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MonkE and Neoh's 180 Reef Build
When me and Ryan decided to go splits on a house it was immediately clear that we would go splits on a large tank. We've both been aqua nuts forever and Reefers for the past couple years so we've collected plenty of gear. We purchased a tank off another Canreef member and started the planning. I had a 125 gallon tank running and he had a 75 gallon, so we also had a full supply of LR and livestock.
Step 1: Plan We wanted to make the tank easy to work on as well as be functional. We'd put in the biggest skimmer we've got as well as a fuge for some algae control and pod farm. Also we needed to be 100% sure that there would be no leaks because the tank would be on very nice hardwood floor and our secuirty deposit on this house is huge. We figured that we'd set the whole tank up in the garage and then when it was planned and tested, we'd dissassemble it and move it on upstairs. Leak test: http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...pscd46fdf4.jpg Step 2: Get it upstairs After a couple cases of beer and a few tanks full of water we got the returns and overflows sorted out. Time to move the tank upstairs... grrr... should have thought of this earlier... http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps21c79626.jpg Step3: Setup 2 more cases of beer and a long weekend later.... First get the stand in place and start the plumbing on the sump http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps0f92e383.jpg Had some LED light strips lying around... perfect :) http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps7ea21dd4.jpg Got the skimmer and fuge set up and started with the reefkeeper wiring http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps32044eb4.jpg http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse77259da.jpg http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse630037a.jpg http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...psbfd0ab2e.jpg http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...psf1e6c130.jpg http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...psf3aea023.jpg |
Time for the real fun!
Lamp posts from Home Depot make a great light hanger for a decent price - we're running a 4 foot vertex illumina fixture and it's suprisingly heavyhttp://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps9354456d.jpg we wanted to limit the amount of LR in the tank to provide a lot of swiming room for the fish - we're going for a few larger tangs that will grow into the tank. http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps5f42c920.jpg http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...psb6b394ce.jpg YAY for water!!! I wish i took pictures of all the RO/DI buckets we had going downstairs... there's a video that i'm going to have to figure out how to put onto here http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/a...pscca9ab0b.jpg |
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Congrats on the tank and the house. Long way to go for the RO.
Did the 2 of you get the tank up the stairs okay? Or were additional people needed? The reason I ask is I just picked up a 180 myself while it was HEAVY i was able to manage it okay but my friend had some trouble. It's now sitting in my garage as I try and convince 2 more people to help bring it up the stairs into the house and then down the stairs to the basement. |
Nice, i really like those stairs!. Tank looks good.
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well we did it just the two of us... but i wouldn't say we were OK! lol Ryan you want to field this one ;) I would definitely recommend more people although in our situation it wouldn't have mattered as our back patio stairs are quite narrow and there would not have been room for any extra bodies. |
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Nobody would help. We grew impatient.
Half way up the stairs, my arms gave out. Then we swapped sides and went up and left it at the top of the stairs until we could regain our strength, then attempted it again. Never under any circumstances do I recommend two people moving a 180g tank on their own. Worst idea ever. |
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