60 Gallon Cube Build

[MHG]

Well with m stand moving along, I installed my RO/DI Unut from BRS. It is a standard kit... I figured woulod start my build thread....


Here is my stand thread...
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1997493

My RO DI install is just temp. I will hard pipe it to my water supply. For now it is istalled over my slop sink. Eventually I will tube it over to my tank which is one floor up. My slop sink is next to my furnass so the watter may be a bit warm. If it is, I will need to move it... However about 30' of tubing should be room temp...


Whats to come
My custom DIY stand
36 LED Light kit from REEFLEDLIGHTS.COM 50/50 white/Blue XPE
Reef Octopus 4 Skimmer
Sump Refuge build (Dome) wirh RDSB Here
Aquacontroller
About 40-50 punds of dry rock
10-20 punds of live rock
shallow sand bed
Circulation pumps (TBD)
Hidden circulation closed system (all internal no drilling)
Leak Detection, leak detection and more leak detection with RO/DI shut off and email alerts

 

[kevin28]

Good luck I just got done with my 45 cube,http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2003477 look forward to seeing yours

 

[MHG]

here are some shots of the bracing I put under the floor. The joists in my floor are only 7.25 inches (50 year old house), I ripped down a couple of additional joists and put a header under the tank. Only a 60 gallon tank but since I had a closet under it, it was easy. I did need to shhim one joist but oh well...

 

[MHG]

Name That Tank

Name That Tank

Well it had been bugging me since I bought this tank. 1000 Island Aquariums claim they built this tank but it looks like a production tank. It also looks nothing like the other tanks they had in the shop that they obviously made.

Well I know they have CAD Lighting products dirt cheap and I heard the owners son is the owner of CAD lighting. But CAD Lighting only makes a 50g Cube. But it looks exactly like this tank. Except the overflow is not as deep (front to back). After a little searching on the web I found out that the CAD Artisan 50g cube has a 1 inch drain and a 1/2 inch return. They also make custom tanks. This has to be a CAD. The edges are all beveled, the 3 sides starphire glass, the black adhesive back along with that odd 1/2 inch return. Plus the CAD Lighting connection.

The overflow is huge. That is a eheim 1260 in that photo...I am going to hide a closed loop pump in that overflow...

 

[MHG]

Oh I almost forgot...It was sitting on a Asrtsan 50g stand...

 

[MHG]

Here is a shot test fitting it on the stand...

 

[strgazr27]

Warm RO supply water is a good thing as it cuts down on waste water production raising the units output. I tap off the cold water feed for my hot water heater and the supply water to my RO is about 53 degrees.

 

[MHG]

Plumbing Outlets

Plumbing Outlets

So here is the plumbing outlets behind the tank. The tank will be blocking this. I hate it when a 5 minute electrical outlet job takes all day beacause of repeated trips to HD... You can see the tabs peaking out from behind the face plate but since it willbe behind the tank, no onewill see.

The two blue 3/4 inch holes are for the ethernet and the RO feed line. Perhaps some two or 4 conductor hook up wire to add another leak sensor below my RO in the other room.

I am not planning on running any plumbing other than the RO down stairs but I pre drilled the fixture plate and ran some flex PVC in case I change my mind. Dont want to move the tank to get access...

Two GFI's because they are two independant circuits back to the 3000 ups in the basement...

 

[MHG]

Purchased LED's

Purchased LED's

Well I took the plunge and purchased a 48 led DIY kit today. I will probably only use 36 (2:1 White/Blue) for the daytime and possibly use the other 12 royal blues to as a moon light... I like a whiter viewing light but it made sence to buy the additional blues to give me the color control.

Thats a lot of LED's for a 60g cube...

My canopy is quite a low profile so once I get these built I will need to get my hands on a PAR meter to tweak them...

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

how are the two outlets powered from the panel? i was always under the impression that NEC wouldnt allow you to have two sources of power to the same device box...just curious how you ran the power...

anyway the build looks great so far...i love the stand/ canopy...surprising how much room a 24" cube takes up though..

i also didnt see a RDSB, do you still plan to implement one?

keep up the great work...

 

[OH GOD]

how are the two outlets powered from the panel? i was always under the impression that NEC wouldnt allow you to have two sources of power to the same device box...just curious how you ran the power...

anyway the build looks great so far...i love the stand/ canopy...surprising how much room a 24" cube takes up though..

i also didnt see a RDSB, do you still plan to implement one?

keep up the great work...

I to would like to know how it is wired, i checked my NEC but mine is out of date. I also looked online and two 120 volt feeds can share a gang box as long as there is a secure divider between them and each power source is clearly identifiable.

 

[MHG]

Well ok then,, Time to consult the reefcentral electrician... Stand by for a ruling...

I have upgraded it since thise and now have 3 circuits. two from a UPS and 1 not on a UPS...


I will tell you that I have has many computer rooms with multiple circuits within one box...

 

[MHG]

how are the two outlets powered from the panel? i was always under the impression that NEC wouldnt allow you to have two sources of power to the same device box...just curious how you ran the power...

anyway the build looks great so far...i love the stand/ canopy...surprising how much room a 24" cube takes up though..

i also didnt see a RDSB, do you still plan to implement one?

keep up the great work...

I may not have one at all... I can probably do 5 inches in my fige, but the jury is still out on that. Thinking of just some cheato...

 

[MHG]

how are the two outlets powered from the panel? i was always under the impression that NEC wouldnt allow you to have two sources of power to the same device box...just curious how you ran the power...

anyway the build looks great so far...i love the stand/ canopy...surprising how much room a 24" cube takes up though..

i also didnt see a RDSB, do you still plan to implement one?

keep up the great work...

Well I still have not gotten a reply on the electrical thread but from what I am reading online I can have multiples as long as they are the same voltage. The deviders are for installing low voltahe like phone or speaker in a 120 box.


Almost every place I have aver been to has had a double or tripple switch gang box feed by more than one circuit.

 

[jcgd]

I'm assuming US and Canadian code is pretty similar. You are correct about using a divider when low and high voltages are in the same box, but multiple 120v circuits should be fine. Your kitchen counter plugs are likely split receptacles, meaning the top outlet is on a different circuit than the bottom outlet of the same plug.

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

sorry i dont want your thread to go on a tangent..your build is looking good...

i thought kitchen splits were done with 12/3 wire and a two pole breaker (so even though the outlets are separate wires they share the same breaker...and if they are GFCI's then there is no splits, just separate circuits.) ahhh what ever, just make sure everything is really well labeled in the panel...i am no electrician though.

and keep this wicked cube thread going.

 

[MHG]

You are right about the 2 pole breaker...


Well I figured out the coupling from the metric to US for the reef octopus skimmer...

A "no hub coupler" from lowes and just stretch the rubber over the gate valve and the T fitting...

 

[MHG]

Making The Bulkhead Hole Bigger

Making The Bulkhead Hole Bigger

One of the things with CADlights tanks is the smaller hole will only for a 1/2 inch bulk head (loosely). I bought a $9 diamond grinding bit on ebay and it took all but 10 minuted to make the hole 1mm bigger to accommodate the 3/4 inch bulk head...

 

[MHG]

Small Chip

Small Chip

While the tank was on its side I noticed a small (very small) chip on the bottom pane of glass. It is only on the surface. Do you all think this is an issue? I am planing on siliconing some plexi to the inside of the bottom anyway to protect from rock slides...If it was to develope into a crack that would probably prevent a blowout... U have seen chips like this on the edge of most store made tanks so I dont think it is a big deal...

 

[MHG]

The stand is in the house

The stand is in the house

Well the stand is in the house. As soon as I finish the spackling around the outlets and painting, I will set it in place. I still need to make the base moldings to conceal any shims...