The Fish Room 500 Redux

[pch90265]

Quarantine Tank

Quarantine Tank

Ahh, I love a plan coming together.

James sent me the pics below of my "drop-in" QT. I was busy with the stand this weekend, so I didn't have time to post them earlier... It is exactly as I drew it -- now my fingers are crossed that I drew what I really needed!

The acrylic stands that will drop in to the bottom of the sump are completely seperate from the QT, so they can hang out in the sump full-time. You can see them sitting off to the side in the second picture. With the "flow-through" holes they might even make a great spot to drop a supplemental bag of carbon . . .

--SM--

 

[pch90265]

TANK IS DONE!!!!

TANK IS DONE!!!!

W O O WHOOOOO!!!!

James just sent me these pics of the finished Display Tank!!!

It should be on its way tomorrow, with delivery late next week (around 2/8.)

 

[JOSHUAB]

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[Bryan89]

Sean,

Congratulations on getting the tank made. Looking forward to some additional photos (hint hint).

Bryan

 

[Shawnts106]

WOOO!! 6 days till' delivery!!!

WOW! geeze, and I thought I was excited about my boat propellers comming for my powerhead mod... lol!


this is going to ROCK!

 

[asnatlas]

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[pch90265]

Display tank and gobbbbs of plumbing supplies arrived today.

Too exhausted to post pictures, been stressful.

Pics tomorrow.

--SM--

 

[pch90265]

Tank Pics, Dry and Unplumbed

Tank Pics, Dry and Unplumbed

OK, here are some shots of the tank, and the effort to get it in the house!

To get the tank onto the shipping company's lift-gate truck I had to go down to their loading dock in the Springs and affix four furniture dollys to the bottom of the crate -- they couldn't figure out that pallet-jacks with 2' tines wouldn't be able to lift an 8' long create from its end . . . So, we used those dollys to wheel the tank from the driveway down to the sliding glass door in the basement by rolling the tank down a few sheets of plywood. We had to flip the ply several times to get it to the door, but it sure beat carrying the tank a hundred feet.

BTW -- I used a moving company to handle this... after moving the 600G tank in CA with willing amatuers, I decided any tank I bought in the future would be moved professionally, or not at all. Cool thing was, two of the movers keep reef tanks!

An hour after the delivery, the tank was in place... plumbing should start next weekend, and I hope to have a S/W fill the weekend after... but, that's pretty optimistic. There are still a number of parts that need to arrive before I can start circulating water, and they may not get here on my timeline.

 

[Bryan89]

Congratulations Sean. You moved the tank exactly the same way I moved mine.

Setup is looking great. Keep up the good work. BTW, James builds great tanks and crates, doesn't he?

Bryan

 

[JustOneMoreTank]

Wow looks pretty well thought out and what an excellent spot for the tank. I like the super heavy duty stand as well. Keep up the good work.

 

[nbd13]

any shots of the drop in quaratine? that sounds intresting!

James is a great guy, he built my 275 gallon....

Nick

 

[NexDog]

Followed this for almost a year and I'm so happy that you finally got the tank. Next stage of the journey begins!

 

[david86camaro]

I love your tank, I would love that, but I would have to get a bigger house first. It definatly makes my tank seem small!!!
Good job getting that tank in in one piece, I have followed this thread and your previous one too, you do a very good job.

 

[pch90265]

All -- thanks for the positive feedback! I appreciate the support.

Bryan -- Yes, James builds an awesome tank, and amazing crates. The professional shippers and movers have been impressed by the last two (my old 600 and this 280)... which says a great deal about how James approaches everything he puts out.

JustOneMoreTank -- Thanks for the feedback on the stand, not many people have said anything... which is either a really good or really bad sign.

Laurence -- I've been following your tank too, thanks for the kind words. Your system is looking great. Can't wait to see how the rock "piles up" to its full build-out.

 

[pch90265]

Drop in QT

Drop in QT

Nick -- thanks for asking about the QT, I completely forgot to post these pics!

Here are two shots, one with the QT resting on the lip of the sump; and the other with Tricia helping me test the fit ... sure enough, my measurements were correct and the QT fits perfectly in the sump.

The Sequence Pumps for the display arrived yesterday, so I hope to get all the plumbing done this weekend... once the display has been leak tested and filled with RO/DI I'll mix salt into it, and open the valves to the sump. Hopefully that will be the weekend after this one. Once that occurs I can get all the LR out of my sump and get the QT spun up completely!!! Then I can start ordering livestock.

Almost there . . . I think I can, I think I can, I think I can . . .

--Sean--

 

[nbd13]

That looks cool.

So the water is seperate right? and will never touch the tank's water?

very cool idea, should have had James build me one too. haha

Nick

 

[pch90265]

Yep, totally separate h2o. The two *should* never meet. There will be a neoprene gasket between the lip of the QT and the top of the sump to help with the separation.

--Sean--

 

[Bryan89]

Silly question - How many gallons is the QT going to be and do you plan on lifting it out while full of water?

Bryan

 

[Ixthys]

Also, what was the reasoning for the QT in the sump?

BTW, from the pics of the outside of your house it looks like you are actually in Woodmoor and not Monument....am I right?

 

[pch90265]

Bryan -- Not silly at all. The QT would be ~28G if filled completely, but it will be run at closer to 18-20G... the QT will run at the same level as the sump. Since the circulation and filtration (UV and Skimmer) will be above the lip of the QT, I'll be able to get all but a gallon or two out of the tank with a "bleed valve" off of the circulation pump. Once the water is out, the QT will float. It's about 60 lbs, so it's under 100 lbs with a few gallons -- easily lifted by me and my wife. We'll only remove it completely when sterilizing it after habitation by a specimen that was positive for parasites or infection. Otherwise, I think a good fresh water rinse will suffice between QT runs... I don't plan to dose any major meds in the tank -- BTW.

Ixthys -- *Hopefully* running the sump and QT at the same level will keep the QT at the same temp as the main system. The whole point in doing the drop-in is to eliminate heating/cooling the QT seperately. That's always been the biggest challenge for me when running a QT in the past.

Nope, we're not in Woodmoor ... we're a couple miles east. We're right next to Kings Deer, if you seen the subdivision. Did you live in the area?

--SM--