Our 400 Gallon In Wall Natural Sun-Lit Reef"

[spooda420]

following along. nice thread

 

[jdpiii3]

Still no sump, maybe Monday

 

[Nwest]

pm me whenever you are reading to get a par reading on those bad boys...I know chuck will be over here tomorrow if you want more than welcome to swing on by...

 

[jdpiii3]

pm me whenever you are reading to get a par reading on those bad boys...I know chuck will be over here tomorrow if you want more than welcome to swing on by...

Will do, maybe next week. Maybe after I finish up some of the honey do list I'll swing by, let me know where and when.

 

[jdpiii3]

Some updates, I'm still waiting on my sump I've been told I should have it any day. Pumps and skimmer should be here any day as well. I'm going to be using My Reef Creations MR-6R Recirculating Protein Skimmer the Reeflo Hammerhead Gold 5800gph will be used as the recirculating pump. I will also be using 2 Reeflo Super Dart Gold Pumps, 4300 GPH as circulating pumps.
I filled the tank with RO/DI water, (it took 5 days to fill it) I wanted to see how the temperature would be effected by the Sun-Domes. Over the last week the temperatures in the tank have been max 79.1 min 76.7 I keep our home at 76-78 degrees when I add two 12 inch fans blowing on top of the tank I can get the water temp to drop to 75.3 degrees.

Sorry for the lack of progress, once the sump is here I can get back to work.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Cant wait to see more! Awesome build.

 

[Nwest]

Hows its coming along?

 

[jdpiii3]

Hows its coming along?

SLOW! some stuff came today, I'll update when I have time... Hows the 180 going?

 

[SPotter]

tagging along

 

[Toomnymods]

wow very nice tank.. who built your acrylic tank? im starting to get the "itch" for a 330 gallon tank and most likely will be using acrylic cause of the weight issue

 

[sunilp]

how much heat will those solar tubes introduce?

 

[Nwest]

180 I think is done cycling actually. The rock came from a established tank so.....I put 2 raw shrimp in it 5 days ago and it created a small ammonia spike but nothing major.... only time will see..

 

[jdpiii3]

how much heat will those solar tubes introduce?

I filled the tank with RO/DI water, (it took 5 days to fill it) I wanted to see how the temperature would be effected by the Sun-Domes. Over the last week the temperatures in the tank have been max 79.1 min 76.7 I keep our home at 76-78 degrees when I add two 12 inch fans blowing on top of the tank I can get the water temp to drop to 75.3 degrees.


So what I can figure no heat added to the tank!

 

[dougie]

looks like this will be a great build

 

[psusocr]

The 400 is in the house!
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What is she cleaning the inside of that glass with? you may get some funky readings in your RODI water if thats some sort of windex ???

 

[jdpiii3]

What is she cleaning the inside of that glass with? you may get some funky readings in your RODI water if thats some sort of windex ???

its just vingar/ro/di water mix.

 

[jdpiii3]

Yay I finally have my sump, I will be doing the plumbing over the next couple days.

 

[muttley000]

Nice sump! Does your better half fit in there too?

 

[TheFishTeen]

Yay I finally have my sump, I will be doing the plumbing over the next couple days.

Hey man i like the idea of the top to muffle the noise but about those filter socks, if they clog ur kinda busted. Check out this render:

This sump design is also used on a 2400 reef system. Check it out. (Sump seen at about 6:30)

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[jpsika08]

Beautiful setup! congrats.

I like very much your sump design, should be great watching it in action. good luck.