PSXerholic's 210 New Reef build

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Another day later,
the next 30G and I put Polyfilter and a powerhead in.
That does clear up the water in no time.




From that point on I have to fillup in RODI Water and pre mix the salt with a MAG9.5 in the bucket running.


And another day.
Water is filling up.
I really need to start plumbing, lol.

 

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So I bought the parts I need for plumbing.
Lets see what I can do with that.



I do use threaded connections on the bulkheads, that will allow complete removal of the fittings and bulkheads later.


Whenever done a cut, sanding the end is good to keep the plumbing clean.


A scissor turned out to be an awesome tool for edging the pipes inside.

 

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The Drains are ready,
I'm so glad that I have prepared all drains and feed lines with globe valves.


Now the Locline piping


See how this is going to turn out later.


Lines installed. No worries that it can leak anymore.

 

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The lower section in the stand prepared with stand lighting


Nice and bright down there

 

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Then I prepped the old refugium for some tests.

 

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Get the temporary plumbing right.


So far so good, that wil do the job.


Then I did prepare the return lines with 2x 45 elbows


Then the 1" Durso selfmade pipe.

 

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Got enough RODI in, now the first start, see if the Durso and piping size is working good.


Some Polyfilter to get the Water clear


Scary white!!!

 

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So the 1" Durso did not work. The tank started overflowing.
So the 1,5" was to large to accomodate in the overflows so I gave it a try to the 1-1/4.

But had to cut off a lil on the T and Elbow, otherwise it would not fit.




Nothing is glued, only plugged, so I can take the parts apart later for cleaning.

Durso Top section


The temporary drain for the cleaning and testing.
The MAG9.5 and each single drain was nicely capable of dealing with the flow.
Thats great. So the intended two pumps and two drains will work perfect later.

 

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The cleaning goes on, put a coral rack in for the move.
Now I'm waiting for the right temp and time to start the relocation of livestock and Refugium.

 

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Time to bring the Corals over.


After that the Refugium has to be brought over.
This will allow nearly no biocycle on the new setup.
In a few weeks, I will built my own Refugium.




This is the temporary Filtration setup.
DSB, BIO PELLETS and GFO

 

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A few hours later



Only frags and some rocks.
Next will be about 100 pound of rock.

 

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Then I installed the WP60 about a week later.
I was really looking forward to the Power this guy has.




Impressing, the WP60 really turns the tank over.
I would only need some smaller ones for the back of the tank.

 

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A shot now with the skirt on.

 

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The next part is gonna be the entire electrical installation.
There is a lot of stuff that need to be installed and wired.
Important is now the dosing and cooling fans.

 

[zachhll]

Love the clown tank.

 

[Psxerholic]

Love the clown tank.

Yeah, thx, only problem was the tank is too small for the clowns to grow out.
Takes too long.

PSX

 

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Temporary dosing installed.



Refugium as of now.
This will be replaced soon, but for now I need to do the electrical first.


Top view on the plumping

 

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Temporary view with a lot of racks.

 

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So the Fans need some clean up.








I did the cleaning like I always do every few months.
No issues, no failures. just don get the side wet of the fans.


Installed from the left to the right, Low noise fans from Radioshack






The Reefkeeper controls the fans to maintain 26 deg C +-0.2degC