That is really nice. Is that a chiller on the bottom? Does it get really hot in there during the summer?
Thanks
Is the stand for your 55 gallon drum made out of 4x4 legs or 2x4?
Hard to tell. Looks like doubled up 2x4's?
I am. I do not have any climate control in the garage. I sometimes run a dehumidifier, but not often. You can see my set up in the link below.
My build thread:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2252622
A few pics
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how cool do you keep your house, 70?
73-74
That makes sense - I couldn't figure out how your chiller wasn't running constantly otherwise.
I work in construction so I just brought home the big chipping hammer and blew a 4" hole through my wall for the PVC pipes and low voltage reef keeper cables and then filled with great stuff to seal the air /noise/ or bugs out......my area was solid concrete ..but you might find you have hollow cells in your concrete cynder blocks then you can just use a regular hammer to tap the block you can hear the difference to tell where the hollow area is and then hit it with the hammer to break it open its really simple and just measure the same distance on the other side to meet the holes up.....or you can take a long hammer drill bit and drill a hole through to line up your holes then chip or beat out the rest of the concrete .....I really like this setup the best the noise is almost nothing all the noise is kept in the garage and there is so much more room for expansion out there for larger sump/ refuge/ fans /q tank /frag tank /ato tank /water changing systems / calcium reactor/ect.....and also I never work with any water in my house on the wood floors all the work is done from the garage area so there are some huge advantages to this setup its the only way I will go from now on and the room I built is drywalled and insulated the doors are completely sealed and I ran a duct from my ac to keep it the same temp as the main house so while I make saltwater it always stays the same temp as the main display and being its in the same temp as the house I don't use a chiller just a fan on a temp controller via reef keeper that only turns on during the day ....Awesome setups....how do you guys install the pipes through the wall? Are there any remade sleeves you can use? Do you just use pipe insulation? ? Thanks