My 300G Reef in Saudi Arabia

Mounda said:
You can make your own Lumenarc reflector from stainless steel sheets.

This is what it cost:

0.4mm stainless steel sheet, enough to make 2 reflectors $10
Stainless steel cutter $4
Ceramic mogul socket $3

DIY works like a charm in this part of the world.

What kind of SE bulbs are available in ksa ? Any radiums or reeflux ?
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You are absolutely right "DIY works like a charm in this part of the world", I just want to enjoy my 300g build, DIY Lumenarc reflector is an idea, if I did not get anything look good after production then I will order from premium aquatic.

0.5mm Glass finished stainless steel sheet is costing me 67$.
Workman ship is not included. My expectation is 120$ for three pieces.

As I told you that 250 watt SE and DE is very difficult to find here. 150w and 400w are available here. Of course, radium and reeflux is diffecult to find. I will use 10 K 400 watt XM.
 
Mounda said:
Don't forget to print it to scale and to wear industrial gloves when cutting the metal sheet if you do it yourself.
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Hahahahah....... ya, hope fully I will not forget to print that out to scale lol... .

I have to take care of my hands too and keep them safe until I reach rockwork. Salt water will ...k my hands, if something happen while cutting the sheet..;)
 
UPDATE

In normal conditions 5 liters of water I lost every day (evaporation) from 120g, adding 5 liters was not a big issue since I started 120g, but when Nick told me that 9 liters :eek2: of water evaporate every day from his 210G, then I decided to kill the problem and at last before starting tank installed 5 stages Reverse Osmosis Systems with the help of Nick:beachbum:. Deionizer will be installed later along with UV sterilizer.

Thanks Nick for suggestion, purchasing and specially installation.

Here it goes.......

5 stages Reverse Osmosis Systems

The Box.

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what was inside the box.

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It was quite hard to open, thank to Nick.

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Installation of RO system.

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At last some thing wet come out from the pipe....:eek2:


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This guy has been kicked out from beautiful Radianthus Malu, staying beside of it.:(

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The reason is new addition of a pair of clown.:)

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This guy messed up my DSB. Tons of sand move every day....:uzi:

I don't think so that it will go in my 300G.. :hammer:...

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syedjilani said:
UPDATE

In normal conditions 5 liters of water I lost every day (evaporation) from 120g, adding 5 liters was not a big issue since I started 120g, but when Nick told me that 9 liters :eek2: of water evaporate every day from his 210G, then I decided to kill the problem and at last before starting tank installed 5 stages Reverse Osmosis Systems with the help of Nick:beachbum:. Deionizer will be installed later along with UV sterilizer.

Thanks Nick for suggestion, purchasing and specially installation.

Here it goes.......

5 stages Reverse Osmosis Systems

The Box.

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Syed,

Congrats on the new RO system. Just want to point out something.

The RO systems available around here are mainly for drinking water meaning that the stage after the RO membrane is a post membrane cartridge that converts the water into palatable water for drinking. The 5th stage usually adds minerals to the water so you want to check that out.

If your system is like mine you can modify the RO/DI system to give dual outputs. A DI water faucet and a drinking water one (RO+post membrane cartridge). So it's good for the fish and could be good for your health if you use normal tap water.
 
Fire_KA said:
Great looking build, I hope all is going well.

Greetings RC!

Another hobbiest in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
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Well come on board and nice to have one more reefer in K.S.A....,

Thank you for your interest bro....

Stay tune, a lot more update is on the way.... :thumbsup:
 
UPDATE

Sump Glass arrived. :dance: . .8mm thickness. Initially my plan was to convert existing aquarium as sump and existing sump as frag tank, but do not want to disturb my corals. I will transfer old tank stuff once 300G get mature.

SUMP GLASS with Protein skimmer (Reef Octopus DNWB200)


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UPDATE

They started to silicone the Sump . . :dance:

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While I was draining test water from the tank,, today we have to put tank on the stand....:dance: ... and sump on it's place........:dance:
 
UPDATE

Sump is ready....:dance: . .

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Good thing you have a very well designed aquarium stand. The sump will fit in easily. Some stand designs don't allow for easy installation and removal if something goes wrong.

Keep up the good work.
 
Looks good... I wish my tank got built that fast... but I got mine today too! :D Your sump looks very well done. It's coming along nicely.
 
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