Roger's 150g rimless build
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rogerrgr
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Thank you!
I'm planning on putting in my livestock from my current tank:
Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus solorensis)
Yellow Wrasses, 2 different types (Halichoeres leucoxanthus)
Pair of Banggai Cardinalfish
Tail Spot Blenny
Pair Ocellaris Clownfish
Sebae Anemone (Heteractis crispa)
Serpent Sea Star, Caribbean (Ophioderma sp.)
Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
One Spot Foxface (Siganus unimaculatus)
Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus)
And for corals, I'm having mostly SPS.
boostedirl
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Looks pretty sweet dude. I visited Great Lakes Aquariums a month or two ago because I was considering them for a new tank. Looks like they did a pretty good job. I like that the overflow doesn't have the traditional teeth.
rogerrgr
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rogerrgr
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Will post more coral pics when i figure out how to take better ones! I had been struggling with coral color and growth previously. Then after reading lots on here, I decided to take out gfo, added more fish, upped my led percents, more macro in the sump and upped water changes. Also turned up my skimmer to a little wetter skimming. Since then corals are coloring up and growing nicely so far! Ready for some more nice sps frags now!
rogerrgr
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Thanks!
I really like it a lot, and it's very easy to clean and get to all my equipment! The screen top has really done a great job at keeping all the jumpers in.
Looking to add some more acropora, millepora, efflorescens and colorful plating montipora. My youngest daughter wants me to add a bunch of ice fire echinata and other blue and white coral so it looks like something from Elsa's castle in the movie Frozen lol.
rogerrgr
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I decided to build a saltwater mixing station to make life easier. Saltwater on the left, ro/di on the right. I can pump ro/di from the right to the left, then turn some valves and use the same pump to recirculate.
Also have an inline valve in the output line of the pump that will pump saltwater to the refugium. I'm putting a pump in the refugium so I can pump out water and connect it to the house drain. Easy water changes, just isolate the refugium, turn some valves and done!
Also have an inline valve in the output line of the pump that will pump saltwater to the refugium. I'm putting a pump in the refugium so I can pump out water and connect it to the house drain. Easy water changes, just isolate the refugium, turn some valves and done!
FullBoreReefer
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I just built my mixing/water change station about a month ago. Setup darn near the exact same. Mine sits in my garage about 28'-30' away from my tank/sump. So I went from a furniture dolly and a brute can going across my garage and into the furnace room and about 30mins and a small struggle lol to at most 10mins and just a few turns on the valves.
When you get your drain plumbed in I also tapped my mixing station feed line into with a tee and a valve on the sump end. That way I can flush the line out since I have about actually 40' of pipe. So let's say I just did my water change, switch the valves at the mixing station for ro/di and open the drain side valve and I can flush out the lines using fresh water for 5-10secs then I can top off my 5gal ATO bucket and the water doesn't mix thus adding salt to my top off water.
But man is it nice not carting anymore water! I like changing water now! Haha
In the process of now connecting everything to an eb4 for control via my apex. I have two power heads, one in each container to keep the water moving. A heater in the salt side. And the the main mixing/feed pump.
You can see in pic two I'm running my usb cable for the eb4. And hence all the wires in the last pic, haha, their getting rerouted but it shows my valves at the sump end...
My dad works with ground water and quality, so my black ro/di might look familiar to some, its a "brine" tank lol Thanks Dad! And also my salt container sitting on the dolly that I used to use to do my water changes lol...
Running the usb for eb4/apex...
Valve going downward is plumbed into my drain pipe, used to flush the line. The valve on the left turns into a barb with 5' of vinyl tubing, makes it easy to maneuver between my sump and ATO container...don't kind the wires, their being rerouted lol...
When you get your drain plumbed in I also tapped my mixing station feed line into with a tee and a valve on the sump end. That way I can flush the line out since I have about actually 40' of pipe. So let's say I just did my water change, switch the valves at the mixing station for ro/di and open the drain side valve and I can flush out the lines using fresh water for 5-10secs then I can top off my 5gal ATO bucket and the water doesn't mix thus adding salt to my top off water.
But man is it nice not carting anymore water! I like changing water now! Haha
In the process of now connecting everything to an eb4 for control via my apex. I have two power heads, one in each container to keep the water moving. A heater in the salt side. And the the main mixing/feed pump.
You can see in pic two I'm running my usb cable for the eb4. And hence all the wires in the last pic, haha, their getting rerouted but it shows my valves at the sump end...
My dad works with ground water and quality, so my black ro/di might look familiar to some, its a "brine" tank lol Thanks Dad! And also my salt container sitting on the dolly that I used to use to do my water changes lol...
Running the usb for eb4/apex...
Valve going downward is plumbed into my drain pipe, used to flush the line. The valve on the left turns into a barb with 5' of vinyl tubing, makes it easy to maneuver between my sump and ATO container...don't kind the wires, their being rerouted lol...
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rogerrgr
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Yes, pumping water from a mixing station does makes life a lot easier! In the last pic you posted, I would change the barb fitting to a plastic one. Don't know if it would hurt anything, but am paranoid when it comes to metal and saltwater and ro/di
FullBoreReefer
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Yeah local Lowes only had 2 on the shelf, which are on the mix pump side. So I plan on swapping it out.
aquatictec
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the stand
the stand
Are the legs half lapped into the top and bottom or just butt jointed with what looks like a Kreg joint. I am worried about lateral stability.
the stand
Are the legs half lapped into the top and bottom or just butt jointed with what looks like a Kreg joint. I am worried about lateral stability.
rogerrgr
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The top boards are double thick, legs are triple stacked, bottom framing double thick. Yes butt joined legs with kregg joints. Hard to see in pic but there are 6" L brackets at every leg joint. 16 of them total. Super sturdy!
