Hey everyone,
Let me start by saying thanks to all of you who have given me advice as I researched this whole saltwater world. This is my build thread(pictures to come). I started out with a used 75 gallon, that came with the following equipment.
75 gal tank with light and glass top
wooden stand with hood
65 pounds of live rock
crushed coral substrate
aqua clear 70 HOB filter
aqua clear powerhead
theo 200 W heater
1 3 spot domino damsel
The included picture was the tank set up at the sellers house.
Since then I have been so busy that all I could do is put the live rock in a box. The damsel is in 5 gallon holding tank(only 1-1/2 inch long) with some of its live rock and water which I bought as a temp house and will use as a qt tank. Thats when the problems started.
I cleaned out the unwanted crushed coral and cleaned the tank only to discover a leak. I decided since the 250 I paid for the whole outfit was well worth the stand and live rock, that buying a new tank from a local LFS having a dollar per gal sale was the way to go. I have 90 # of sand ready to go and wanted to have it all set up and ready to go tonight but cannot get the thing leveled. The one thing I hadn't planned on was complications from setting it on carpet. Of course I realized this too late on labor day to do anything about it so tomorrow I will go buy some plywood and shims to set the stand on. Its not off by much, bubble touching the line on the level, but I am taking no chances. A little discouraged right now, but keeping my head up. Wish me luck on the rest of this, I have pictures of the process and will upload them when I can.
-Dave
Let me start by saying thanks to all of you who have given me advice as I researched this whole saltwater world. This is my build thread(pictures to come). I started out with a used 75 gallon, that came with the following equipment.
75 gal tank with light and glass top
wooden stand with hood
65 pounds of live rock
crushed coral substrate
aqua clear 70 HOB filter
aqua clear powerhead
theo 200 W heater
1 3 spot domino damsel
The included picture was the tank set up at the sellers house.
Since then I have been so busy that all I could do is put the live rock in a box. The damsel is in 5 gallon holding tank(only 1-1/2 inch long) with some of its live rock and water which I bought as a temp house and will use as a qt tank. Thats when the problems started.
I cleaned out the unwanted crushed coral and cleaned the tank only to discover a leak. I decided since the 250 I paid for the whole outfit was well worth the stand and live rock, that buying a new tank from a local LFS having a dollar per gal sale was the way to go. I have 90 # of sand ready to go and wanted to have it all set up and ready to go tonight but cannot get the thing leveled. The one thing I hadn't planned on was complications from setting it on carpet. Of course I realized this too late on labor day to do anything about it so tomorrow I will go buy some plywood and shims to set the stand on. Its not off by much, bubble touching the line on the level, but I am taking no chances. A little discouraged right now, but keeping my head up. Wish me luck on the rest of this, I have pictures of the process and will upload them when I can.
-Dave