Starting the New Tank

[House of Laughter]

Ok, folks, here are some pictures of the start of the new setup.

Start of the Room

[ April 12, 2005, 10:42 PM: Message edited by: House of Laughter ]

 

[Justin_NY]

how big is the tank??
give us some detail and plan on the tank, man

 

[marrone]

Jim

Your just going to have the front of the tank sticking out and not any part of the sides. I guess you can see them when your in the room behind the tank.

 

[House of Laughter]

Justin.

It's a 180 from glasscages.com - dual 1.5" drains and 1" returns

Marrone, yes, it's going to be a picture frame - and I will be able to see the sides from the inside of the room.

Enjoy

House

 

[cali_reef]

Jim,

That is one heavy duty stand you got, do you plan to paint it? What lighting are you using?

Did you get my email?

 

[jhale]

Jim,
It looks good so far. I like the antique water stand.

 

[ctxmonitor]

so you turning your basement into a fish store huh..hahah Looking good so far.. Guess you won't need a chiller in the summer now.

 

[marrone]

I didn't see the other pictures, with the finish wall. Are the 2-55gal tanks, that your going to use as sump, going to be under the tanks or on the side.

 

[House of Laughter]

Cali,
The carpenter said he would drive an 18 wheeler on it Very strong - I didn't get your email. I may have but often delete my spam resend it to [email protected]

Marrone, I decided to go with one 50g long as a sump, a 30g as a fuge and a 20g frag tank. I plan to build shelves over the sump (with enough room to get in and out) to house these two extra tanks. I wasn't able to fit the 2 55's underneath.

Jhale - after I got the 55g drum, I took out the shelving. Worked for then and took it out since.

CTX - I still plan on getting a chiller because of the lights and how much heat they will generate. Using a Pacific Coast 1/4 HP.

More specs:

Lighting: 4/250 MH's XM 10k's - dual 160 URI Pure Actinics driven by an icecap 660

I am using a Panworld pump 200PS-MD70R at 1750 gph and will run another Mag 9.5 with an Oceanmotions 4 way plumbed out of the sump.

Dual Durso overflows.

I will be doing a plenum in the main tank and a deep sand bed in the fuge (so I can discard when necessary). The frag tank will have nothing but a rack and tons of frags

I have 200;bs of live rock in my current tank and 95 lbs of reeferrocks pourous base rock. I will start the tank up with 45 lbs more of Premium Fiji from a vendor. I will also take select pieces from my current display to jump start the new tank (pods and all).

I think that's it for now.

House

 

[cali_reef]

Jim,

Are you going to finish or insulate the cinder block wall? Part of my basement walls are not insulated and I was having a hard time keeping the tanks warm in my fish room this winter, I had four 300W heaters going at once on most days. Getting the heat and the humidity out will be a challenge for me this summer; I am going to try an inline ventilating fan first.

 

[House of Laughter]

Cali,

I don't plan to insulate that room. I did that on purpose to keep the tank cool in the Summer. I have a 500w heater and a back up 300w. I am thinking that the lighting will keep it warm enough to not stress out the heating system.

As for the opposite - the room has a small window that was just replaced and I can put an exaust fan into it (and plan to do this) to take out any additional heat. I also have an additional windo on the other side of the basement to run a floor model AC unit if I have to.

I don't plan on keeping a humidifier in there as I don't want to have that taking the humidity out of the tank - Since my auto top-off is a 55g, I may reconsider.

Should be a challenge to keep it warm in the winter and cool in the summer - such is reefkeeping in the northeast

House

 

[jenniebutterfly]

haha this reminds me of this tank http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=31613 building the whole room for it. nice work though, can't wait to see the finished project

 

[House of Laughter]

That is madness!!!!!!!!!! - I have to show this to my wife to help her realize that I am not out of my mind

House

 

[jhale]

OMG! that is insane. thanks for the link Jennifer.
Jim I still can't wait to see your tank finished.

 

[jenniebutterfly]

haha jim, your not out of your mind. your tank will look wonderful there. there are many other tanks on that site that are huge as well. but i can't wait to see that one finished to see what he actually puts in there, and that has to be the largest room divider i have ever seen

wish i was in whales so i could go and see it in person

 

[jackson6745]

Can't wait to see the tank in place!! Looks great so far....should be an awesome setup

That pan world is a great pump. You'll be happy that you decided to go with it.

 

[House of Laughter]

Rich,

me too, but man, 290 watts - gurgle, gurgle . . . .

I was just talking to the guy at OM and he said he has 6000gph going though his 180 - that's sick!!!!! I will have about 2500-2800 I am starting the process of rounding up the musckes for next weekend. I'll let you know who will be helping.

House

 

[wedfr]

Jim what are you using the panworld on? y not go with a sequence? unless you need the pressure

 

[House of Laughter]

Using it on the return and splitting it off for the two return pipes. I want the pressure as it will make a turn or two and then split off. I may plan to run a second with the OM 4 way to bring up the flow.

House

 

[jackson6745]

Jim with the Panworld you will have the option of using penductor on your returns if you need more flow. A pressure pump is really the only option with all the plumbing you will have since you depend on the flow from the pump.

As for the 290w's......it is 100w's less than a comparable iwaki if that makes you feel any better

[ April 14, 2005, 12:21 AM: Message edited by: jackson6745 ]