanlife told me that he will be ready for me to drop it off this saturday at his paint yard. so im excited.
I wanting to go with an orange paint, what are yall's thoughts?