Hutch's 280 Gallon SPS Build

[JASON L.]

Wow so clean!

 

[twiggyb]

I like your aquascape, and the rest for that matter :lol: great job! :thumbsup:

 

[cshutchinson]

Nice build keep it comein with the pics. I like the way you have your sump, I wish I could convince people that a fishroom should be larger than the master bath.

Wow so clean!

The tank looks very nice!!

Nice tank

it's huge and nice !

I like your aquascape, and the rest for that matter :lol: great job! :thumbsup:

Thank you all, I appreciate the comments. Have a great Labor Day!

 

[dfd189]

WOW! Fantastic so far!

 

[crsandoval]

Excellent setup, the way you hid the wires is very nice.

 

[crvz]

great hardware and clean setup, look forward to seeing it come to life!

 

[jpsika08]

Great build thread, I'm in the process of building a 275g tank and you have given me lots of good ideas.

Will keep following :thumbsup:

BTW, I would already have a bed at my office with a tank like this

 

[Swimfest]

What are the dimentions on this tank? arent 4 vortechs overkill? or just enough? i want some for my 240 but dont know how many to get

 

[cshutchinson]

WOW! Fantastic so far!

Excellent setup, the way you hid the wires is very nice.

great hardware and clean setup, look forward to seeing it come to life!

Great build thread, I'm in the process of building a 275g tank and you have given me lots of good ideas.

Will keep following :thumbsup:

BTW, I would already have a bed at my office with a tank like this

Much appreciated! Thank you all.

 

[cshutchinson]

What are the dimentions on this tank? arent 4 vortechs overkill? or just enough? i want some for my 240 but dont know how many to get

72 x 36 x 25

In my opinion, 4 vortechs are just right. I am running them on 100% throughout the day as the Neptune Apex runs my custom program. At night I take them to 50%.

 

[Atom0023]

I am always too late to catch the tank with the lights on. You should move to the west coast so I can watch easier.

 

[cshutchinson]

I am always too late to catch the tank with the lights on. You should move to the west coast so I can watch easier.

Sorry, here is the lighting schedule: (all in EST)

6:00 AM Back T5's
7:00 AM Front T5's come on
8:00 AM 3 x 400 Halides come on
3:00 PM Halides off
4:00 PM Front T5's off
5:00 PM Back T5's off

The camera struggles when all the halides are on, but you can still see what's going on.

Hope this helps.

 

[mnswreefer]

Great build.... I like the light frame. You should take pic when your halides on

 

[Atom0023]

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Sorry, here is the lighting schedule: (all in EST)

6:00 AM Back T5's
7:00 AM Front T5's come on
8:00 AM 3 x 400 Halides come on
3:00 PM Halides off
4:00 PM Front T5's off
5:00 PM Back T5's off

The camera struggles when all the halides are on, but you can still see what's going on.

Hope this helps.

Okay thanks... I was starting to think that the video was just on a dark fuzzy loop... I will test out the new times tomorrow.

Thanks

 

[joao junior]

Here are some updated shots:

Added three stages to the ro/di system. Two GFO canisters, and a final 1 micron filter.

wow great filter,you have two RO menbranes??sorry..but can you explain to me??i use one only and my tds make 003,what do you think??

 

[cshutchinson]

wow great filter,you have two RO menbranes??sorry..but can you explain to me??i use one only and my tds make 003,what do you think??

No, those two RO membranes are in parallel and are 75 gallons per day each, allowing the system to spit out 150 gallons per day, or about 6 gallons per hour.

 

[tahiriqbal]

Looks like another great build to watch and learn from... Good luck..

 

[joao junior]

thanks cshutchinson,
you make a great job,i don´t have po4 in water outlet of my RO,you think that i need to use GFO in canister too??thanks.

 

[cshutchinson]

thanks cshutchinson,
you make a great job,i don´t have po4 in water outlet of my RO,you think that i need to use GFO in canister too??thanks.

No, I had a P04 problem, and that's the only reason I use it.

 

[Last Version]

Very nice.. look great.. tagging along!

Thanks for your sharing.