redtops 360g plywood adventure

[redtop03]

Let the games begin Willie :evil: hahaha!!!

:lol: you know I was just kidding,I don't like to be banned...er well,I'm not sure how it feels,I've only been almost banned 1 time and you can guess from where :lol:

you'll never have a reason to ban me,but you may have to get after me for going OT,I tend to ramble on about silly stuff and get side tracked very easily
and and and...........what was I talking about again.......................................
.........................oh well,maybe it'll come back to me in a little while :lol:

catch you in a little while,I'm working on lights

 

[redtop03]

here's the Lumen brights on the left side of the tank,and my odyssea on the right.....
there doesn't appear to be much difference in the brightness but there's no longer any shadows under the LBs like with the odyssea and I'm sure a par meter would tell the difference,but the LBs are about 4" higher than the odyssea and these pendants look awesome......

I plan to hang 'em better,they're just sitting there for now,I was in a hurry to see the difference LOL

 

[redtop03]

I forgot to turn off the T5s for my side by side comparison of the Lumen Bright reflectors vs. my Odyssea MH/PC combo fixture,the T5s helped the Odyssea to the point that I couldn't really tell a difference,but without the T5s,the LBs are clearly brighter...don't know if you can tell it by this pic though.....

this is without the T5s

this is with the T5s

 

[redtop03]

and I finally rounded up enough scrap plumbing pieces to get this big monster working...it's been running for about an hour now and the foam is starting to darken.....should be pulling some nasty stuff in a day or so :smile:

it looks like an old fashion milk jug.....but a lot bigger :lol:

 

[redtop03]

I just placed an order for an ocean motion wave maker,and I may finally put the hammerhead to use :lol:

http://www.thesaltwaterstore.com//1...eef.html?sid=cb926785a2068ecd7b6bd96677214f25

 

[redtop03]

skimmer update about a day and a half,and it's produced about 2 gallon of nasty stuff,but it's skimming really wet,I'm gonna back it down a little,it's gonna suck my tank dry LOL

 

[redtop03]

got my LBs hung,the bulbs are 16" above the water surface....now I need to figure out a better way to mount my T5s

 

[redtop03]

I got my T5s mounted up out of the way now...this looks so much better,the tank top is wide open now....I love it

here's the front side of it

here's the back side of it

 

[johnwah]

wow.. thats a lot of wood

 

[redtop03]

yes it is and epoxy and fiberglass and saltwater LOL

 

[redtop03]

got some plumbing done the last few days getting ready for the OM....

and much to my surprise,my RBTA moved a few days ago down into the rock pile,I could still see it but it looked like there may be 2 of 'em so I decided to move the rock above it and look what I found

 

[redtop03]

I just purchased the MP60 from Detane,I should have plenty of flow in this thing in a week or so

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Wow nice tank and the MP60 is really going to rock this tank.

 

[redtop03]

Wow nice tank and the MP60 is really going to rock this tank.

thank you Jose,I hope my plywood will hold together,that's gonna be some serious waving action in there

I may have to do some extra bracing LOL

 

[redtop03]

pics of my OM plumbing job...this thing is awesome,I should have done this last year :smile:

 

[redtop03]

got my media reactor in today...this thing is nice,each chamber will hold 1 gallon of media....I added about 3/4 of a gallon of GFO to 1 and about 3/4 of gallon of carbon to the other,when it filled with water,it spread out to fill the compartments from sponge to sponge

here's 1 of my TLF 150s in front of 'em for size comparison.....

 

[BD Enterprises]

That sir is amazing!

 

[DETANE]

The Tank is looking really good. Keep up the good work

 

[Skidazl]

Lookin' great willie!!!

 

[ReeferChick85]

I like your media reactors Willie! I love how slim they are!