Hustlers 300G Panzer Project (Up and Running)

Hustler · #1 10-12-2011, 04:40 AM

scrubbed and drained.... being filled with ro water from my aquasafe unit getting excited

Installed a 140 gallon plastic reservoire in the laundry room for back up....
should be another week or two for the skimmer gfo and carbon reactor to get here then Ill have a post worthy of canreef lol

lastlight · #2 10-12-2011, 04:47 AM

In through the window... lucky guy! Good luck with the flip over.

Hustler · #3 10-12-2011, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

In through the window... lucky guy! Good luck with the flip over.

Luck had nothing to do with it.... wouldnt fit down the stairs and it took almost 8 welders at a case of beer each....and 2 missed work the next day LOL....
I think the person buying this house gets a free tank.....cus I aint moving it again

Wayne · #4 10-15-2011, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Hustler

Luck had nothing to do with it.... wouldnt fit down the stairs and it took almost 8 welders at a case of beer each....and 2 missed work the next day LOL....
I think the person buying this house gets a free tank.....cus I aint moving it again

LOL I know what its like to move a heavy tank and be sore the next day

If only I knew it was going to be my last

Hustler · #5 10-17-2011, 04:49 AM

Please excuse my autocad skills......
I have sketched up what I figure will work for the first run of filters on my 300.
beckett 12" by 30" skimmer, bio reactor, GFO and Carbon reactors all run on seperate pumps. New reefflow pumps to replace my pool pump LOL
ect.... maybe you have some imput? questions comments and concerns more than welcome.... And if your any good at playing with new toys and like to drink free beer Please let me know as I have a headache just sketching this

The Grizz · #6 10-18-2011, 03:04 AM

Just a few thing that I notice to concider, not saying that I am 100% right but it what I would do since I have an 8' tank as well.

1. Try to keep your drain lines as close to the same length as possible.
2. If you are going to run Bio pellets you will not need a refuge or the light. The pellets will do the same as any macro algea, fill middle compartment with rock. Your bio pellet reactor output must be put as close to your skimmer feed pump as possible
3. Split your sump into 3 compartment making your return end the largest, the input to the sump the smallest. 2 baffles to divide first & second compartment, 3 baffles to divide second & third.
4. I am doing the same size tank & return pump. My idea is to run my skimmer, chiller & all reactors off my drain lines ( manifold system with control valves ) this way you don't need all the extra pumps, something to think about.

Remember this is simply what I would do.

Question about your skimmer? What kind did you get?

Hustler · #7 10-18-2011, 03:28 AM

I went with a 12" by 30 bashsea twisted with a 3500 gph pump and an air injector pump...
Im going to try and piece out what youve explained there lol... its late and Im slow

The skimmer will be getting water right out of the first chamber where the tank initally drains into and the reactors will take water from where the skimmer will dump back to the sump.
Thats the way i figured it should go anyways???