birth of 2 builds totaling 30k gallons

[nyyalcin]

 

[nyyalcin]

 

[nyyalcin]

 

[RBKKREEF]

Oh my goodness! Wow! Subscribed

 

[MidwestReefa]

Is this in your house? or is this an office space?

Amazing amount of plumbing and electrical, thanks for sharing!

 

[hedgedrew]

Basement of the house. And sub basement

 

[dave.m]

It's bigger on the inside.

Dave.M

 

[007Bond]

WOW,...the sure size shows the scope of your build,....amazing! your going to need a pr person for all the question to come.

 

[hedgedrew]

Yup. But first I need to figure it all out. Lol

 

[nyyalcin]

 

[nyyalcin]

 

[o2manyfish]

Drew,

Major progress forward... Congratulations!!!

I think it's seriously time to get Yalcin an assistant. All the assistant needs to do is give Yalcin a little tickle and tell him to say "Cheese" when taking photos of himself

Tank has water in it, is there water flowing through the tank right now or is it just storing water?

What phase is it at currently? When do the various systems start to come online?

Is there a plan to install some HQ webcams for the tank and major system components for you to be able to keep an eye on... And for us to be able to watch and dream?

Nice collection of Bill's reactors. He just shipped me a Calc Rx, his build quality is awesome.

You headed out west any time soon?

Dave B

 

[hedgedrew]

Hey Dave. That's still tap water I'm there. Leak test successful. Has to be drained and more rock work done I suspect systems start coming on inline spring to June. Having custom computer software built that will remote monitor systems. Justin from bermuda helping with that. There will be video. I guess west out to Cali maybe in that June also.

 

[hedgedrew]

Meantime boilers getting installed to heat ro water up and the whole sub basement. We chose to heat the water as opposed to the room. Chiller condensers are all outside all 8 of them just weighting to be leveled on concrete and attached to copper wire. Lights next. Going with 500 and 1000 watt maxspects over big tank and halides in reef upstairs. Still waiting on bills skimmer for that tank and new front glass and then we plumb that baby. Rest of engines coming soon have to get big uv and I think we will be there. While fish tank room i.e. Quarantine hasn't even been started.

 

[hedgedrew]

To me it still sounds daunting I wouldn't be surprised if it took rest of the year.

 

[Martini5788]

To me it still sounds daunting I wouldn't be surprised if it took rest of the year.

I agree, seems rather daunting BUT you have made a lot of progress so far! And you aren't doing all of it yourself, you have a lot of help.

 

[hedgedrew]

Dave and martini. Still looking for part time or maybe full time marine biologist with fish coral experience to help Yalcin.

 

[Martini5788]

Dave and martini. Still looking for part time or maybe full time marine biologist with fish coral experience to help Yalcin.

I am sure you can find someone, where have you looked? If you put out an ad, I have no doubt you will get a lot of prospects. Weeding them out will be difficult though.

 

[Speed]

Drew, completely off topic but what if anything did you have to do with your homeowners insurance?
This obviously isn't the same as having a 150 gallon aquarium in your house. A failure here could be catastrophic.
Just curious.

 

[hedgedrew]

Speed. I don't know really. Are they charging me a premium cause of flood or electrical risk ? Don't think so. Chubb is so expensive anyway.