Movable 200 gal build thread

[reefdna]

We are getting ready to build a custom home and I need a way to make my current tank transporatble to sell our current home and to move into a rental until our new home is built. So I came up with this............

Idea:
1. Large enough for the corals to grow out over the enxt year
2. Easy to move with minnimal breakdown (on wheels)
3. Ease of access and use

I Purchased the tank from Tenecor at a huge discount as a customer cast-off. Tenecor had made a couple of bad cuts. Good for me! I had them make the external overflow boxes, cut the teeth and drilled holes for CL..... Total...$800


Measuring for a stand

The "bad" cuts

The tank ont he stand before the Casters

Overflow boxes and teeth cut ito the back of the tank

Plumbing begins 2" holes drilled for CL intake

 

[reefdna]

Intake and outake plumbing for CL going under the stand

CL

Putting the stand on wheels. Each caster is rated for 1,200 lbs

 

[purebullet417]

NICE CAR lol cant wait to see it filled

 

[reefdna]

Reef Keeper II running the show w/expansion socket

1/3 HP tradewinds chiller running off of RKII expansion socket

Water in and system running. durso standpipes with IV stopcock mod

The sump a couple of us locals built as an experiment and it has worked out awesome! I purchased the acrylic from a local PLastics company (Port PLastics) and had them cut it to what I had designed. I borrowed the basic design from Melev's reef http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/f/sump_f.html and just changed up the dimensions. Also I went with 1/2" acrylic so as not to need a top brace.

A shot of the refugium side of the sump. I really like that I have the sump and refugium as one unit. I currently use a pump int he center compartment to feed the refugium. Later I plan on altering the plumbing so as to have two overflow pipes feeding it.

 

[EWC88]

wow very nice tagging along on this one

 

[reefdna]

Some shots of the old tank that was broken down.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/reefdna/IMG_1363.jpg
[IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/reefdna/IMG_1358.jpg

 

[yaktop]

why would you want to risk moving the tank? want to vacuum underneath

 

[reefdna]

Ha Ha Ha You should have seen my wifes face when I moved the old tank and she saw the rust stains! she stared quietly for awhile and finally said Well...... I guess we're doing bare concrete in the next house.....

As for why we're moving it I'm selling our home and peple just seem to think it would be too much work to own a tank this size. so to keep us from having to break down several times before it ends up in the final home.

 

[reefdna]

The tank up and running. So far we are having a small but expected algae bloom. No biggie. The corals seem happier in this shallower tank though I have had 2 fish jump and die. UNfortubately we did have one coral casualty and it was my Wall hammer of 5 years who was almost 1 1/2' across

Side shot looking long ways

Left side

Rics

 

[reefdna]

Some more coral shots
Lighting is 2 400W 15K XM bulbs in Lumenarc mini pendants

Zoo's (I have not Identified the zoo's so I don't have names. Most I have traded for)

Glaxia

Superman Monti

Green Milli of some sort

 

[pressthebutton]

amaxing corals and set up!

im especially partial to the frogspawn.

 

[reefdna]

Thank You! The frogspawn has been with us for over 6 years now started with only 4 heads and now has over 60. Unfortunately when we moved it to the new tank it broke into 4 large pieces. Needless to say it is one of my favorite corals too.

Ed C