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Piscez 03-22-2015 02:18 PM

Piscez 2nd go around fresh start 220Gal - no buckets no barrels please
 
Hello all, well its good to be back after a 5 year absence. Won't bore you all with details but basically I previously had a 120 Gal : http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62786 back in 2009, all done with Anthony's help but due to family issues I had to shut it down in May of 2010, the plan was to move it to my new home, but after losing all my fish at a fish sitters place, it kind of killed my spirit so I sold the complete tank to a fellow Canreefer. Back to present day... I have a co worker who also used to be in the saltwater game and we got chatting and we both decided to get nano's. So out I went and got a 24gal, I had been poking around the forum looking and Anthony noticed asking if I was coming back. When I told him I was getting a nano he humorously knew that wasn't going to cut it and asked what I would really like! I told him since it would be going in my dining room in place of the buffet I really wanted a large viewing pane so a 220gal 72"x30"x24" with emphasis on the 30" height and ideally on a stand that would be 40" high as I have 10 foot ceilings and would like to do a wainscot paneling all the way around the dining room with drop out panels covering the stand to give to a clean finished look. Well Anthony doesn't mess around, the same day I picked up my Nano he calls me to tell me he has a friend selling the exact setup, so I purchased this:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...psvudzf5pf.jpg

Even the stand was a close to perfect 39.5"!!!

So what a great start, I had a one other requirement if I was going to make this happen and this system fit the bill. I wanted a large sump as I wanted to section off a 50 gallon portion to use as my water change and ATO reservoir. Low and behold this system had a 125 gallon sump. Other supplied equipment was a 6 Ft T5 lighting with built in timer and moonlights, Euroreef RC-250 skimmer, Titanium 1000watt heater , tunze powerhead, Vortech MP40 wavemaker, plumbing etc, all the live rock and sand.

I had a custom home builder friend come over to see about the weight issue being this was going on the 2nd floor of my 3 level home. The wall behind the tank is a 3 level load baring one as well as the outside wall to the right of the tank and even better it is all over the garage with steel girders running underneath... perfect!

The next plan was to get my plumber pal over to run me a water line and a drain system, I decided buckets and barrels were not going to be part of my water change regime :idea: I've got say this was mean't to be everything just fell into place even the drain setup ran perfectly a turn of a ball valve to stop the flow into the sump and another to direct it into the drain from the dining room into the garage out the garage though the ceiling into the gutter down pipe!.... sweet. To add the 50 gal new water I just turn off one return pump turn the ball valve, open another ball valve which is connected to a 3rd return pump sitting in my reservoir and the job is done :biggrin:
The reservoir then once again becomes my ATO. I know there is a bit of a debate about using tap and Prime VS R/O water, but I just went with the easier route and trusted the advice I was given from a couple of seasoned reefers they have been using tap and Prime for over 4 years ( since the pre Olympics GVRD water treatment upgrade) with no issues so I'm good with that.

I will post up pics of my tap and drain system very soon stay tuned, thanks!

Piscez 03-22-2015 02:40 PM

On the move, sure pays to have friends and family, especially those with a truck!!!!

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...sevryvgws.jpeg


Prep for position:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...ssbnzurjw.jpeg


Setting up:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps6y2u5xdq.jpg

Getting ready for placement:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...psklk8q5y7.jpg

Tank in place:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...psv0kzpnie.jpg


Sump baffle build:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...pszuwmwlto.jpg

FishyFishy! 03-22-2015 03:09 PM

Looks like a great re-start! I'll be tagging along for the ride.

hondas3000 03-22-2015 03:20 PM

yeah I ran into Anthony too and he helps me out a lot, and he close to my house :). They said salt water tank is easy to upkeep once its running but I find that its not, beside the water change, salt have to get mix and dosing and testing for coral. Your sump is nice, it do multi things and save space as well.

Myka 03-23-2015 02:30 PM

Looks like a great start! You might learn to dislike the 30" depth though once you realize you have to use tongs to do anything. :D I'm looking forward to seeing the finished renovations though. It looks like a nice tank - Aqueon/AGA mega flow? I like the trim on it. Although I imagine you're going to cover up all the trim with your renovation...?

Fwiw, your tank is 72 x 24 x 30" (not the other way around). Length x width x height.

Piscez 03-23-2015 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FishyFishy! (Post 941978)
Looks like a great re-start! I'll be tagging along for the ride.

It is thank you I'm lovin it

Quote:

Originally Posted by hondas3000 (Post 941980)
yeah I ran into Anthony too and he helps me out a lot, and he close to my house :). They said salt water tank is easy to upkeep once its running but I find that its not, beside the water change, salt have to get mix and dosing and testing for coral. Your sump is nice, it do multi things and save space as well.

The sump with built in mixing station/ATO, with plumbed line and turn key drain were essential for me, which IMO make things EASY'r :biggrin:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myka (Post 942114)
Looks like a great start! You might learn to dislike the 30" depth though once you realize you have to use tongs to do anything. :D I'm looking forward to seeing the finished renovations though. It looks like a nice tank - Aqueon/AGA mega flow? I like the trim on it. Although I imagine you're going to cover up all the trim with your renovation...?

Fwiw, your tank is 72 x 24 x 30" (not the other way around). Length x width x height.

thanks Myka for the correction, my bad, but actually I love the 30" depth for the rock scaping etc I wanted specifically this depth for the overall view when on the the stand its close to 6 ft tall to give you that TA DAH factor which I wanted in the dining room. Fortunately I'm 6"2" with arms like an ape so on my 3 step stool I can reach the sand bed which is pretty deep! :lol:

rishu_pepper 03-23-2015 04:53 PM

Saw this tank yesterday, looking awesome, Andrew! Take a pic of the majestic when he comes out :wink:

Piscez 03-23-2015 08:07 PM

Here's the water line and drain in the garage:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps1e7xy5h5.jpg

and the drain coming out of the garage into the downspout outside, nice and clean :biggrin::

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...psmuyjmpcc.jpg

Once the panel is back up the PVC is barely seen, as you can see there is about 1/4" showing in the downspout, with a bit more wrangling I'm sure I could hide that too.

Piscez 03-23-2015 08:12 PM

Water line and drain ( just to the right of the ATO), plumbing connected:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps9n1aqwph.jpg

Piscez 03-24-2015 02:28 AM

Finally some up and running tank shots:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...srulxlbil.jpeg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...shlrv7mnf.jpeg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...sjpgfljze.jpeg


My two favourite fish! both equal beauties sorry for the blurry shots taken with my android:

Majestic Angel

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...sonpxkkig.jpeg

Purple Tang

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...psq4xtcgte.jpg

More great fish to come, I'll post some daylight full room shots soon, next is to work on the wainscoting and quartz counter top to finish it off.


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