Elos 70 Tank Build..

[cthoughts1]

First off, I want to thank Eddie (Fu Man Chu) for the countless hours he spent meticulously designing and plumbing this tank, making it no less than perfect. If it were not for all his help, knowledgable advice and support I would have likely been on a long break from the hobby at this point...

As some of you know my tank crashed during a tank transfer / downgrade a couple of months ago. Not really sure what went wrong (and have given up trying to figure it out at this point) but I pretty much lost all my fish and corals, some of which have been with me for over 5 years. Below is a picture of my old 75 gallon:

As I was selling most of my equiptment to get out of the hobby I came across this Elos 70 and decided to start all over and do things right... I guess I will be upgrading this thread with pictures as my tank gets up and running and progresses. Below is a picture of the tank empty..

The following is a list of equiptment I'll be using:
Elos 70 Tank and Stand
Custom 20 Long Sump
Elos 500 Skimmer
2 TLF 550 Reactors
MP40wes
Eheim 1262 Return Plump
Eheim 1260 Skimmer Pump
Eheim 250 Heater
Arctica JBJ 1/5 Chiller
And a gazillion pieces for all the plumbing ...
2 AI Sol Blues with controller

 

[Edward86]

The tank looks great. Good luck with the build.

 

[cthoughts1]

The first pictures I will start with will be with the pictures of the plumbing and its progression.

The beginning......

Some of the gazillion plumbing parts...

Starting thew hard plumbing of the chiller...

The drain and the return from the Elos and the beginngin of the plumbing...

The Elos sump....

...and my new custom 20 gallon sump:

And the plumbing continues....

This is an undertank shot:

Some valves regulating the reactors:

The chiller plumbed in:

The final sump with everything plumbed in, using just one pump for everything (some chaeto in the bag, ready to go... Thanks Joe! - lol)...

Full tank shot with the rock and a little water (waiting to collect the rest of the water):

I'll try to get some better shots of the pumbing, cause these pictures don't do it justice....

 

[akma]

Looks good can't wait to see it filled.
The sump section on the bottom you should put gym mats on the bottom. Quiets the sump considerably. Home depot sells them for like 12$
Why did you decide to go with a 20 sump instead of stock?

 

[cthoughts1]

Akma, thats for the idea bro!.. Will get the mats tomorrow..

I decided a 20 gallon because i was able to distribute the space better..Fu Man Chu was able to put in a chamber for a refugium, which would not have otherwise been available to me with the stock sump. I like the ato section in the stock sump, but that ato is something i can put somewhere else... =)

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

You little sneak! HaHA Welcome back bro!

 

[E.intheC]

Lookin good man

 

[guarda]

Congrats! subscribed...

 

[Fu-Manchu]

Cant wait to see the first fish dipping his butt in that tank lol.

 

[jcdeng]

wow, all that plumbing looks complicated, I might require Eddie's help in the very near future, like in 2 months ;-)

 

[stooops718]

Welcome back! Looking forward to see the progress.

 

[Fu-Manchu]

Whenever you are ready buddy.

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[Tonyscoots84]

gonna be a sick tank!

 

[swimmyy]

congrats ED and goodluck..

 

[nellynel21]

Nice tank setup,good pluming eddi,

 

[jcs11236]

congrats Ed. looking good!

 

[Bikeboss11]

Sweet build, I like how everything looks so clean and in place

 

[cthoughts1]

Thanks foor all the comments guys.. I. Will try to get some pics up of the rock and everything else that's in the tank right now.. And as soon as SaltwaterinBrooklyn gets a chance to hook me up with AI brackets I will have my lights up.. =)

 

[Ziggy]

Can't wait to see that tank.nice work so far Ed.

 

[cthoughts1]

This update took much longer than I expected.. I've had way too much going on in my life.. Anyhow, here we go!

Here's a pic of the sump/fuge plumbed and filled.

(Thanks Joe for the Chaeto and Nuch for the extra live rock for the sump!)

I upgraded my eheim 1262 to a mag 18 (and may upgrade to a mag24 for a little more flow) since the one pump is running the return, the chiller, and the 2 reactors. (Thanks again Fu Manchu for the plumbing and custom made filter sock holder.. =) - it's redonkulous!!)

The light is a submersible sump light made by InTank. I bought 2, but one seems like its more than enough..