225 gal SPS Coral Store build on 2nd story home.

[sean2sean]

Moved into my tri-level duplex home about 5 years ago and always had a 75 gallon tank in the garage. After much debate, i finally decided on getting a large tank setup in my living room. i got a structural engineer to come to my house to look at my blueprints, he approved my setup and the location where the tank was going to be placed.

after getting a leemar tank and stand earlier this year, i got into a accident and everything got placed on hold. It was not until recently that i was able to resume my build. :eek1:

basically i contacted Aaron at SPS Coral Store and they were going to do the build from start to finish.

even though i got the structural engineers approval, my main concern was the weight that was going to be on the 2nd floor. S.C.S. assured me that everything was going to be fine and that my floor can handle all the weight.

Anyway, here are some pictures. hopefully this will help anybody that is interested in doing a build on the 2nd floor. i definitely could not have been this happy this without the help of Aaron. The light rack and plumbing work is A+++. Aarons attention to detail is superb!

 

[bullitr]

yup
I love his work my only regret is not going with him for the start.
your light rack is amazing

 

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[1fishkeeper]

Now that is a mighty fine setup you got going. I love how nice and neat everything looks in your garage.

 

[ace_92101]

A very impressive plumbing setup. I like the clean stand look.

 

[owenspackman]

this is a flawless build. Congratulations, i cannot wait to see this build progress!

 

[ebond009]

Wow..thanks for the motivation

 

[wideawake]

Awesome build. Please explain more on what each tanks in the garage does.

 

[sean2sean]

Awesome build. Please explain more on what each tanks in the garage does.

thanks for the kind words. Aaron did an excellent job on the whole build. we did run into some issues that was not on the blue print... but they were able to figure a way around it.

when i approached Aaron, i told him i wanted simplicity and somewhat automated system. I hate lugging buckets and draining my waste water in my driveway. basically with this setup, i dont have to lug buckets anymore.

All i have to do is fill up the top tank with ro/di water. (its a 75 gallon tank)
its also hooked up to my 150 gal per day ro/di system via pressure switch and float valve.

the middle tank is a 120 gallon tank, separated to 30 gal topoff / 90 gal. sump

and "drain" the ro/di water to either the top off section or the mixing station/sump section. all gravity feed.

the 30 gal topoff is connected to a float valve in the bottom sump and is good for about 1 week. and the 90 gallon is normally plumbed to the bottom sump.

now when i want to do a water change, i would turn two ball valves and bypass the 90 gallon "sump". now keep in mind, the whole system is still running normally. with the exception that i just lost ~90 gallons.

now all i have to do is turn another ball valve and drain the 90 gallons to my clean out drain. no more bucket lugging.

and when that is all done, i just fill it back up with ro/di water from the 75 gallon tank and add salt and mix it up. when its ready to go, ill just turn two ball valves and get the system back up.

hopefully that made sense. :fun4:

 

[alexmir]

Impressive plumbing

 

[RastaFan]

Impressive plumbing

+1 and sleek hanging lights!

 

[Stylaster]

Great looking setup, but i would reaquascape the rock those are cool branch pieces and imo they look horrible in a pile like that

 

[sean2sean]

thanks guys for the comments. i am currently cycling the tank. i will be adding a ozone unit and skimmer stand later this week.

 

[RJT]

Great job! And very smart of you to hire that company that did an amazing job.

What are your livestock plans?

 

[sean2sean]

Great job! And very smart of you to hire that company that did an amazing job.

What are your livestock plans?

Not sure yet. Any suggestions? I do plan on keeping fish and sps.

I currently have 1 perc clown, two tomato clowns, 1 green goby, 1 6 line wrasse, 1 yellow tang and a flame angel. They are in a 30 gal frag tank for now. They will get relocated to the bigger tank later in after it cycles.

 

[has no life]

wow that is a very nice set up you have there