Josh's 180 SPS system

needmore-reef

needmore-reef

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Its been over a year in the making... almost everything here is DIY.

Thought I would introduce myself and the system I've been working on.


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Welcome. Everything is looking good. I will have to follow along. Where's is this being setup? The garage? Any ideas on equipment? Lighting, skimmer, etc.
 
Frick said:
Welcome. Everything is looking good. I will have to follow along. Where's is this being setup? The garage? Any ideas on equipment? Lighting, skimmer, etc.
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Its going in the Living room once the pool table is sold.
Skimmer will be a Reef Dynamics INS350.

Lighting for the frag tank will be a hanging 6 bulb Tek T5 fixture.
The main tank may use my current 3 bulb 250w metal halide setup, but I hate the heat. If I have the same issues I may have to ask my wife for three AI Vegas

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cool setup, Im doing a big diy garage tank project too and I bet your wife is going to be excited to get her parking spot back!
 
leak test

leak test

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line to calcium reactor

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full siphon, very quiet and no bubbles.

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Crap!!! overflow box on frag tank had a slow drip. time to break out the weld-on 16
 
The sump (48 X 24 x 15) and frag tank (48 X 33 x 12) I built using 1/4".

The main tank (72 x 24 x 15) is a modified 180 gallon Tru Vu
 
new toys

new toys

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6 bulb T5 Tek for frag tank. I'm already thinking it will be too small.

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I upgraded my Geo CR624 and went with the Reef Dynamics CR250E. The quality and attention to detail are awesome.

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The top uses their jam loc top which makes it quick and easy to disassemble. No more key holes w/ nylon screws!
 
Update:

Update:

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So here is a long overdue post update on my tank. Its been slow going for several reasons, first my wife has started working full time and is currently working 12hr night shifts. So I have been the one watching my 16 month old son on my days off work. At this age he isn't the best helper. He tossed a 2" sched. 80 bulkhead he found into the sump during instal and almost gave me a heart attack.

Second reason this is taking so long is that the frag tank had a very, very slow leak after I installed it in the house. Thanks to Steve H. who was gracious enough to help repair my DIY project failure. The DIY sump is doing great though. I learned a lot building the frag tank, and the results are much better.

I decided to try LED lighting with the new setup, I still have my metal halide equipment if I feel a need to go back. I'm using 3 Kessil 350W. I tried using the gooseneck mounts but that didn't work out.

Sorry the lights aren't on yet...
 
Qt

Qt

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I've isolated the frag tank temporarily, Flipped the stand around to accommodate the plumbing so I can do a quarantine before its added into the main tank. I plan on dipping everything weekly for a month or longer.

After this I will set up a 20 long with a cpr bak pak and HOB media reactor or aquaclear to run carbon and GFO.
 
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