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03/07/2009, 10:29 PM | #1 |
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Serpentman's 300g upgrade
First, a little brief history. Its been a year since I set my 150g up. I never was thrilled with the tank dimensions and have had dreams of an upgrade pretty much all year.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1311428 I recently brought home this bad boy and will be working over the next couple of weeks to get it fired up.
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03/07/2009, 10:32 PM | #2 |
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I am planning to go in-wall. Here is a 1st draft mock up of my plans:
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03/10/2009, 05:17 AM | #3 |
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Looks great so far im tagging along
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03/10/2009, 06:48 AM | #4 |
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Yeah, can't wait to see things in action.
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03/10/2009, 09:29 AM | #5 |
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Thanks guys. I am planning to "break ground" on it this weekend. Once I do, I plan to post regular updates.
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03/10/2009, 09:53 AM | #6 |
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Sweet sketchup Jeff, i love that fishroom, man you work from home and you have a fishroom like that.... that is the LIFE.
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03/10/2009, 12:25 PM | #7 | |
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03/17/2009, 11:30 AM | #8 |
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Well, the weekend didn't plan out like I thought so I didn't get as much progress as I had hoped. However, the stage is set to get going. Once I am rolling, I will post regular updates.
Here's my equipment list as well. Lighting: 3 x 250W XM 250K w/ Lumenbright reflectors 4 x 6' VHO Actinics Geo Calcium 618 Calcium Reactor with 18" second chamber Geo Kalk Reactor 24" DIY Carbon Reactor Precision Marine SR-35 phosphate reactor Reeflo Orca 200 skimmer with pro kit and autoshut-off waste reservoir Gen-X PCX-70 return pump Blueline 55 HD return pump 2x Tunze 6100 AC3 with 2 DC8 and Aquasurf Aux tanks: 30gal fuge 40gal frag tank 75gal sump
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03/17/2009, 11:36 AM | #9 |
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XM 250K bulbs whoa those must be super blue...
thats a nice clean spot for the tank Jeff.
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03/17/2009, 12:28 PM | #10 |
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Actually, they aren't nearly as blue as many other 20K's I've seen. So far the growth has been really impressive as well.
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03/18/2009, 04:42 AM | #11 |
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I love fish rooms just awesome! have you dedicate 1 or 2 full electrical circuits to this fish room in your main panel?
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03/18/2009, 10:33 AM | #12 | |
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03/18/2009, 02:48 PM | #13 |
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Looks Great, saving up to get same tank. In fact I got a qoute from AO for similarly built tank but with overflows on back wall instead of corners, boy what a hike in price between manufacturered and custom.
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03/18/2009, 03:07 PM | #14 |
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i live right by aquarium obsessed. Let me tell you, their prices are steep BUT everything is custom and QUALITY is better than any other manufacture around. THEY ARE THE BEST!!! my future tanks will all be from there. Im going to the owners place to see his L shaped tank this weekend, honestly they tanks are incredible!
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03/20/2009, 07:44 AM | #16 |
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You may need a little more flow, depending on what your keeping. I have a 300 with a Dart return through 4 Loc-line and 4 Tunze 6105 streams.
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03/20/2009, 10:50 AM | #17 | |
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Getting started I will run a GenX dedicated to the tank which should achieve ~1300-1400GPH turnover. I was thinking of adding penductors in the interim. I am planing to add 2 more 6100's (or comparable) in the near future. I am also toying with the idea of swapping out the genx altogether and going with a dart to save on electrical and boost flow.
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03/20/2009, 02:55 PM | #18 |
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Came home from a business trip last night and was feeling ambitious so I finally got the stand together.
Because the tank will sit 42" off of the ground, I built a 1' ledge off of the back to stand/kneel on while working.
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03/20/2009, 03:58 PM | #19 |
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very nice I like the shelf
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03/20/2009, 04:30 PM | #20 |
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Nice work on the stand. I look forward to following along with the thread.
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Your build is looking like it is progressing very nicely! |
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03/20/2009, 10:25 PM | #22 |
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Looking good!
I am kind of starting to wish I had gone with one of these tanks instead of a custom tank. I thought 30" from front to back would be enough but now I wish I had 36" For me personally the height was an issue though...I don't like tanks over 24" and actually prefer something around 20". But looking back now, it would have been nice! |
03/21/2009, 09:18 AM | #23 |
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looking good Jeff
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03/21/2009, 09:29 AM | #24 | |
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no, it was just a bad joke, Jeff typed 250K above when he meant 20K
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03/21/2009, 09:44 AM | #25 |
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LOL, now it makes sense. Yeah, I love the 250K's. They're probably somewhere in the X-Ray frequency!
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