anjhof
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After asking many questions and collecting a lot of opinions, I finally set up my 210 tank.
I started by reinforcing the floor. Since I was going to replace the carpet in the family room it was easier to tear up the plywood than to add additional joists from the basement - since I have a drop ceiling with electrical run between the joists. I added 6 additional 2x10's. The floor spans about 7 1/2 feet between the foundation and an "I" beam that runs through the middle of the room. I think I now have 9-10 joists under the tank 6' long tank.
Then I went to build the stand. I used a couple of stand designs from people on RC as my starting point. I had some extra 2x4's so I didn't mind "overbuilding" it. What do you think? Look strong enough? I added 3/4" plywood to the top and some cross braces across the top and bottom.
In case I need to recarpet the floor again, I decided to lay tile down where the tank will go. The tile covers a 3x8 area.
I quickly put together the canopy shell, added my new RO III pendants and started adding water.
I added the sand after I had a couple of inches of water in the tank. That led to cloudy water for about a week. I finally hooked up a filter sock filled with carbon and it cleared up in a couple of days.
I am still playing with the rock layout. I moved much of the rock from my old 75 gallon tank. Of course, having corals growing on the rocks makes setting up the new tank more difficult.
More pictures to follow.
I started by reinforcing the floor. Since I was going to replace the carpet in the family room it was easier to tear up the plywood than to add additional joists from the basement - since I have a drop ceiling with electrical run between the joists. I added 6 additional 2x10's. The floor spans about 7 1/2 feet between the foundation and an "I" beam that runs through the middle of the room. I think I now have 9-10 joists under the tank 6' long tank.
Then I went to build the stand. I used a couple of stand designs from people on RC as my starting point. I had some extra 2x4's so I didn't mind "overbuilding" it. What do you think? Look strong enough? I added 3/4" plywood to the top and some cross braces across the top and bottom.
In case I need to recarpet the floor again, I decided to lay tile down where the tank will go. The tile covers a 3x8 area.
I quickly put together the canopy shell, added my new RO III pendants and started adding water.
I added the sand after I had a couple of inches of water in the tank. That led to cloudy water for about a week. I finally hooked up a filter sock filled with carbon and it cleared up in a couple of days.
I am still playing with the rock layout. I moved much of the rock from my old 75 gallon tank. Of course, having corals growing on the rocks makes setting up the new tank more difficult.
More pictures to follow.
