Nate's 300g Build

[Nate32185]

Just finished second coat of silicone. Took two tubes but its done. Now I gotta clean up the mess.

 

[ghellin]

Looks amazing! I can't wait to see this thing get wet!

 

[Nate32185]

Despite the rainy day, we were able to safely move the tank into the house.

 

[Nate32185]

 

[lionfish300]

Awsome job moving it

 

[El Camaron]

Nice garage dude! tank looks awesome too! glad to see it's in it's place, now hurry up and fill it up. :dance:

 

[805reef]

awesome! How exciting getting the tank in place. looking good

 

[Oldude]

Looks great!

 

[nuxx]

Looks great in place

 

[Reel North]

Will your pipes fit in there with only 3"?

Awesome idea on the tank railway!

 

[Nate32185]

I know its been a while. Been super busy. We've made tons of progress in the last week though.

Bought some trim and a piece of 1/8" thick black acrylic for the internal overflow weir.




Also picked up some static cling tint for the back wall.




Installed the external overflow and half the tint.







Installed the black acrylic with silicone



Got the drain lines hooked up






HOUSTON WE HAVE WATER!
When I started filling the tank up it was obvious we needed new RO membranes. Was getting 1 gal an hr and a 8 to 1 waste water ratio. So I ended up ordering a entirely new RO/DI system. Had to wait 4 days to get it, but she is here and filtering water much faster.

 

[Nate32185]

Water is half way there.




Decided to paint the wall.








400 lbs of sand came in. (There were 4 more bags that were delayed in shipping.)




Tank is full of water and sand was added.




Finished the return plumbing and finally got to kick the pump on.






Starting to clear up

 

[Nate32185]

 

[Nate32185]

Got the trim up last night.

 

[nuxx]

Looking good!

 

[El Camaron]

Damn Nate, you have put a lot of work already, tank is looking very nice! I like the color of the accent wall.

 

[lionfish300]

Everything look great Nate

 

[ghellin]

Very nice!

 

[Yose]

Nice build. Looking forward to seeing more. Building a 300DD at the moment and this thread provides a lot to consider.

 

[piper2013]

Nate - great build - following! Couple questions as I am planning a build.

1. Custom Aquariums won't notch a panel for surface skimming. Do you feel that with the C2C internal weir the surface skimming is equivalent to a notched tank panel? I was hoping to avoid bulkheads in the tank itself.
2. For the pump intake sleeve - how did you determine that the size and number of slits was adequate for the pumps intake draw?

Thanks!

Craig