225 Gallon upgrade (for the 2nd time)

Some updated pics from the tank maker Mike at Oceans by Design
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Got the tank in!
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Very hard to get into the house, it just barely fit the door frame. We damage the wood floor because we forgot to move the masonite once we wheeled it into the house.

Update on the progress-
I made a screen top for the tank since I was getting a couple visitors I did not want inside the tank
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Finished up plumbing inside the house (modified Herbie)
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Started laying out rockwork and drilled the live rock
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Built my new canopy- I put in some z clips on the front so now my front panel is removeable!! I did not like having to take the canopy off, slide it over, or having to lean over the height of the canopy on my old setup. This works MUCH better, and the canopy is lighter to move around.
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I ghetto-rigged my sander to the vacuum to make a dustless sander to keep the wife happy! She did not want sawdust all over the garage. It worked amazingly

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But little did she know the circular saw didnt have a dust port so keeping the garage sawdust free was an epic fail!!
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So I met with Jerry from Precision Plastics in Spokane last week and showed him some crude doodle of the sump I wanted.
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This past week I took this home!!
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Spent all weekend plumbing it up and getting all my wiring, insulation, etc into it. Filled it up and no leaks so far!- everything is running great, it is SUPER quiet.
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225 Gallon upgrade (for the 2nd time)

Can you explain what you are dosing and why bins are not clear? Do you have contingency for siphon break for skimmer/plumbing leak as it is external? Also, can you share your dosing schedule and content? Bins are not clear liquid in pic? Good Luck with new Reef.
 
Can you explain what you are dosing and why bins are not clear? Do you have contingency for siphon break for skimmer/plumbing leak as it is external? Also, can you share your dosing schedule and content? Bins are not clear liquid in pic? Good Luck with new Reef.



I am dosing Trace elements & magnesium, Dr. Tim's waste away, and Red Sea Halogens. Dosing 2ml per day, I noticed good results on my old set up using these items so I have kept them going.

I have a low level float in my sump hooked up to my Apex that will turn off all my return/feed pumps and notify me via email & text that 1) The skimmer is off 2) low sump level notification.
 
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