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Yet Another Vortech Power Holder After yesterday, sort of a laid back day today. Put the furniture back, cleaned up, and did a couple small things on the cabinet. Cut the grove for the pH wire a bit deeper....and while I had the shelf out, took a picture of the inside of the Belly of the...

Thanks for the kind words @BuGG . Here's the Reader's Digest version just for you: I built an equipment cabinet. Came out good! Still need to build the doors. :D @greybolt03 , thanks for your generous offer. However, with Amazon Prime, I had the new pump yesterday, and I'm already...

Thanks Kevin.....I had to temporarily trash the power supply holders.....read and you'll see. Equipment Cabinet Installed What a long day. I started at 7AM and didn't stop until around 10PM. The installation isn't finished, but I am! I just wished I had a Scotch to sip on while I type...

Lights, Holes and the Final Paint The power strips for the nine light plugs arrived last night, and so they were installed today. One strip for the "White" channel, one for the "Blue" channel, and one for the moon lights. The holder for the Vortech voltage supplies also installed in this...

Thanks Joe for the heads up. However, the issue with these pumps is that Bubble Magnus had to redesign their bubble plates for these new replacement pumps to fit. Don't know if they still sell the "upgrade" kit, but it was pretty costly to do this upgrade when Via Aqua (actual manufacter of...

Thanks for the info, but I'm not familiar with rock series pumps......do you have a link? I'm now thinking if I can't find a replacement pump for this Atman, I'm going to start looking for yet another skimmer. This morning I still had a lingering odor of whatever came out of that...

Atman Down Right Stinks! Got up today, excited that this cabinet is close to being finished. Power strips have been shipped, and should be here tomorrow. Started measuring and laying out all the holes I need to drill, when I go into the fish room to see the lights aren't ON. What the...

Thanks Kevin. I'm also getting antsy, wanting to get this thing done. What I'm working on today is drilling holes and reviewing what needs to be done to smoothly do the transfer. I'm trying to avoid any more "Doh's!" when the transfer goes down. The one thing I just realized is the...

Agree with Jim (@downbeach ). You can use LED or compact fluorescent, but with either, what's important is that the temperature of the bulb is between 5000 to 6500 kelvin.

Well, change of heart on the upper cabinet portion, which was going to have all the light outlets. What I originally planned in my head was to install three, 4 gang outlets on that false wall and have holes were the plugs could come through to plug into the respective outlets. I'm talking...

While I was searching for 1/4 plywood for the doors, I found a nice piece of 5/8 furniture grade plywood that I decided to use for the equipment boards. These were rough cut out and I also made cutouts of the equipment to play with placement. I'm pretty sure I'll mount the power strip...

Yes. Did you kick start it with a dead shrimp or anything?

Boy Anthony, that's the truth.....you can say that again! Oh wait, you did! :rolleyes: I liked the way Herb frags as well. I don't need no stinkin' cutters! Here's Herb's fragging kit:

Video: Replacing a Furnace Thermocouple

Yes to water and yes to sand if that sand was new as well. Shouldn't be a problem.....but still need to wait however much time for the tank to cycle (and rock to cure if it was dry rock.)

The only disease that I know of that would kill fish that quickly is velvet. Did you transfer the old sand? If I were to guess, I say ammonia did them in.....tank cycled again. Ammonia is very toxic to fish.

Thanks @BuGG ! Dosing Pump Stand-Offs and Container Holder Well, my wife had a "snow day" today, being a teacher and now having the day off. That meant that I couldn't do my daily routine of playing with the tank and doodling in my shop. So I had to sneak down there to get a couple thinks...

Wow, that was the quickest upgrade I've ever seen! RJ, I have a truck if you need help picking up that 250 gallon tank......or is it smaller? :eek:

Hard to diagnose without seeing in person, but the first thing I'd be looking at is the thermocouple. It is the most common reason a pilot light won't stay lit. The cost of the part is between 10 - 25 dollars. Relatively easy to replace. An adjustable wrench and some busted knuckles...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Now here's more as this thing comes together. THE BELLY OF THE BEAST This thing evolves as I go forward with the various parts of this cabinet. I originally planned on simply putting a piece of plywood across the bottom of that wide center style to hold...