450 Cube tank build thread. Here I go!

[Lunchbucket]

vinegar bath? looks like it is pretty clean to me. get it set up already

Lunchbucket

 

[law086]

I'm very interested to hear how well that AC unit works for you. I thought about a similar purchase. Did you try it out yet? I hear rumors that the portable units don't work very well.

Ron

 

[stlouisguy]

That may be they are trying to cool too large a room. My room is only about 80 sq ft and the unit is rated for 400 sq ft, so I figure 200 sq ft is more like it. I also have a air condirioner duct to tap into if needed. The most important thing to me is to take the water out of the air, and the unit is rated for 96 pints a day, so figure about 40

I will let you know how it works out. I wont have the tank up for a few weeks still.

 

[stlouisguy]

Okay here is the soon to be sump

Going to go another direction with the DSB later on. This will be filled with rubble rock and (grrrrrrrrrrr) macro algae. The 55 fits below the stand perfect and I drilled my first glass tank!! Idea here is for pod population and additional water and live rock with some of my critters I dont want in the display tank

 

[stlouisguy]

Last pics for tonight, filled the tank for a rinse and positioned the lights on boards above the tank for placement on the rack

Sarting to look like a tank

 

[ruiny]

looking good.
That 55 under the stand will be hard to work with.
Every time i have done something like that, I regret it. I would suggest a different location if possible.
But again, Looking really good.

 

[stlouisguy]

(shrug) Only place to put it. No differant that the sump three years under my stand in the other tank

Gotta stay there

 

[charlesjordanjr]

Wow! it is looking great! I can't wait to see it with livestock in it.
-Chuck

 

[drummereef]

Awesome! Looking real good now.

 

[Von_Rahvin]

nice looking tank. it's amazing the difference buffing and cleaning makes.
i love the corner idea.

 

[rp marine]

more pix

 

[gws294]

taggin along. really great tank... looks like your charges will enjoy the added room!!

More pix please

 

[stlouisguy]

Thanks for the comments. I had a chance to get a bit more so here is an update

I now have my water line ran over from the other side of the basement. The challenge was there was not a drain for the waste water nor a pipe to pierce in my tank room. In my finished basement I had two unfinished areas, on opposite sides of the basement. So I got 100 ft of tubing and ran it across my beams to the garage wall, put it in small pvc and brought it back into the fish room. I then drilled a trash can and have it on wheels for movement and to make water changes easy. Here are a few pics. Notice the nice sub panel in the one pic (thanks Steve!)

I think the 55 that is sitting there will be my QT.

I also got one BIG thing done which is hook up my room airconditioner and so far I LOVE it. In about 3 hours it has pulled 2 inches of water in a 55 bucket out of the air and the room isnt sealed nor the tank running. The air is ice cold and should be able to keep the room nice and cool. The exhaust that comes out is very hot. I ran the exhaust into the garage and will pipe it outside eventually, buy right now it is warming up the garage nicely as winter comes on

Sorry not much else on the tank. Had my cabinet guy just out and now I need to drain and move my tank a bit and level it out exactly. Going to finish around the tank with Mahogony to look like a huge cabinet.

Last pic is I figured out where to put my skimmer, which will drain down to my fuge

Thanks for watching. It should be more exciting soon becuase as soon as I can find my sand, Im going to start filling within the week!!!

 

[marino420td]

Did you just run 100' of tubing from your RO system into your fish room? If so, does it have any trouble pumping water that far?

Can you show how you are collecting the waste water from the room ac?

Great project.

 

[stlouisguy]

I am still gauging the amount of wastewater from the air system as they SAY the majority of it is taken into the exhaust air. If it isnt too bad I will just drain to a 5 gallon bucket and empty as needed, but it the bucket will fill too quickly for my lazy butt to deal with, I will drain it by drilling a small hole in the acrylic base of the shower stall in the bathroom on the other side of the wall. Time will tell of that one

The RO is pumping great after the 100 ft, but I have the RO system high up on the wall and there isnt much lift needed, then it drops down about 5 feet. I also have a small pressure tank that helps with it. The blue line is the pressure tank and the clear line is the water line that is about 80 ft total.

I didnt think it would be as strong either, but it filled a 45 gallon trash can in about 12 hours

 

[20 20]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8292078#post8292078 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stlouisguy
Thought I would post a few pics

Here is the unit I bought for cooling air and taking humidity out of the air. Can cool 400 sq ft (room is only 100) and takes 96 pints from the air daily. Pretty reasonable also at about 450 shipped

Where did you get the air conditioning unit, and how quiet/noisy is it? I'm setting up a 125 gallon in my finished basement, the room is about 400 square feet. I've currently got an old dehumidifier that spews out heat like nothing else, and is VERY noisy. If these portable units are quiet, I'd consider getting on, an punching a hole through the wall to vent it outside.

 

[stlouisguy]

If you send me a pm I can get the web site from my work email and send it to you.

It seems very quiet, and although its rated for 400 sq ft I would say probably 200 would be max

Seems to do the job well though.

Edit- Here it is

http://www.air-n-water.com/product/ALTL12000E.html

 

[20 20]

Great, thanks for the info!

 

["Umm fish?"]

If I may ask, are there portable de-humidifiers without the air conditioning? My basement stays cool, but I'd like to suck out some water.

Thanks!

 

[juststartingout]

Yes there are. Just go to your local Home Depot/Menards/Lowes or whatever is in your area. They may not have them in stock because your area is naturally dry, but they should be able to order them in. BTW,my brother in law lives in Louisville.