In the 1990's I had a 65 and a 150. Standard dimensions. Life happened and I broke down the 65 when I moved, gave my pair of Ocellaris to a friend who successfully reared their fry back when nearly no one was able to. Then more life - joyous four footed kind - took more and more time so I sold the 150 to a dentist. Now it is time again. Just a few more weeks until the tank gets here and I put it all together.
My huge challenge has been to find a way to fit the gear I wanted underneath the tank in the stand. I live in a condo and there is no fish room, no basement, no room for error or a leak and so on. Electrician coming to wire 2 GFI circuits with quad boxes next week.
Tank = 48" x 24" x 27" h. Stand interior dimensions 46 x 22".
Here's a photo of the pieces, unplumbed without the sump (hasn't arrived yet.)
So you can see starting in the middle - well you have to turn your head but you get the idea.
12 o clock - empty area for refugium and on left return chamber.
2:00 - Vertex Omega 150 skimmer
4.00 - 5G container for ATO with Cobalt 400 pump
6:00 - 2 @ Vertex 1.5 liter universal reactors (carbon, GFO)
7:00 - Eheim Compact+ 2000 for reactors
8:00 - CO2 cylinder
9:00 - GEO 612 CA reactor
10:00 - RLSS Waveline 6000 return pump
At the center - Cobalt 1200 for GEO 612 hidden behind one of the reactors.
IT FITS now for the plumbing which I don't think I will do until the tank and stand are in place.
I just decided if I was going to do this again I wanted to do it as well as I possibly could and damn the torpedoes (well, drain on the bank account).
My huge challenge has been to find a way to fit the gear I wanted underneath the tank in the stand. I live in a condo and there is no fish room, no basement, no room for error or a leak and so on. Electrician coming to wire 2 GFI circuits with quad boxes next week.
Tank = 48" x 24" x 27" h. Stand interior dimensions 46 x 22".
Here's a photo of the pieces, unplumbed without the sump (hasn't arrived yet.)
So you can see starting in the middle - well you have to turn your head but you get the idea.
12 o clock - empty area for refugium and on left return chamber.
2:00 - Vertex Omega 150 skimmer
4.00 - 5G container for ATO with Cobalt 400 pump
6:00 - 2 @ Vertex 1.5 liter universal reactors (carbon, GFO)
7:00 - Eheim Compact+ 2000 for reactors
8:00 - CO2 cylinder
9:00 - GEO 612 CA reactor
10:00 - RLSS Waveline 6000 return pump
At the center - Cobalt 1200 for GEO 612 hidden behind one of the reactors.
IT FITS now for the plumbing which I don't think I will do until the tank and stand are in place.
I just decided if I was going to do this again I wanted to do it as well as I possibly could and damn the torpedoes (well, drain on the bank account).
