Custom Cabinet for 90g Reef (Build Thread)

You want to run 1" or so tubing all the way too and from the chiller. You will get way less restriction (head loss). And I'm with you. I'll never understand whay they use such small ports on some chillers. I cut them out and weld in 1.5"ers:)

I see no reason why you cant use the small pump in the sump. But put the pump in the return pump section that is bubble free. Then you are putting it back into the first section, still bubble free. You dont want bubbles around the chiller coil anyway. The baffles will handle that little extra water.

I really dont see the drop you are saying across the baffles with putting the pump in the other side, unless your sump turnover rate is very low. Your baffles are very close together though. You want it on the other side anyway to stay bubble free.

Your turnover rate should be enough to properly mix the flow of chilled water with the return water without short cycling the chiller. Ideally, you only want a degree or 2 temperature drop anyway across the chiller coil.
 
Is it time for a weekend HD visit? Is the next step going to be the exhaust fan route? Keep us posted. Oh, and a FTS also.
 
I have been following this thread closely.

My wife wants me to make a stand/canopy that matches our living room furniture, and while I am in awe of the work you have done, my lack of wood working skills scare me considering the weight I would be putting on something "I" built.
 
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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Looking good! I was going to use some of your plans for my 90g but I talked my girlfriend into letting make a in wall with fish room! Now I only have to be pretty with my trim!
 
Very nice.
Are your frags also in your DT ?
Give us some close up pictures, to take a look at them in 2 or 3 months and see the difference in size.
 
Yep frags are all in there...just hard to see them in the picture. They haven't grown much, if at all. I can see a little bit of change in the green birdsnest and green staghorn, but that's about it.
 
RedEDGE2k1,

The tank & cabinet look awesome. Looks like it was a labor of love.
I just found your thread at 8:00 & I just read every post. I had a LOL moment. I used to be in the cabinet business & when I read that you were going to paint it....I said to myself...why did he use Oak Plywood??...............LOL.....live & learn right !

It was nice of you to post all of the progress pictures for us to see. Its just a shame that some people can only find the negitive things....Kinda sounded like maybe someone was a little jealous

I just got a BioCube from my wife for christmas, I just wanted to get into this & figured I would start out small....Well this past weekend My wife & I were at the LFS checking out a 90 gallon. Iam hooked...So now Iam working on the design for the cabinet.

Anyway....thanks again for the pics........Happy Reefin :dance: :dance: :dance:
 
Looks like I lost my first SPS frag -- a light green/yellow milli I got as part of my 10-SPS frag pack from YourReef.com. Of course it was one of my favorites....the frag had grown to about 2" with many smaller 3/4" branches, and one night the base flesh started to disappear. After 2 or 3 days it was obviously spreading, and by the following weekend I removed it and fragged what little I could. I now have two 1/2" frags remaining, with only one showing no signs of necrosis.

I think in the future I'm going to spend my money on colonies rather than frags....life is too short for frags :)
 
Sucks that my pictures got deleted in the beginning of this thread -- moderators, is there any way you guys can let me edit the original posts (pages 1-4) so I can update the picture links?
 
Outstanding tank!! Did the moderators have anything to say about your pictures at the beginning of your thread? I subcribed so I could use your ideas to build my own stand. Plus your link to the drawings doesn't work anymore. I know you said you were tired of sending them individually. Is there a link that works?
 
I still have all the construction pictures, design renderings, models, etc etc etc they were just on my Auburn.edu account which has since been deleted because I graduated almost 2yrs ago....so I just need the moderators to let me revamp the links to my photobucket account. I'm working on it.
 
Try to upload you Photobucket images now. Check the image url's that I changed to make sure they are correct. We'll get them all fixed for you. Sweet set up!!!


Chris
 
Thanks cward!


An update on the tank...I've added about 10 more SPS frags and a half dozen decent sized colonies, as well as some LPS here & there. The tank is really starting to look like a reef.

I also ditched the 1/10hp chiller I bought used here on RC and replaced it with a 1/4hp I bought locally. Tank now sits at 77.5-78.5 constantly, I'm sure the corals & fish appreciate that. Another benefit is my water loss to evaporation dropped drastically, rather than refilling my 12g reservoir every 4-5 days I now only have to do it every 14 or so.

The next thing I want to add is a LiterMeter III to dose calc/alk automatically. I've done a lot of reading on the LiterMeter vs. Calcium & Kalk reactors, and I like the LiterMeter method (I forget the propper name for the method). It sounds leagues easier to fine tune and "set & forget." It's also cheaper than a calc reactor setup, especially when BulkReefSupply sells the calc/alk powders by the 5gal bucket for CHEAP.

Also want one more Vortech pump for the other side of the tank. Surely the SPS will like that.

Anywho, that's the update.

Take care folks-
Dustin
 
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