dmorel's 220 Round & Shallow reef build
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dmorel
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HAHAHA you even mentioned that when I was taking the picture!, sorry man. (Love the new profile info btw)
Coyle and erics3000
Thanks!
Today is move over day. I'll be moving the corals from the 58 in the bedroom over to the display tank today. Hopefully cleaning up a few odds and ends tomorrow and officially be rolling with a real tank.
More pics to come this weekend I'm sure since more rock and a bunch of smaller corals will be going in.
HAHAHA you even mentioned that when I was taking the picture!, sorry man. (Love the new profile info btw)
Coyle and erics3000
Thanks!
Today is move over day. I'll be moving the corals from the 58 in the bedroom over to the display tank today. Hopefully cleaning up a few odds and ends tomorrow and officially be rolling with a real tank.
More pics to come this weekend I'm sure since more rock and a bunch of smaller corals will be going in.
dmorel
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Well the transfer is complete. I've moved my corals and rock from the former display tank into the new one. Everything is shut down in my old tank (guess I better empty that and get it out of the house before it starts to smell bad fast...
Here are some shots just post move, so there is some slime and a bit of a dust storm. Will take more pics tomorrow after everything has settled in.
Here are some shots just post move, so there is some slime and a bit of a dust storm. Will take more pics tomorrow after everything has settled in.
woodwrangler
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Looks AMAZING :thumbsup:
Congratulations on the successful transfer and build dm (and skip)
Now let's see what those lights can do
Congratulations on the successful transfer and build dm (and skip)
Now let's see what those lights can do
Lowredranger
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That is very cool.
Can you take some pics on how you have the whole sump room tied into the tank since i see they are on the same level but the tank does not back up to the wall.
Thanks
Jason
Can you take some pics on how you have the whole sump room tied into the tank since i see they are on the same level but the tank does not back up to the wall.
Thanks
Jason
dmorel
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14557901#post14557901 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by woodwrangler
Looks AMAZING :thumbsup:
Congratulations on the successful transfer and build dm (and skip)
Now let's see what those lights can do
Thanks Scott. That rock is really helping!
Good to see you Sunday. LMK how everything works out.
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Thanks Ed. I'm sure you could get one from someone. Honestly you can't really get them here unless you get them custom made (for the most part anyway) I just got really lucky and had a chance to grab this one for a song.
Looks better in person. I really meant to grab some more pics this weekend but... it just didn't happen.
I can take some more, but here is one from earlier in the thread that sort of show what's happening:
it's been moved to go through the wall not the door, but you get the point, just drains down from the center overflow to the sump and from there everything gets distributed around in the sump room. Frankly, the sump room can be thought of as a completely independent system from the main display tank. The DT is pretty much "bolted on" to that system. It really would be nearly trivial to change out the display tank from a plumbing perspective.
Ha! No no... it's not, I don't make decisions that poor. This house has a half dozen gun safes in it. Covering it up with a tank full of water is about as useful as a gun safe will ever be to me.
I'll post an update on the weekends events in just a bit.
OnlyCrimson
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I hope those fuge lights are tied to that pvc rack!
Love your tank! It looks very good. Have fun cleaning the algae off it!
Love your tank! It looks very good. Have fun cleaning the algae off it!
dmorel
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Thanks Chull13!
Thanks David (it is David yeah?) --- I'm with you, they left that thing on the floor doing nothing far too long. Only downside is the number of scratches it has received over that time. Hopefully I'll be able to get some of those out soon.
See you Saturday at Prop I hope.
The fuge rack is secured, but that's a good call, I should zip tie those lights in case something bad happens with the clamps. Thanks for the heads up on that.
Hopefully the algae won't be too bad, but I guess I'll be finding out soon. I do get a lot of morning sunlight on one side through the windows, be curious to see how bad that is compared to the rest.
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As far as updates, sorry I didn't get any more pictures posted. My wife took some but I haven't pulled them onto my server yet.
This weekend we got everything online except the calcium reactor. One of the orings for the intakes was missing. Fortunately Marine Depot is shooting another one off to me. Also picking up two more tunze nano streams to increase the flow just a tad bit. It's not quite as rapid as I would like.
Picked up a couple of small gobies and a leopard wrasse to add some swimmers. Couple of tangs will come in a few weeks once I can get everything I want in at once.
Today the framing for the false floor is being put in. A local reefer and my rock supplier will be assisting with the bench build out in a little while.
I spent a few hours cleaning the garage and just straightening things out which is really nice.
Oh, and last thing was the humidifier we're testing seems to be working really well.
The sump room is still getting really hot so I might need to put an exhaust fan in there anyway, but the humidifier is really helping keep the moisture low.
All in all, things are going well and the tank is already a showcase in our house.
dmorel
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So the shell of the raised floor is in, still need to figure out what I'm going to put on top of it and get together with Scott on building the bench.
I'm going through a HUGE diatom bloom right now. It's not unexpected but SO hard to look at on such a pretty tank.
The dehumidifier is working wonders, but I must do something about heat before we really move into an arizona summer. A problem for another day but one that can't be ignored too much longer.
More pics AFTER the diatoms and all the freaking bubbles it brings go away
I'm going through a HUGE diatom bloom right now. It's not unexpected but SO hard to look at on such a pretty tank.
The dehumidifier is working wonders, but I must do something about heat before we really move into an arizona summer. A problem for another day but one that can't be ignored too much longer.
More pics AFTER the diatoms and all the freaking bubbles it brings go away
