Polywise's 300 glass reef with equipment room

tank filling is complete.........

I double checked the SG and temp to try and match my existing running system, then I let'er rip. So for now, it is just a running full tank of water. I plan on adding the sand and rocks over the weekend, and then the lights in about a week.

looks like I'm going in the right direction :)
 
Here is a little system update
It is now time to retire my work horse ETSS1000 skimmer


I replaced it with a Deltec skimmer more rated for my new system volume. :thumbsup:
 

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the skimmer is a Deltec AP1003
here is a picture of my son putting in the first bag of crushed coral...
 

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I wanted to try something different for this set up. (I hope I made the right choice)
I washed the CC down a whole bunch before putting into the tank. It still made it cloudy though. I filtered it with a 50 micron pad as it came through the drain. It cleared up overnight :)

I have more flow in this tank than the office tank that I had.
With the office tank, I was always battling bare spots in in the sand, and had to from time to time re-position the displaced sand. I am thinking this time around this wont be a problem.

Also, I have a electrician coming to my house on Thursday to wire up (4) 20 amp dedicated outlets under the tank, to be used for lights & pumps

and then this weekend I should have some time to transfer the live rock into the tank...
 

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wired up :)
hooked up the RKE remote display,PC4, and 4 relays for the for the tank's lighting

rocks going in over the weekend ....
 

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Getting ready for transfer of the rock.
I had to disconnect my 50 gallon water change container,skimmer, and calcium reactor. All of which were in use on top of the sump. I had been using a piece of plywood as a cover. It was on the sump since spring of 2010, I had not seen the rock since then.
A bunch of this 750 pounds of rock will be going up into the display...
 

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Transferred the rock into the tank. This was a long time coming :celeb1:
 

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I had these left over, so they went back into the sump.
The rock in the picture close to the green container weighs around 40 pounds
 

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currently working on trying to quiet down the humming sound from the (2) super dart gold pumps that are under the tank for closed loop.. They are louder than I anticipated.
 
The tank has been running for about 3 weeks now.
System seems to be rather stable.
The upgrade in skimmer size seems to be improving things.
Here is my latest phosphate reading

next adventure is lighting......
 

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Got the lighting done over the past weekend, and transferred a few coral into the tank to get things started....
 

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For such large coral colonies I would take about half of the rock out of that tank. You need space to grow corals, not rocks.

Dave.M
 
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