North Dakota Mini-Ocean

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I'm very interested to see how you will hide everything, this will be a great thread.

Very good idea to keep all the fish in the 150 holding tank until they are confirmed to not carry disease, then transfer to the display.

My 500g system cylcled in just 3 days so you may not have to wait that long.
 
My wife is almost more excited about this project than I am...weird!!

Scott - Should I start buying corals and housing them in my 150 gallon tank? Or was that just for fish holding? Either way I need a new sump/protien skimmer system for that tank. I am going to get my stand guy to come over tomorrow and get him started on those two stands.

I am going to order the equipment list we spoke about yesturday next week and get the air exchanger installed in the next week as well.

Once I get the two tanks from you I think things will speed up.

Let me know if you need anything from me.
 
My wife is almost more excited about this project than I am...weird!!

Scott - Should I start buying corals and housing them in my 150 gallon tank? Or was that just for fish holding? Either way I need a new sump/protien skimmer system for that tank. I am going to get my stand guy to come over tomorrow and get him started on those two stands.

I am going to order the equipment list we spoke about yesturday next week and get the air exchanger installed in the next week as well.

Once I get the two tanks from you I think things will speed up.

Let me know if you need anything from me.
 
My wife is almost more excited about this project than I am...weird!!

Scott - Should I start buying corals and housing them in my 150 gallon tank? Or was that just for fish holding? Either way I need a new sump/protien skimmer system for that tank. I am going to get my stand guy to come over tomorrow and get him started on those two stands.

I am going to order the equipment list we spoke about yesturday next week and get the air exchanger installed in the next week as well.

Once I get the two tanks from you I think things will speed up.

Let me know if you need anything from me.
 
nope, reef crytals, even put an anemone with clowns in after 3 weeks, all still doing fine, no livestock problems.

however, I did add "reef stew" from our LFS a few times, loaded with amphopods, copopods, etc. also, all 500 lbs live rock was fully cured from other reefer's tanks
 
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My wife is almost more excited about this project than I am...weird!!
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i am glad to hear she is excited about this. i was hoping that she would be. she did an unbelievable job of designing that house. i was hoping the designs we came up with would fit here ideas for the bar area.
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Scott - Should I start buying corals and housing them in my 150 gallon tank? Or was that just for fish holding? Either way I need a new sump/protien skimmer system for that tank. I am going to get my stand guy to come over tomorrow and get him started on those two stands.
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not yet. you should concentrate on the main equiptment needed to get the Q tanks/frag tanks up and runnng. then all the rock from the 150 can be housed in half of that system. the other half of the system can be used for houseing new corals. then the 150 can be taken down and move into place so you can start to buy fish for the system.
we can also get one of the sumps for the main tank built right away to house the rest of the rock in incase you have to treat corals in the Q tanks. once the main tank is hooked up and the dry rock is in the tank we can fill the main tank with salt water and hook that into the sump that already has the live rock in it. this wll alow the current live rock to seed the new dry rock.

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I am going to order the equipment list we spoke about yesturday next week and get the air exchanger installed in the next week as well.

Once I get the two tanks from you I think things will speed up.

Let me know if you need anything from me.
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make sure to order all the items you will need to get the 2 frag/Q tanks up and running. i forgot to mention heaters for these systems.
i have an aquacontroller 2 that i can bring up and put on the 2 frag tanks temperarorly until you have the other system there and on line. this will prevent a crash due to a programing glitch. then we can turn over the frag system to the computer system you are going to buy later on.
also we never discussed any type of moonlighting for the main display. you should do some research on larger led moon lights for the main tank and the sea horse tank.

some body here might have some recomendations for moon lights that would work good for that large of a tank.
 
Scott, just so we are on the same page I need to get 2 - protien skimmers, 2 - T5 light bars, 4 - Tunze nanos (2 for each tank), and 2 - sump return pumps (not sure which size?)...I can buy a controller as well (won't I need two of these anyway?)...If there is anything else let me know.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11398230#post11398230 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefaquariumnut
Scott, just so we are on the same page I need to get 2 - protien skimmers, 2 - T5 light bars, 4 - Tunze nanos (2 for each tank), and 2 - sump return pumps (not sure which size?)...I can buy a controller as well (won't I need two of these anyway?)...If there is anything else let me know.
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yes that is what you would need to keep them 2 tanks seperate from eack other. (2 - protien skimmers, 2 - T5 light bars, 4 - Tunze nanos) that way you can house corals in either tank and keep them seperate from eack other. one for Q tank and the other for sps. or to house softies and sps to keep them seperate from each other.

its good you have the heaters. you wont need them then. its up to you when you want to purchase the controller. there is alot of equiptment to purchase and it will be a big bill to swallow if you were to buy all of it at once. i knoticed that you have a tree in the yard but its not a money tree. :lol: :lol: :lol:
i would do some research on the different controllers to find the one that best fits your needs. the only reason i mentioned the aquacontroller is the tunze controller that can be added to the unit.
maybe some one can chime in if there is a better controller that can also control the tunze streams. i have not done enough research in that area to know all of them and what they are able to do.

Scott - Then you will provide the two tanks, sumps, and overflows, correct?

yep
 
Scott - Which return pumps should i buy for the sump back to the tank?

Oh you didn't see the money tree I had in the back yard?!?! It was just starting to get ripe with "cool" $100 bills :eek1: :eek1:

Thanks for the comparison chart JN!! I will do some research.
 
I did some checking and I think 2 - Reeflo snapper pumps might work for the small tanks.

Just so I don't make a mistake when talking to my stand contractor...I have dimensions of 42" wide and 18" deep. The first tank platform I have at 24". The second, I am not sure if its 34" above that platform or 34" from the floor (so 10" above the first tank?)...Also, you mentioned that each tank will have an external overflow on the tank that will feed the sump. Where on the tank will we mount those and also do we need to make space for that? I just want to make sure all the bases are covered before I give the stand guy a set of plans.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11399975#post11399975 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefaquariumnut
I did some checking and I think 2 - Reeflo snapper pumps might work for the small tanks.

Just so I don't make a mistake when talking to my stand contractor...I have dimensions of 42" wide and 18" deep. The first tank platform I have at 24". The second, I am not sure if its 34" above that platform or 34" from the floor (so 10" above the first tank?)...Also, you mentioned that each tank will have an external overflow on the tank that will feed the sump. Where on the tank will we mount those and also do we need to make space for that? I just want to make sure all the bases are covered before I give the stand guy a set of plans.
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you dont need alot of flow from the sump to the tank. so i would say an eheim 1260 would be fine. you will need some good circulation in the tanks though. that is why i recomended the tunze nano's or the hydor pumps for circulation.

if you can feed all the water from the tank intothe skmmer you will have alot cleaner water. that is why i woud recomend the smaller feed pumps. 400-600 gallons an houre is plenty of flow to a skimmer that is that small.
 
The small tank behind the bar sounds cool! Watching my fish and enjoying an adult beverage are some of my favorite things :)
 
Couple updates:

The HVAC contractor suggested I use a Venmar Air-Exchanger in the tank room. It has an internal filter and a poly-core which will work perfect for the conditions. I will add a 2 kW in-line heater to warm the air from the outside during the winter/fall months. I also have central air in the room for the summer months.

Also, I think I will use a couple DAS EX-1 skimmers for my two frag/quarentine tanks. I wanted a recirculating skimmer that would hand a good sized bioload for 75 gallons. The consensus seemed to think the DAS would be the best choice.

Next, I will have some cabinents with uppers made and installed in the next month. I am thinking of 6' of work-top space with a deep sink. I will also have a mini fridge installed under the countertop.

Lastly, I have my tank stand guy coming back to make a couple more stands. I will have him make stands for the hospital, frag, quarentine, and seahorse tanks.

The air exchanger will be installed around the 1st of the year and Scott will hopefully have my two frag/quarentine tanks done soon thereafter. The cabinents will be around the 1st of Feb.
 
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