New build on the way (1 Viewer)

[steved350]

Picked up a used system from a guy in Victoria. The tank is a 210 Oceanic. Will be installing a Beananimal overflow and re-staining the stand to match the current decor in my office. I will be taking down my 110 in the process and will post it for sale soon. Here is a couple pictures of the dirty work. More to come!!!!

Wife helping me clean up some live rock (she is great)

New tank and Stand

Rock all clean (200+ lbs)

Temporary holding tank for 110g tear down

Up and running

 

[fishboyt]

Cool! Looking forward to seeing pictures along the way!

 

[bevoboy]

I feel your pain. Good luck with your build.

 

[trb]

Lucky you! My wife barely let me get a new tank, no way will she help with any more of it, except for maybe moving it into place. Good luck on the build!

 

[flipside]

Awesome to hear, Steve! Very cool of your wife to help with the rock, too.

Are you going to do a mike13oy-mod, and remove the center brace for a metal one? Personally, I would just because I hate trying to clean underneath those things when they are setup (salt creep, and whatnot). Either way, looks like a great build and a great size tank! Good luck to ya'!

 

[cobraden]

Anyone else notice that while his family and the dog seem to be working on the aquarium, he's walking around takning pictures

Good luck on the build.

 

[flexrac]

Anyone else notice that while his family and the dog seem to be working on the aquarium, he's walking around takning pictures

Good luck on the build.

LOL, i did not want to say anything.

 

[BigRick]

Anyone else notice that while his family and the dog seem to be working on the aquarium, he's walking around takning pictures

Good luck on the build.

LOL, i did not want to say anything.

Probably cause you been there done that lol

 

[steved350]

I actually thought the same thing after I posted the pictures. I mentioned to my wife to not let me forget to take pictures. I was in the middle of cleaning up pumps when she reminded me. She is one of a kind!!!!

 

[flexrac]

Anyone else notice that while his family and the dog seem to be working on the aquarium, he's walking around takning pictures

Good luck on the build.

LOL, i did not want to say anything.

Probably cause you been there done that lol

hey, no pointing fingers, LOL!

 

[steved350]

Update

Sump running on by-pass

My kids claw toy came in very handy for taking rock out of a 30" tank

It's cozy but every body seems to be happy

 

[RR-MAN]

Man that's a lot of work. Sometimes I wonder why do we go through so much hell for this hobby? :?

BTW, run some GFO through that rock. It looks like it was used for a FO tank.

GL>

 

[steved350]

I asked the guy that I got all the rock from if he knew any of the water parameters that the rock was in and he said he never measured. I just started bleaching all the rock and will do a muratic acid bath after that to minimize the phosphate issue if there was one. I wont be using the rock any time soon so I thought I would just do it right and not have to worry about any left over nastys from his tank.

 

[flexrac]

Good Idea

 

[steved350]

There must have been all kinds of stuff still left on the rock. This is a picture after I put it in a 1:10 solution of clorox bleach

This will be used after it rinses and drys for a couple of days. If anyone copies this technique make sure you are wearing goggles and gloves and nutralize the acid with baking soda when done.

 

[RR-MAN]

After the acid dip...soak it in RO/DI water for a week or two if you got the time.

 

[steved350]

Man, I can't believe how white the rock turned out. Ill post some pictures in the morning. I am really excited about how this is turning out.

 

[flexrac]

where did youget your acid from? how do you dispose of it, if you don't mind me asking. may want to try this, have some rocks with hair algae, i think they are leaching phosphates. not all of my rocks have HA, in the same tank.

 

[steved350]

Felix:

I got the acid from lowes. You should be able to pick it up at any hardware store or pool company. After you neutralize the acid with baking soda you need to dilute it with lots of water and it can then go down any drain or on your yard. I plan on doing the acid bath in the morning. Wish me luck.

 

[andrew7b]

Felix
You can get the muriatic acid from home depot in the pool section.