crimsonvice Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 oops that the wrong image. Let me find the correct one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 added a pic hllywd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hllywd Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Gotcha! Still looks like it may be the two end cross pieces that are in your way. If that's not enough, then the two inside rear verticals could go since you added the other 2x4s between the rims I guess I'd like to see it skinned with plywood if you did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I strongly believe you need to add somemore support braces. After the weight of the water goes in. Roughly 8pounds per gallon. That thing might collapse. Def take precaution and add some braces. Maybe to the end pieces. As @hllywd said. Some vertical braces at the end would give more support. The way it sits now. You better get a few mops handy. And a appt with a water cleanup crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Shopping list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 Mad some progress on the new stand today. Headed out for the night, will pick it up again tomorrow. hllywd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Nice pocket holes Brandon. Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Muttley000 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Sweet! I've just jumped on hoping to see what you had come up with! What is going on the small shelf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 16 hours ago, Muttley000 said: Sweet! I've just jumped on hoping to see what you had come up with! What is going on the small shelf? It is just wide enough to hold my doser, and the voss water bottles will sit underneath. Above it is going to be my Apex energy bar. On the opposite side facing the main doors, I will have all my controllers mounted for easy access. I am reusing the panels I had on my old stand, and the sides will be held in place with rare earth magnets. I really want to skin it with some weathered wood, but the wife is insistent on me reusing the glossy panels to save a few bucks. I ran into a few complications which will delay progress a few days. 1) I didn't buy enough sand. 2) Like a dummy I didn't hold on to my piece of rock when trying to aquascape... Which led to a tumbled, and a broken piece of glass that was being used to cover the old overflows. Oops... 3) I dry fit my sump, ATO container, doser and other equipment before screwing down my equipment closet pieces. Well after painting and siliconing the seams, the ATO container is 1/8 of an inch to big. No to mention when trying to place it, I busted a seam and water stated leaking out everywhere. DOH! It's been a long weekend, and I am disappointed that I am not filling the tank right now. It will come though. This is it as it sits now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watdachuck Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Hang in there buddy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petr_patter Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Its going to look great when its done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Thanks guys. I just finished sanding down and reapplying Weld on 4 to my ato container. Hopefully it will still hold water. Otherwise I may be in the market for a new container. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Made a little progress today. Moved some things around a bit to fit the ATO container. The fit was to snug and I wasn't able to fit it in. I had to remove some screws and will put them back once I have water tested the container tomorrow. I place the Gyre controller, my return controller and the Apex energy bar/ brain thingy. I have to say the Apex stuff was much larger than I was expecting. Hopefully this will be enough room to fit everything. I also added some led lights for working under the stand. I night exchange them, the white isn't very bright, and makes the orange appear red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Nice work! It's amazing how fast space goes away under a tank! What is the white cable around your apex? I'm not sure I've seen a cable like that before. Before there is stuff in your way consider wire management for your apex. I say that because you will want your probe cables to be able to be separated from any power cables if possible and planning 2 paths may be easier now than later. Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Muttley000 said: Nice work! It's amazing how fast space goes away under a tank! What is the white cable around your apex? I'm not sure I've seen a cable like that before. Before there is stuff in your way consider wire management for your apex. I say that because you will want your probe cables to be able to be separated from any power cables if possible and planning 2 paths may be easier now than later. Keep up the good work! The white cable is the leds that I had laying around. I think I am going to switch them out though. They have a lot of wiring. Once I test my ATO today, I will button everything up on that side, and put he sump in place. Then I can work on all my wiring. I am dreading that part. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 Holds water. Maybe I can make some progress tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Nice! Looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Well, we are waiting lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Lol sorry. I was able to tackle some things last night. I have the ATO and sump in place, removed the broken glass and siliconed in the new glass, as well as hooked up the Apex and ran most of my wiring. I had enough plumbing supplies to hard plumb one drain line, but I am waiting on an order from PVCfittings.com to come in to finish the return and other drain line. I saved about ~$30 buying online, compared to HomeDepot or Lowes. BUT... my shipment is being delayed because of stupid weather... So I should have spent the extra $30. UGH! I need to pick up another two bags of sand, and hopefully I can do that today after work. Once that is in, I should be able to start filling it. Well at least enough so that it doesnt go over the overflow. I purchased some Fritz 9 to help cycle the tank quickly. I need to hurry and get my stuff over. I noticed one of my millis bleached yesterday So far, that is the only loss. Hopefully I wont have any more. I will get some picture up when I get home. @Muttley000 With the ATK do you have to have the power supply connected, or is the USB all you need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 I am playing around on Fusion at work. Man this is intense. Its going to take me a while to get use to everything. I am trying to figure out how to set my Returnpump to OFF when the top optical sensor on my ATK is reached. Basically, I want to use it as a fail safe if the overflows are blocked. Just triple protection, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 It is strongly recommended in the instructions. My guess is it really depends on how much 24 VDC stuff you are running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 2 hours ago, Muttley000 said: It is strongly recommended in the instructions. My guess is it really depends on how much 24 VDC stuff you are running. Do you have yours connected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, crimsonvice said: Do you have yours connected? Yes sir I do. I found out today my week is going to be about 25 working hours longer than expected so I am not confident I will get my glass installed to get it working for a few days though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Man that stinks! I hope it's not as horrible as it sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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