My 500 + gallon system. Last 13 years to now. Build, Aquascaping & more. Lots of pics
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sfsuphysics
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Scott as always, a lovely display you have. I hope to see you (or at least that 20x20 booth at MACNA this year, while just about all the Royal Exclusiv stuff is out of my price range I can still drip a few drops of drool over the DreamBoxes and what not 
slief
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Scott as always, a lovely display you have. I hope to see you (or at least that 20x20 booth at MACNA this year, while just about all the Royal Exclusiv stuff is out of my price range I can still drip a few drops of drool over the DreamBoxes and what not
Thank you very much! I will be at MACNA and our 10'x50' booth has been changed to a 20x20 which will make for a better layout! Looking forward to seeing you there and will be sure to bring plenty of rags to clean up the drool! :lmao:
P.S.. We will have at least one Dreambox on display and for sale right off the show floor after the event.
sfsuphysics
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Well I'm trying to shoe horn this trip between taking off early in the week and work on monday so unsure if I'll be there st thd end of the event... not that I could get a dreambox home with me, either in the car with wife kid and all his stuff or on an airplane ( still havent figured out how Im getting there)
slief
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I will be driving a van to the show so we could always ship it to you from the west coast.
slief
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My corals have been growing extremely well. So well that I decided to add a small frag tank to my system. I had a custom rimless built to fit some space on the desk next to the display refugium. The tank is 36"x20"x12" and has a corner overflow. I am plumbing it into my main system and have most of the plumbing done. It should be ready to fill later this evening. I'm using a GHL Mitra 6200 to light it up. I have that mounted to the underside of the cabinet above the tank using an articulating mount much like the ones I use for my Kessils over my main display. I am also finishing up the frag racks for the tank. Those are simple ones made from black egg crate and black painted PVC legs.
More to follow later tonight if not tomorrow. I will also update with some growth shots.
More to follow later tonight if not tomorrow. I will also update with some growth shots.
deaclauderdale
Lover of Fishies
Nice Scott. Why didn't you run the plumbing down and along the wall?
Reef keeping is life!
Reef keeping is life!
slief
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I kind of did.. Since it was being plumbed into the existing drain from the display refugium, I had to align the PVC WYE (the 3 way drain connection between the fuge and frag tank) with the drain bulkhead union on the display refugium. Had I used flex PVC the entire length between the display refugium and the frag tank, I could have tied the drain to the wall but I ran short on flex PVC and already had it in my mind to use rigid most of the length. I figure I will place a plant in that corner or something. Then again, it is the "fish room" so I'm not terribly concerned about the line running a couple inches from the wall.
This the WYE that ties the frag tanks drain into the display refugiums drain. That union fitting connects to the double union ball valve on the display refugiums drain.
You can see where it connects under the display refugium in this picture.
This is looking behind the display refugium where the frag tanks drain will ultimately connect to the main drain going back to the return section of the big refugium below my main display.
The drain and feed line between the display refugium and the frag tank. It's not far from the wall at all. I may paint the line wall color which will help it disappear.
The connections below the new frag tank.
sfsuphysics
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neat little setup there. Those fixtures at your combined booth at MACNA were very intriguing. It was nice running into you and talking to you there too. Also funny I ran into Jim Stime too and he thought I was someone who trolled his channel because my club's name (on my tshirt) was the same name as the troll.
deaclauderdale
Lover of Fishies
Impressive. What's your total water volume now?
Reef keeping is life!
Reef keeping is life!
slief
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Nice meeting you as well! I love these Mitra's. They are extremely powerful and offer tons of control. This will make a great light for the frag tank. Jim's a long time friend of mine. He's an interesting character!
The total system volute is around 680 gallons with frag tank.
I just moved my Profilux over to the frag system. It happened that I had a nice little shelf for the Profilux under one of the cabinets. The cubby used to be occupied by a power distribution controller for my computer. That is long gone and the Profilux fit the space perfectly. I mounted the Profilux touch display to the wall next to the frag tank. The Profilx controls the Mitra as well as my Tunze and serves as a second monitor to my system. A bit of redundancy to my Apex from a monitoring standpoint. I still need to mount the Profilux power bar in the cabinet but I will do that later. I also finished my frag racks.
