In Wall 400g DT (600g+ System)

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My former tank was a 375g System, (275g DT); 4 months ago I bought my new home and decided to go bigger, also planned a fishroom for it.

As there was not too much space inside the house (And of course, Wife was not going to allow it too LOL) I designed it on the backyard with a Pergola in between the fishroom and the house.

First off, some general specs and equipment list:

Fishroom:
Depth: 9'
Width: 15'
Height:7'

System:
The main In-Wall display is Eurobraced with 1/2" glass (Normal glass not Low Iron) with external overflow.

The overflow has three dursos (Bean Animal System) and return line:

Display Tank: 96" x 34" x 28" (400g)
Sump: 56" x 26" x 18" (100g)
Fuge: 32" x 32" x 23" (100g)
Frag Tank (Still on development): 32" x 32" x 12" (50g)

Total system: 650g

Equipment:

Lightning:
6 Aquaillumination Super Blue Sol modules for Main DT
1 LED fixture with 6,500k Lights

Mechanical Filtration:
100 Micron Socks at sump
Reactor, Vertex UF-20 Reactor with Carbon
Skimmer, Super Reef Octopus XP-5000 External

Natural Filtration:
Chaetomorpha in Fuge
Live Rock (Over 200 Pounds)
Live Sand (Over 200 Pounds)

Water Mixing Station:
Vertex Puratek 96 GPD with booster pump
65 Gallon RO/DI Container
65 Gallon Saltmix Container
Both of these inter-connected for water moving and mixing.

Controller:
Neptune Systems Apex
3 EB8 Bars (24 connections)
1 WXM for controlling Ecotech pumps
1 VDM for controlling AI modules
1 PM1 for PH probe over Calcium Reactor
2 PH Probes - 1 Temp - 1 ORP
1 Cisco Live CAM for Live Tank View

Pumps:
Water Blaster HY-16,000, feeding the Skimmer, Fuge and Display Tank.
Pan-World 100PX-X for Water mixing.
2 Ecotech MP-60's
1 Koralia EVO 1,050 in Fuge for Oxygenation

Others:
GEO 818 Calcium Reactor (In the middle of setting it up)

 

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Here are some renders of how the new Tank is displayed on the
new house.

I decided to place the tank within the backyard Pergola, as stated before, I had to reduce the FishRoom size due to lack of space and to avoid taking too much of the garden.

View of the garden as it was before:

And with the new Pergola and Fishroom in place:

Another perspectives of the Pergola and DT:

And within the Fishroom, first pick all the new equipment in, and second I removed it to show where the Water Depot will be:

Continuing...

 

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Beginning to move some grass and preparing land:

The Cement floor was done:

Fishroom building:

 

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Continuing...

Almost there...

Finished Fishroom with Pergola Floor:

 

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Now with the Pergola Assembly:

And from the computer to reality:

Now, tank stand, development and installing...

 

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First off, tank design in Computer:

And done at the LFS:

 

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The Stand:
This was made with 4" x 4" 4mm metal, so it's pretty strong:

Done, painted and in position with a 1/4" Plywood board:

Crew Cleaning before bringing in the tank:

 

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Big truck for a big job

Crane in Action: (VIDEO)
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And the "Small truck" that brought the tank in:

 

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wow...thats awesome..

 

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Preparing the tank for Lift off:

Final test and Tank LIFT OFF
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Yes, I almost pd my pants LOL

 

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And the tank to it's final resting position:

I had the hardest job on the set, taking pictures and videos LOL

Settling the tank in place:

 

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Began setting the Fishroom, flooring was done (Small tiles) and painted the room, all white:

Tank in place and cleaned:

My little workbench and Water station containers:

Wall where all the RO/DI and Apex will be installed:

And the water test:

And a quick video of the overflow testing:
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This is the drainage in the middle of the fishroom so no problem with water overflow here.

 

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Rockscape, I had a similar rockscape in my former tank, recreating it was a challenge but as I did like it very much I ended with almost the same setup, just added a concave at the far right where softies and LPS will be placed:

Version 1: (Didn't Liked it)

Version 2: Final one even with names LOL

Introduced the Sand and placed black Vinyl at the rear of the tank, also, saltwater going in:

 

[biecacka]

why didnt you get a bigger truck to help you!!

thats awesome
corey

 

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BeanAnimal system plumbing:

Sump:
I took my former Sump/Fuge and turned it into a Sump only tank, here some renders:

And in position: Some fans installed here (Not in the same position anymore)

 

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Water depot plumbing, RO/DI Setup, Apex and electric connections done:

Water Depot and Vertex Puratek Setup:

Apex Wall and Outlets:

And the final pick with modules and Cisco Wireless repeaters, switch for having internet within the room, the VDM not showing here:

I have a Fuse box within the room with 2 20 Amp fuses just in case, though, with one fuse it would be more than enough.

 

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Fuge:

The light I used is a normal 36" LED tube for home used, has worked great:

Plumbing of the Fuge:

Live Rock and Sand:

 

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Skimmer:

MP60's in place:

 

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Lightning Installation:

Previously render the cone of lights just to be sure I was going to get enough light with the AI, at least, enough light with just six modules:

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70 Degree Optics:

40 Degree Optics:

In the tank:

And there is enough for now with just six modules:

First FTS I had:

 

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Misc stuff:

Rear Tank Organization:

Food and Tools:

Tunze Osmolator Main Unit (Pump is within the RO/DI Container):

WorkBench and Shelf:

Shelf:

Other FTS:
For the tank I placed a wooden frame with a small ledge on the bottom, this ledge can hold 4 eating positions in case the fam want to have breakfast/lunch or dinner in front of the tank: