My new tank

[gregt]

By golly, there's rock in there!!!

I've had the rock "cooking" for nearly a year. A lot of the corals are already in another system waiting for this one to be finished....

[tankgirl2]

Great Pics, Thanks, Greg!!!

I'm curious about why you don't have holes punched in the sides of the standpipes - wouldn't that make it quieter?

[gregt]

Actually, that's just the initial installation for the stanpipes, it's not how they ended up. Even that wasn't very load though. Two 2" drains don't need a lot of quieting even for 2000 gph. All the flow will fit through one of the standpipes, and even that doesn't make a whole lot of noise - relatively speaking.

[tabwyo]

What do you have in store for lighting greg. I see you have ample space for cooling. I noticed youe netting around your overflow. I would have never thought of that.

[gregt]

Lighting is coming up next. The netting is plastic gutter gaurd sold at most hardware stores.

[gregt]

Oh. I can't believe I never finished this thread.

[tims]

Well it has been a hellofa year down there!

well time to finish it up with the greatest shot then!

[gregt]

Heh. I've still got 5 pages of construction pictures to post.

[Jeremy1973]

Yes! And do you still have the cam set up on the tank?

[tims]

greg that would be great! i have followed this from the start. the whole tank and room really looks great! how is the sump holding up? are the braces working good? and changes if you had to do it again?

[gregt]

Originally Posted by Jeremy1973

Yes! And do you still have the cam set up on the tank?

The camera is there, but I had to swap out the computer and haven't set up the drivers and such on it yet.

[gregt]

Originally Posted by tims

greg that would be great! i have followed this from the start. the whole tank and room really looks great! how is the sump holding up? are the braces working good? and changes if you had to do it again?

The sump is fine. There are a few minor changes I'd make, but nothing significant. It's working out pretty well. I'll go over the changes I'd make as we continue through the thread...

[tims]

Sweet!

i still read your sumps part 1,2,3... making my own real soon...

[gregt]

Here I have the 3 MH's installed. There is no actinic supplimentation installed yet. Just 3 Ushio 10K bulbs. The actinics will be installed shortly...

[gregt]

Here's attempt #1 of the aquascaping. Remember that the goal with a bare bottom tank is to put as little contact point of the rock as possible on the bottom. You want the current to blow the detritius out from under the rocks.