(pics will come soon, promise) Im relatively new to posting so ill give it a shot with my new build. Im currently moving into a new house with my girlfriend and since i dont have to rent anymore i thought id build my biggest system I've attempted. My new house has a 5'x10' room in the basement that i think the previous owners were using as a "gardening" room complete with high volume fans to move air outside (bonus for me). Im making that room into my fish filtration/wet lab room.
Before i forget i should probably list the equipment and tank and all that good stuff for you guys.
Tank: Marineland 150g cube, 36"x36"x27" (no center brace)
Skimmer: Euro Reef, dont remember the model # but it uses the sedra 5000 pump and is 8" in diameter.
Lighting: 2 fixtures, one with 2 250w hqi and 2 96w PCs, and the other fixture is running 4 T5s.
Powerheads: going with koralias probably the ones right before the magnum series. (haven't purchased them yet)
Return Pump: quite one 9000, 2320 gph if i remember that right.
R.O unit: found on ebay its a 6 stage 75gpd with booster pump and a DI chamber.
For the fish room:
sump: 150 gallon rubbermaid stock tank (came with the house, i was happy)
auto top off: 55 gallon poly tank, going to use float valves and pressure switches to make it virtually hands free.
Salt water storage: 55 gallon poly tank with a mag 12 stirring pump.
in the fish room theres also going to be an 8ft rack that houses my 30 gallon that i have drilled and set up to run 5, 5 gallon tanks off of it. (previous system) all 6 of those tanks are plumbed to run together and drain into a maine sump. They were designed so i could have little critters that couldnt go in my reef tank.
The quarantine tanks will be 2 10 gallon or possibly a 10 and a 20.
I have a 150w HPS light that i was thinking about using over a frag tank in there too.
The floor and two foundation walls will be painted in that garage floor epoxy stuff.
I have the rough stand built for the tank, im waiting on my finish carpenter buddy to come over and quote me on the finish work as well as installing a fold down bar along the edges of the tank. The tank will be located in my kitchen/dining area. All the plumbing will run through the floor into the basement and into my fish room.
Before i forget i should probably list the equipment and tank and all that good stuff for you guys.
Tank: Marineland 150g cube, 36"x36"x27" (no center brace)
Skimmer: Euro Reef, dont remember the model # but it uses the sedra 5000 pump and is 8" in diameter.
Lighting: 2 fixtures, one with 2 250w hqi and 2 96w PCs, and the other fixture is running 4 T5s.
Powerheads: going with koralias probably the ones right before the magnum series. (haven't purchased them yet)
Return Pump: quite one 9000, 2320 gph if i remember that right.
R.O unit: found on ebay its a 6 stage 75gpd with booster pump and a DI chamber.
For the fish room:
sump: 150 gallon rubbermaid stock tank (came with the house, i was happy)
auto top off: 55 gallon poly tank, going to use float valves and pressure switches to make it virtually hands free.
Salt water storage: 55 gallon poly tank with a mag 12 stirring pump.
in the fish room theres also going to be an 8ft rack that houses my 30 gallon that i have drilled and set up to run 5, 5 gallon tanks off of it. (previous system) all 6 of those tanks are plumbed to run together and drain into a maine sump. They were designed so i could have little critters that couldnt go in my reef tank.
The quarantine tanks will be 2 10 gallon or possibly a 10 and a 20.
I have a 150w HPS light that i was thinking about using over a frag tank in there too.
The floor and two foundation walls will be painted in that garage floor epoxy stuff.
I have the rough stand built for the tank, im waiting on my finish carpenter buddy to come over and quote me on the finish work as well as installing a fold down bar along the edges of the tank. The tank will be located in my kitchen/dining area. All the plumbing will run through the floor into the basement and into my fish room.
