Mako Shark II
Fish are Friends not Food
For my recent 120 build, we made a decision to locate all the essential components in an adjacent closet, accessed by another part of the house via the laundry room, in order to minimize the ambient room noise coming from the display tank cabinet, as well as provide more space for the components, and to gain access to a fresh water source & drain.
The end result was a very quiet (display) room and a lot more space for everything in the new "Sump Closet" including: the MH ballasts, exhaust fan, vents, RO/DI system, RO & salt water vats, sump / refugium, skimmer, main pump, chiller, etc.
Let me put it this way; the ONLY things under the tank are several timers, aT5 Ballast and a Coralife 1090 GPH closed loop pump, into an Ocean’s Motion’s two-way valve. (In actual fact, I haven't even put doors on my stand and I might not!)
The only real cost was a couple hundred bucks to Lowes & Home Depot for building supplies and some lost weekends, but the net result was a great installation and a semi-automated water change system, via a few union ball valves pressurized from the closed loop. (Read: No more buckets!)
I have to thank my $pousal Unit for allowing me to assume her linen closet (permanently) for my planned conversion.
Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t single out Andy Harvey from MemFish for his enhancement to my original design. He suggested that I blow out the back of the closet under the stairs to make the closet deeper. That little tweak added twenty-four more square feet of floor space. And lastly, I especially want to thank Richard Rendos for his (9-hour!) day he dedicated to this project. (We burned through some PVC that day!) THANK YOU Gentlemen!!!!
Here’s what it looks like today:
Common wall (behind vats) adjacent Display tank:
Fuge in extra floor space:
Looking into the new "sump closet":
The end result was a very quiet (display) room and a lot more space for everything in the new "Sump Closet" including: the MH ballasts, exhaust fan, vents, RO/DI system, RO & salt water vats, sump / refugium, skimmer, main pump, chiller, etc.
Let me put it this way; the ONLY things under the tank are several timers, aT5 Ballast and a Coralife 1090 GPH closed loop pump, into an Ocean’s Motion’s two-way valve. (In actual fact, I haven't even put doors on my stand and I might not!)
The only real cost was a couple hundred bucks to Lowes & Home Depot for building supplies and some lost weekends, but the net result was a great installation and a semi-automated water change system, via a few union ball valves pressurized from the closed loop. (Read: No more buckets!)
I have to thank my $pousal Unit for allowing me to assume her linen closet (permanently) for my planned conversion.
Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t single out Andy Harvey from MemFish for his enhancement to my original design. He suggested that I blow out the back of the closet under the stairs to make the closet deeper. That little tweak added twenty-four more square feet of floor space. And lastly, I especially want to thank Richard Rendos for his (9-hour!) day he dedicated to this project. (We burned through some PVC that day!) THANK YOU Gentlemen!!!!
Here’s what it looks like today:
Common wall (behind vats) adjacent Display tank:
Fuge in extra floor space:
Looking into the new "sump closet":
Doing maintenance of course.
