NuclearReefs
Active member
I tried PM'ing you . Yo Box is FULL... HMMPH
~450G Display (~1000G system) documentary starting
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melev
Well-known member
Great idea 'bout the sand weights to keep the starboard down!
Have you considered the drain lines possibly not being large enough? What I mean is you have three 1.5" drains that seemingly are combined into a common 1.5" pipe going to the sump. Mathematically, it would seem that you'd need the three 1.5" drains to pour into a huge 3" or larger pipe to allow it to flow without congestion (bottlenecking).
Just a thought, and I could be wrong.
Have you considered the drain lines possibly not being large enough? What I mean is you have three 1.5" drains that seemingly are combined into a common 1.5" pipe going to the sump. Mathematically, it would seem that you'd need the three 1.5" drains to pour into a huge 3" or larger pipe to allow it to flow without congestion (bottlenecking).
Just a thought, and I could be wrong.
kwl1763
Premium Member
Marc to the sumps there are 3 seperate 1.5" (all Tee off and continue to the left of the picturre) but if I have it working as a closed loop I combined out of neccessity. There is only one pump input so I had to combine.
It should be fine though. Maybe if I had a huge pump there I would be an issue but it's only an Iwaki 55.
It should be fine though. Maybe if I had a huge pump there I would be an issue but it's only an Iwaki 55.
NuclearReefs
Active member
This is where I make that comment from the pace picante sauce commercial ...... NEW YORK CITY !!!!!!
Irony for such a large tank with a Iwaki 55....... (sry bad one i know)
But hey. If the " In tank Current" is massawhalific <~~~~ New word for the Day... the Iwaki will do its job fine.. one thing is for sure,, The contact time for the skimmer will be very prolonged and probably do very well. Just hope it keeps up with the system in case of something spiking...
CLEAN OUT YOUR PM BOX Keith :lol:
Irony for such a large tank with a Iwaki 55....... (sry bad one i know)
But hey. If the " In tank Current" is massawhalific <~~~~ New word for the Day... the Iwaki will do its job fine.. one thing is for sure,, The contact time for the skimmer will be very prolonged and probably do very well. Just hope it keeps up with the system in case of something spiking...
CLEAN OUT YOUR PM BOX Keith :lol:
kwl1763
Premium Member
Ok the big today is tomorrow.
Today I out the first coat of paint on all the trim. I'm really pumped how it turned out.
It a bar. I'm going to put a couple barstools (without backs of course there so you can sit and enjoy. I'll probably spend significant amounts of time here! Here is a profile shot.
The top flips up. I still have to work on this some as I want it to flip all the way perpendicular to give me easier access.
By the way I want to publicly thank Ryan (Servo) I virtually copied his inwall trim design. He answered several questions and even let me come over and examine when I was visiting Texas. (Hard to believe that was like a year ago) Anyway, Ryan I owe you a beer at MACNA.
Here is a shot of the quarentine tank under the big tank. It's a 39G Hex. I've used it for years and it works awesome. It looks hard to get to in the shot but it's really not. I plan on getting a copperband butterfly tomorrow and put him in there!
I cleaned the room out tonight also so I don't kill myself tomorrow. I hope Nathan shows up. He's got my hopes up now! You can see the sink also in this shot and the plumbing where I can do a water change now.
I'll be back to post some more this weekend. So far so good! I also shot a 76 this afternoon playing golf so life is good!
Today I out the first coat of paint on all the trim. I'm really pumped how it turned out.
It a bar. I'm going to put a couple barstools (without backs of course there so you can sit and enjoy. I'll probably spend significant amounts of time here! Here is a profile shot.
The top flips up. I still have to work on this some as I want it to flip all the way perpendicular to give me easier access.
By the way I want to publicly thank Ryan (Servo) I virtually copied his inwall trim design. He answered several questions and even let me come over and examine when I was visiting Texas. (Hard to believe that was like a year ago) Anyway, Ryan I owe you a beer at MACNA.
Here is a shot of the quarentine tank under the big tank. It's a 39G Hex. I've used it for years and it works awesome. It looks hard to get to in the shot but it's really not. I plan on getting a copperband butterfly tomorrow and put him in there!
I cleaned the room out tonight also so I don't kill myself tomorrow. I hope Nathan shows up. He's got my hopes up now! You can see the sink also in this shot and the plumbing where I can do a water change now.
I'll be back to post some more this weekend. So far so good! I also shot a 76 this afternoon playing golf so life is good!
NuclearReefs
Active member
Maybe you should read that thread marc..... Maybe something to lift your pink foam board up and down for you ,, I know that thing is heavy......
:lol:
SERVO
New member
Wow this is exciting! I'm sure you guys are busy working currently! Too bad you are not down 121, I'd love to help aquascape this puppy!
Your time line was pretty similar to mine. Getting the tank up approx 1 month prior to MACNA with mature seeded rock.
Can't wait to see updates.
Your time line was pretty similar to mine. Getting the tank up approx 1 month prior to MACNA with mature seeded rock.
Can't wait to see updates.
wannabefishguru
New member
so is all of your electronics wired into a seperate fuse box/curcit (spelling is wrong) breakers? and how is you electric bill? do you have or plan on using a generator for lets say emergency situations?
ps i skimmed so you might have covered this.
ps i skimmed so you might have covered this.
kwl1763
Premium Member
Will for sure have a generator. I put in 3 extra 20A dedicated circuit to the room. I think my bill will run roughly $150 more a month. I'm using mostly super energy efficient stuff (Tunze, etc.)
Onto the fun stuff.
Well I got everything in and transferred. Finshed all the plumbing (except the chiller). Got the waveboxes going so all in all a successful weekend.
Nathan showed upi but I had already done all the rock so we mostly BS'd. We did go to a new LFS fairly close to my house. Pretty Nice. I bought a copperband and put him on qt. He's not eating yet but it's only been a day. LFS guy said he ate that morning and I can get a full refund if I can't get him to eat. If he doesn't touch the PE MYsis tomorrow I'll have to hatch some brine shrimp.
Ok so here are some pics.
Tank just before I started (only the 20k lights are on here) Only one huge rock in the middle and my pVC racks.
I've got a maxijet emptying into a filter sock to trap some of the detritus as I go along.
That big rock in the right center is an awesome piece. It weighs 35 lbs by itself and has some really nice corraline coverage. Here's a closeup.
After about 2 hours I was roughly halfway done so I decided to take a break and snap a pic of the progress. I started at the bottoms of the PVC rack and drilled multiple holes in each rock then used black zipties (at least 2 per rock) to secure them to the rack.
I only had the 20ks on that it why it looks so blue. Anyway. Long story short after about 5 hours here is what I came up with.
I turned on all the lights a bit later so this shot looks a little better
Continued
Onto the fun stuff.
Well I got everything in and transferred. Finshed all the plumbing (except the chiller). Got the waveboxes going so all in all a successful weekend.
Nathan showed upi but I had already done all the rock so we mostly BS'd. We did go to a new LFS fairly close to my house. Pretty Nice. I bought a copperband and put him on qt. He's not eating yet but it's only been a day. LFS guy said he ate that morning and I can get a full refund if I can't get him to eat. If he doesn't touch the PE MYsis tomorrow I'll have to hatch some brine shrimp.
Ok so here are some pics.
Tank just before I started (only the 20k lights are on here) Only one huge rock in the middle and my pVC racks.
I've got a maxijet emptying into a filter sock to trap some of the detritus as I go along.
That big rock in the right center is an awesome piece. It weighs 35 lbs by itself and has some really nice corraline coverage. Here's a closeup.
After about 2 hours I was roughly halfway done so I decided to take a break and snap a pic of the progress. I started at the bottoms of the PVC rack and drilled multiple holes in each rock then used black zipties (at least 2 per rock) to secure them to the rack.
I only had the 20ks on that it why it looks so blue. Anyway. Long story short after about 5 hours here is what I came up with.
I turned on all the lights a bit later so this shot looks a little better
Continued
kwl1763
Premium Member
Here is a profile of the tank. I'm going to love having it 3 foot wide. It is really cool the back to front effect.
Some closeups of the rock formations:
Left Side:
Center:
Right:
These next two are just for Marc (melev) for those of you who don't know he has been topless (his tank has no lid to cover the light that is) for 2 years now so Nathan and I decided to have some fun with it.
Some closeups of the rock formations:
Left Side:
Center:
Right:
These next two are just for Marc (melev) for those of you who don't know he has been topless (his tank has no lid to cover the light that is) for 2 years now so Nathan and I decided to have some fun with it.
NuclearReefs
Active member
OH MY GAWD!,,, LMDAO!
kwl1763
Premium Member
Then I took a break to go to the fish store. When I came back I decided to hook up the waveboxes. I have 2. They reccommend 2 on anything over about 300G.
I followed the instructions and mounted them with the way overpriced magnet and fired them up. I adjusted like they said and it took me abut an hour to find the sweet spot. But ooh my gosh when I did here was the result!
It's hard to see but that is a full 2.5" wave. I have to say this thing is the most incredible thing I've seen for reefs. The back and forth action is amazing. It reminds me of what you see when diving more then I have ever seen before!
I have a cool video but for whatever reason it is taking forever to upload (It's only 5 megs) showing the waveboxes in action. I'll post that when it finally does load.
That was all yesterday. Today was plumbing and cleaning day. I emptied all the sumps and cleaned them throughly. Cleaned the skimmer. The I reset the room a little different and completed all the plumbing. I decided to only use 2 of the vats for now. After all that I started making water to fill the vats tonight so tomorrow I should have the entire system up and going. Tomorrow night I'll siphon the starboard and scrub the bottom because it's pretty nasty as you can imagine. Fun stuff!
I followed the instructions and mounted them with the way overpriced magnet and fired them up. I adjusted like they said and it took me abut an hour to find the sweet spot. But ooh my gosh when I did here was the result!
It's hard to see but that is a full 2.5" wave. I have to say this thing is the most incredible thing I've seen for reefs. The back and forth action is amazing. It reminds me of what you see when diving more then I have ever seen before!
I have a cool video but for whatever reason it is taking forever to upload (It's only 5 megs) showing the waveboxes in action. I'll post that when it finally does load.
That was all yesterday. Today was plumbing and cleaning day. I emptied all the sumps and cleaned them throughly. Cleaned the skimmer. The I reset the room a little different and completed all the plumbing. I decided to only use 2 of the vats for now. After all that I started making water to fill the vats tonight so tomorrow I should have the entire system up and going. Tomorrow night I'll siphon the starboard and scrub the bottom because it's pretty nasty as you can imagine. Fun stuff!
