super slow 220 peninsula build

[nezw0001]

Guys

I am rejoining the hobby after about a 5 year hiatus. My existing 180 will be going into the basement to be the sump - it is glass and scratched badly. I am planning on ordering the attached tank from a local manufacturer. Would like any feedback on the design since this is the first tank I have started from scratch with.

Once all the framing is done, it will be a peninsula tank with external overflows running the bean animal system. The drains will run through the floor into the basement and be returned by a dolphin amp master 4700 that is currently running the system. It is significantly necked down as the current drains can't handle the flow. Once the new tank is set up I will carefully measure flow and dial it to meet the skimmers needs.

I wanted to design this tank for any possibility so things don't need to be cobbled together later. It will have a full canopy over it.

Thanks in advance for any feedback

 

[nezw0001]

 

[laredo300c]

Will this new tank be acrylic?

 

[nezw0001]

yes acrylic.

 

[nezw0001]

Here are some photos of the progress.

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The living room is slowly nearing completion. I have cut the hole in the wall where the tank is going to go. The problem is 1/2 of the tank will be concealed by the stairs and not viewable from the other side. I will have to either put some sort of film/paint/??? on the back of the drywall and stair stringer or paint/film part of the back of the tank. Any suggestions on what will be the easiest way to get the placement of the blue/black material correct?

Man cutting that hole was a pain! Old, poorly built farm houses suck! That lath was super hard and burnt up a bunch of cutting blades for both the sawzall and the rotozip.

We got the 180 sump set up on a mini stand in the basement. I will post some pictures tomorrow. It is looking really nice.

 

[nezw0001]

some progress

some progress

tank in place

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Sump in place

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QT station

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Water manufacturing station

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[nezw0001]

lots of sump area progress

lots of sump area progress

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[nezw0001]

plumbing and wiring for ATO and AWC

plumbing and wiring for ATO and AWC

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[nezw0001]

tank with lights

tank with lights

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Next priorities are getting the stand skinned and water parameters stabilized.

I started the cycle with ammonia i.e. fishless and was surprised how much ammonia it took to get a detectable spike. Will probably do my first big water change tomorrow.

 

[ajcanale]

wow can't wait to see this one. The sump alone....

But how does this qualify as a peninsula? Appears to be placed long ways against a wall.

 

[DaddyJax]

Jealous.

 

[markalot]

Following along, that room looks great, huge improvement. Tile on the display side as well, meeting up with the hardwood?

 

[nezw0001]

ajcanale - the left hand side is a post, so your right its not exactly a peninsula but of the 30 inches of depth, approximately 26 inches is viewable so not exactly a typical in wall.

Markalot - yes, going to go with mexican style tile where the hardwood meets the tank. The flooring is all messed up there due to the footprint of the old tank. Looks like tile and trim will be coming in December sometime so it will be a while.

The sump area has been a really fun project. I like working with the Apex stuff. My hubby is responsible for the plumbing. He has done a nice job. The bean animal system is REALLY quiet.

 

[nezw0001]

Got to love well water

Got to love well water

Just thought I would share my water woos with the group. This spring our wonderful 65 ft deep well cracked its casing. We needed to have a new well drilled but they have to be 50ft apart. The new well ended up being 310ft before they hit good water. Quality is OK, low iron, no smell but the one draw back is it is full of methane gas. It took us a while to research out a solution and now have a wonderful (scarcasm) degassing chamber to supply the whole house/farm with useable water. This chamber is HUGE! like 8ft long and 3 feet deep and 4 feet tall. At least it works.

My TDS after the softener and degassing system is still 400-500 and I go through DI media like crazy but at least it is now useable.

Not having water really makes you appreciate it when you have it.

 

[markalot]

Wow.

So is there anyway to reclaim the gas for fuel?

 

[nezw0001]

Mark, that was what I was hoping for as well but apparently it isn't that much gas, it just seems like it.

 

[neuro]

hey i was thinking about doing the same thing like your "peninsula" style tank but against a wall. can you tell me how you like it against the wall and what your thoughts are?

Any more pictures from either side? All we have are frontal pictures. Would love to know how it's working out for you.

 

[nezw0001]

Its going to be a bit tricky to keep the kitchen side glass clean as I do not have overrhead access from that side due to a stair well. Otherwise I think it will work really nice. The post on the left side gives me a spot to hide power head wires, if I go that route. I will post some more pictures tomorrow. Just had a baby on Friday so things are a little hectic.

Slowly working away on the stand skin and making small adjustments to the sump area in the basement.

 

[neuro]

congratulations!

 

[nezw0001]

more pictures

more pictures

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This picture shows the bean animal drain/return plumbing. It will be concealed by a cabinet to keep little fingers from messing with valves. I also have my Radion ballasts mounted in here.

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Full front view from the living room

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This one shows the left side where it butts against the post

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This one shows the kitchen side. You can see that only 1/2 is exposed since there is a stairway in the way. I know, not a traditional peninsula.

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This one shows what it looks like from the kitchen table. Lots of kids mess too. We will trim the area around the tank once the wood gets in. There will be a tile border around the base of the tank. Hopefully we can finish the stand skin this weekend.