Still having fun...300 gallon in wall reef
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I finished the BASAFOS. I just put the sand in, so the water is still cloudy. Also, notice the brain fart...I didn't install unions in all of the pipes. That will be corrected. I want to be able to remove all of the pipes for inspection/cleaning.
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Coming along great, Mike. The BASAFOS (gotta love the acronym) turned especially well! How do you like the way it works?
What's the vertical pipe on your emergency drain? Just curious because I wanted to put a drain in also. Max level during a simulated power out is a little to close for comfort on mine.
What's the vertical pipe on your emergency drain? Just curious because I wanted to put a drain in also. Max level during a simulated power out is a little to close for comfort on mine.
marcus.breaux
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that is an awesome tank!!!
Thanks Tom, the vertical pipe with the ball valve will connect to my water change pump. I had the pipe and the valve and I didn't want to cut the pipe, so I just glued it together the way it was. When I plumb the water change pump to the drain line, I'll cut the pipe to length. Once I saw an emergency drain the first time, I've put one on every tank. Today when we were adding rock, I didn't have to worry about water level. The excess just drained away. Make sure you put some sort of "U" in the drain to prevent sewer gas from backing up into the room.
I got lots of fun done this weekend, with the help of Joe (poknsnok) and Adam (Adam82). We assembled some rock pillars with 3/4" acrylic rod. We put lots more rock in the sump. The 125 gallon sump is about half full of rock.
I set the larger corals on the rock in the tank, and my 50 QT is full of the smaller pieces. I'll take my time to try to place the corals in a their "perfect" locations.
Then I drained the 300 Rubbermaid down to about 4 inches of water to make it easy to catch the Vlamingi, Thompson's, Blonde Naso, and Purple Tangs.
I further drained the Rubbermaid down to about 1 inch of water and placed a foot long 4x4 under one end so all the small fish would be easier to catch in the shallow water of the other end.
I caught the G. bellus, G. Melanospilus, Royal Gramma, 3 Chromis, 3 Yellow Coris Wrasses, 3 Bartlettt's Anthias, and Copperband Butterfly.
After about an hour, I threw in some food and every went nuts, so it appears that all are well.
One sad note, I had 4 Oscellaris Clowns when everything was moved into the Rubbermaid, and they disappeared one by one. I have no clue what happened to them.
Here's some pics.
Adam and his son Gage.
The light rack will get shortened and suspended tomorrow.
I set the larger corals on the rock in the tank, and my 50 QT is full of the smaller pieces. I'll take my time to try to place the corals in a their "perfect" locations.
Then I drained the 300 Rubbermaid down to about 4 inches of water to make it easy to catch the Vlamingi, Thompson's, Blonde Naso, and Purple Tangs.
I further drained the Rubbermaid down to about 1 inch of water and placed a foot long 4x4 under one end so all the small fish would be easier to catch in the shallow water of the other end.
I caught the G. bellus, G. Melanospilus, Royal Gramma, 3 Chromis, 3 Yellow Coris Wrasses, 3 Bartlettt's Anthias, and Copperband Butterfly.
After about an hour, I threw in some food and every went nuts, so it appears that all are well.
One sad note, I had 4 Oscellaris Clowns when everything was moved into the Rubbermaid, and they disappeared one by one. I have no clue what happened to them.
Here's some pics.
Adam and his son Gage.
The light rack will get shortened and suspended tomorrow.
The end of the tub. It's in the back of my truck now. Hopefully it will go away this week.
Here's a pick of the skimmer stand. My sump skimmer section water level is 15 inches deep, and the skimmer works best in about 9 inches of water, so I made a stand from 1/2" pvc and eggcrate.
Installed in the sump.
Here's a pick of the skimmer stand. My sump skimmer section water level is 15 inches deep, and the skimmer works best in about 9 inches of water, so I made a stand from 1/2" pvc and eggcrate.
Installed in the sump.
Rocketboy52
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Mflamb,
Looks awesome! In your other thread about your 390, you mentioned that you aren't going to use a closed loop? Why was this? You have the 4 flex lines comeing up from the sump, are you going to use internal powerheads to cirulate the tank? Looks like you are haveing lots of fun!
Looks awesome! In your other thread about your 390, you mentioned that you aren't going to use a closed loop? Why was this? You have the 4 flex lines comeing up from the sump, are you going to use internal powerheads to cirulate the tank? Looks like you are haveing lots of fun!
Well Mike, some people just know how to get the job done right! That is one great looking aquarium! I am totally amazed at the speed at which you got to this point - no words. :eek1: You've left me completely in the dust, and I've been working on mine for months.
Sorry about your clowns - strange huh? That i-Tech skimmer looks so cool. The form on these new cone skimmers just makes sense.
Well, I'm glad everything has turned out well, so far - hard work always pays off.
Sorry about your clowns - strange huh? That i-Tech skimmer looks so cool. The form on these new cone skimmers just makes sense.
Well, I'm glad everything has turned out well, so far - hard work always pays off.
Thanks Tom! You have to remember that lots of the work was done on the 390 and didn't have to be redone. And Joe and Adam helped out quite a bit. Everybody seems to be fine this AM. I did an Ammonia and Nitrite test this AM and both 0. I didn't expect anything else, but you can't be too careful.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14081745#post14081745 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlassReef
Well Mike, some people just know how to get the job done right! That is one great looking aquarium! I am totally amazed at the speed at which you got to this point - no words. :eek1: You've left me completely in the dust, and I've been working on mine for months.
Sorry about your clowns - strange huh? That i-Tech skimmer looks so cool. The form on these new cone skimmers just makes sense.
Well, I'm glad everything has turned out well, so far - hard work always pays off.
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