Cadlight 70 Gallon Build

[MWoodhill]

Ordered my cadlight 70 gallon rimless. the company said it could be shipped either on monday or tuesday.

I paid via paypal so it would go to my company, bummer. Emailed em to drop the package at my condo, which is just a block away. don't know they'll do that. Or i gotta call my coworkers to help.

the package is quite awesome, with a display, a cabinet, a sump, a skimmer, a return pump, overflow, lamptree and plumbin kits.

Can't wait to post some pix. will be doin that when i receive it. the entire setup will be:

cadlight 70 gallon;

ati 39*8 dimmable--one of my few legacies of reefin in canada. i dumped like 2 grand bucks equipments when movin back home:irked:

tunze ato

brs 2 part package with dosers

rkl basic with blue lunar module

mp10wexs*2

tunze fan

brs ro/di

vertexx zeo 1.5l

still talkin with brs about tax exemption. to not pay tax is the best my current job brings me, lol

 

[albano]

...Emailed em to drop the package at my condo...

When ordering a tank, NEVER tell them to 'drop the package'!

 

[kingator]

GLWB tagging along

 

[MWoodhill]

Called Cadlights and Scott there was very nice over the phone. he said they could do that. he sounded quite sexy, lol

 

[fishless]

Ooh this will be good. Tagging along too. I just finished setting up the CadLights 50g. Wish I had space for the 70.

 

[MWoodhill]

Ooh this will be good. Tagging along too. I just finished setting up the CadLights 50g. Wish I had space for the 70.

i barely had the space before downsized my king bed to twin bed :irked:

 

[MWoodhill]

ups and downs on the way to my piece of sea:

1,cadlights has yet to send the tank package. they seem to do longer than they promised;

2, my coworkers in canada r still workin on sendin me the ro/di unit and zeo reactor.

ups:

1, my package from premiumaquatics arrived!!!

2, it saves up quite a bit by reusin my dumped equipments, lol!!!

 

[MWoodhill]

Most of my equipments of arrived. Lol will post some pix as trailer. Bad news I'm officially laid off after the congress shut down the fed gov. Gotta be cheaper as of now

 

[MWoodhill]

Here We GO! Fedex got my tank at the condo and that shocked my condo manager, who then left a HUGE notice on the board sayin who ordered a tank plz got it home asap.

I know there are quite a bunch of bad reviews so I was a bit concerned. but the package is really good, lookin neat.

the cut is neat and glass looks good, quite like they are shown in their ad

entire tank in the box

sump with skimmer

cabinet parts, well painted but not real hard wood

well, with what i paid, i didnt expect it to hard wood, either

i guess i'm very satisfied with what i got. only 2 problems

1, no instructions for cabinet assembly. emailed em already and am still tryin to figure out those pieces.

anyone that assembled it before plz help

2, gotta remove the 2 baffles in the 3rd chamber of the sump. too small for my zeovit reactor. however, with those 2 removed, the space will be perfect.

anyone that knows how to removed silicone sealant plz help, 2. dont wanna use 1 hammer to tear down. the sump looks neat

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

You can heat up the silicone using a hair dryer or heat gun to loosen it up then utilize a straight blade razor to remove as much as you can. Once that is done, you should be able to pull it with a little bit of force to remove.

I did this method with my Eshopps sump I needed to reconfigure.

 

[Tbone Reefer]

Nice! GLWB. Following along!

 

[MWoodhill]

Finally I put those pieces into a stand

 

[MWoodhill]

You can heat up the silicone using a hair dryer or heat gun to loosen it up then utilize a straight blade razor to remove as much as you can. Once that is done, you should be able to pull it with a little bit of force to remove.

I did this method with my Eshopps sump I needed to reconfigure.

nice method. i found some silicone remover in my tool kits when i looked 4 screwdriver. hopefully it will work

 

[MWoodhill]

time to reflect a bit upon my old reefin days in ottawa

lots of sweet memories

am always addicted to sps and ritteri. this was a purple base one

blue/purple digi

a very red prostrata or what--a bad id guy here. never can remember those names

a green humilis

pink milli. wasnt very furry coz there was a bad crab in that--u can c its shadow. after havin it removed, the milli was very furry

ok, on the way again finger cross to myself

 

[duromega]

beautiful tank, beautiful sump I love new stuff
about the stand, do you have a picture of it? is very easy to assemble I guess that's the same stand I have

 

[MWoodhill]

beautiful tank, beautiful sump I love new stuff
about the stand, do you have a picture of it? is very easy to assemble I guess that's the same stand I have

I was very confused and still am. there seems to be--actually are 2 covers or i got it wrong?

have yet to install doors after i reconfigure the sump n install every thing in the stand

2 covers?

 

[MWoodhill]

Updates:

1, installed the lamptree

2, removed one of the baffles and will be tryin to get the other DONE. Its a big exercise.

3, installed the RO/DI and it's runnin well. tis interestin both in an out TDS readings were 0. then whats the meanin of DI?

4, RKL assembled

5, rocks ordered

This weekendll be my big days

 

[Clink51]

Following along. what are your plans for stock? sps? lps?

 

[viplok]

its not two covers. its a cabin divider. and i think you installed the bottom panel the wrong way =p the unfinish edge should be facing the back. =] cant wait to see it going

 

[MWoodhill]

Following along. what are your plans for stock? sps? lps?

sps+ritteri

i have a fetish of nemos and their home. disney gotta sponsor my project coz they abducted me into the sea

will have a pair of nemo and possibly a dory. always daydreamin after winnin the lottery, i purchase a penthouse and make a 500g tank to make findin nemo real in my home, lol :wink1: