150DD tank upgrade/basement sump

[butters417]

The old 45 finally made it to the basement...got some cleaning up to do then putting the new stand/tank in place and plumbing this weekend

 

[fishroomlady]

everything is looking great! you've been working hard

 

[butters417]

Stand is in place!

 

[c_healy]

Looking good....look forward to seeing it up and running.



Chris

 

[butters417]

Thanks, getting close..

 

[butters417]

Tank is in place. Floor drilled, finishing up plumbing should have water within the week. Got about 90-100 gallons of RODI ready to go

 

[butters417]

We got water! About 100 gallons is already in. Took about 30 minutes, and a lot of running up and down stairs, with my system...

 

[falconerr]

Looks really nice and I am very jealous of your basement. My biggest problem setting up my 150dd was the limited space under my stand. Having a custom sump built was the only way for me to get it done. Did you stay with the durso drain or did you go full siphon. I went with the full siphon since the tank is in my living room and now the only thing I hear is the ato pump turning on. Great build can't wait to see the aquascape. What are your plans for the tank is it going to be fish only or full reef.

 

[butters417]

Thanks! I love the basement fish room, it was a lot of work getting it up and running..we've only been in our house for a year. I stayed with the durso drain, its working OK..just seems to drain in 'gulps' not a continues steady flow...I plan on doing a mixed reef but mostly SPS..I have a radion gen 2 with upgraded g3pro clusters. Thinking I'll need some other supplemental lighting too...just ordered my skimmer, reef dynamics INS180!!

 

[falconerr]

If it is gulping you should try cleaning the air hole on top of the durso drain or maybe even making the whole slightly bigger. If it's gulping the water is backing up and when the pressure increases enough it flushes just like your toilet does when use push down the handle.

 

[butters417]

Got the new skimmer installed. Thing is a beast. Looks/feels very well made.

 

[butters417]

Finally got the canopy and radion in.

 

[ReeferEric]

I feel you on the running back and fourth. I've got a garage set up and find myself do it more then often. LOL

 

[butters417]

Here's a 12k shot

 

[falconerr]

Canopy and lights look great! Keep those pics coming!

 

[butters417]

Haven't updated in a while..got some fish in and my UV light installed. Sump is just about complete.

 

[ncfishguy]

Have the same tank as well nice setup

 

[butters417]

Thanks, I'm enjoying it so far. the depth is nice, just have the one radion mounted corner to corner right now. Thinking about adding those t5s to bump up the coverage. Although the one radion, with the 120 optics, seems to be working good. I don't see any dark spots..

 

[butters417]

Some updates.GHA is dying off, almost there...

 

[butters417]