new house = new tank

[achillesheel]

well we found a house and we all know what that means... a bigger tank!!!!!

so ive decided that the biggest possible tank will be a 8' 240g. im going to work on doing it in wall though i really dont have an extra room so its going into the dining room. ill then put up a false wall and place everything underneath. im going to be asking for a lot of opinions and i know i can count on you guys for that.

most of the details are inspired by steve weast, jbny and ralfp from rc, and various other tanks ive seen over the years.

im ordering the tank this weekend and we move in at the end of october

 

[MickZu]

Good luck achillesheel.

 

[achillesheel]

here's the current equipment list:
240g display
95g display
40g refugium

circulation: sequence dart as main w/ two returns
3x sequence dart on closed loop (2 w/ om 4way)
2x tunze 6100 on multi-controller

filtration: mrc mr2r recirculation skimmer on pan world 150
diy carbon reactor
diy phosban reactor
ozone
uv

supplement: mrc cr2 calcium reactor
reeftek kalk reactor on auto top off

temp: current prime 1/3hp chiller on medusa
2x won brothers 500w chiller

lighting: 2x 400w 14k hamilton on pfo dual ballasts
2x 250w 14k reeflux on pfo dual ballast
1x400w hqi on pfo
8x 24" vhos

 

[achillesheel]

plan for display

sump

 

[achillesheel]

there are already changes but i havent finalized anything yet

 

[Alphabet]

Looks like an awesome start to nice tank, good inspirations btw.

 

[achillesheel]

ok after speaking to a few fellow reefers, ive decided i needed to expand the depth (front-back) to 30". so with that ive changed the demensions to 84"x30"x24". i had to cut the length down for cost reasons. my tangs will still be happy.

ive also changed the overflows to 12"x6" to help with flow. im not positive on this move. any suggestions?

one last change is the skimmer is now the mrc mr3r.

 

[tacocat]

Shad,

Sent you a PM.

 

[gigiba]

tagging along...

 

[achillesheel]

well we thought it over and we've decided to go in a slightly different direction. the dining room is just too small so we are going to make it in wall off the living room. we are going to demo 95% of the bathroom and turn that into a tank room. with the space i think we might be changing demensions again. maybe a 6x3x2. less light required. still same equipment except the skimmer. updating that later. more info when i can get back into the house and tank more measurements. thursday i believe.

 

[achillesheel]

ok,
72x 36x 24 270g display with center external overflow.
100g sump
30g refugium
sequence 4200sw as main
2x sequence darts w/ oceansmotions 4-way
2x tunzes 6100 on multicontroller
deltec ap703 skimmer gravity fed from display
Ozotech OZ2PCS-V/SW ozonizer
aqua 114w uv sterilizer
diy phosban and carbon reactors
deltec pf 601 calcium reactor
reeftek kalk reactor on auto top off
current 1/3hp chiller
won bros 1000w heater
2x 400w 20k pfo hqi on pfo hqi ballasts
2x 250w 14k hamilton se on pfo dual ballast
2x 114w actinic vho on icecap 660 ballast

octopus 3000 controller til i can upgrade

 

[Goldleaf Reef]

Who is going to make the tank ?

 

[achillesheel]

right now im going through my lfs. he's helped me out plenty so i figured i order through him. not sure on the manufacturer. im considering going through atafish.com though as a second option.