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Wow what a tank. all I can say
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what are you doing for heating and cooling the system? Do you have an inline heater and if so what type and a little description would be awesome. I have a 1000 as well here in Texas and have 2hhp heat exchanger but no heat set up yet.
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08/21/2014, 10:24 PM | #78 |
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Geez...
I don't even know what to say... You took it to a whole other level... Congratulations.
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Awesome build! Do you have any shots of your acros? Would love to see the head case.
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08/22/2014, 11:56 AM | #82 |
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nice build!
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08/31/2014, 12:18 PM | #83 |
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Both the room and the tank look amazing. Very nicely done sir!
I am curious about one thing. With all of that water there is sure to be a ton of evaporation. Do you have some way to remove all of that? I would hate to see the sheet rock start to fall of the studs...
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Congratulations!
What did you have to bribe your wife with to get a tank this big? |
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180 gal RR w/90 gal sump/fuge, Bubble King skimmer w/red dragon pump, 2 MP40QD, ATI 60" Power module 8 bulb x 80w fixture w/2 reefbrite XHO, Apex Lite controller, Vectra L1 return, Tunze osmolator ATO Current Tank Info: 180 gallon reef ready w/ 90 gal sump Last edited by frankyrivera; 09/01/2014 at 08:18 AM. |
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Thanks guys for the compliments, they're motivational for sure.
I'm lucky enough to have a very supportive wife that doesn't like the hours its taken to get to this point but enjoys the display room very much with our daughter. So I finally started the clean up process in the filtration room and I have a LOOOONG way to go but its probably worth a few in progress shots..... This was when we bought the house |
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So at the end of 2012 I got married, changed consulting jobs, bought a house, sold a house and had to fix up and rent out another (all within 3 months of each other). So I scrambled to throw something temporary together to house the fish.......(so ugly)
The challenge was I had a 400g holding tank and 240g sump partly in the place where the new sump and filtration platform was going to be..... |
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And this brings up to today. Finally able to start cleaning up all the wiring that has been bugging me for weeks.....
Here is the left side of the filatration room. Flow goes into the UV (flow meter) then output feeds the skimmer but they are both valved so I can run either and service the other at any time. I also have my skimmer collection cup plumbed to a 5g bucket with a float switch and mag5 inside. I can do a skimmer washdown and flip a switch to pump all skimmate into the drain of the house. I also have a couple carbon filled snorkels since I run ozone at night. Last edited by OzATL; 09/01/2014 at 10:39 AM. Reason: changing links |
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Here is the straight shot of the sump and manifolds above. I plumbed my carbon and GFO reactors in the sump. I open valves for media cleanout that goes to the drain of the house during water changes. Then the ouputs of these reactors go back to the filter sock area for additional media filtration just in case.
Also plumbed into the manifolds is a bypass so if I had to, i could run the entire system off either return pump. 2HP chiller is outside and it dumps into the main sump entry as well. |
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Here is the view from the right side of the filtration room. Behind the tank entry is to the right. I have a flow meter on the output of the drain to the house so I can easily calculate how much water is exiting during WCs.
I think there around 50 Hayward true union ball valves alone. There are 8 returns to the display alone which presented a challenge from 2 return pumps and part of 2 manifolds. |
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Impressive! I really like that pan shot to show the whole equipment room.
Rerouting the media reactors back through the socks is a brilliant idea! No more bits of GAC or GFO in the sump. Please don't hesitate to show more details. Dave.M
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no doubt about it
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Thanks again guys. I'll try to upload a little filtration room video shortly.
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09/04/2014, 12:23 PM | #100 |
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Absolutely amazing!!
You could make a video of the main aquarium? |
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