CrookedStick
In Memoriam
Paul, this build is beautiful!
What do your planned scheduled water changes look like? How many gallons and how often?
What do your planned scheduled water changes look like? How many gallons and how often?
Triple-S Fish Ranch - 1700gal 164†x 48†x 56†SPS peninsula build
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overexposed
Acroholic
Daily automated 35 gallons on DT and 5 gallons on the qt tanks... he went into details a few pages back.
holy crap! ... i can tell you right now that i stumbled across this thread when i drank my morning coffee.... i have now skipped lunch, bailed on a conference call, and asked for an extension on submitting my 2015 sales forecast. ... awesome, flawless build. subscribed. i am in the oilfield and several of my client have some impressive tank, NONE as impressive as this. incredible.
Jonnywhoop
Member
The QT is better than my tank..
karimwassef
Active member
wow
itsmorefun
New member
good setup 
Patrick G.
New member
Triple-S Fish Ranch - 1700gal 164" x 48" x 56" SPS peninsula build
Is this the most elaborate build ever to appear on this site?
Oh, and I too am a tech manager, but my lifestyle nowhere near resembles yours. I'd love to hear the rest of the story. ;-)
Is this the most elaborate build ever to appear on this site?
Oh, and I too am a tech manager, but my lifestyle nowhere near resembles yours. I'd love to hear the rest of the story. ;-)
tidus10
New member
I don't want to be disrespectful, but I kind of want to know what the price on this build has been so far.. You don't have to share, I'm just curios, this is really amazing.
Everything is so gorgeous, so well thought out, things are placed in the right place and it seems so functional (minus the cupboards that lock you in the room xP)
Everything is so gorgeous, so well thought out, things are placed in the right place and it seems so functional (minus the cupboards that lock you in the room xP)
November Update: first livestock
November Update: first livestock
Finally got in a good couple of project days this past weekend. Since the last update:
First two fish quarantine tanks
My main goal for the weekend was to get the first two 75-gallon fish QTs up and running. Just need an hour or two to get two bare-bones QTs up and running, right? Hah, not on this thread! Why do something in two or three hours when you can take 10 or 12?
For each tank: Marineland 350 hang-on-back filter, airstone, intake for auto water change, feed lines for new salt water and top-off water, CerMedia 8x8x1 blocks, lighting. Heaters on back order. The CerMedia blocks arrived broken, thus the artistic presentation
Top View
Cut out neatly around the HoB filter, top-off, water change, and air lines
Coral QT Lighting Frame, and Livestock!
As mentioned back in post #618, the aluminum frame of the light rack didn't snap together uniformly enough to suit me, so I added a white face frame around the perimeter to hide the unevenness of the EZTube segments. Also added a batch of snails and crabs, and a blue damsel. The first 4 frags went in last night: red moti cap, hollywood stunner, pink birds nest, and bird of paradise.
Abyzz Pumps Wired and Plumbed to Sump
Abyzz drivers mounted, plugs reterminated for U.S. 220v outlets, and output plumbing completed. Shelf with legs installed to provide a surface for pipe clamps to relieve physical load on the pumps.
The larger Abyzz will feed ~75gpm to the skimmer, and the smaller one will supply "Reactor Row" on the opposite wall. Current plan for reactor row is to run carbon, GFO, and CerMedia. Possibly 2 CerMedia reactors, one with very slow flow to see if I can achieve denitrification using it.
Refrigerator and Washer
Added refrigerator and small washer for filter socks and towels.
November Update: first livestock
Finally got in a good couple of project days this past weekend. Since the last update:
- Set up 2 fish QTs
- Ordered 20 small yellow tangs
- Installed coral QT light rack face frame
- Added first livestock to coral QT - blue damsel and 4 frags
- Installed rack for pipe clamps above Abyzz pumps on sump
- Plumbing and wiring of Abyzz pumps on sump
- Began install of reactor bank
- Repaired RO/DI
- Tested flood resistance of flooring, twice
First two fish quarantine tanks
My main goal for the weekend was to get the first two 75-gallon fish QTs up and running. Just need an hour or two to get two bare-bones QTs up and running, right? Hah, not on this thread! Why do something in two or three hours when you can take 10 or 12?
For each tank: Marineland 350 hang-on-back filter, airstone, intake for auto water change, feed lines for new salt water and top-off water, CerMedia 8x8x1 blocks, lighting. Heaters on back order. The CerMedia blocks arrived broken, thus the artistic presentation
Top View
Cut out neatly around the HoB filter, top-off, water change, and air lines
Coral QT Lighting Frame, and Livestock!
As mentioned back in post #618, the aluminum frame of the light rack didn't snap together uniformly enough to suit me, so I added a white face frame around the perimeter to hide the unevenness of the EZTube segments. Also added a batch of snails and crabs, and a blue damsel. The first 4 frags went in last night: red moti cap, hollywood stunner, pink birds nest, and bird of paradise.
Abyzz Pumps Wired and Plumbed to Sump
Abyzz drivers mounted, plugs reterminated for U.S. 220v outlets, and output plumbing completed. Shelf with legs installed to provide a surface for pipe clamps to relieve physical load on the pumps.
The larger Abyzz will feed ~75gpm to the skimmer, and the smaller one will supply "Reactor Row" on the opposite wall. Current plan for reactor row is to run carbon, GFO, and CerMedia. Possibly 2 CerMedia reactors, one with very slow flow to see if I can achieve denitrification using it.
Refrigerator and Washer
Added refrigerator and small washer for filter socks and towels.
Tradewinds
Well-known member
As in actual water spills? If so, I enjoy your humor.
It's my understanding that these QT are just for fish, but you may find the current thread on CerMedia interesting (Albeit mind blowing):For each tank: Marineland 350 hang-on-back filter, airstone, intake for auto water change, feed lines for new salt water and top-off water, CerMedia 8x8x1 blocks, lighting. Heaters on back order. The CerMedia blocks arrived broken, thus the artistic presentation
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2453931&highlight=cermedia+blocks
Yes, water spills. Or water barrages, depending how you classify the act of pumping water onto the floor and wall with the full force of a Mag24. When filling the QTs, I made use of a handy valve that allows me to send water from the NSW reservoir down to a hose located between the QT tanks. This part of the process went just fine, but when it came time to turn off that feed, I instead turned the _other_ NSW valve, the one that sends the water to a hose attached between the two reservoirs. It took me a few seconds to realize why it suddenly got so noisy at that end of the room
, during which time the Mag24 was doing its best to prove that it can deliver every drop of its published flow curve. Then not 20 minutes later while siphoning out the coral QT sump, I went to turn off its recirc pump and instead turned on the pump for the media reactor, which happened to be disconnected for cleaning, with the supply hose aimed directly at the mounting board with all of the Apex modules. Fortunately, nothing seems to have shorted out as a result.
Thanks for the link to the CerMedia thread. This is relevant for me since I am also planning to run CerMedia on the display system. I don't see anything conclusive in that thread yet, but I will keep an eye on it, and will also plan to test for aluminum if I observe coral irritation or failure to thrive.
tidus10, Patrick G, itsmorefun, karimwassef, Jonnywhoop, Kannon50, JoelA7, ccampo, overexposed, Masedaddy, crookedstick, reefnut2012, usingthejohn, scubadan206, rogergolf66 thanks for the kind words and for joining the thread!
dallasg
Reefing from South Africa
great tip, i keep 2 canary wrasse and 1 sixline in my coral tank. as well as 5 yellow tail damsels as i have found they like flatworms
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