Shannon Dual 210 Gallon Tank build

Like the design great computer design skills the virtual visual is very detailed and seems like one heck of a setup GL with the project can't wait to see this one up and runnin
 
I too would leave a gap between the two tanks. About6" would do. Then you could mount vortech powerheads without problems. The gap could be covered over with wood trim to look like the tank went behind a beam in the wall. I think this would be far more aesthetically pleasing than just having the two ends of the tanks come together. Just my. .02
 
Another thing, I wouldn't mount the QT over the sump. If you have the room, leave the sump as easy to work in as you can. You don't want anything to discourage maintenance.
 
Update 1

Update 1

Been super busy with work, life, and setting up the tanks. Here is the first update.

First Weekend

Day one
Went and bought lumber for stand. Contractor friend shows up and we look over my plans argue and start cutting legs. Friends show up and we had a gathering. Contractor friend drinks a bottle of crown and feeling bad the next day.

Day two
Slow going since friend is hung over but I push him through and we get stand built and Display Tank 1 on it. Looks good and solid should have no problems with put 2 tanks on this stand. I have put 6" between tanks to have power heads and clean the glass.

Second weekend.

Day 3
Started out by re-explaining everything I wanted and how it was going to go. Bought all supplies needed first thing in the morning to help make the day go smooth. Got the last 2 legs on the stand and the 45 Cross supports in front. Cut wall open to see what we were up against. Found out Foam Logo blocks poured with concrete and metal studs not from top to bottom. The drywall is right on the foam and not furred out from the wall. Cut more drywall off and cut foam out to get new circuits into the DT area. Long Day Went shopping again Bought a utility sink and paint for the garage. I want the sink and garage painted before I finish the filtration setup in garage.

Day 4
More cutting of the walls getting boxes installed and planning on where the wire was going. Cut open walls in garage and pull the circuits over to DT area and Sump Area. Got all drywall back on the walls ready for Fire tape. Bought all plumbing supplies for sink.

Day 5
Rented a large hammer drill to drill 4 1.5 holes in cement walls for Super Flex PVC pipe to go between. Getting walls all button up reminded friend I want a bathroom fan on ceiling to suck out the moisture and heat from with the stand. This became a big deal since he forgot about it again. Went to Lowes and I wanted the best and quietest fan. Got that but no where in town did they have single wall 4" duct. Got fan installed all drywall replaced or fitted back into wall.

Third Weekend

Day 6
I am away at work and contractor friend shows up late get low voltage box put in and inner duck to DT area. Got 4 In duct pipe in and through wall to garage. Cut holes in Stand for bottom drains. Did not get much done so I guess I need to do this myself.

In summary stand frame is build, Bathroom fan in. All electrical boxes are in and wire pulled. Holes in walls to connect sump to DT's drilled. Going slow going to need to find some one that will work with a little more care to get it done this year. I have lots of pics but on an HD SD card that I can not read at work. Will try to post them this weekend if I can find the time.
 
Plans for the next 3 weeks
  • Waiting on BulkReefSupply to get more 1" ball valves in.
  • Decided to put 125 Gallon tank under the DT's for my transfer tank. This should give me plenty of room for a power outage.
  • Have my plans for a acrylic sump we will be building
This Weekend
  • Planning on fire taping the walls this weekend.
  • Build Sump box(A box for sump to sit on in garage. 2x6 with plywood)
  • Drill out 4 Holes in 125 tank for external pumps.
Next Week
  • Finish painting garage walls and ceiling this week.
  • Plumbing utility sink in
In 3 weeks
  • Epoxy the garage floor
  • Texturing walls
  • Put circuit breakers in panel and wire plugs up.
Items I have received
  • I have received the start of my Neptune Apex system.
  • 1 C-APEXEB8 Apex Base Unit, Apex Display, Temperature Probe, EnergyBar 8
  • 2 EB8 EnergyBar 8
  • 1 PM2 Conductivity Temp Probe Module
  • 1 IOBREAKOUT IO Breakout Box
  • 1 PRBCOND Lab Grade Conductivity Probe
  • 1 VDM Variable Speed/Dimming Module
  • 1 PH-ORP Lab Grade pH & ORP Probe
  • 1 CAL7 7.0 Calibration Fluid
  • 1 CAL10 10.0 Calibration Fluid
  • 1 COND53 53 mS/cm Conductivity Calibration Solution
  • I have received 2 Pan world P100XX pumps for Curculation.
Things I am ordering
  • 4 TRC 200S070DT LED Drivers Dimming (Should have 1st week of July)
  • Second 210 Display Tank (Should have buy end of month)
  • Super Reef XP5000 External (not sure yet)
  • All Wire and misc supplies needed to build lights.
  • More Schedule 80 PVC.
 
Pictures Finally.

Pictures Finally.

Here are the pictures on the progress.
Starting with the Downstairs and the Display tanks area.

Stand with one tank on it.

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The Location on the DT's with me

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Rug torn up

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Filtration Section

Filtration Section

This is my garage where the filtration will be.

Before Shot

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Holes drilled through wall.

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New circuits are pulled and duct for fan.

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What is looks like right now.

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Lot more work than I planned. I am painting the walls in the garage and the ceiling. Hopefully next week I can epoxy the floor in the garage. I am pulling new light circuits since I have cut walls in garage for the fish tank. Added a 30 amp and 50 amp circuit for welders. Going to change the lighting to Florescent lights in the garage. I am also putting inner duct in the walls back to a closet I am making a comm closet. 1 project has lead to many projects and is slowing down the main project.

Lot more work than I planned.

New circuits

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Holes through wall

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Cut holes in stand top for tank drain holes
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I am up at work for the week so I will not be doing any work on tank.
But this weekend
  • The DT wall should get textured and hopefully painted.
  • Sink walls get drywall and mudded.
  • Sink Installed
  • Finish sanding and paint wall at filtration
  • Garage walls and ceiling get painted
  • Sump stand get painted

Next weekend
  • Breakers get put in and circuits all connected.
  • GFI plugs under DT for existing curcuits
  • Stand gets leveled and attached to wall
  • DT 1 put on stand.
  • PVC flex line put through walls and foamed in.
  • First 2 pumps installed.
  • Finish off sink area.

I will try to post more and more pictures on the progress as it happens.
 
Little to update at this moment. Just got back from Elko NV from a industrial fire school. I will be back Friday from work and should and get on it.

Basement
  • The main wall has been textured and primed
  • Have to texture and prime the ceiling this weekend.
  • Paint the ceiling and wall next week.
  • Level and screw stand to wall.
  • Drill out 125 Gallon transfer tank

Garage
  • Walls have been painted.
  • Sinks plumbing has been done.
  • Need to epoxy garage floor(hopefully in 2 weeks or so)

Slow moving on project had to let contractor friend go or the project will never been done. So I am on my own to get this done now. More pictures in a week as I get the basement done.
 
Back on track

Back on track

Update to my build.

Some plans have changed but the build is moving forward.

Done
"¢ All Electrical has been pulled and live
"¢ Walls are all back together, textured, and painted.
"¢ Exhaust fan up and working vented to garage (need to vent to outside)
"¢ Display tank painted, leveled, and anchored to wall.
"¢ Display tank 1 on left side filled with water and plumbed
"¢ Transfer tank holes all drilled
"¢ Left side pumps functional
"¢ All plumbing on DT 1 has been completed with 1' flexible spa line.
"¢ Water flow for closed circuit on left side working
"¢ Water Flow into garage to for sump and filtration is working great.
"¢ Sump Stand painted and almost ready to be installed
"¢ Sink installed with plumbing

Things I plan on doing next week.
"¢ Epoxy garage floor
"¢ Finish Duct for fan
"¢ Install level and anchor in the sump stand.

Pictures coming soon!!!!!!!!!
 
The Tank Setup

The Tank Setup

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<p class="MsoNormal">My Latest Tank Set up.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal">Display Tanks
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">Two 210 Gallon tanks 72 x 24 x 29 (2 overflows in back of tank pre-drilled on bottom) </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Tanks are side by side. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Each tank has 4 1" bulkheads with Quarter turn valves (<a href="http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/1-schedule-80-cepex-ball-valve.html" title="1" Schedule 80 Cepex Ball Valve)">1" Schedule 80 Cepex Ball Valve</a>)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Each tank will possible have a temp probe placed in it to make sure temp is correct.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Each tank is separate but share the same filtration and water.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Sump
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">5' x 2' x 2'<span> </span>- 3/8 acrylic</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Sump will have a refugium, return, Skimmer and othe pumps sextion</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Sump will be in the garage and the garage floor is 6 feet higher than my basement floor were the display tanks are.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Transfer Tank
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">Under stand 125 Gallon transfer tank under stand. I chose this large of a tank to prevent over flow.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Water drains from display tanks from two 1" drains per tank to center of transfer tank. Live rock will be in the center with baffles to trap bubbles before going to each side where there are 2 pumps (<a href="http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/panworld-100pxx-external-water-pump-1270gph.html" title="PanWorld 100PXX External Water Pump - 1270gph)">PanWorld 100PXX External Water Pump - 1270gph</a>)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Each side of tank 1 pump will be used for a closed loop system to circulate water in 1 Display Tank. Second pump is to send water up to garage into sump. The sump will gravity drain into the display tank. Each side is set up the same. I have 4 holes going through the cement wall to garage.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">The<span> </span>tank has 4 1" bulkheads with Quarter turn valves (<a href="http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/1-schedule-80-cepex-ball-valve.html" title="1" Schedule 80 Cepex Ball Valve)">1" Schedule 80 Cepex Ball Valve</a>) between tank and pump.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Plumbing
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">All Schedule 80 Fittings, valves, pipe, and 1" Spa line.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Lines going from pump up to garage and into sump will have (<a href="http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/products/pumps-and-plumbing/plumbing-sumps-drill-bits-overflows-uniseals/schedule-80-plumbing-fittings-and-valves/check-valves/1-george-fisher-wye-check-valve-swiss-made.html" title="1" George Fisher Wye Check Valve (Swiss made) )">1" George Fisher Wye Check Valve (Swiss made) </a>) to make sure water doesn't siphon back to transfer tank</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"> </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Filtration
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">My reactors will be feed from 1 external Panworld pump (Not sure what size yet) thru ¾ Schedule 80 pipe. Tee'd off to Merc line with a valve to control flow.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Carbon reactor (<a href="http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/products/carbon-and-gfo/media-reactors-filter-bags/jumbo-brs-gfo-and-carbon-reactor.html" target="_self" title="Carbon / GFO Reactor">BRS Jumbo Carbon Reactor</a>)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">GFO reactor (<a href="http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/products/carbon-and-gfo/media-reactors-filter-bags/jumbo-brs-gfo-and-carbon-reactor.html" target="_self" title="Carbon / GFO Reactor">BRS Jumbo GFO Reactor</a>)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Kalk reactor (<a href="http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/products/reactors/kalkwasser-reactor/aquamedic-kalkwasser-stirrer-reactor-5000.html" target="_self" title="Kalk 5000">Aquamedic Kalkwasser Stirrer / Reactor 5000</a>)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Protien Skimmer (external or Internal) not sure what I will get yet.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/75-gpd-ro-di-6-stage-chloramines-deluxe-system.html">75 GPD RO/DI 6 Stage Chloramines *DELUXE* System</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Automation
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">Apex System</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Modules I have
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal">2 Energy Bar 8</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 IO Breakout box</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Probe Module 1</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Probe Module 2</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">2 Variable Speed / Dimming Modules</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Grade Temp Probe</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Lab Grade Salinity probe</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Lab Grade PH Probe</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Modules to buy
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal">1Probe Module 3</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Oxyguard Dissolved Oxygen Probe</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Apex Display Module</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 AquaBus Lunar module</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">4 Grade Temp Probe</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">2 Lab Grade Salinity probe</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Lab Grade PH Probe</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Probe Module 1</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 Probe Module 2</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">1 IO Breakout box</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">2 Energy Bar 8</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">2 Energy Bar 4</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">2 Water Bug</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Modules or devices I want
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal">Humidity (like the ReefKeeper AP1)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Lighting
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">DIY LED lighting based on Nuclearheli from reefcentral.com</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">4 EUC-200S700DT</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">104 XP-E Royal Blue</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">56 XP-E Blue</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">56 XP-G Cool White</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">48 XP-G Neutral white </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">1.5 t-slot aluminum for structure and heat sink</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal">Stand / hood/<span> </span>canopy
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal">The stand I built out of pressure treated 4x4 and 2x4. The back side of the sand is open between the lower area and behind the display tanks. This way the exhaust fan can suck out heat and moisture from the transfer tank.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">In ceiling above display tanks is a large bathroom exhaust pan vented to the outside.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">The outside will look like old firehouse lockers to go with the downstairs theme (Old firehouse)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Under tanks will come off in 4 pieces for maintenance. No doors! The end will come off if I have to pull out transfer tank or replace.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Misc stuff I need to get
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<li class="MsoNormal">Grounding Rod</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Non moving Floats</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">400lbs - Live Rock (DIY dry rock)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">300lbs - Live sand </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
 
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