~450 gallon reef setup

[Flash]

looks great so far!!

[DAVE]

Pac Sun LEDS (awesome lights, can't wait to test these puppies!)


Plumbing started






Picture of the 'fish room' (150g is the tank in the front)

[DAVE]

- Wall plates are ordered and they will go over the plumbing in the wall
- Pipes will be insulated
- I have run 2 dedicated power lines (20amps) for the system

[lastlight]

Pretty involved with the piping through the walls I dig. An aquarium behind the bar is going to look so amazing.

[DAVE]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Pretty involved with the piping through the walls I dig. An aquarium behind the bar is going to look so amazing.

Thanks, I figured I might as well run the plumbing in the wall since I am redoing everything in that room.

I will have access points in case I need to pull pipe in the future, so it should be pretty fail safe...

[smokinreefer]

Originally Posted by Hydrologist

- Wall plates are ordered and they will go over the plumbing in the wall
- Pipes will be insulated

are the wallplates just for reinforcing the studs where they were notched out for the plumbing?

how are you insulating the pipes? with what? and is that for thermal insulation or acoustic?

btw, great looking build.

[DAVE]

Originally Posted by smokinreefer

are the wallplates just for reinforcing the studs where they were notched out for the plumbing?

how are you insulating the pipes? with what? and is that for thermal insulation or acoustic?

btw, great looking build.

Wall plates were used to protect the plumbing and helped to reinforce the studs that were notched out. It is thermal insulation and it is behind the pipes as well.

Here are some updated photos:

[DAVE]

Originally Posted by bean

looks great so far!!

Thank you

[DAVE]

A few more photos

[Leah]

Tagging along! Very nice...can't wait to see it up and running.