For the larger pieces I used PVC and a diamond hole saw to cut drill the rock. I also have acrylic rods that I will use for the smaller structures.
Matt's 225g Custom Build
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For the larger pieces I used PVC and a diamond hole saw to cut drill the rock. I also have acrylic rods that I will use for the smaller structures.
Well I made a mess today. Needed to evenly distribute power since I have two tanks running now. In the process of moving the apex and adding the second (new) tank to it. That way when I break down the old one I can just unplug everything and the new tank is still up and running for the most part. I may be short a few outlets until the old one is broken down but I can deal with that. Good thing my wife is out of town for work. Lol. I need to clean this mess up before she gets home.
reeksreef
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I see you have both of your vortech controllers on your panel. Did you do anything to extend the wires?
Funny you mention that Eddie, I actually use a little more Alk to Calcium.
Little more work on the control panel too.
Still have a few more things to add and wires to cleanup but this gives me the basics to cycle the tank.
Yes I actually sent it to ecotech and had them extend the wires for me. Normally that would be something I would have done myself but just didn't have time.
Rock work is done. I'm not 100% sold on the left side but I have been working and changing the Rock non stop for a week so it will do for now. I have some established Rock I will be probably moving from my other tank later on so I can change it up a bit at that time if I decide too.
gemini aquarius(t)
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Very impressive
Ryanaquarium
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Thanks everyone. So now some of the good stuff. The equipment I chose. It's been like Christmas everyday here. My wife doesn't quite think it's fair though. Lol. I looked and researched quite a few different sumps. After speaking with David (I think that was his name) at Trigger Systems I decided to have them build me a custom sump. It was built off of their Emerald line sump with some modifications. For starters I wanted white and not the neon Emerald color plus I needed modifications for the three drain lines needed for the bean animal overflow I planned on using. They did a great job.
One question is that 3 4" filter socks can they handle the filtration of such a big tank ?
Honestly if I were to do it again I would have went with two 7" socks but I went with their recommendation I'm stuck with it. It does handle the flow of the bean animal siphon drain with no problem though. I will probably just have to change the socks more than I want too. The return is split with the other side which has a 7" so it does work fine with no problems.
I am running it on the main sump. I may add one to the second if I need it but not quite sure what I am going to do with that yet. I would get a larger sump than the one I had built for a 300. If I did it again I would have probably had mine made wider for more volume.
