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![]() 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:
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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!
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220Gal Dining room build complete! no bucket or barrel water changes!!! ![]() |
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![]() On the move, sure pays to have friends and family, especially those with a truck!!!!
![]() Prep for position: ![]() Setting up: ![]() Getting ready for placement: ![]() Tank in place: ![]() Sump baffle build: ![]()
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![]() Looks like a great re-start! I'll be tagging along for the ride.
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![]() yeah I ran into Anthony too and he helps me out a lot, and he close to my house
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![]() 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.
![]() Fwiw, your tank is 72 x 24 x 30" (not the other way around). Length x width x height. Last edited by Myka; 03-23-2015 at 03:32 PM. |
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220Gal Dining room build complete! no bucket or barrel water changes!!! ![]() Last edited by Piscez; 03-23-2015 at 05:01 PM. |
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![]() Saw this tank yesterday, looking awesome, Andrew! Take a pic of the majestic when he comes out
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![]() Here's the water line and drain in the garage:
![]() and the drain coming out of the garage into the downspout outside, nice and clean ![]() ![]() 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.
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![]() Water line and drain ( just to the right of the ATO), plumbing connected:
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![]() Finally some up and running tank shots:
![]() ![]() ![]() My two favourite fish! both equal beauties sorry for the blurry shots taken with my android: Majestic Angel ![]() Purple Tang ![]() 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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