It begins... 345 gal Starphire in-wall
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mrcrab
In Memoriam
Tank's done and curing. Pickup the end of next week. Hopefully no more storms between now and then!
Here's some new pics of the completed build. Still needs to be cleaned up. And yes the cross bracing is not evenly spaced, that's by design. I'm putting my 6' Marisatr unit over it and didn't want the halides over the glass.
Tank Done Rear
Tank Done Front
Here's some new pics of the completed build. Still needs to be cleaned up. And yes the cross bracing is not evenly spaced, that's by design. I'm putting my 6' Marisatr unit over it and didn't want the halides over the glass.
Tank Done Rear
Tank Done Front
I will, I'm going after 5:00 so I'll post about it tonight. I didn't even know you had a thread going, I just got off the phone with him and he told me you were building it, so I did a search for your name. I knew it! a thread in progress. I will be following this one!
Thanks
Felix
Thanks
Felix
mrcrab
In Memoriam
Since I'm heading south tomorrow to pickup the tank, I'll post some pics of the equipment I've been collecting over the past year and using on the new system. As usual... all constructive comments are appreciated.
Skimmer. I'll be using a ASM G4X that's been modded with an extra Sedra 9000 reciric pump
Lighting: Sunlight Supply 6' Maristar unit. I'm running Ushio 14K 250W DE's and I'll be swapping out the actinincs in the unit for more white lights and adding 4 X 54W T-5's for my actinic. The T-5 retros will be 2 on the front and 2 on the back of the main unit. And no...it's not that blue actually a very crisp white. That pic was taken when the actinincs only were on.
I probably have nearly 400lbs of LR that's been cooking for at least 6 months. Mixed stuff I bought from reefers breaking down their setups. I plan on doing pillers of rock that will have shelves sticking out for putting corals on. I want to keep the system as open as possible. No rock walls here.
I didn't want to drill the tank for a CL because the guts of the tank will be in that garage and I didn't want my 9 year old banging into plumbing. Flow will be generated by 2 X Ecotech Marine Vortechs and the returns of 2 X 1262 Eheims connected to 2 X 1" Seaswirls that will be in the rear corners. I'm also thinking of using some modded MJ's to blow from back to front on a wavemaker.
This should alow not only for plenty of flow but should be very economical power usage wise.
Flow will be going through 3 X 40 Gal breeders. 1 will be the skimmer the next will be a frag growout tank also lit by T-5's and the last will have the return pumps.
Last but not least an ER RS8-2 will run the 120 while the new tank is getting ready.
Skimmer. I'll be using a ASM G4X that's been modded with an extra Sedra 9000 reciric pump
Lighting: Sunlight Supply 6' Maristar unit. I'm running Ushio 14K 250W DE's and I'll be swapping out the actinincs in the unit for more white lights and adding 4 X 54W T-5's for my actinic. The T-5 retros will be 2 on the front and 2 on the back of the main unit. And no...it's not that blue actually a very crisp white. That pic was taken when the actinincs only were on.
I probably have nearly 400lbs of LR that's been cooking for at least 6 months. Mixed stuff I bought from reefers breaking down their setups. I plan on doing pillers of rock that will have shelves sticking out for putting corals on. I want to keep the system as open as possible. No rock walls here.
I didn't want to drill the tank for a CL because the guts of the tank will be in that garage and I didn't want my 9 year old banging into plumbing. Flow will be generated by 2 X Ecotech Marine Vortechs and the returns of 2 X 1262 Eheims connected to 2 X 1" Seaswirls that will be in the rear corners. I'm also thinking of using some modded MJ's to blow from back to front on a wavemaker.
This should alow not only for plenty of flow but should be very economical power usage wise.
Flow will be going through 3 X 40 Gal breeders. 1 will be the skimmer the next will be a frag growout tank also lit by T-5's and the last will have the return pumps.
Last but not least an ER RS8-2 will run the 120 while the new tank is getting ready.
mrcrab
In Memoriam
For anyone watching this thread. I was having some issues with pictures so I started a new one. The tank is actually 1/2 full at the moment and in the next day or two I will be adding alot more pics of the progress and pitfalls.
New Thread:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8531052#post8531052
New Thread:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8531052#post8531052
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