Kharn
MANTISMAN
I'm going to need to open 1 of the walls in the room in order to get the tanks inside.
A 5000L Rainwater Tank for storing NSW.
A 2000L Rainwater Tank for storing RODI.
The room is sort of like a basement, 1.5m of the room is below ground level, so the 2 reserve rain water tanks will be positioned at the height of the rooms ceiling which makes both tanks Gravity Fed, the plumbing for the 2 reserve rain water tanks will be done through the ceiling of the room, then drop down directly above their sump inputs.
Also having some re-wiring done by my mate who is an electrician, there will be powerboards/wall outlets in the CEILING this way cables go UP and are not in the way at all (because the system sits in the middle of the room with all 4 sides visible) but there will only be 5 cables anyway (Skimmer Pump/System Pump/Refugium Lights), this way I'm never stepping over or tripping on any cables and it all looks clean, not to mention safer because water won't be able to reach the outlets.
There will be about a 6inch gap between the backside of both sides so that the cables and RODI/NSW plumbing can slip down/up the center between the system and not be in the way visually or physically.
All of the Display tanks have SIDE overflows (front to back but on 1 or both sides), this will make overflow maintenance easy and visible for me(if the overflows ran along the back then it would be nearly impossible to reach into.
I'm spending quite a bit on the limited equipment that is in this system, the Tanks(yet to get quotes) are being built by one of the best builders in Australia the Skimmer(over $5k) is being custom made by Bill Wann @ AquariumEngineering one of the best filtration manufacturers in the world and the pump(over $3k) I am getting from Abyss in their largest size range, even the 3 Refugium lights are being custom made specifically for this Refugium.
This should be the last build for a while / perhaps final build period, whilst I've been overseas for the past 3years now I have saved over $30k which is for this system and will also be used for things on the system (a.k.a camera upgrades/accessories).
great pics! Congrats
