600 gallon display

sorry double posted!

anyways ...

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and Eventually I got through with the main hole, its defently big!

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here all the furing strips and wire have been relocated..

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old place from the electrical pannel. This wall is disappearing as well as the other face of this tuesday, so I will have a full walk through to the aquarium room from my bedroom area.

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reference this drawing area where the cove is in the lower right will now be a pass through area and blocked in by the new pannel location to the far right in the cove that use to go to the pool deck.

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here is the outside of the wall from the pool deck area where Im tying it all together and then the last one is the inside of the wall with the new pannel location.

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well hope everyone is enjoying things and looking forward to some feedback so I can get a feel on how you think things are going!

Thanks for looking and Best Regards!

Charles-
 
Charles, I'm pretty sure you need to put in a lintel (concrete header) above your hole in the block wall. Block isn't meant to "hang free" like that. It will start sagging and eventually collapse.

When we built our house they installed them over every opening including the small 24" wide windows.
 
Toolguy-

I completely understand the cell of block that you probably are looking at are attached to a solid lintel that is 16" thick so I doubt it would want to go anywhere becasue it's all tied together. I have been watching it never the less though and it seems to be doing just fine.

On A side note:

Anyone Have any thoughts what I could use that would be thin though to seal around the tank once it's in the wall so that I have a mositure barrier between the tank and the block so I dont have a mold issue down the road in my wall. Im also looking for it to possibly help prevent the salt creep issues too. I am working with very limited spacing on either side so it would have to be something thin. Thanks for the input ahead of time and I'll post up some more pic's here in the next few days to show the progress I have made.

Regards-
 
to what i hear every one is using frp. i think it is 1/8" or less thick, i think. i havent used it so i realy dont know, just guessing but i do know its thin.
 
Custom-

Thanks! I will have to keep my eye out for it do you know where I could find it , like is it a common stock item at home depot or lowes, and what material is it made out of ? plastic, rubber, paper?

Regards-
 
frp stands for "fiberglass reinforced panels" It's just a sheet of "fiberglass" with an epoxy coating that is the same as a bathtup or 1-piece shower is made out of. You can prob find at Lowe's or HD in with the bathtubs and showers. It comes in different colors and is sold as tub surround material...the'll have the "H" channel that goes inbetween the panels too. You might be able to find it online cheaper somewhere though.
 
I understand what you're saying about the support from above (and hopefully you don't mean the filled capblock), but concrete block has to be supported from the bottom. Hence, the solid header across the opening whether it's steel or concrete. I'd hate to see those blocks come down on what will be an awesome tank.

If nothing else, I'd remove the rest of the block up to where you say the lintel is and frame it in with treated wood. Good luck!
 
Thanks JC-

I will look tomorrow for it as I have a few other things I will need to pick up as well....

Tool-

No Im talking about the solid poored concrete that is 16" thick which spans the entire length of that wall which is the length of most of my house. I gave thought to removing the other cells however I'm trying to minimize the stress loading on the wall and everything seems to be holding together fine right now. I will wait a bit longer and see if anything happens but I show no cracking or signs of stress in the wall what so ever.

Julio-

You and I alike, I dont know who could be more excited about nearing the actual stage of setup. I still need a few things to come into alighnment but I think for the most part Im good to go.

Thanks to everyone else for the feedback, suggestions and comments. I have a lot to learn still and I appriciate everyone taking the time to place their 2 cents into such a large build. Please enjoy and more updates to come here soon!

Regards-
 
Ok everyone that was wondering where the heck I went I didnt fall off the earth just been busy ... But awsome news the tank is set up and Now the fun begins! Plumbing is the next stage and then I will be needing a sump and my RODI setup so anyone have suggestions Im game... Pics will be soon as Im having trouble posting from my laptop but I promise I will get the pics up here soon! Oh and if anyone knows where I can find one of those Ovular Tubs of heavy PVC made by rubbermade please chime in cause I was considering that as a sump setup for the time being... Looking forward to the days to come and the suggestions and help the fellow reefers may have!

Happy Reefing
Charles the CaptiveReefer03-
 
Ok everyone now its the Meat and Potatoes Time!

Pics are here ...
As I remember I left off with the pics of the old setup, well needless to say I completely tore everything down again and started from scratch. I removed 2 walls, put a hole in for the system and built another one. Talk about a project, it defently seemed easier in my mind then it actually proved to be. Thankfully I have a few great friends from work that decided it would be fun to tear into my house and were happy to help me get where im at now.

I think I left off somewhere around here :

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k69/CaptiveReefer03/randompictures055.jpg

this was some of the plumbing supplies that I had bought back when and you can see the way the old setup was in this pic ... then I tore it all down and started in on the rebuild.

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here is the begining of taking the window out for the system...

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now here I went all out and actually got through to the other side... hoping the house wouldnt collapse on me and I didnt get in over my head!

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k69/CaptiveReefer03/randompictures137.jpg

now here its hard to see but all the furing strips have been removed and I had to rerun some electrical around the window so I could use a receptical in my room.

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Now here is the old wall where the fuse box use to sit this was removed along with the ajoining wall which use to be a hallway from the patio to my room... now it will be included in the room and there is the french door to seperate the two rooms.

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This pic here is of the new fuse box location on the exterior wall that I built

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A view from the other side pre finnished for stucco.

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Here is the entry way I was talking about and the new divide into the room.

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Note the flooring will change here as I plan to tile and place high base boards and trim in the room but this is where the old wall use to be...

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This is the new fuse box location again drywalled in...

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Note here the celing outlines the old walls again..

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And now catching up to speed the work I did yesterday!

I would have to say bar none that yesterday was one of the most eventful days I finnished the opening, trimed it out and placed my moisture barrier down for the wall insert area. I reset and completely leveled the stand so it is true and plum with not even a slight wiggle. Shims were applied as needed and the decking and a new thiner layer of foam was used as clearance is tight in the wall.

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A friend of mine stopped by to say hey and my dad was taking a break lol..

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here is the stand looking back into my room...

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doubly making sure everything is good to go....

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And then ....

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bloop... in it went :)

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Well hope everyone had enjoyed the pics and getting caught up to speed with things. Like I said next is plumbing and water storage arrangements then I will hopefully start filling the water barrels and the tank. If anyone has suggestions comments or concerns your more then welcome to chime in but I think I did the right thing by removing the walls and allowing better access to the system for cleaning, I just cant wait to get it all together and see it actually running...

Enjoy
Charles-
 
just above the tank I see some venting...is that a return for the house heating system? Have you figured out how you will deal with humidity?
 
Yes unfortunatly there is a return above the top left as your looking from the back of the tank and yes I have lids for the system so it should be able to min. the evaporation and help the tank overall. the humidity is something that Im not planing on being a big issue but we will have to see once the system is in operation. IF you have suggestions outside the lids that have been made Im all ears and would willingly take suggestions.

Regards-
 
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