journal My new rack & tanks

[ineke]

Your kids are your kids for life and then they bring their kids- what can I say it can be a pain in the butt bit I love them all- I can always go stay in the caravan nice and peaceful!!!!;)

[HexaD]

would love to see how this project goes! first rack in SA i think, definitely subscribed for reference purposes

[ineke]

won't be for a while yet:D

[Squiggle]

So I've got an update & pics of my rack, I've filled the three tanks & started cycling them with the sponge filters, I've also started doing the plumbing & I've put up some of the lights. I started filling the sump too & I'm going to start cycling it as well so I can just turn the tanks on once it is cycled, enjoy! :victorious:

[amkr]

I want you to know.

I am extremely jealous.

[ineke]

Looking good Squiggle , not long now and you will be up and running:cheerful:

[KillieOrCory]

Hey Squiggle, what is that material the tanks are sitting on?

Looking great by the way :encouragement:

[Squiggle]

Hey Serkan, they are sitting on polystyrene, hahaha :stupid: The shelves are a fiberglass honeycomb material that the make truck bodies out of its light, strong & 100% waterproof. Perfect for this rack as the front & back of the tanks are sitting on the beams but it doesn't flex at all, very strong. Got some off cuts off a friend who's company makes truck bodies, a hell of a lot cheaper than plywood(gotta love the freebies) :victorious: I can try & get the name of the product if you want :encouragement:

[ninja]

Nothing like invention is there? I put some twin wall roof sheeting under some tanks on top of ply to even out the load as I didn't have any foam, works eh?

[KillieOrCory]

OK it must be this thing: http://www.hongzan.net/html/Products/Honeycomb-Sandwich-Panel/Fiberglass_/43.html

I wonder if I can find it in the ACT

[kunzy]

that looks pretty neat man!

[Squiggle]

Awesome lateral thinking ninja, necessity is the mother of all invention :encouragement:

[Squiggle]

OK it must be this thing: http://www.hongzan.net/html/Products/Honeycomb-Sandwich-Panel/Fiberglass_/43.htmlI wonder if I can find it in the ACT

That's the stuff dude' date=' another good thing about it is that it's gloss white so the underside is a big light reflector :victorious:

that looks pretty neat man!

Thanks dude :encouragement:

[JPN07]

Awesome setup Squiggle. I love how simple and neat it is. Looks great :encouragement:

[ninja]

Right now that one is finished, time to get cracking on the next rack, lol

[ineke]

Yeah Squiggle less talking more working:encouragement:

[Squiggle]

Right now that one is finished' date=' time to get cracking on the next rack, lol[/quote']

Hahaha, easy ninja, this one isn't finished yet........but the plans are in the pipeline for the next system, lol :encouragement:

[torface]

I hope you don't need to move house any time soon :P

[Squiggle]

Neither do I :dejection:

[ninja]

Looks finished enuf to me Squiggle, get racking?

[Timmeh]

Just read through this whole thread. Its come so far!! Keep up the good work! Cant wait to see it all up and running with shrimp! All the best with the set-up. hope there is another rack on the way soon ;)

[Squiggle]

Looks finished enuf to me Squiggle' date=' get racking?[/quote']Hahaha, no where near it, still got another seven tanks to sort out :victorious:I might have something on the drawing board but nothing on the scale of this one, hahaha :encouragement:

[Squiggle]

Latest update, I have finished the sump, put all the media in & now it's cycling, K1 is starting to tumble nicely, I've also put the last two tanks on the bottom shelf in place, just gotta get another couple of bags of Beni soil to fill them. Now the tanks are in place, I finished the plumbing for the bottom shelf & once I get the UV sterilizer I'll be able to switch the tanks on once the sump has cycled :victorious:

[ineke]

Good job Squiggle I'm going to be very upset if yours cycles before mine though:(

[OzShrimp]

must be getting excited squiggle :),

are you using a marine light on the tank in them pics ?