90 Gallon Build

jenajet · 08-17-2006, 01:28 AM

Here is a quick rundown of the build. You can get full details in the blog. First went to Atlanta Sunday and picked it up. What I got: 90 gallon AGA reef ready with stand, canopy including 500 watt mh, 30 gallon sump, MR1 skimmer, mag 12 for skimmer and mag 9 for the return, some rock, macro algae, few snails that came with the refugi. Also a Auto Top Off that I am not sure works. May need to lower it or something. Sunday was cleanup the thing was over run with coraline. OOOhhhh that was fun! Got it of the glass but the stuff on the overflow would not come off even with a razor. After cleaning it I painted the back black and it looks awesome! Monday the plumbing parts came so I got the tank plumbed, added the sand, rock, water, and turned it all on. Yippie it works. Had my first flood that night, luckily the collection cup is in a large bucket so I caught it before it made it to the carpet. Man that skimmer is something else. It went from few bubbles to bam spewing stuff out the collection cup. The water is still a little cloudy but is really starting to clear. The mag 9 shoots micro bubbles but I have placed a peice of plexi behind it and raised the water level so far I havn't seen any more bubbles. Now for some pics. The tank pics aren't great I haven't figured out how to adjust it with the lights being so bright and all.