Crazy Cajun's 90 Gallon Build !!

[RIJohn]

HMMM I dunno then....

 

[crazy cajun]

canapy and doors stained Espresso in color,will stain the stand tonight

 

[Jmck]

looking great! :D

 

[Bifferwine]

Wow, looks great!

 

[crazy cajun]

Quick update, stand and canopy are all finished with the top coat and i took yall advice and scrapped the wet/dry with bio balls and buillt a 30 gal Refugium i bought the tank from LFS that drilled the hole for me and i had a local glass shop cut my baffles out of 1/4" glass, i finished siliconing the last panel last night,i have to finish the down pipe tonight. i ordered a reef octopus EXT 160 that will go into the middle chamber, how much rock and how much sand to put into the fuge??

 

[crazy cajun]

ok, finished my fuge and finished clearcoating stand and canopy installed all the doors and lid, i also made a cool PVC stand for my skimmer to get it at the correct hight

 

[crazy cajun]

Installed tank on stand and the background followed by water, sand, and live rock, wew man thats a lot of water to mix, now i guess i sit back and wait for it to clear up so i can better place my rock.

 

[Sharkie]

I like the background you used!! :D And the tank is looking great! Can't wait to see how its gonna turn out!

 

[Bifferwine]

Looking awesome!

 

[BL1]

Looking good Cajun, definitely starting to come together.

 

[reeffreak]

Wow,this the first time I seen this thread.Impressive,very nice looking tank,stand and even the sump.

If you are looking for a NNR(natural nitrate reduction) in the fuge,the sand really needs to be six inches deep.Most people don't have the space for that deep of a sandbed.Let the live rock and chaeto be the NNR and just use 1-2'' sandbed.

 

[BL1]

NNR will occur in less than 6". Many websites I've read say 4-6" (Deep sand bed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) however, you should get nitrate reduction in anything deeper than 3" DeepSandBeds

 

[crazy cajun]

ok tank finally started to clear up last night i was able to position my rock better but im having flow issues with my drain to sump, please see my thread in the lighting and filtration section "DT to Sump Help" let me know if you know what the problem is. and i have a white powdery i guess sand dust on the rocks and powerheads is this normal and will it go away or do i have to clean them off?thanks
Kevin

 

[SeattleDarko]

looks great... I clean my power heads off but it will not be that bad as long as you don't stir the sand bed up.

 

[reeffreak]

The snails later will eventually push the dust off the rocks.If it bothers you,use a turkey baster or a powerhead to blow the dust off.

Looks awesome,btw!

 

[drew00c]

Looking good! Cant wait to see what it looks like with lights and some little ones in it

 

[d2mini]

Looking good!
Great job with the stand, it turned out really nice. :)

 

[crazy cajun]

Tank update !!
Tank is clear, i placed the canopy and lights on the tank, i installed a vent on my inlet to the sump to vent the air out that was blowing into the sump seems to work pretty good, i also put some of that pink insulation board from Home Depot in the back of the stand wow that made my tank very quiet, also a pic of the moon lights last night. now i just sit back and wait a few weeks for the cycle to finish.:bounce:

 

[troybuckle]

B--E--A--utiful

 

[PRC]

Cajun that turned out great. Nice job...You're gonna be glad you went with the sump!. Lets get some fish in there!!!!