Finally, getting my 75 gallon started

[Pheeshes]

well, it was a bummer, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. we went today and purchased about 125lbs of rock from Reef Systems Coral Farm, Inc and we were telling them our problem and they agreed to let us buy the rock(they were having a 1 year anniversary sale) an keep it there until we go the pump fixed. well he also is going to drill the tank for us for an overflow so i won't have to worry about a hang on over flow malfunctioning if the power goes out. we're going to get that done hopefully tomorrow and refill the tank and hopefully be ready to pick up the rock by thursday or so.

[Pheeshes]

Also, not to plug Reef Systems Coral Farm, Inc but i'm going to plug them. todd and stephanie(i hope that's how you spell stephanie) were increadibly nice. they took about half an hour to 45 minutes just to talk about how everything works in our set up and stuff we might want to change or adjust. they are great people and they have great prices as well. if you live in central ohio definatly check them out. i don't know if they ship livestock or not, so i can't really comment on that.

[yote]

Hate to hear about your pump trouble.If its a new pump,your LFS shouldnt have any problem replacing it.
Cant wait to see pics of the rock.







Got em yet?

[Pheeshes]

yeah, they gave me a new impeller as i walked in the door basically. i had called ahead to one of the managers that had helped us a lot during setup.

no we don't have the rock yet. we picked it out, but its sitting in the water at reef systems until we get the water back in the tank. i'm waiting for todd to email me back to see what would be a good day for him this week to drill the tank for me.

[yote]

Good deal.You'll like having a drilled tank a lot better than an over flow box.

[Pheeshes]

my one question is even if the hole for the bulk head is drilled at the very top of the tank with just the 20 gallon as the sump when the power goes out will there still be enough room in the sump for that extra 1-2 inches of water out of the main tank? the sump is fill a little less than 3/4th of the way when water was flowing through it.

[jhnrb]

Keep us posted. great start.

[Bifferwine]

Originally Posted by Pheeshes

my one question is even if the hole for the bulk head is drilled at the very top of the tank with just the 20 gallon as the sump when the power goes out will there still be enough room in the sump for that extra 1-2 inches of water out of the main tank? the sump is fill a little less than 3/4th of the way when water was flowing through it.

The only way to tell is to do a test run when you get everything set up. Get everything running, then unplug the pump and see where the sump fills up to. Make adjustments if you need to.

[Pheeshes]

well, it's drilled and I LOVE IT. the bulk head has a 90 degree fitting off of it that will set the water level higher than the hole in the tank. i've got 2 pieces of PVC to buy today and i'll be gluing everything up tonight. i'll get some pics of everything tonight. this has worked out so well, talking to todd at reef systems was the smartest thing we've done so far.

[ladypheesh]

ahh, I was wondering how long it would be until you updated the thread.

Also, we got one of those backgrounds from the LFS (plain black) and we cut it to size and hung it on the back last night. I know most people reccomend paint, but I didnt really want to commit to black forever (I like the look of blue too.) With a little patience and a lot of tape it worked out great. We'll have pics by the end of the week once we get our live rock.

(for those of you who don't know, I'm Pheeshes' wife.)