Ok since my old pic host went down I figured I would just start again.

Tank:
72x36x27 penisula - 3 sides starphire

Filter:
84x24x24 oceanic tank(150g of fuge and 50g of sump)

Lighting :
3x 400w halides in custom luminarc reflectors
4x39w T5HO's overdriven

Flow:
Tunze wavebox
1740 return pump
1" seaswirl on return
Resun15000 pump
Dart Closed loop with 6 eductors

Water storage:
two 275g storage tanks

And more stuff I cant remember that will pop up along the way.

Here is what I have so far.

Storage tanks. Hmm, they wont fit. Good thing i have a sawzal:D
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Mr. Grouper Therapy was kind enough to donate this wonderful leaking oceanic 200g, and a broken glass cages 120 to the cause. After stripping it and beating the hell out of the 120 we had some baffels.
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A bit of silicon and we get a 150g fuge, and 50g sump with 2" drains and 3/4" emergency overflows
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Building the sump, frag tank table, water station and sink.
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I had 5 dedicated circuits run for the tank alone, I will be wiring these all through the AC3 by having each outlet of 2 DC-8s run to a relay so each switched channel will be able to handle up to 20amps.
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There will be about 40 outlets for the system below the main tank and around the sump room. Wiring will not be fun.
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Bits
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And after a LOOONG wait the tank is in the house! The stand is just a frame for now, I will be skinning it in very nice wood down the road.
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And Just about have the foam/rockwork done.
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and the view from the best seat in the house
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Next step is make a big hole in my brand new floor and plumb up the closed loop so I can run it in fresh water for a bit.

Very nice. I always enjoy seeing what everyone else is doing. Is that pond foam over pvc mixed in with the rock?

Wow! Aquascape looks great! I think I see a future TOTM in the works.

I keep looking back over the rock work. I really like how he's got that set up.

Wow!! Can't wait to see that thing in all it's glory!!

Very Nice.

Joe

Very nice. I always enjoy seeing what everyone else is doing. Is that pond foam over pvc mixed in with the rock?

yup. I wanted minimal rockwork, but also wanted a nice closed loop that was hidden. Also wanted to do a free standing arm for a while and thats what happened.

The pond foam actually expanded quite a bit more then I thought it would, but overall it came out nicely. Few more tweeks and it will be done. Plus the stuff works great as glue!

yup. I wanted minimal rockwork, but also wanted a nice closed loop that was hidden. Also wanted to do a free standing arm for a while and thats what happened.

The pond foam actually expanded quite a bit more then I thought it would, but overall it came out nicely. Few more tweeks and it will be done. Plus the stuff works great as glue!

I like it. I might have to incorporate your help and experience next spring when I try my hand at it. I was going to do a agrocrete type deal with dry rock but I think I like the foam better. It'll look more like one giant piece once it's covered in coraline.

Looking great! Question who made the display tank?

Yeah I was going to do the agrocrete, but its a pain in the butt and waiting a month or more to cure would suck. So I just got 150lbs of lace rock and a few others I had and did that. No curing, no nothing. Im just going to run it in fresh water for a few days to rinse it all off and let whatever is on the rocks leach out.

Plus the pond foam is safe to use right away and wont break down over time like great stuff. Its just a bit of a pain to get on the PVC since it doesnt like to stick to smooth surfaces.

Its a marineland tank

WOW. I don't know what else to say. :thumbs: Can't wait to see more pics.

Its just a bit of a pain to get on the PVC since it doesnt like to stick to smooth surfaces.

do you think scuffing the surface with sand paper would help or still to smooth?

Next step is make a big hole in my brand new floor and plumb up the closed loop so I can run it in fresh water for a bit.

Have you considered going through the drywall and then through the floor to save your hardwoods? Works great and if there is a "Mrs.", this will make her happy. Drywall is much easier to fix. :)

Have you considered going through the drywall and then through the floor to save your hardwoods? Works great and if there is a "Mrs.", this will make her happy. Drywall is much easier to fix. :)

Glory of being single:D But there is no room to do it in the wall anyway. Im going to cut a hole the size of an air vent in the floor, so when I ever move I can just stick a false vent there.

And no sanding would not help, needs to be a very rough surface.

That works. Nice build.

Very nice setup.

Awesome. Can't wait to see this build progress!

Nice! So is this the build that took the rest of the color out of Dave's hair?:D

Nice! So is this the build that took the rest of the color out of Dave's hair?:D

im aiming for total baldness by the end of it!

im aiming for total baldness by the end of it!
:lol2:Awesome!. This is a really sweet build. Can't wait to see more.

Nice! So is this the build that took the rest of the color out of Dave's hair?:D

im aiming for total baldness by the end of it!

Totally uncalled for!!! where's that new mod when you need him! j/k lol

Totally uncalled for!!! where's that new mod when you need him! j/k lol


Here I am...am I late to the party?
Dave

8 minute response time by Dave. Impressive. How hard was it to get the pond foam into that shape?

Looks like it was done over PVC.

Its not a very controlled process, just squirt it on there and hope it sticks. If its too big shave/break it off.

well there is a hole in the floor and its got water in it, and a floating rear rock wall....

So gata order more fittings and bulkheads and weight down the back wall.

well there is a hole in the floor and its got water in it, and a floating rear rock wall....

So gata order more fittings and bulkheads and weight down the back wall.

hurry up!!!!!!

well I guess its time for an update.

Cut holes in the floor and ran the plumbing lines.
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we have 3 drain lines(one full syphon, one backup, one emergency), one return line, the close loop lines to the dart, and a drain line to the driveway for well anything i want to drain off.

piping through the floor, and the dart for the closed loop
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Across the basement, and progress on the rest of the fish room. Still more to do though.
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and to the sump
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The new skimmer, still in construction
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The custom reflectors, thanks to grouper therapy, and the start of the canopy frame
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Stopped by keen reef and picked up some radiums, and a bunch of snails.

And LET THERE BE LIGHT(FYI the towels are just to take pics)
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And moved all the livestock to the tank
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and anyone want to trade some live rock or frags for this? PM me if your interested, its about 15lbs and has pavona, orange bullseyes and zoo's on it.
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What kind of wrasses is in that 2nd to last pic?

Tank looks beautiful!

red tail tamarin. Actually got him eating prepared foods already too!


and thanks:)

Would be interested in that piece of LR. John. My cell is 7707098612

Came together really nice!

Looks Great!

Wow nice job. Cant wait to see that skimmer finished.

How about an update slacker!!!!!

Ok time for a few updates

Almost done with the plumbing, just gata rearrange the frag/skimmer/UV piping one more time:doh:

Also just about have all the wiring designed for the controller and hopefully will have it running before it starts to get hot out.

Lost some fish and corals as things are still settling down from startup, but things are really going now. Coraline is really taking off now. Added some corals(thanks to Keen Reef, warehouse aquarium, and most of all he who shall not be named)

But a very special thanks to those who were kind enough to give me some frags after hearing about my crash. You know who you are, and if you see anything you would like a frag of just say the word!

Derek, your stuff is doing great! Whenever your ready for it, let me know man.

But enough of that, here are some update pics.

Full tank shots
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and some random shots of the fun stuff
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Very nice!!!!

Tank is looking great...

Beautiful tank-your aquascaping is great!

Thanks, and FYI due to me forgetting about the ductwork over the sump area I have to redo the pyramid for the skimmer to be shorter. I think Im going to do it out of fiberglass rather then acrylic. Just seems like an easier option to get the transition I want.

Wiring diagram is finally done. Since I ran out of chanels on the AC3 I will have to wire up the continuous water change system later, but that will be easy enough since its just 3 wires.

here is what we have so far.
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Ill be rather impressed if anyone can actually follow all that :)

Wiring will start next week, just have to send two of the DC-8's back for repair and get a few more relays.

Then I just have to finish the skimmer and then I should be able to finally start work on the stand and canopy.

Man what a great job, keep at it your scape is nice. Once this is maybe a year in your could be up for tank of the month. Nice job.

Wiring diagram is finally done. Since I ran out of chanels on the AC3 I will have to wire up the continuous water change system later, but that will be easy enough since its just 3 wires.

here is what we have so far.
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Ill be rather impressed if anyone can actually follow all that :)

Wiring will start next week, just have to send two of the DC-8's back for repair and get a few more relays.

Then I just have to finish the skimmer and then I should be able to finally start work on the stand and canopy.

And you needed a drawing for that ????Not that complicated!!:lol2::lol2:
You might as well install a super high speed KW meter for the power company.

Me na, thats for the electrician so i can make sure he does it right :)

Plus very little of that stuff is ever running all the time. Once I get the controller running to meter the heaters and fans it will be a lot more efficient.

Hell the heaters were about 70% of the power usage for the tank this winter.

So how is this thing doing?

Daniel's tank is very impressive. I got a chance to see it a few weeks ago.

You would never have known the arches and other rock features used a bunch of black foam in them. He really made it look natural.

Everything is still running nicely. Lost a few things fish to a alk overdose while I was out of town(thanks dad!)

The electrician doing the wiring is lazy and worthless so he got fired and new guy is starting soon. Hopefully then I can get the AC3 stuff all hooked up and running.

Ill shoot some new pics this weekend.

How do you get a zoa to do this?

easy, but zoa's you done like near ones you do and wait for the nice ones to get choked out.

I actually recently took that rock and ripped off all the non-orange ones.

That's a swanky lil setup, sectional/ tank/ fireplace

easy, but zoa's you done like near ones you do and wait for the nice ones to get choked out.

I actually recently took that rock and ripped off all the non-orange ones.


looked like you had another rock with a similar hodgepodge of zoas on it (further up in the pictures)


I LOVE that look... I saw where a guy did that with some monti's once.. (looked like he cut them so they matched up perfectly as frags.. when they grew out (probably over a cpl years) they all held their coloring.. it looked like an orange/green/purpleish pinwheel spinning..

I've done it once, I put 3 different montis on a rock.. 5 weeks later.. they all looked the same color.. :( (fragging fail)



on a side note.. I'd LOVE to have a peninsula tank like that.. i think they are awesome looking..

Yup bachelor pad :)

the few rocks I have like that, are just like I said. One starts to take over and chokes the other out. I lost all my orange crush zoas to the nuclear greens like that :(

The rock I put all the encrusting monti's on is coming along nicely though. So far only the rainbow and purple have touched and they have a small dead zone where they meet.

The only thing Ive seen that really works like that is plating monti's

very nice man!!! i am sooo jealous right now

few new pics
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They are all great shots. That first pic is amazing! Looks like your linkia is crawling out of bed

truly an amazing tank. I was speechless when I seen it. It was very nice to meet all of y'all, danny.

Nice meeting you tonight. that last pic is very nice (and bright). Let me know how those frags do in your system and thanks for the locline. That gets me started.

Love the rock work! Did you get the stand/canopy finished? Would love to see the final product if you have.

Love the clam!

update?

Ender,

How are all the new fish doing?

fish are doing fine, I am unfortunately having a hell of a time with the corals.

Something happened about 2 months ago which I still cant figure out, which lead to me loosing alot of SPS and over the past few weeks Ive been loosing LPS to STN and I cant for the life of me figure out whats happening.

fish are doing fine, I am unfortunately having a hell of a time with the corals.

Something happened about 2 months ago which I still cant figure out, which lead to me loosing alot of SPS and over the past few weeks Ive been loosing LPS to STN and I cant for the life of me figure out whats happening.


Glad to hear the fish are well. Sorry about the corals, you'll get it figured for sure. You should take some pics soon.

Welp, The tank has totally crashed now.

I have 3 clowns, 3 chromis, 2 engineer gobies and 5 small coral frags that seem to have made it.

Im not sure if Ill keep whats left or sell it, but Ill be bleaching and acid treating the rest of the system this weekend. Not sure when Ill start it back up though.

... Wth? Last time I saw your tank it was looking gorgeous?

Started about a year ago with a sick powder blue tang my ex GF got me as a surprise. It infected the tank with ich and some bacterial infection killing over 40 fish. That caused some kind of imbalance and corals started dieing slowly.

After that every 2-3 months a few more fish would go missing and a few more corals would die.

After changing my dosing, filtration, lighting, RO filter, salt brand, addative brands, UV, and a bunch of other things it simply wouldnt stop.

Well 3 weeks ago I lost a perfectly healthy achilles tang and some wrasses, which started everything going again and I got fed up and ripped it all down.

Of the few corals left barely any made it through a treatment where the heater malfunctioned and I came back to a 95 degree soup of coral.

And last night all the rest of my tangs and anthias died in quarantine.

Im now in the process of over killing every last living thing in the system before it gets set back up.

End of the day I still have no clue what caused the corals to die or why it happened in cycles like that.

Sorry to hear about your crash. :sad:

Sometimes I think there isn't much that is more cruel then a reeftank. It seems regardless of how careful or thoughtful the owner is...it's just a matter of time until "the crash" occurs. It almost like once the balance gets out of wack, there isn't much to do but watch the hard work be erased. Good to hear it sounds like you plan on wiping the slate and starting up again! Just remember what you loved about reefing and move forward. :thumbs:

Jeff