180 Gallon Planted Discus tank undeway !!

[Reaper7535]

FInally Undeway

 

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This will be a slow build but finally got the ball rolling. Already have the tank with Reef Ready overflows, a 40 Gallon Breeder and baffles should be cut tomorrow for that. I have some various equipment that I'm waiting at, but have some things I'm still waiting on.

I'm bound to make mistakes, so follow along and learn from me

What I have

Tank
Sump
Heater Controller
Lights
ATO
65 Gallon container that hold water change and topoff water
Fluval FX6
Dual Stage co2 regulator and tank
Reactor

On Order

Fluval SP4
2 x 500w Heater from Jehmco


Need to Get

Loads of Plumbing
Various media for sump

This is the stand progress so far, my Dad was my helper until his Nascar racing came on then he disappeared

Stand2 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Stand3 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Stand4 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Stand5 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Stand6 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Stand7 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Stand8 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

20180217_165512 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

IMG-20180217-WA0007 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

 

[wfex4]

Nice stand! Will you be building a hood as well?

Also, what kind of discus will you be keeping?

 

[Reaper7535]

Nice stand! Will you be building a hood as well?

Also, what kind of discus will you be keeping?

Yes, building matching hood to go with it. Will get to work on doors this weekend and possibly hood. I only have the weekends to work on this so it will be a slow build.

Currently right now I have all Stendker discus ( DiscusHans ), 10 total. Current 75 is too small, thus the reason for the upgrade...and more discus

 

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More stand updates ....

Still need to do some rounding on door edges and sanding followed by staining. Will be using a waterproof coating in stand and also inside the canopy.

left door (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

full door (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

hinge door2 (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

hingedoor1 (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

hinge door 3 (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

back door (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

plumbing bypass (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

overflow cutout (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

 

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Some more progress pics. Stand still needs sanding, conditioned and stained. While waiting to get sandpaper I started on sump. Had to make a little jig to hold the cross baffle in place while the silicone dried. I will clean up the silicone tomorrow and run a water test to see if it works the way I expect.

Door Handle (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Baffle Jig by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Baffle Jig 2 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Sump View 1 by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Silicone line by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Overhead Sump by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Long View Sump by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Drain Chamber by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr


Inside Stand View by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

Looking awesome! Be careful with that CO2. It can be pretty hard on discus.

For this tank, are you going to get discus that are already grown, or are you going to grow them out yourself?

 

[Reaper7535]

Looking awesome! Be careful with that CO2. It can be pretty hard on discus.

For this tank, are you going to get discus that are already grown, or are you going to grow them out yourself?

I already have some discus that are very near adult, 10 of them in a 75.... thus the reason for this upgrade. I will be adding more and I'm not sure if I will buy adults or grow them out, need to check the pros and cons. I will be injecting small amounts of c02 to start since I am not very familiar with it.

 

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Here is the sump running. Couple little pinhole leaks that don't affect anything, but bother me enough they need to be fixed

 

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What a mess getting pine to take stain. I had read about it and thought it can't be that bad. Had to end up putting 3 coats of stain down to finally get it looking right and that was after putting the wood conditioner on. Just put first coat of poly on the doors and will do a minimum of one more coat after sanding, possibly 2.

Color is Onyx.

Side Stained (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Front Stained (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr

Doors Stained (Medium) by Iconic Photogrpahy, on Flickr