my 1000 gal upgrade build

i drilled my NPS cupe for the over flow and return line today

here it is with the overflow installed and return line bulk head installed i also painted the back black

here it is in place next to the 250  i forgot to mention that the cube is made out of only 3 pieces of glass the front and sides are one piece of starfire glass  the back and bottom 2 pieces are just regular plate glass

i am going to run the plumbing for the NPS tank tomarrow  i will have kind of a suprise for everyone on how i'm doing it so you will just have to check back tomarrow night
also the wood counter top on the stand is going to be covered with tile or marble i havent decided yet and i still have to skin the stand and build the canopy for the 250 yet  along with a hundered other stuff left to be done

 

i just finished plumbing in the nps tank  i ran the return through a mini fridge hooked to a bubble magus tripple doser so i can continously feed the nps corals  i also plan on intalling a magnetic stirrer in the fridge also


 


















i wanted to post a pic for size reffernce on the 250 aggressive so i made joe climb into it  
thanks for helping me today joe

next i will be working on the rock wall for the 250 plywood and skinning the stand on the 250 aggressive

 

please go into greater detail on the cold storage feeding system.

Thanks

 

its for NPS tanks that have to be feed 20-30 times a day basically the return line runs through the fridge where the liquid food is stored and the doser doses food through out the day automatically the fridge is just to keep the food from spoiling and a magnetic stirrer is to keep the food in suspension in the container until its dosed into the tank

 

built a stainless steel light bar for a AI over the NPS tank

 

Nice progress on the tanks! I like your light bar, definitely a nice alternative to what AI offers. An AI over an NPS tank? Isn't that overkill? /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/biggrin.gif

 

Sone. I bought the AI cheap and I wanted something that looked nice so I decided to use an AI. I will turn it way down

Bud I only have 14" of Clarence after the canopy and drop ceiling is installed so I didn't want the extra height of the foam. I made sure that the plywood was clean, smooth, and level. plus the bottom is 1" thick plate glass so I am positive it will be fine

 

could i commission you to build another AI light bar for me? that thing looks amazing! and sign me up for that tour during springfest. i need to see this.

 

I made it out of scraps at work and I used the last we had so I can't make anymore unless you buy the stainless yourself I then can weld it up but unfortunately it only comes in 20' sticks and that will cost you around $300 plus the clamps will run you another $40-50 and the elbow another $40 sorry.

 

Would you be able to fabricate one out of steel? I would be able to seal and paint it.

 

here is how i spent my saturday   the darker gray areas are still wet thats why there a different color





















































 

 

Wow that looks fantastic

 

Looks great . i have some questions with the doser in the fridge won't it get condensation on the unit? Also won't the ice box being so close to it cause the lines to freeze? Just asking

 

I plan on putting a piece of acrylic over the top of it to protect it from water dripping on it. The fridge will not be cold enough for the lines to freeze. this same setup has been used by lots of NPS keepers with perfect succes there is a sticky on it in the NPS forum on RC

 

MAJOR DISASTER TODAY!!!!!!!
I started filling the plywood with water and it started to leak just a pin hole size leak but after I drained the tank and inspected it it looks like we must have cracked the fiberglass while moving it in. the problem is the crack goes from the bottom up the front behind the glass and leaks out in front of the glass. basically i would have to remove the front glass and fiberglass the bottom and front which is more work then I'm willing to do at this point and it may also be cracked in other places. so I'm calling it a lost cause and looking into replacing it with a glass tank from either mainland, miracles, or glass cages waiting on some estimates now. Anyways I'm pretty bumed especially since I had my rock wall looking so good and now I have to tear it out.

 

Wow! Really sorry about this. I just looked over all of the pics, and you have done such a beautiful job on this. I was rooting for you. Hoping for a good result with the new tank.

 

Man, that sucks! sorry Matt.