dwolson2
12/31/2013, 01:07 PM
This is 2 part, first is what was going to happen(from another forum) then what eventually happened.
Well, at the request of another member here, I am putting up my tank build. I was originally going to wait until the tank was set up in its entirety before putting my build thread together, but here goes.
The end result will be a 50 gal Rimless starfire display, draining through wall into a 55 gal sump, with a 8 gal frag tank, and a 20 gal ATO. The 55 gal will have a Very large Fuge, part of the reason for buying the tank.
Equipment list right now is
Radion Light(display)
Apex(full) for control, with DC8, EB8, BOB, WXM
MP10WES
Tunze and Eheim pump for water movement from tank to tank
Bubble Magnus NAC6 Skimmer
BRS carbon/gfo reactor
BRS dosing pump, running Kalk, separate from the ATO so I can control how much kalk I am putting in the tank.
2 heaters
OK, so on to the pictures:
The first week and a half after the move the tank was set up like this in a 55 gal drum:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20130926_202459_zpsb24126be.jpg
The hole in the tank lines up with the one in the wall:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131007_175630_zpsf1a717a8.jpg
What the hole looks like without the tank in front of it:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131007_171304_zps19821836.jpg
Some of the wiring and one pipe running in, I still have to get the rest of them run:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131008_111118_zpsb11d7214.jpg
All of the electrical is mounted to the wall inside the fish closet, but I don’t have a picture of that right this second. More to come on that.
As the tank sits right now, it’s only about 70-80% full. I am going to top it off and run the sump that came with the tank for the next few weeks while I wait for the baffles for my sump. I was going to order them yesterday, but my Mom works for a guy who has sheets of plastic, so I am going to try and get them from her, but she doesn’t go in until Wednesday. I’m putting the skimmer in the sump and running that so I have some sort of filtration until I finish the sump and plumbing.
So I am finally getting around to updating my build. After I got the 50 nearly all set up, my wife gave me the green light to buy a bigger tank, partly because she wanted at least one tang and that was a no go in a 50 gal.
Upgraded my RO to a dual membrane setup:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131120_124453_zpsfe1e32b5.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131120_124453_zpsfe1e32b5.jpg.html)
On which I am pulling nearly 90PSI!!
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131018_164356_zps50e21ff0.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131018_164356_zps50e21ff0.jpg.html)
First I moved the 50 over(drained about half the water first)
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131204_175734_zps5a0f033c.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131204_175734_zps5a0f033c.jpg.html)
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131204_175747_zpsb22003b3.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131204_175747_zpsb22003b3.jpg.html)
Filled the First half of the tank with saltwater from my mixing barrel
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131206_210950_zps863977d1.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131206_210950_zps863977d1.jpg.html)
Then moved everything over after it was filled up(the process of filling it up, then running it by itself was also in there)
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131217_142816_zpsd2e6f3ed.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131217_142816_zpsd2e6f3ed.jpg.html)
Well, at the request of another member here, I am putting up my tank build. I was originally going to wait until the tank was set up in its entirety before putting my build thread together, but here goes.
The end result will be a 50 gal Rimless starfire display, draining through wall into a 55 gal sump, with a 8 gal frag tank, and a 20 gal ATO. The 55 gal will have a Very large Fuge, part of the reason for buying the tank.
Equipment list right now is
Radion Light(display)
Apex(full) for control, with DC8, EB8, BOB, WXM
MP10WES
Tunze and Eheim pump for water movement from tank to tank
Bubble Magnus NAC6 Skimmer
BRS carbon/gfo reactor
BRS dosing pump, running Kalk, separate from the ATO so I can control how much kalk I am putting in the tank.
2 heaters
OK, so on to the pictures:
The first week and a half after the move the tank was set up like this in a 55 gal drum:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20130926_202459_zpsb24126be.jpg
The hole in the tank lines up with the one in the wall:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131007_175630_zpsf1a717a8.jpg
What the hole looks like without the tank in front of it:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131007_171304_zps19821836.jpg
Some of the wiring and one pipe running in, I still have to get the rest of them run:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131008_111118_zpsb11d7214.jpg
All of the electrical is mounted to the wall inside the fish closet, but I don’t have a picture of that right this second. More to come on that.
As the tank sits right now, it’s only about 70-80% full. I am going to top it off and run the sump that came with the tank for the next few weeks while I wait for the baffles for my sump. I was going to order them yesterday, but my Mom works for a guy who has sheets of plastic, so I am going to try and get them from her, but she doesn’t go in until Wednesday. I’m putting the skimmer in the sump and running that so I have some sort of filtration until I finish the sump and plumbing.
So I am finally getting around to updating my build. After I got the 50 nearly all set up, my wife gave me the green light to buy a bigger tank, partly because she wanted at least one tang and that was a no go in a 50 gal.
Upgraded my RO to a dual membrane setup:
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131120_124453_zpsfe1e32b5.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131120_124453_zpsfe1e32b5.jpg.html)
On which I am pulling nearly 90PSI!!
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131018_164356_zps50e21ff0.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131018_164356_zps50e21ff0.jpg.html)
First I moved the 50 over(drained about half the water first)
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131204_175734_zps5a0f033c.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131204_175734_zps5a0f033c.jpg.html)
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131204_175747_zpsb22003b3.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131204_175747_zpsb22003b3.jpg.html)
Filled the First half of the tank with saltwater from my mixing barrel
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131206_210950_zps863977d1.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131206_210950_zps863977d1.jpg.html)
Then moved everything over after it was filled up(the process of filling it up, then running it by itself was also in there)
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m589/dwolson2/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131217_142816_zpsd2e6f3ed.jpg (http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/dwolson2/media/Minot%20Tank%20Build/20131217_142816_zpsd2e6f3ed.jpg.html)