RAPTORS 110 build log most of from 90 is in it now)

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well i wanted to get some more done before starting the build log but i figure i might as well get started on it LOL. ok the tank has arrived, now for the perverbial walk around.



upon my walkaround inspection (i personally do this with all tanks just to get a list of what i need to get for them) i ran into a couple of snags right off of the bat, first ( and most serious issue is the glass top brace is missing, not to big of a problem except finding a 1/2" peice of glass the right size or even finding a place that will keep half inch thick glass in stock, (to anyone that ever gets a tank that has a top brace dont remove it especially on larger tanks of 90 plus gallons, on these older oceanic tanks the glass top brace was part of the structural support for the tank)as previously stated this is not difficult to fix but i have no clue of any shops here in town that keep half inch thick glass in stock, if i am lucky i will find a scrap peice at this glass shop a few blocks from my house when i go talk to them tomorrow.



so to continue the old walkaround i hit the second issue there seems to be a missing overflow HMMMM i wonder where it is at



AHHH FOUND IT !!!!! ( this is a strange place for it, hiding behind the other one and siliconed together to make a box)



now i find a couple more issues but i neglected to take pics and just fixed them straight away, some teeth on the overflows were missing and i lucked out having a small peice of black acrylic from an old overflow box peice adn it is glues together with some high quality superglue which will hold up to saltwater adn forever to having used it to mount coral frags quite a bit.









i also noticed one of the overflows had a large crack in it which i patched on the back side of the overflow with a peice of clear acrylic i had lying around and again some superglue.





well since i currently have no glass to make a top brace or silicone to install it or replace the overflows i jumped ahead to making the electical outlet panel for under the stand which will be wired up making the outlets equivelent to 3 plug bars which i swhat i am using on the 90 now. it will be a total of 9 electrical outlets with 3 of them arranges so i can run my light timers without blocking other outlets.



that is all for now due to no funds and parts and items needed, i will continue on as funds permit or i get ahold of parts.

tim wrote:

the moorish is the one that started the ich, thought i got rid of the problem fast enough, but you live and learn, and i have learned that a qt tank is the best thing in the world.

yeah tim a qt tank is great especially if you plan on having tangs and angels. but like i stated to you before i would not have got the moorish idol at all.

i agree that moorish idols are notoriously difficult... but some guys from my local reef club have been trying with limited success... i'm still not sold on the qt tank however...

tn qt tanks are great for a a couple of resasons. one is you can get the sick fish out so you dont have problems with your other fish. second yuo only treat teh fish that are sick, and third it is great for treating corals as well if needed. i myself have only needed a qt tank once and it was for a tang tangs and angels are teh ones most likely to get ich.

tnguy86 wrote:

i agree that moorish idols are notoriously difficult... but some guys from my local reef club have been trying with limited success... i'm still not sold on the qt tank however...

i was the same way till all my fish died from ich and a lack of knowledge. i got my angel and moorish idol about 3 days apart, but i noticed the white dots on the idol first, so it was definitely one of those two