stlouisguy
Registered Member
I am finally moving into the world of large tanks. I currently have a 175 bowfront and am moving into a 6ft by 4 ft 30 inch tall cube 450 gallon. I am going to install this inwall in my basement but have chosen probably the hardest area of the basement for it (basement is already finished so don't have a choice about location) The tank is going to be viewable from two side, front and left side. I am getting the tank from a fellow reefer who is downgrading in size. Here is where the tank will go, with two sides viewable. The wall where the door is now is just over 4ft so the tank will go the length of that wall
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/wall1.jpg>
This is the wall between the bathroom and storage room where the door on the right is going to be moved to access the room
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/wall2.jpg>
And this is the room that I cleaned out all day yesterday to make room for a dedicated fish room
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/wall3.jpg>
So far I have discoverd a few hurdles to overcome. First one is there is no place to tap a pipe for my ro/di and no drains for the waste water. Right now it is across the basement in my other unfinished area. The only thing I can think of is off of my main there is a faucet that maybe can be set up to a ro/di in some way and drain the wastewater into the adjoining bathroom.
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/Pictures004.jpg>
Here is the room almost cleaned out
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/Pictures002.jpg>
Here is the tank when the owner was setting it up in his basement. Stand is included. Its 1 1/2" acrylic from envision, this is the short side of the cube. Should be fun getting the tank out of his basement (no walkout!)
<img src=http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/423Tank3-med.jpg>
And finally here is the sump that will be hooked up to it. Sump is 4ft by 4ft
<img src=http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/585/423Manifold_Side-med.jpg>
So thats it for now. I am getting about 350 lbs of rock also which I am going to try and pick up this weekend to start cooking it. I hope to get buildout done in the next month or so. I also need to move my low voltage and cable connections off the wall I am going to cut, install outlets that will handle the load, find a contractor to move the door, cut the hole, install doors above the viewable section of tank, and more stuff I havent even thought of yet. I'm lucky to have a HVAC guy who posts here living in St Louis to help me figure out how to vent this room (again nothing apparently easy so far come to mind)
More updates to come as I screw stuff up or get it right!
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/wall1.jpg>
This is the wall between the bathroom and storage room where the door on the right is going to be moved to access the room
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/wall2.jpg>
And this is the room that I cleaned out all day yesterday to make room for a dedicated fish room
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/wall3.jpg>
So far I have discoverd a few hurdles to overcome. First one is there is no place to tap a pipe for my ro/di and no drains for the waste water. Right now it is across the basement in my other unfinished area. The only thing I can think of is off of my main there is a faucet that maybe can be set up to a ro/di in some way and drain the wastewater into the adjoining bathroom.
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/Pictures004.jpg>
Here is the room almost cleaned out
<img src=http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g297/ccreighton77/Pictures002.jpg>
Here is the tank when the owner was setting it up in his basement. Stand is included. Its 1 1/2" acrylic from envision, this is the short side of the cube. Should be fun getting the tank out of his basement (no walkout!)
<img src=http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/423Tank3-med.jpg>
And finally here is the sump that will be hooked up to it. Sump is 4ft by 4ft
<img src=http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/585/423Manifold_Side-med.jpg>
So thats it for now. I am getting about 350 lbs of rock also which I am going to try and pick up this weekend to start cooking it. I hope to get buildout done in the next month or so. I also need to move my low voltage and cable connections off the wall I am going to cut, install outlets that will handle the load, find a contractor to move the door, cut the hole, install doors above the viewable section of tank, and more stuff I havent even thought of yet. I'm lucky to have a HVAC guy who posts here living in St Louis to help me figure out how to vent this room (again nothing apparently easy so far come to mind)
More updates to come as I screw stuff up or get it right!
). Basically, you have a pump in a bucket with a float valve. When the bucket fills, the pump kicks on. There's a heavy-duty check-valve between the bucket and the sewer line so sewage doesn't backflow. It's pretty noisy when the pump kicks on and even noisier when the check valve kicks in, but having a utility sink downstairs is worth it.
