North Dakota Mini-Ocean

[Elliott]

sounds inspiring, can't wait to see it up and running, you are smart to have Scott involved

looks like you may have Yahoo soon

 

[FOSELONE]

holy crap...that thing is awesome...

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Updates Coming soon...Cabinets are being installed tomorrow and Wednesday for the tank room, bar, and entertainment center. I will take pictures and give equipment updates at that time.

I did get the double stack frag tank installed in the room over the weekend. Scott was unable to come up last weekend but I think I will have him up this weekend to install the frag tanks.

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Couple more updates before I get all the pictures up tonight.

I have decided to go with 6-Tunze 6201's in acrylic boxes fabricated by scott hidden in the rock work. Also, I have decided to purchase an ACIII Pro to run the four systems (Reef & Seahorse (or octopus), SPS Frag, LPS and Softie Frag, and 150 Aggressive). The water purification will be done by a 75GPD unit from Bulk Reef Supply with a Jumbo 20" DUAL DI System. This will be hooked up to 2-105 gallon holding tanks (one fresh, one salt). This sytem will now be housed in the room as I moved the 150 gallon out of the room for ultimate viewing.

I also will be going with 4-400W SE bulbs with HQI ballasts and T5's around the perimeter and down the middle. The SPS frag will have dual 250's and the Sofie & LPS T5's.

Right now the timeline is as follows...

Feb 15th - Frag tanks and 150 gallon online and cyling
Feb 17th - Start curing rock in frag tanks and 150
March 15th - Start buying coral and fish to QT.
March 22nd - Start plumbing 600 gallon and test fitting equipment.
April 4th - Finish up 600 gallon and start aquascaping tank.
April 5th - Put 600 online and start curing rock.
May-June - Start transfering fish and coral to 600 gallon.
June - Plumb Seahorse tank into 600 gallon system.
July - Switch over 150 to agressive.
July-Dec - Have a party!!

Lets see how close I stay to that timeline...hahahah


Pictures should be up late tonight.

 

[erics3000]

I hope your list go better then mine. That is a lot of work ahead of you. This is gona be real sweet...

 

[Bax]

Excellent plan Dr Evil!

Sounds great, can't wait to seee the boxes Scott comes up with!

 

[jnarowe]

That's a lot of add-ons for the ACIII Pro to run 4 tanks. Very cool!

 

[reefkoi]

Thats a lot of flow! You must be pretty excited!
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[benihana]

WOW! This build is great. My brother lives in Fargo, so I get back there fairly regularly. If you ever need anything from the cities, let me know, I would be more than willing to bring it up with me when I come up.

Ben

 

[spazz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11844885#post11844885 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by benihana
WOW! This build is great. My brother lives in Fargo, so I get back there fairly regularly. If you ever need anything from the cities, let me know, I would be more than willing to bring it up with me when I come up.

Ben

Hi benihana,
are you part of the twin cities reef club????? if not you should check it out.

 

[benihana]

Sure am...same screen name there to...you going to the poker tourney saturday?

 

[spazz]

no i wont be there on sat. i have to work.

 

[benihana]

Looks like you have a fun tank build on your hands! Can't wait to see more pictures from you and Reefaquariumnut

 

[stunreefer]

Awesome build Reefaquariumnut... I look forward to watching this tank grow!

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Pictures and Updates:

I have some pictures of the progress to date. The cabinets are 90% done with just appliances, plumbing, and granite left.
I should have more pictures after the weekend as well.

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

This is where the octopus or seahorse tank will go.

Also, everywhere you see green in the pictures I am having tile contractor put a randomized pattern slate on the wall with some broken pieces on edge. Also, the spot where I was talking about having beams would be over the main display near the ceiling. the two end beams would also have posts (So i looks like its holding the beams up).

Thats all I have for now.

 

[jnarowe]

that's a lot of millwork. What kind of wood is that?

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Our house has a combination of Brazillian walnut, rustic cherry, and knotty alder. The basement consists primarily of the later two. Can you tell we like wood? Hahahaha

 

[jnarowe]

Looks more like walnut downstairs than cherry or alder...are you having it stained dark? and "knotty alder"?? What the hell is that. I have alders all over my property, but they are just basically over-grown toothpicks.

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Yep, its alder and all cabinets are cherry. The stain is what may seem deceiving.