jdeveaux
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Well I had a new tank planning thread but the planning is complete and the build has begun. For those interested I have added links to the pictures below.
I acquired 90% of my parts and equipment, 100% of the important stuff from MARSH members and figured I'd share my progress, and tremendous thanks.
Last weekend my brother in-law and I started the tanks stand construction which has definitely been an experience. So far we have a pile of lumber as we did all of the cuts first and tomorrow we'll be assembling the frame. I will post pictures assuming I remember to take them. He is the woodworking guru so I take no credit other than the design which is completely my fault if it collapses
We are going with a 2x4 frame and then a hardwood shell with a laminate finish... right now we are trying to go with Mahogany but the price might be out of my budget.
Due to performing some of my acquisitions in reverse order I have 190lbs of life rock and a ton of Chaeto and various other algae in a holding system.
Holding system:
1 30 gallon AGA tank with overflow for refugium
2 x 40 gallon Tuff Stuff oval bins bulk headed and connected together for flow.
1 PM Bullet skimmer with Mag 9.5
1 additional Mag 9.5 for flow.
1 Mag 3 for flow to 30 AGA
I know that is a lot but I won’t have my sump for the new tank until next month. Marc from Melevsreef.com is working on that now. (I hope) It is going to be my dream sump. 60 gallon capacity with approx… 14 gallon refugium.
The new tank:
45x27.5x23 with a fluid capcity of 99.8Gallons (accounting for overflow area loss)
41x18x20.5 sump with a 14 Gallon Fuge and rough guess of 24.5 gallons of flow with a total sump capacity of roughly 60 Gallons
Blueline SD1100 for return
Little Giant 4-MDQ-SC for Skimmer
Iwaki WMD40RLXT for closed loop circulation with an oceans motions 4way
2 x 250 for 10 hour light cycle
1 x150 for 12 hours to allow for sunrise/sunset
Somewhere in here I’m going to probably add a chiller but I’m not sure if I’ll need it yet since all pumps will be external. If I do it won’t need to be large. The house is kept at 75 so I would probably only need a 1~3 degree pull down. (Open to suggestions)
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions…
Anybody in the New Territory/Greatwood area of Sugar Land? Looking for Reef neighbors.
Regards,
I acquired 90% of my parts and equipment, 100% of the important stuff from MARSH members and figured I'd share my progress, and tremendous thanks.
Last weekend my brother in-law and I started the tanks stand construction which has definitely been an experience. So far we have a pile of lumber as we did all of the cuts first and tomorrow we'll be assembling the frame. I will post pictures assuming I remember to take them. He is the woodworking guru so I take no credit other than the design which is completely my fault if it collapses
We are going with a 2x4 frame and then a hardwood shell with a laminate finish... right now we are trying to go with Mahogany but the price might be out of my budget.
Due to performing some of my acquisitions in reverse order I have 190lbs of life rock and a ton of Chaeto and various other algae in a holding system.
Holding system:
1 30 gallon AGA tank with overflow for refugium
2 x 40 gallon Tuff Stuff oval bins bulk headed and connected together for flow.
1 PM Bullet skimmer with Mag 9.5
1 additional Mag 9.5 for flow.
1 Mag 3 for flow to 30 AGA
I know that is a lot but I won’t have my sump for the new tank until next month. Marc from Melevsreef.com is working on that now. (I hope) It is going to be my dream sump. 60 gallon capacity with approx… 14 gallon refugium.
The new tank:
45x27.5x23 with a fluid capcity of 99.8Gallons (accounting for overflow area loss)
41x18x20.5 sump with a 14 Gallon Fuge and rough guess of 24.5 gallons of flow with a total sump capacity of roughly 60 Gallons
Blueline SD1100 for return
Little Giant 4-MDQ-SC for Skimmer
Iwaki WMD40RLXT for closed loop circulation with an oceans motions 4way
2 x 250 for 10 hour light cycle
1 x150 for 12 hours to allow for sunrise/sunset
Somewhere in here I’m going to probably add a chiller but I’m not sure if I’ll need it yet since all pumps will be external. If I do it won’t need to be large. The house is kept at 75 so I would probably only need a 1~3 degree pull down. (Open to suggestions)
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions…
Anybody in the New Territory/Greatwood area of Sugar Land? Looking for Reef neighbors.
Regards,
