zachtos
Active member
Help me, I have $23,000 leftover after my house purchase. My budget is getting thin and I refuse to go over $10,000 for a 8x2x2' acrylic tank in wall... I need the rest of the money for updating the house and appliances... I no longer will have enough money to redo one of the basement rooms without going into further debt. Help make suggestions or give me reasons why to go this big !!!
I'm buying a house in Mt. Pleasant in Michigan. I plan to close on a house within the next 30 days. I'm actually planning to put this tank in wall, in a Living room and then convert a room behind the living room into the tank room. This will allow me to save alot of money on plumbing and return pumps/electric by saving 10-15' of head loss and save money by not needing a fancy stand or hood since it'll be in wall.
Sorry it's so hard to read my wish list.
Display Tank
240G Long Acrylic $1,050.00 acrylic from glasscages.com w/ ship and holes and overflow
$-
In wall Costs $500.00
Lighting
16 36" T5 w/ icecap660 ballasts $1,500.00
Xmas lights, blue LED $50.00
rail system $100.00
Electric panel $200.00
Water Movement
return pump $220.00 dual mag 18's
DIY Wavemaker $140.00 dual surge buckets, u siphons
tunze x 2 $240.00
Temperature Control
.25hp chiller $700.00 unsure of need still, probably need
dual 250W heaters $50.00
Controllers? $- neptune temp/ph??? 200
Filtration
PROTEIN SKIMMER $600.00
Refugium $- use existing 75G for fuge/return sump
remote DSB $55.00 trash can DSB
calcium reactor $600.00
kalk reactor $-
LR $300.00 DIY
LS $100.00
phosban/carbon reactors $200.00 2 reactors, media, one rio2100+
Sump
return tank $100.00 dividers, hood, suspension, base
plumbing $300.00 fittings, valves, piping etc
Grow out tank $- future addition likely, plumb and plan it though
Quarantine Tank $- future addition likely, plumb and plan it though
Maintenance
RO/DI unit w/ TDS mtr $230.00 DI unit not needed if phosphates under 10ppm naturally
autotopoff $84.00 dual float valves, trash can w/ sealed box and float valve
refractometer $75.00
salt $125.00 enough to fill atleast
suppliments $40.00
test kits $60.00
food $100.00
Dehumidfier/Vent $200.00
Generator $500.00 GENERATOR - need some sort of current flow
Livestock gas generator - 300-500$ 3oooW and 3-5hp is enough
coral $610.00
fish $280.00
clams/dusters/urchin $170.00
cleaners $100.00
Cultures
iso/nano cultures $50.00
brine shrimp
pods $50.00
TOTAL = $10,010
I'm buying a house in Mt. Pleasant in Michigan. I plan to close on a house within the next 30 days. I'm actually planning to put this tank in wall, in a Living room and then convert a room behind the living room into the tank room. This will allow me to save alot of money on plumbing and return pumps/electric by saving 10-15' of head loss and save money by not needing a fancy stand or hood since it'll be in wall.
Sorry it's so hard to read my wish list.
Display Tank
240G Long Acrylic $1,050.00 acrylic from glasscages.com w/ ship and holes and overflow
$-
In wall Costs $500.00
Lighting
16 36" T5 w/ icecap660 ballasts $1,500.00
Xmas lights, blue LED $50.00
rail system $100.00
Electric panel $200.00
Water Movement
return pump $220.00 dual mag 18's
DIY Wavemaker $140.00 dual surge buckets, u siphons
tunze x 2 $240.00
Temperature Control
.25hp chiller $700.00 unsure of need still, probably need
dual 250W heaters $50.00
Controllers? $- neptune temp/ph??? 200
Filtration
PROTEIN SKIMMER $600.00
Refugium $- use existing 75G for fuge/return sump
remote DSB $55.00 trash can DSB
calcium reactor $600.00
kalk reactor $-
LR $300.00 DIY
LS $100.00
phosban/carbon reactors $200.00 2 reactors, media, one rio2100+
Sump
return tank $100.00 dividers, hood, suspension, base
plumbing $300.00 fittings, valves, piping etc
Grow out tank $- future addition likely, plumb and plan it though
Quarantine Tank $- future addition likely, plumb and plan it though
Maintenance
RO/DI unit w/ TDS mtr $230.00 DI unit not needed if phosphates under 10ppm naturally
autotopoff $84.00 dual float valves, trash can w/ sealed box and float valve
refractometer $75.00
salt $125.00 enough to fill atleast
suppliments $40.00
test kits $60.00
food $100.00
Dehumidfier/Vent $200.00
Generator $500.00 GENERATOR - need some sort of current flow
Livestock gas generator - 300-500$ 3oooW and 3-5hp is enough
coral $610.00
fish $280.00
clams/dusters/urchin $170.00
cleaners $100.00
Cultures
iso/nano cultures $50.00
brine shrimp
pods $50.00
TOTAL = $10,010
