Von_Rahvin
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life does get in the way of the important things.
good luck on the new job though! how bout some pics of the cars??
good luck on the new job though! how bout some pics of the cars??
300 gallon shipwreck
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Jeremy Blaze
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Glad to see you come back! Looking forward to you finishing this set up!
Wow I looked up and its been about three weeks. But it hasnt gone undone. I have closed in my access area and tomorrow I will cut out my floor and get ready to work under the house on fish room. Try to post some pics tommorow on my progress and update.
Thanks for tuning in
Mike
Thanks for tuning in
Mike
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grumpygils
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HA!
gary faulkner
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11247810#post11247810 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mrcrab
grumpygils
Is that a new welcome banner?
I kinda liked the old version.
A update with pics!!!!!! No way..... Yess Welll Maybe.
Ok I have actually got a chance for a update. I will post some pics and captions and go through the plan. Is there a plan?????
Ok closet area to the left side of tank got the floor cut out of it today.
I put up my sheetrock and closed it in and drilled a pilot hole.
Got the sawzall and did a test cut to see how easy it would go.
Voila its got a square hole in it.
Downstairs looking up to the tank.
This is the brace on my house tank sets with one edge on this and I will put a concrete pad and posts to brace the Front side.
This is our excavation from earlier this year. This is the only thing I dread. Its about 8 by 8 on the top edge and I need to go to about 9 or 10 by 8 on the bottom edge. Its about 60% rock and some we have dug out we had to fulcrum out of the hole!!!!!! I am ready to use explosives to get this done..
Finally these are two 125 gallon containers I picked up. My thought was to use one as a sump and the other as my make up water for water changes. I have a 125gallon for my refugium and with these I am going to run out of space fast. I still need room for a QT tank a frag tank and a sink. So things may get creative. Any thoughts????? Would I like some room to grow. Heck yes. But the digging does not come easy!!!!!!.....
Any input with size this big and all your equipment in a 8 by 8 or a 8 by 10 room....... Give me a post...
Thanks for tuning in.
Mike
Ok I have actually got a chance for a update. I will post some pics and captions and go through the plan. Is there a plan?????
Ok closet area to the left side of tank got the floor cut out of it today.
I put up my sheetrock and closed it in and drilled a pilot hole.
Got the sawzall and did a test cut to see how easy it would go.
Voila its got a square hole in it.
Downstairs looking up to the tank.
This is the brace on my house tank sets with one edge on this and I will put a concrete pad and posts to brace the Front side.
This is our excavation from earlier this year. This is the only thing I dread. Its about 8 by 8 on the top edge and I need to go to about 9 or 10 by 8 on the bottom edge. Its about 60% rock and some we have dug out we had to fulcrum out of the hole!!!!!! I am ready to use explosives to get this done..
Finally these are two 125 gallon containers I picked up. My thought was to use one as a sump and the other as my make up water for water changes. I have a 125gallon for my refugium and with these I am going to run out of space fast. I still need room for a QT tank a frag tank and a sink. So things may get creative. Any thoughts????? Would I like some room to grow. Heck yes. But the digging does not come easy!!!!!!.....
Any input with size this big and all your equipment in a 8 by 8 or a 8 by 10 room....... Give me a post...
Thanks for tuning in.
Mike
gary faulkner
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OK I'll give it a try
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Hello everyone.
A update with no pictures I know that is a boring update. Well let me tell you about digging rocks its boring rather labor intensive makes the back hurt and I'm not sure about the satisfaction part yet..
But I have made headway its probably about two cubic yards of hand labor intensive digging but none the less its progress.
My access to the room downstairs has been brainstormed and I think I made it harder than I thought. I did not want a ladder to have to climb up and down on and there is no stairs that will work. SOooooo I am going to take some 3 inch 3/8 angle two sticks weld them about 14 to 20 inches apart and build me a platform with rollers that will slide on the angle. I can get a harbor freight 880 pound 110volt winch and put it on some cable rollers and use it to raise the platform from the top level to the bottom fish room. Slick eh!!! It will only be slick if I can make it work.
One of my issues with my tank was the lack of overflow on it. It only has a 6" internal overflow I felt was not enough. I sent a e-mail to Scott at aquaticacrylics aka (Spazz) about building me a overflow box. He has communicated and even called me on the phone and we spent a good 1hr if not more discussing my design. HE IS A GOD OF KNOWLEDGE. Large systems are daunting to some me included. He spent a great amount of time talking to me and helping me understand what it will take to make my system run. Thanks again Scott (Spazz) I know the overflow will be awesome. I look forward to upsizing my system to a Tornado skimmer once I get the load in it and the systems got some time on it.
I hope to be done with the excavation by end of next week then I can put walls up and get going.
Thanks for tuning in.
Mike
A update with no pictures I know that is a boring update. Well let me tell you about digging rocks its boring rather labor intensive makes the back hurt and I'm not sure about the satisfaction part yet..
But I have made headway its probably about two cubic yards of hand labor intensive digging but none the less its progress. My access to the room downstairs has been brainstormed and I think I made it harder than I thought. I did not want a ladder to have to climb up and down on and there is no stairs that will work. SOooooo I am going to take some 3 inch 3/8 angle two sticks weld them about 14 to 20 inches apart and build me a platform with rollers that will slide on the angle. I can get a harbor freight 880 pound 110volt winch and put it on some cable rollers and use it to raise the platform from the top level to the bottom fish room. Slick eh!!! It will only be slick if I can make it work.
One of my issues with my tank was the lack of overflow on it. It only has a 6" internal overflow I felt was not enough. I sent a e-mail to Scott at aquaticacrylics aka (Spazz) about building me a overflow box. He has communicated and even called me on the phone and we spent a good 1hr if not more discussing my design. HE IS A GOD OF KNOWLEDGE. Large systems are daunting to some me included. He spent a great amount of time talking to me and helping me understand what it will take to make my system run. Thanks again Scott (Spazz) I know the overflow will be awesome. I look forward to upsizing my system to a Tornado skimmer once I get the load in it and the systems got some time on it.
I hope to be done with the excavation by end of next week then I can put walls up and get going.
Thanks for tuning in.
Mike
Howdy mskohl.
Yes it's my crawl space. Crawl space had about 4 to 4 1/2 feet of headroom to begin with and for the amount of stuff I wanted in my fish room there was not a close area that would house all of it. We have eliminated the two odd doors to our bedroom and made another entrance. One of these entries was right next to the tank and it allowed me to make this access to the underside of the house without going outside though the outdoor access. I will have a 125gallon sump. 2-40gallon tanks one qt and one frag. and those two 125 gallon storage containers. These will allow me to make up 125 gallon of rodi water at a time and do a 3-5 gallon change a day. Also if the tank or something in the loop goes haywire I will be able to drain the tank into these holding tanks and sump fix the problem and refill without losing any water or having to add 100-200 gallons of new saltwater. Could I have done differently??? Sure!!!! But this was the easy solution versus my alternatives. Allows me to have a gravity overflow and not have to pump my water to and from my sump and gives me one location for messes. There will be a sink for cleaning stuff and the wife will not have to sacrifice her kitchen sink for me to clean my filters in any more.
Its a huge amount of work but I believe it will pay off big in the long run.
Thanks for looking and sharing.......
Mike
mskohl...Where is Vinita, OK my great grandmother was from Gate OK a little town in the panhandle of your state. If you blinked there you would miss it.
Yes it's my crawl space. Crawl space had about 4 to 4 1/2 feet of headroom to begin with and for the amount of stuff I wanted in my fish room there was not a close area that would house all of it. We have eliminated the two odd doors to our bedroom and made another entrance. One of these entries was right next to the tank and it allowed me to make this access to the underside of the house without going outside though the outdoor access. I will have a 125gallon sump. 2-40gallon tanks one qt and one frag. and those two 125 gallon storage containers. These will allow me to make up 125 gallon of rodi water at a time and do a 3-5 gallon change a day. Also if the tank or something in the loop goes haywire I will be able to drain the tank into these holding tanks and sump fix the problem and refill without losing any water or having to add 100-200 gallons of new saltwater. Could I have done differently??? Sure!!!! But this was the easy solution versus my alternatives. Allows me to have a gravity overflow and not have to pump my water to and from my sump and gives me one location for messes. There will be a sink for cleaning stuff and the wife will not have to sacrifice her kitchen sink for me to clean my filters in any more.
Its a huge amount of work but I believe it will pay off big in the long run.
Thanks for looking and sharing.......
Mike
mskohl...Where is Vinita, OK my great grandmother was from Gate OK a little town in the panhandle of your state. If you blinked there you would miss it.
Well I had good intentions tonight about coming home and uugghh digging some more. But I looked on craigslist on saturday and the gentlemen called me and said he still had live rock for 1.00 a pound. huh?? Wow I'll be over this afternoon. So a truckin I did go. Get to his house and he has a 72 gallon bowfront that been on the downside for a while. Guys name is Mike Wow coincidence huh
We Mike's are nice guys I know I am one So I asked him what he is going to do with the tank. He says well I list it on craiglist to. How much. Oh about $250.00 he says. And well I bought it all. hehe 
I have a 46 gallon column with (Leo) the Lionfish (Ron) the Maroon Clown (Spike) Blue Damsel (Stripe) The Yellow Striped Damsel and (Props) The Puffer Fish.
They are a little cramped. So this is going to be there new home. I don't want them to go to the 300 tank just due to thier nature and what I want to put in the tank won't be thier friends.
Not bad for a total of $275.00. Came with about 60 pounds of live rock. A skimmer that needs a new pump. Some power compacts and some powerheads. A 20 qt tank and other misc. stuff.
Now tommorrow I can hook up this and start filling it.
I have never used one of these till now and the 46 has always gotten tap mix water. So this will be a big improvement for all.
I am thinking he will be happier.
So maybe Thursday night and Friday night I can start digging again.
Till next time. Keep the tank wet and the carpet dry.
Mike:rollface:
We Mike's are nice guys I know I am one So I asked him what he is going to do with the tank. He says well I list it on craiglist to. How much. Oh about $250.00 he says. And well I bought it all. hehe I have a 46 gallon column with (Leo) the Lionfish (Ron) the Maroon Clown (Spike) Blue Damsel (Stripe) The Yellow Striped Damsel and (Props) The Puffer Fish.
They are a little cramped. So this is going to be there new home. I don't want them to go to the 300 tank just due to thier nature and what I want to put in the tank won't be thier friends.
Not bad for a total of $275.00. Came with about 60 pounds of live rock. A skimmer that needs a new pump. Some power compacts and some powerheads. A 20 qt tank and other misc. stuff.
Now tommorrow I can hook up this and start filling it.
I have never used one of these till now and the 46 has always gotten tap mix water. So this will be a big improvement for all.
I am thinking he will be happier.
So maybe Thursday night and Friday night I can start digging again.
Till next time. Keep the tank wet and the carpet dry.
Mike:rollface:
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