1800 Gallon Reef .... Houston, Tx

I hope things are smoothing back out for you guys.

Part of the inspiration that comes from these builds, especially one as beautiful as this, are the problems that inevitably arise and watching how they are tackled. It happens to everyone at some time or another - and at times can take a heck of a lot of determination and creativity to overcome it!

Looking forward to the next update. :)
 
H20ENG said:
What Made2Rock said.
Also, if you already have pumps and lighting on your powerbar, dc8,etc then the chiller will likely overload the powerbars ampacity. Plus, larger chillers (1 hp and up) are usually 230v. The contactor is also a way to control the chiller with your powerbar, while powering it from a seperate dedicated circuit.
The powerbar is only powering the contactor (mere milliamps), not the whole load. I have powered many devices this way, (pumps, topoff, surges, lighting, chilling, heating, UV, etc) all while controlling with 1 powerbar. Another good example is multiple banks of halides over large tanks. Way too many amps for powerbars.
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Thanks for the info. Are there any particular brand of contactors that your would recommend. Maybe you can post a link. I want to install them on my chiller and I have 4 400 Watt MH lights installed on my new 300 Gallon build.

Would love to see some photo updates and maybe a video.
 
This just popped up and I spent most of the day casually browsing and getting more and more excited... my hopes are resting with that poor blue spot.

I hope the reef lives on and that Dave is doing alright!
 
Yeah, chances of any updates out of Dave anytime soon are pretty slim. He has had a rough few months. He had an incident while moving his storefront in Nov. where he fell 16ft off a pallet rack into a vat of live rock and ruptured 2 disks in his back. He is now really getting back into this swing of things. On a more positive note, his second son was born last week, so he really doesn't have any time for updates.

As for the tank, well he was actually in the process of power washing all of the liverock from this tank in the driveway when he got the call to head to the hospital. Unfortunately he is in the process of sterilizing the tank and starting over. Parasites were devouring the euphyllia and some other corals in the tank. Looking at them under a microscope he was telling me one was like a worm that was boring into the skeleton of some corals and the other was just chewing through the soft tissue of the Euphyllia at a pretty alarming rate. They decided to sterilize the tank and start over was the best option. I think he was back over there on Sunday putting back the live rock in the tank. At least the chiller didn't fail again. All of the fish and corals are out in a big quarantine system in the garage until they can get the main system running again. Unfortunately nature sometimes is just working against you.

I will see if I can get him to send me some pictures so I can update this for him.
 
I am very glad he is ok! I am also glad his business is doing ok as well, when someone so personally involved gets injured it can be tough. Good for him.

Please congratulate him on the birth of his second son (from the strangers on the internet haha) and we can live without pictures while he has some family time and recovery time!
 
bag151 said:
Yeah, chances of any updates out of Dave anytime soon are pretty slim. He has had a rough few months. He had an incident while moving his storefront in Nov. where he fell 16ft off a pallet rack into a vat of live rock and ruptured 2 disks in his back. He is now really getting back into this swing of things. On a more positive note, his second son was born last week, so he really doesn't have any time for updates.

As for the tank, well he was actually in the process of power washing all of the liverock from this tank in the driveway when he got the call to head to the hospital. Unfortunately he is in the process of sterilizing the tank and starting over. Parasites were devouring the euphyllia and some other corals in the tank. Looking at them under a microscope he was telling me one was like a worm that was boring into the skeleton of some corals and the other was just chewing through the soft tissue of the Euphyllia at a pretty alarming rate. They decided to sterilize the tank and start over was the best option. I think he was back over there on Sunday putting back the live rock in the tank. At least the chiller didn't fail again. All of the fish and corals are out in a big quarantine system in the garage until they can get the main system running again. Unfortunately nature sometimes is just working against you.

I will see if I can get him to send me some pictures so I can update this for him.
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Any update on this tank???
 
Dave closed his warehouse, but didn't go out of business. His design and maintenance company is still going strong. He has been bouncing out to Cali the last few weeks for another large tank install, so I will see if I can get him to send me some recent pictures and give you guys a proper update.
 
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