Hey all, well I pulled the trigger on a deal I got on a 300 DD Marineland Aquarium. I had a 150 Cube, before I moved to the new house now everything is housed in Rubbermaid stock tanks. In the new house my basement has a bump out in the foundation 8' deep by 15' wide, this is where the new set up will be installed. It looks pretty rough right now.
When we were building I had floor drain installed in the center of the room, along with rough ins for a mop sink. I will also have two stock tanks that will hold extra rock, frags, protein skimmer & ATS. I also plan on having two (2) 50 gallon cylinders for RO/DI water and a mixing station. The existing foundation walls will be painted in a commercial epoxy, along with the floor for easy clean up! The room with also have a humidistat connected to an exhaust fan, and will also have a passive wall air vent with damper that will allow fresh air to be pulled into the room when the damper is not closed. By doing all this I hope to avoid any humidity issues in this room. One last thing I am adding on this build is a concrete curb that will run under the new wall so if I have any overflows or disasters the majority of the water will flow to the drain.
Unfortunately my large SPS colonies all perished right after the move, I do have some frags of the colonies but I will almost be starting from scratch with my SPS which really sucks! All my fish made the move I currently have a mated pair of Bellus Angels along with many other fish. I plan on adding a couple of specimen fish like a Golden Flake Angel, multiple Anthias, and some different types of Tangs & Wrasses. The corals will be a mix of SPS, LPS, softies and some larger clams. I also plan buy another 100 lbs of Pukani dry rock to cure over the next month.
Equipment:
Gyre 150 & a Vortech MP40W for water flow along with a large DC return pump, will see how this works out.
Lighting: Two lumenbright reclectors along with 250 MH Radiums, the center will be T-5's (I know it's old school) possibly supplemented by LED strips. All lights will be suspended by rolling light rack (see above pic)
Controllers: Apex on the main tank and I will use my old Reefkeeper on the stock tanks
Filtration: Skimmer not sure yet, possibly a Vertex Alpha or Reef Octo Regal, suggestions??? Experimenting with an L4 Turbo Algae Scrubber in lieu of a planted refugium. Will probably still run my dual stage media reactor carbon/ GFO.
Calcium/Alk/Mag - For now I am staying with Two Part since I have a ton of it, may switch to reactor as the tank matures.
I plan on staying with a more open concept with my rock work having three larger mounds of rock centered under each separate light. I want to grow larger colonies and have more swimming space for the larger fish. That's it for now I will post as I progress!
Thanks,
Scott
When we were building I had floor drain installed in the center of the room, along with rough ins for a mop sink. I will also have two stock tanks that will hold extra rock, frags, protein skimmer & ATS. I also plan on having two (2) 50 gallon cylinders for RO/DI water and a mixing station. The existing foundation walls will be painted in a commercial epoxy, along with the floor for easy clean up! The room with also have a humidistat connected to an exhaust fan, and will also have a passive wall air vent with damper that will allow fresh air to be pulled into the room when the damper is not closed. By doing all this I hope to avoid any humidity issues in this room. One last thing I am adding on this build is a concrete curb that will run under the new wall so if I have any overflows or disasters the majority of the water will flow to the drain.
Unfortunately my large SPS colonies all perished right after the move, I do have some frags of the colonies but I will almost be starting from scratch with my SPS which really sucks! All my fish made the move I currently have a mated pair of Bellus Angels along with many other fish. I plan on adding a couple of specimen fish like a Golden Flake Angel, multiple Anthias, and some different types of Tangs & Wrasses. The corals will be a mix of SPS, LPS, softies and some larger clams. I also plan buy another 100 lbs of Pukani dry rock to cure over the next month.
Equipment:
Gyre 150 & a Vortech MP40W for water flow along with a large DC return pump, will see how this works out.
Lighting: Two lumenbright reclectors along with 250 MH Radiums, the center will be T-5's (I know it's old school) possibly supplemented by LED strips. All lights will be suspended by rolling light rack (see above pic)
Controllers: Apex on the main tank and I will use my old Reefkeeper on the stock tanks
Filtration: Skimmer not sure yet, possibly a Vertex Alpha or Reef Octo Regal, suggestions??? Experimenting with an L4 Turbo Algae Scrubber in lieu of a planted refugium. Will probably still run my dual stage media reactor carbon/ GFO.
Calcium/Alk/Mag - For now I am staying with Two Part since I have a ton of it, may switch to reactor as the tank matures.
I plan on staying with a more open concept with my rock work having three larger mounds of rock centered under each separate light. I want to grow larger colonies and have more swimming space for the larger fish. That's it for now I will post as I progress!
Thanks,
Scott
