320 gallon triton hole in wall

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slightlyjugular

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hello everyone not been on reef central for such a long time mainly due to being really busy at work and having a 3 year old tearing up the place!!!!!!!!
I live across the pond just outside of london.

i thought a good way to get me back in the reef central loop would be to start a thread on my tank.

my tank has been running for 2 years now and I decided to run the triton method from the start.

my tank is 62x43x27 high. I wanted a tank with nice depth front to back as give you a nice dimension and found fish behaviour to be more natural.

my tank is mainly spa dominated but will have some lps.

I was lucky that the hole in the wall saved me space in my house as the back of the tank and sumps went into my garage.

I started off with 2 400 watt halides with 20k radium bulbs as i run my last tank with them for about 3 years and had good results.

I now run 4 radion pros with wide angled lenses and love them.
I run a vertex alpha cone 300 which has two red dragon pumps and can honestly say easily the best skimmer I have had.

I had to do some work in the garage to get it warm and decided to trun it into a proper room.

here is a picture of my last tank which I ran berlin system with the very first biopellets.
twin 250 watt halides 20k radium and some t5 for extra punch and atinincs



here we go then................

my garage being turned into my sump room.





new armoud cable carrying power supply I decided to have another consumer unit in the garage so it had all it own mains.







I did all this myself as I am a plasterer by trade.

I will upload some more pics tomorrow

thanks for looking
kingsleigh
 
Leaving us in anticipation! Look forward to the pictures, great dimensions too. Don't leave us hanging for too long.
I must say, terracotta coloured bricks in typical London fashion!
 
muttley000 said:
If the new tank turns out half as good as the previous one this will be worth watching!
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thanks a lot mate. glad to have you along


Benar said:
Leaving us in anticipation! Look forward to the pictures, great dimensions too. Don't leave us hanging for too long.
I must say, terracotta coloured bricks in typical London fashion!
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haha yeah they are typical bricks!! I prefer the yellow stocks! planning an extension next year so i might colour render it and the use wooden cladding on the top half.

here is some more pics mate.............


started the plastering


all plastering finished




first coat of paint with a nice white wash to seal plaster



went for a nice blue for a sea theme and cam across this paint..






started the floor, should of gone for tiles with a drain in the middle but at the time the build was taking so long so had to get going so got a near waterproof laminate as possible.


I'm just off now to treat myself to a coral treat so will be back this afternoon

thanks for looking
kings:hmm5:
 
made sure the mrs was out and little man and the carnage began.



from the garage side we begun cutting the hole out.
wanted to make minimal mess. we went in like doctors!!


one of my favourite tools!!










all taking shape. time for a cup of tea!!!!!
 
thought I might swell put some more pics not that i got that many people interested!!!!!!!!


re plastered the wall. looks a lot better now. starting to take shape.


the garage side



just re done the back garden another work in progress!!!





some of the rock plate i got.
should of used live rock really, as this is what you are supposed to when starting a triton tank but I only decided last minute to do a triton reef.
which you are supposed to start with the freshest live rock and natural seawater.




the garage side and the base is all set.


next to the main tank will sit a holding/frag tray and a cheat tank underneath,
the cheat tray runs before the skimmer in the triton method.

right Im off to bed back to work tomorrow and going to be hard work been eating like beast over the xmas holidays!! back in for two days then off again!!

thanks
kings
 
Great start! I'm along for the ride. Your last tank was quite nice, what were the dimensions?
 
acesq said:
Great start! I'm along for the ride. Your last tank was quite nice, what were the dimensions?
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thanks nice to have you along mate.
my last tank was 60x30x24 24 being the height.
I was lucky with my old tank as we had a cellar and I drilled through the floor and put 3 big sump tanks down there so made it a lot easier.


it was a nice tank and slowly getting there with my new one so will keep the updates coming in thick and fast so we can get unto date.


the big day!!!
i was happy as a pig in sh£t!!!!!
Cant believe how excited a grown man can get over some glass being delivered!!





a few red faces and a couple of popped testicles and the tank is in!!

I did have a dry mouth moment lifting this in as it was bloody heavy and arkward!!


external weir, I didn't want a internal weir they look horrible and take up space.

tank connectors in


cup of tea time!!
 
Love the dimensions! Are you setting up the drain system as a bean animal?

Oh, and get those testicles looked at.
 
acesq said:
Love the dimensions! Are you setting up the drain system as a bean animal?

Oh, and get those testicles looked at.
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haha testicles back in shape!! thanks mateI love the dimensions too but if I could of i would of gone to 72 inches long.

what is a bean animal?

dave.m said:
That's sh£t Stirling, then?

Dave.M
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don't quite know what you mean but yep


sfsuphysics said:
not to sound picky here... but shouldn't those bulkheads have the screw side on the dry side?
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pick away mate,
are you talking about the tank connectors? these connectors have screws both sides and have been siliconed into place.

it was the only way they could go.
this is how they went



got some more pics..........


ro system turns up and all ready to go.
150 gallon a day with booster pump.


I have added an 8 later di resin canister to this ro unit as our water in london has a tds of nearly 400!!!!


water feed run and ready





testing with normal tap water


kessil 350w
this is for my holding/frag tray


rock in and sand and full of salty goodness!!





i did start with a deltec 2560 but later changed to a vertex alpha cone 300 made by royal exclusive who make the bubbling, just preferred the cone shape on the vertex, the build and red dragon pumps are the same.

thanks for looking cup of tea time!!

kings
 
a bean animal is a drain system that uses three drain pipes -- one is a full siphon, one is a wet overflow and the third is a dry emergency. There is a massive thread on RC discussing its proper installation.

the comment about the threaded pipe I believe was to ask why you didn't have the bulkhead male thread on the dry side so that it would not be made inoperable by the build-up of gunk. Given the low pressure application in the overflow box, I don't think there is any greater risk of leakage, but I have had to change one out in the past and it would have been more difficult if I had the male thread inside the overflow box.

Love how the aquascape came out.
 
acesq said:
a bean animal is a drain system that uses three drain pipes -- one is a full siphon, one is a wet overflow and the third is a dry emergency. There is a massive thread on RC discussing its proper installation.

the comment about the threaded pipe I believe was to ask why you didn't have the bulkhead male thread on the dry side so that it would not be made inoperable by the build-up of gunk. Given the low pressure application in the overflow box, I don't think there is any greater risk of leakage, but I have had to change one out in the past and it would have been more difficult if I had the male thread inside the overflow box.

Love how the aquascape came out.
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Thanks for the explanation mate, I had never heard of it before.
But that is basically what I have!!

I always like having tw, one on full the other with a ball valve I back up a little to quieten and then the third is an emergency.

I have run my las two tanks like that, bit of piece of mind and I'm normally over the top with most things!!

never really thought about that regarding the tank connector, I have done a few installations with a company and we have always fitted them like that so false of habit I suppose.

It all seems to work well thou and has been running for 2 years now.
Nice to have your input mate to be honest you always get anther perspective and other mind set.

thanks I appreciate it.


been a good few hours since I put some pics up!!
you can tell I'm on holiday as i would of got less than half this up!!!

nice re living it to be honest, and there is always things you would change on a new set up.


plastic vat sits under the display

this will house return pump which is a laguna 16000 litre, which has some serious power!!


new skimmer arrives!!


these are the best pumps in my opinion just can't beat their build quality and performance



vertex goodies!!!



the beast


can't beat a new skimmer in all its glory!!




two pumps with this bad boy


now time for a few ciders and a ruby murray!!!

happy new year to all the reef central massive!!
 
Ruby Murray?? I'm spending New Year's Eve with a Brit, I'll have to find out what that is. Hopefully its alcoholic and he'll make me one!! Cheers!
 
acesq said:
Ruby Murray?? I'm spending New Year's Eve with a Brit, I'll have to find out what that is. Hopefully its alcoholic and he'll make me one!! Cheers!
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haha hope you had a good night did they tell you what it was??


Babyfaceur said:
Good start. I will tag along!
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thanks mate nice to have you onboard

asmodeus said:
looking good mango love the way you work
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why thank you asmodeus more work on the way!!

first fish to go in and my little boy Luca named him bamboo!!




hand picked my first load of fish and thought I would take a chance on an emperor angel and he is stunning


meet edward!! the vampire tang
my mrs named him from the movie twilight!!

I have had him for about 6 years and moved him over from my last tank.


baby powder blue has no name as of yet!!
he was tiny!!


love these wrasses
yellow tail tamarin





cup of tea time
 
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