Hutch's 280 Gallon SPS Build

[cshutchinson]

Here is a picture showing how I hid the wiring and the top off water line coming from the Spectrapure remote pump to the sump:

Yes, more of that wiring channel...great stuff! You can see the water line sneaking down beside the left most controlled outlet box.

 

[hifoo]

A lot of time, planning, patience, and of course money have gone into this. Looks so clean and great. Pro set up for sure.

 

[cshutchinson]

I put 5 test frags in the tank this week. They are looking great and all have good polyp extension. The two on the right might be ready to move up in the tank a bit...

 

[cshutchinson]

looks good :thumbsup:

Looks great! Maybe some removable background could work?

Tom, aka glassreef would be proud, ive seen his set up in person, yours looks great, nothing like having your own fishroom, love the aquascaping, very clean.

A lot of time, planning, patience, and of course money have gone into this. Looks so clean and great. Pro set up for sure.

Thank you all for reading and posting a comment. I appreciate it. I am not a pro, but hopefully this will help someone. And, its fun to share and get help here. :idea:

 

[Antwan620]

Nice clean looking tank! love the chalk bass that fish has a lot of personality.

 

[cshutchinson]

Yes, the chalk bass has become my favorite. The tang thinks he's the boss, but that chalk bass stands his own and pretty much thumbs his nose at the tang. This is one of the most aggressive yellow tangs I have ever seen. He most have come straight to my house from the ocean. He has no tank manners whatsoever. He is getting better, but I wish he/she would find a bit of grace.

 

[cshutchinson]

Here are the live feeds again if anyone is interested. (if they are slow, they are overloaded with visitors)...

Display Tank
http://www.spsreef.com:1024/img/main.cgi?next_file=main.htm

Tank Room (Sump)
http://www.spsreef.com:1025/img/main.cgi?next_file=main.htm

 

[v1...rotate]

Looking great Hutch!!... Super clean and modern!!! I love the pictures and equipment!!

I'm not sure what other Zeovit items your dosing yet... but if I could give some advice... take it slow and don't be in a rush to add the supplements. IMHO just use the basic 4 for a couple of months, change Carbon, zeovit stones and monitor everything.

 

[cshutchinson]

Looking great Hutch!!... Super clean and modern!!! I love the pictures and equipment!!

I'm not sure what other Zeovit items your dosing yet... but if I could give some advice... take it slow and don't be in a rush to add the supplements. IMHO just use the basic 4 for a couple of months, change Carbon, zeovit stones and monitor everything.

Thanks so much. For my tank to look 1/2 as good as yours would be so incredible!

Yes, I am just dosing ZB, ZS, and 1/4 of recommended SP. I will do as you recommend and stick with the basic 4 until at least two months. I was planning on asking for your advice on dosing, so thanks for your post. I will be on the 14th day on Friday. I will touch base with you after two months and decide what to change or add.

Take care.

PS. I still watch your videos at least once a week!

 

[Mr. Brooks]

I have a better picture attached.

The dual 1-1/2 PVC lines comes to the top of my sump from the returns. From the bulkhead I go to a 1-1/2 90 then to a 1-1/2 to 2" adapter and then to a 3" tee with a 2" leg.

Sections of 3" PVC are cut for the top and bottom of the tee, and a 3" cap is placed on top of the Tee with a few tiny holes drilled so it can exhaust the air escaping.

Basically, the increase in PVC size from the bulkhead slows the water down. Of course I didn't give it much room to slow down as I was limited. At the tee the air bubbles want to rise to the top water level, they burst and the air escapes through the hole drilled in the PVC cap. Some of the bubbles still get forced down with the water as you see. I could slow my return pump down some, but I don't get any bubbles returned to the tank as it is. They don't make it to the bubble trap in the sump. As you can see, if they do make it out of the bottom, they all rise pretty quick right around the 3" tee, and there they stay.

If you take the cap off of the 3" PVC tees, you should see the turbulence and hear all the noise this thing eliminates.

I stumbled across this idea on a google search for a reverse durso.

Thanks I think I'll use this design!

 

[mikid]

storage tank

storage tank

were did you locate those nice looking stoarge tanks, and how much did they set you back,im looking into setting up and 150gal sump and tank/tanks in my garage for my equipment....mike

 

[cshutchinson]

were did you locate those nice looking stoarge tanks, and how much did they set you back,im looking into setting up and 150gal sump and tank/tanks in my garage for my equipment....mike

I got these at www.agrisupply.com as we have one here local. Many tractor supply stores also carry them , www.tractorsupply.com , and www.usplastics.com

These cost me 130 each.

 

[cshutchinson]

I am not an expert at macro photography by any means, and my acros don't have full coloration yet, but here is my best shot from this morning. I just cropped the photo, so no photoshop magic.

 

[cshutchinson]

A few pictures:

All of my fish are in quarantine tank until Thanksgiving at least. But the SPS and inverts are doing well.

 

[mseepman]

This tank is really nice. I am so impressed with your setup and your attention to detail. I only hope my next build has half as much class!

 

[cshutchinson]

I haven't been able to scuba dive lately, but this was the next best thing.

 

[adddo]

Hehe awesome!

 

[erick_diver]

Really awesome build! A great inspiration for my next build!
Best wishes from brazil!

 

[Dejavu]

Great build man! I love how clean your fish room is.

 

[Felix1021]

hehe i have to agree...i've seen clean builds but your build is just C.L.E.A.N.
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