JapanReef - 450 gallon In-Wall system
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Happy day! Got a call from the customs clearance house at Osaka Airport. They said the crates have arrived and they'll be sending them down here over the weekend. They wanted to set Tuesday as the date but that's not possible for me so they are going to try for Monday and if not then, Wednesday. The stand will be done by then, floor painted so I'll be able to start right away on the plumbing. :bounce2:
Few pics of the pretty much finished tank room. Check out the nice shiny plastic walls. :bum:
Left side where the stand and tank will go.
The right side which will be open and will have the sink at the end.
View from my office. You can see two big access points above the tank. The swing doors will go in last.
This is the material we put up on the walls over the water/soundproofing felt:
Just going to order the last few things from PA and MarineDepot and I should be all set!
Few pics of the pretty much finished tank room. Check out the nice shiny plastic walls. :bum:
Left side where the stand and tank will go.
The right side which will be open and will have the sink at the end.
View from my office. You can see two big access points above the tank. The swing doors will go in last.
This is the material we put up on the walls over the water/soundproofing felt:
Just going to order the last few things from PA and MarineDepot and I should be all set!
NexDog ... I was looking around in Reef Central and ran across your thread. The thread is absolutely awesome and you don't even have the tank yet! I guess I am really interested because I will be moving to Japan for a year with my wife for work (Toyota). We will be living in the Aichi Prefecture around Toyota City. I have some full SPS tanks right now, but will have to tear them down when we leave next June. For the year while I am in Japan I want to see as many reef stores, and perosonal tanks as I can to get ideas. I plan on designing my dream tank and setup so it I can begin construction when I return to the states. I will keep following your post and would like to see it next year if possible! Toyota is putting a new plant in Kyushu ... just a side note.
I'm just going to order over the phone from a few places in Tokyo and have the livestock shipped down same day. I'm going to get the LR next week and cure it well before I stick it in the tank. But I'm going to go ahead and get plenty of corals as soon as the tank is setup I'll just put them in the main tank and in the grow-out area of the fuge until the LR is ready.
Just got the call - tank has arrived here in my town! :dance: :bounce2: :celeb1: :thumbsup: :bounce3:
The guy asked if I had a forklift because it was so heavy..... :eek1:
Should be here in 90 minutes so need to rush over the house and clear the wallpaper machines out my office as that's where I'll put it for a few days. Still haven't painted the floor and the stand has been built yet but that will be done in a few days. I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning.
The guy asked if I had a forklift because it was so heavy..... :eek1:
Should be here in 90 minutes so need to rush over the house and clear the wallpaper machines out my office as that's where I'll put it for a few days. Still haven't painted the floor and the stand has been built yet but that will be done in a few days. I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning.
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get a picture of that bad boy when it arrives...
The tanks are now sitting on the floor of what will be my office. We had to take the window and flowerbox apart in order for it to fit. I'll develop the photos in a few days as my digital camera isn't working too good and photos were taken with a normal camera. The crates were crazy heavy but we managed to get them off the truck. Six of us lifted it through the window.
Painting the floor tomorrow and the stand has already been cut and will be assembled on site at the house on Wednesday or Thursday. Looks like I'll be plumbing at the weekend.
Painting the floor tomorrow and the stand has already been cut and will be assembled on site at the house on Wednesday or Thursday. Looks like I'll be plumbing at the weekend.
Here's some pics from the other day.....
First order of business, getting the crates off the truck. The big one was HEAVY!!
Damn, James screwed this down TIGHT!
Very well packed, arrived in pristine condition.
Smaller crate holding the sump comes off. The delivery guy is dying to leave by this point, heh.
Even the sump was heavy. Took quite a few of us to get through the house. All the builders obviously paranoid about scratching up the walls.
How many people does it take to dismantle a window and flowerbox - 5
Didn't get a pic of the tank going through the window because even my wife was lending a hand at that point. Five people outside and 4 people inside and she's in
First order of business, getting the crates off the truck. The big one was HEAVY!!
Damn, James screwed this down TIGHT!
Very well packed, arrived in pristine condition.
Smaller crate holding the sump comes off. The delivery guy is dying to leave by this point, heh.
Even the sump was heavy. Took quite a few of us to get through the house. All the builders obviously paranoid about scratching up the walls.
How many people does it take to dismantle a window and flowerbox - 5
Didn't get a pic of the tank going through the window because even my wife was lending a hand at that point. Five people outside and 4 people inside and she's in
Tough to get pics as it's cramped in the office now but James delivered an awesome product - just plug and play. Notice the care package taped to the back - contained polish, scratch remover, soft cloths and some acrylic scrapers!
Bulkheads installed on the back. Bottom row is the 2" drains for the closed loops and top 4 are the 1.5" outlets for one of the closed loops.
Same from the inside. James even hooked me up with some strainers.
How far does this guy go to please? Pre-installed flow modifying Durso standpipes - he's out of control!
Floor got painted yesterday and second coat today.
I'm not going to be plumbing this weekend afterall as the stand isn't ready. They are going to town on it though and showed me a schematic of it and came around to double check the measurements of the tank and room. They'll be building it this weekend and screwing it together. Then they are taking it apart, bringing it round and welding it together on site. Will be great because they can weld it nice and level (I hope!).
I've almost decided that the stand top will be 3/4" acrylic just like the tank. Anyone have any thoughts on that? They were going to do it out of sheet metal at first but I nixed that idea. Maybe MRP would be a better material for the stand top?
Bulkheads installed on the back. Bottom row is the 2" drains for the closed loops and top 4 are the 1.5" outlets for one of the closed loops.
Same from the inside. James even hooked me up with some strainers.
How far does this guy go to please? Pre-installed flow modifying Durso standpipes - he's out of control!
Floor got painted yesterday and second coat today.
I'm not going to be plumbing this weekend afterall as the stand isn't ready. They are going to town on it though and showed me a schematic of it and came around to double check the measurements of the tank and room. They'll be building it this weekend and screwing it together. Then they are taking it apart, bringing it round and welding it together on site. Will be great because they can weld it nice and level (I hope!).
I've almost decided that the stand top will be 3/4" acrylic just like the tank. Anyone have any thoughts on that? They were going to do it out of sheet metal at first but I nixed that idea. Maybe MRP would be a better material for the stand top?
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