my 255 starfire ocean upgrade!

[eran]

To Do List:
paint floor-CHECK
trim the rest of the stands and paint red
finish electrical...........I have 4 20amp lines for the tank that need to be hooked up
finish light rack-CHECK
drill skimmer tank for a drain-CHECK
make 65 gal Acrylic frag tank
make aluminum light rack like the display light rack
finish salt mixing station-ALMOST CHECK
remount RO/DI unit to wall and install float valves in 55gal. drums-CHECK
plumb frag and skimmer tanks-CHECK
install pullout table that will be mounted under the skimmer tank stand! should be cool. I am going to put it on drawer rails so that it will slide in a dn out as needed!
wire everything up and install apex
sit back and watch it grow!!!


Numbers from tonight:

Ph-8.3

Temp-78-That was after being on for 9 hours with just a floor fan blowing up at the lights!!! I thought that I might have a heating issue. I hope it stays like this.

Alk- 8.5(elos kit)

Ca-400(elos kit)

salinity-1.024

 

[eran]

Well, here is that belated update for the NON-BELIEVERS!!!! I hate posting pics. of unfinished work but I guess it will always be an unfinished project. One disclaimer; disregard all wires that are dangling every where!!!


Welcome to my fish room!

A little bit of non leaky plumbing!!!! Every bit of printing on the pvc was sanded clean. I also used clear pvc primer as well. The purple primer has always bugged me.

Here you can see the external overflow and the 3 drains and returns. I used the beananimal overflow style drains as found on RC. The first is the siphon drain, the next with the air hose is the open siphon, and the last is the emergency drain. You can look here for more info: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1310585

The alpha 300 cone skimmer chugging away. Not bad for like 250 gallons of new water!! That is 5 days worth.

The head fell because I just feed and had my hands all in the tank. Whoops.

Salt water mixing station. Its still in the works. I need to paint the lids BK red and add the plumbing and what not for a hands free water change!!!

RO/DI unit and utility sink. I will be painting the plywood red that the RO/DI unit is on tomorrow.

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[eran]

Continued.................................................

Home of future 70 gallon acrylic frag tank, not to be confused as ballast and cord table:-o

Light rack with cords almost taken care of!!!

A little push and the lights have moved for easy access for all the aquascaping that needs to be done. :up

Here you can see that I have my tunze 6105's on my eurobracing for the non cord in the tank loving guys:wave

Another view of how the tunze's look in the tank.

Now you see the black foamed pvc removable back...................

Now you don't. First piece removed.............

Second removed................

And last but not least, all gone................Now I can keep my back glass nice and algae free!!!!!

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[eran]

Just a little worried with all the new space.................

Remember, that is not the final resting place of the rock. I have plenty of epoxy putty and plastic rods for aquascaping. Wow, I really need to finish the front sliding doors!

Well, that's it for now and more work to be done for sure!!!!:up Thanks for looking![/QUOTE]

 

[Dtronic]

Fantastic looking! I wish I had that kind of room to work with.
You took alot of time to make it look that good and it shows.

 

[eran]

Fantastic looking! I wish I had that kind of room to work with.
You took alot of time to make it look that good and it shows.

Thanks! It's taken too long. Now, i hope it won't take me as long to get it stocked!!!! I have a huge fish order coming in 2 days!!! Stay tuned!

 

[strout]

Nice very nice.

 

[eran]

Thanks a ton strout... It's coming along

 

[solRNY]

hi eran, great job on the second alpha 300 hd video! wanted to see more of the bubbles in the skimmer body more so the sizes, turbalance, ect... but maybe next time

i noticed you first purchased the digital aquatic controller, and then neptune, was wondering which you do perfer more, any advice would be helpful as i am in the market for a controller.

 

[prop-frags]

the progress looks great. Post some updates?

 

[Tater11]

wow!!great work can't wait to see it fill in.

 

[eran]

hi eran, great job on the second alpha 300 hd video! wanted to see more of the bubbles in the skimmer body more so the sizes, turbalance, ect... but maybe next time


i noticed you first purchased the digital aquatic controller, and then neptune, was wondering which you do perfer more, any advice would be helpful as i am in the market for a controller.

I just did that video really quick. I have seen some really cool hd videos on here as of late. I just need to take the time to make a cool one and edit it. Dude, the turbulence in the chamber is not bad at all and the bubbles are super small. I am just starting to fine tune it to my bio load.

How is your tank coming? Did you get it yet? I need to jump on your thread.

The controller thing is me being not so pleased with the way I saw DA handled its business and customer support. I never even set the silly thing up. But when I would read there sponsor section and see that no one was responding to questions and issues that people had I decided that I did not want to deal with that in the long run. I have been on their own forum and I was not impressed there either. And the APEX had amenities that I wanted. And right after I bought the net module for the RKE the thing was then included in a package for $100 less then what I had just paid for it. I just did want to support it. Sorry for the rant:frog:

the progress looks great. Post some updates?

I need to do my aquascape still. I added like 22 fish all at once to get my skimmer churning away. Need less to say it is pulling some nog now. I am going to wait a few more days to let my fish put some weight on. A few of them are more delicate and I didn't want to stress them more out by moving around all the rock. Lesson learned: do aquascape first then add fish. :fun5: It's all good though, the fish are doing great and I can already tell some are putting on weight.

wow!!great work can't wait to see it fill in.

I feel the same way. I hope my 265gal "frag tank" fills in nicely!! Thanks

 

[eran]

I posted this in another thread but I'll post it here as well! For your viewing pleasure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC589yPc8O8

 

[eran]

A mid morning snack anyone????

I bought 2 of them in hopes to luck out and get a male and female but no luck. They just hang out on opposite sides of the tank!

 

[solRNY]

thanks for the info on the controllers, i was too leaning towards the apex controller, much of the same reasons you stated about there service/support.

one day you have to show us these 22 fish you aquired

How is your tank coming? Did you get it yet? I need to jump on your thread.

i should be receiving the tank this week! you got pm

 

[Kemmer]

been following your build eran,

I'm very impressed with your attention to detail! It sets apart your fishroom, (and man cave) from many others!

Also looking forward to seeing the big fish order!

~Kem

 

[maelv]

Eran,
I have been following your build on this site and the other local site. Next time I go to visit my people in the KC area, I will have to stop by and check it out. Glad to see you came back big I remember when you were downsizing due to school and such, not all that long ago

 

[Jay180reef]

First class build! Great work...very inspiring.

 

[solRNY]

Bump for a much waited update

 

[easy2remember]

more updates please!