180 Gal Inwall project begins

[fishgeeksrus]

im not too sure about a sink, the room does back up to the laundry area so we have water and a drain to tap into. we will however have our RO/DI hooked up with an auto top off

 

[Tabeaubi]

Andrea/Dennis,
Looks awesome. Great progress.

Tom

 

[fishgeeksrus]

Electrician comming Tuesday, more progress to follow soon.

 

[whiirly]

well i need to get in and follow this too.been there and seen the progress and wish i could do the same with my tank

 

[fishgeeksrus]

We are trying to decide if we want to run seperate pumps for everything. ie: Pump for returns, pump for protein skimmer, pump for chiller, and pump for future frag tank, etc. It seems as though it would be easier to have one large pump controlling everything. I was looking at the sequence pumps but unsure as to what size we would need to run everything.

180gal tank
2 - 3/4" sea swirls for the returns
Aqualogic 1/3 HP inline chiller
AquaC EV240 Protein skimmer
Future frag tank
Line to calcim reactor

This is the sump/refugium we are going to have...

Any Suggestions?

 

[gotfish8]

Problem with one big pump is that you will end up with so much flow going thru your sump you may end up with a bubble problem. I would recommend the reeflo dart for your return and chiller
for a skimmer pump i would recommend a mag18 or a pcx-40, Skimmer needs a little pressure for optimum performance. I use the mag on my ev-240 works good.

Any plans for a CL

 

[Racenrich]

Looking good! love the corner affect.
this is in my favs now....

Rich K.

 

[fishgeeksrus]

That is what I am afraid of. (Bubbles)

We are going to keep the protein skimmer on a seperate pump after really thinking about that. Currently I am running the protein skimmer with a panworld pump. We will just move that pump over to the new system.

I am just wondering if the reeflo dart would be too small. It would be running the two returns (3/4 sea swirls), 1/3 HP chiller and a future frag tank. I will have gate valves for each thing. I can always cut the flow rate of the pump with that. I was thinking at least the ReefFlo Barracuda?


As far as the closed loop: After the advice of a friend, we are going to drill for a closed loop. I will have to get a pump for that also.



Racenrich - Thanks

 

[fishgeeksrus]

We decided to go with the reeflo dart for the main pump. In addition, we want to drill for a closed loop. Anyone have a 180g that they have drilled? We aren't sure where we want the closed loop placed. Any suggestions?

 

[Vamp75]

Just a tip, don't put all your eggs in one basket. If you have one pump and it goes out, there goes you whole system! Trust me, I know from experience.

Who makes that sump, or where did you get it?

 

[fishgeeksrus]

I guess I should have explained myself a little better. The Dart (main pump) is going to run the two returns, chiller and future frag tank. I have a pan world that will be running the skimmer separately. Then we will use an additional pump for our closed loop. Probably an existing Blue Line pump that we have (1750 gph).

We have a Trigger Systems sump...

http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merc...ROD&Product_Code=TS36BR&Category_Code=CprSump

I think we may run the two 3/4" sea swirls on the closed loop. Then we would only have to drill for the intake.

Hope that makes a little more sense.

Andrea

 

[fishgeeksrus]

All of the electrical work is complete. woohoo! Now we have to finish the drywall on the inside of the room. grrr.. that is such a pain. I think we are going to hang it and just have someone come and finish it.

 

[Motohead]

Its looking to be a great setup! i also like the corner look.. did you use a corner trim before the mudding? they help alot and are also rounded off at the corners so you wont have to try and mudd yourself one..


Cant wait to see the finished product..



Joe

 

[fishgeeksrus]

Thanks. Yes, we used this stuff call Strait-Flex. It worked great! Although, the mudding part is not fun. We are just ready for it to be finished.

 

[FiberLux]

Dennis,

Glad you found the Straight-Flex. It saves lots of time and looks better than a lay-person could normally do. Looking forward to seeing the progress!

Boyd

 

[fishgeeksrus]

Here are a few pics. Nothing exciting just electrical

This will eventually be a fluorescent light

 

[whiirly]

he must of been one hell of a good electrician
Glad to see he did such nice work for you

 

[fishgeeksrus]

Thanks, he did do a great job.

 

[gotfish8]

Are you guy's going to use the green drywall on the inside of the fishroom?

 

[whiirly]

looks like you ended up with alot more outlets then you started out wanting