210 Gallon New Setup

[Levent]

After almost 6 months of investigations, DIY setups and step by step introduction to the saltwater, finally there are some results to see.

Below you will find the mentioned steps and some pictures from the results. I know there are many more to do especially regarding the lighting which is an issue that I would like to hear about your comments and recommendations.

Dimensions of the tank is 73 x 26,5 x 26,5 inches and the sump is 55 x 17 x 16 inches.

At the beginning I was planning to have a bioball tower in the sump and accordingly designed my sump as shown in pictures below.

After a lot of discussions and readings about bioballs I have decided not to use them. The reason behind this is that I had a powerful PS and I was planning to use strong live rock backup in the tank. There are hundreds of topics in the web regarding the bioballs. Some recommends and some warns to stay away from them. So that was my choose and I have re-designed my sump as show below.

 

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I have started fixing the acrylic parts to build-up my sump. To achieve a proper melding I have used the needles method to separate two acrylic pieces. Applied the chloroform between the pieces separated by the needle and after about 30 seconds waiting quickly removed the needles and fit the pieces together.

Here is some pictures from this process.

 

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Here is the testing of the finalized sump

 

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Pictures of the main tank right after the fixing it.

 

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Pictures of the stand during construction. And some pictures from the setup at home.

 

[wooddood]

lookin good nice job, keep those pics comming.






dave.:smokin:

 

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Overflow box before fixing to the tank.

And after fixing to the tank

Connected to the DIY Durso standpipe

 

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Sump located in the stand and the water flow tested with the fresh water.

 

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The first salt introduced to the system. No rocks no lives. PS started skimming.

The first 19 kg live rocks introduced.

Introduction of the additional 170 kg live rocks.

 

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After 3 weeks the test results are;

Ammonia :0
NO2 : 0
NO3 : 5
Ph :8.2

So the first lives are in the tank.

Longnose Hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus)

False Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral, Brown (Sarcophyton sp.)
Bubble Tipped Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)

Lawn Mower Blenny, Algae Blenny

 

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Finally the Project is;

Tank : 185x67x67 cm
Sump : 140x45x43
Protein skimmer : H&S 200-2xF2001 (1500 lt) 2 pcs 2000lt/h Aqua Bee.
Circulation: 2 Tunze 6000L/h
Return pump: OR6500
Lighting: 2 - 20 Watt 6500K Coralife Trichromatic, 4 - 18 Watt, 20000K lik actinic mavi flouresant
Heater: Jaeger 300W

And the test results after 4 weeks

PH :8.5
Ammonia :
Alkalinity : 2.1
NO2 : 0
NO3 : 0
Temp:25Ã"šÃ‚°C

So I can ad some more lives.

 

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Since Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢m not using a cooling unit I didnââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t want to have an MH lighting. However it is for sure that the current lighting is not sufficient. Although I would very like to hear about your recommendation regarding the whole setup, especially the lighting recommendations will be highly appreciated.

Best regards,

 

[Levent]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7275944#post7275944 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wooddood
lookin good nice job, keep those pics comming.


dave.:smokin:

Thank you Dave. Here is all of them.

 

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Here is the listing of the livestock for this tank

1x Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurus)
1x Regal Tang, Blue Tang (Paracanthurus Hepatus)
1x Yellow Tang (zebrasoma flavescens)
1x False Clownfish, (Ocellaris Clownfish)
1x Toadstool Mushroom Leather Coral, Brown (Sarcophyton sp.)
2x Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
1x Longnose Hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus)
1x Red-eyed Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus solorensis)
1x Green Button Polyps (Palythoa)
1x Lawn Mower Blenny, Algae Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
1x Bubble Tipped Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)
1 x jewel coral lumýnese green
1x Bullseye Mushroom (Rhodactis inchoata)
2x Blue Neon Damselfish (Pomacentrus Coelestis)
1x Soft Finger Leather Coral (Sinularia Asterolobata)
1x Cauliflower soft coral, spaghetti coral (Lemnalia sp.)

 

[keithntracy]

very nice.....hope ours turns out that nice!!!! 10 years from now!!!
lol

 

[OrangeKoi]

Wow

 

[mg426]

You got something awesome coming together !!!!!!!!

 

[kamla]

nice stand...
what sort of wood did you use and waht stain did you use..
I would love to copy that..

 

[DirtySouth056]

Great thread, some of the nicest blueprints I have seen. Congrats!

 

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7284611#post7284611 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kamla
nice stand...
what sort of wood did you use and waht stain did you use..
I would love to copy that..

The wood for the carrier construction is beech. Doors are coated MDF and the finishing is varnish.