DKoKoMan's 150g Reef Tank

[intarsiabox]

Nice start! Are you going to have the tank displayed on both sides?

[DKoKoMan]

Originally Posted by amberc12

Lookin awesome!

Thanks! Hopefully I can keep moving forward with the progress.

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

Nice start! Are you going to have the tank displayed on both sides?

I'm still looking where exactly to place the tank to suite the basement. Considered viewing from all sides or adding a black vinyl background and just having the 3 side viewing against the wall.

[Ryanerickson]

Looking good great start

[AquaAddict]

great pump! I have a Jecod DCS 9,000 (10 levels with controller) and it is very quiet. I think Jebao and Jecod and the same company Jebao being American and Jecod being Chinese. Anybody know for sure?

AquaAddict

[DKoKoMan]

I'm not sure about the difference between the two brands. But I couldn't beat the price for the DC pump! I'm hoping it will run quiet as it will be in the living room.

[DKoKoMan]

Well I have finally filled the DT and Sump with water. I was happy with the way the sump layout worked and how quiet the Jebao DC pump is! I noticed one small leak which I tightened the bulkhead and *poof* gone. I also had to tweak the percentage on the digital controller for the Jebao return pump to control the overflow level and balance everything out. This took a bit but I managed to dial it in to where I was happy.







Jebao return pump, so quiet! Marked out temporary running and high water levels with tape.

I finally decided on the wall the tank will be setup on. I decided this wall would be best do to being tucked away, yet near the bar and completely visible from the couch . I applied a black vinyl on the back of the tank as I have saw them in person, on builds and I love how they make the fish and coral pop.




This is the wall! Also the drywall is up and the taping is almost finished.

I am getting excited as once the drywall is done I will be 1 step closer to setting this beauty up. I will have the textured ceiling done and then I can lay the floor... this means that the tank can finall be filled in place.

I am currently trying to pick two heaters that will be sufficient for the tank. I really like the Eheim Jäger heaters I currently have on the 75g. I was thinking 2 - 300w would be plenty, but I'm not entirely sure. Anyone have ideas or know if this will work? I will also be picking up new Sand this weekend. I will also pickup a temporary clamp light for the fuge area until I can get a proper one as most are currently on backorder.

[DKoKoMan]

UPDATE:




Picked up 5 bags of Ocean Direct Live Sand




Ended up going with 2 x 300w Eheim Jager heaters as I currently have them in the 75g and I have had no issues!




Running an LED Daylight bulb in a simple clamp fixture light for the fuge. I will look at upgrading to something a bit better, looking for suggestions on fuge lights.

Looking for any suggestions on fuge lights. Just looking to grow Chaeto and harvest pods.




Vertex RODI unit installed




Looks like someone is wanting me to make this more then just a glass box!

Sorry for the pictures being sideways, using the tinypic uploads and I'm not sure how to rotate them. Photobucket finally made me pull the pin as it was sooooooo slow... and the spam messages were killing my computer. I will take some more updated photographs, if all goes well the tank transfer will happen this weekend! Long time coming...