The Tank that REEF CENTRAL Built - 450 gal display, 800 gal volume

That little helper is perfect! He even knows the good Tongan branch stuff! It is the best stuff for making pretend guns to run around the house with! :dance:
 
So my for sale thread was cut tonight and I got a warning. I'm not sure exactly what I did wrong, but I'm not going to press it because I don't want to upset anyone.
 
Onto the question most pressing on my mind.
What controller to get? Do t have one right now, but will be next major purchase.

Apex is at the top of the list.
 
I have the Profilux and I love that you can basically do anything including automated water changes and ATO with a single controller.
The Apex would be my second choice. I have an Apex which I had on my tank but moved to my daughters when I got the Profi.
I find the Profi far easier to set up and program.
 
I have the Profilux and I love that you can basically do anything including automated water changes and ATO with a single controller.
The Apex would be my second choice. I have an Apex which I had on my tank but moved to my daughters when I got the Profi.
I find the Profi far easier to set up and program.

I have an eithernet and cable hook up being where the main tank will be, but my fish room is on the other side of the house, and our collection of bio cubes in a different part.

Are either of the units wireless? I would like to have all fish equipment running through one controller brain, but for this to work the power stips would have to be able to talk to the main brain wirelessly.

This will be my deciding factor.
 
The Profi connects it's powerbars through a standard ethernet cable (even though they call them PAB... whatever), this allows runs as far away as 300 feet. The Apex uses modified (I think) USB cables, so even if it is standard USB you are limited in the distance you can go.
I just made patch boxes with standard ethernet ports to connect my power bars.
 
The Profi connects it's powerbars through a standard ethernet cable (even though they call them PAB... whatever), this allows runs as far away as 300 feet. The Apex uses modified (I think) USB cables, so even if it is standard USB you are limited in the distance you can go.
I just made patch boxes with standard ethernet ports to connect my power bars.

I can get the fishroom commected to the tank with a wire with the PVC I ran to the attic, but the Frag closet I did not have them put one in.

Drywall is not up yet, maybe I need to sneek over there this weekend and make some more covert modifications
 
Fish Pics!

Fish Pics!

Playing with the Canon a little tonight:

Watchman
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Watching!
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Mystery
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Wrass
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Watching!
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Time to start planing out the payout of the fishroom.
Garage is small!!! and this is going to make it even smaller!

What do you think turning a 2 car garage into a One car garage and a fish room will do to my resale value?

19' 8" wide
20' 6" deep

Want to get:
One car, one golf cart, one refigerater, and one fishroom into that space.

Let's go Reef Central! Get your thinking caps on!
 
Oh forgot to tell everyone.

The tank got larger since the start of the design.
96" by 36" by 36"

42" tall stand
24" maybe 30" canopy

You guys think that hight will look ok in 14" ceiling?
 
I would design it so you can fairly easily re-convert back to a two car garage. Unless you can find a reef junkie to buy your house... Enjoy your fish room and if you do sell later on, just switch back.

Love the Watchman!
 
Oh forgot to tell everyone.

The tank got larger since the start of the design.
96" by 36" by 36"

42" tall stand
24" maybe 30" canopy

You guys think that hight will look ok in 14" ceiling?

The title of this thread, just call it a typo. instead of 450 display you meant 540 display but .....

I think you'll be much happier with it.

Enjoy
Joe
 
The title of this thread, just call it a typo. instead of 450 display you meant 540 display but .....

I think you'll be much happier with it.

Enjoy
Joe

I would love to be able to update the title of the thread, and my username too for that matter.

12 years ago when my buddies and I started playing fantasy football, I came up with the team name "The Valhalla Kings", because I am a die hard Vikings fan and Valhalla is Viking heaven. so I started making my user name for everything Valhallaking, and when I joined RC Reefking was taken. Hence, theReefKing.

But I don't like it now cause I feel that it is too conceited sounding.

Oh well.
 
Being from Buffalo I have you beat. There are no teams in the NFL that have gone to the super bowl as often as the bills and LOST. Well I never used anything from them since I always considered myself to stupid to give up on my team BUT I started using the name Made2Rock YEARS ago, I'm now much older and it should to ToOld2Rock. Life is to short run with it and don't look back. Go for the bigger tank and enjoy it. You can always fix the garage back when you want to sell the house.

Joe
 
The Vikes had that record until the Bills went to like 3 superbowls in 5 years back in the 90s or something. I know because I grew up in MN. Vikings fan here too!
 
Bills were better then that. They went to 4 superbowls in a row and lost every single one.

Sad thing is I still call myself a fan
 
There is nothing more painful than being a Vikings fan. They build you up and make you believe. Even when you know you shouldn't because your gut is telling you the let down is moments away. Even when you are an Anderson field goal away from the Super Bowl, and your brain is telling you.... Don't get excited. Don't let them fool you again. You can't help it! You believe this time is the time it will be different, this time it is vindication. This time it is our turn!
But it never is. Anderson misses the kick. Farve throws the interception, the Giants shut you out, the ref says Aaron Poole was forced out of the end zone, the KC chiefs run thru the people eaters, and culpepper breaks his back.

Sigh. But I can promise you one thing. I haven't missed a game in 10 years, and I won't miss one this year either!

V I K I N G S
SKOL Vikings SKOL!
 
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