AiKkz 300 Gallon Reef Build

[AiKkz]

Been in the hobby for a little while and looking to upgrade to a large tank that will be SPS dominant. Several years ago I started with a 40g breeder, then went to a 90 bow front, and recently tore down my 220 because I had to move so now i'm taking advantage of the new house and the wife let me build a fish room.

I've done a ton of research, and settled on custom aquariums for the tank (84x36x24H) I'm not a huge fan of their H2overflow due to noise and limited space behind tank, so i'm going to install an old school internal overflow weir (made of 1/2 inch glass). The tank with be 3 sides low iron and all panels will be tempered.

As for sump i'm going with a custom Bashsea that will measure 72x24x20H (I always love running large sumps) I'm still debating on if I should just use a large rubbermaid trough or another tank for a fuge. I wont be happy unless its atleast 50 gallons.

As for equipment -

Skimmer - Bubble King Deluxe 250 (internal)

Return Pump - Abyzz A200

RO/DI - 6 stage BRS 150gph

ATO - Tunze Osmolator

Controller - Apex (with extra power bar)

LED's - (4) Ecotech XR30 pro (maybe some T5's if on budget)

Flow - (2) MP40's (2) Tunze steams

Calcium Reactor - Geo's CR624

Carbon Reactor - TBD (probably Geo's or Bashsea)

Mixing Station - (2) 75 Gallon containers from e-plastics and Pan World 50PX-X

Live Rock - 250 lbs of pukani

I probably missed a couple things off the top of my head, but you get the idea :spin2:

Looking forward to discussing my build, and gaining some knowledge.

Here are some pics of the electrial work I did today. Deff sucked running wires in the attic in the Florida heat. I will be running 3 dedicated 20A circuits to the fish room/tank, and Running a Cat6 wire for the Apex.

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20180217_145308 by charles aikey, on Flickr

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[AiKkz]

Got the rock curing station almost complete. I'm going with (3) 44 gallon brutes and 3 Lifeguard pumps I had, they are about 300gph, so they should do the trick!

20180217_194625 by charles aikey, on Flickr

I added a union to one side so when I need to drain the water and refill I will be able to connect my soft tubing with no issues.
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20180217_195323 by charles aikey, on Flickr

And a couple more pics of the RO/DI and ATO that came in yesterday!

20180217_195953 by charles aikey, on Flickr

20180217_195729 by charles aikey, on Flickr