300 Mixed Reef Build
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Jennifier615
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Mel, I got to wondering...the old 240 was it ever anything but a reef tank? I was thinking could the redbugs have come as a symbiotic fish parasite that exploded when corals were introduced into the same system? Something that is from the realm of puffers and triggers?
For those of you reefers about to "rock"- we salute you
For those of you reefers about to "rock"- we salute you
poolkeeper1
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Sweet mel looking good .. is 9 stages really nescesary lol mel has -60 tds water
I wish i could add more... I talked with spectrapure... They said this is the most I could put in my home based on the water pressure... This puppy cranks out 250g of 0ppm rodi water in one day... (I don't like waiting around)
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and still we build... the front of the wall of the aquarium was still the rough opening... so i worked on that a little... here is the before
i added the first trim stage... to basically frame out the hole and cover the gaps... i still have more trim work to do... but here is where it stands for now... hopefully more to come soon...
one of the things i definately wanted was access to the front... this was done on the 240 build.. so it was easy to mod for the 300
i cut the wall above the tank... and lined up the boards and made an access panel thats virtually hidden...
i simply used a piano hinge and some simple kicks to operate the door
one more thing to catch up on... is the sink... i installed this sink in the room... it sure makes life MUCH easier... you can see to the right side of the sink basin (inside) is two pipes.. a small black one... which is the drain of the RODI.. and the bigger white one... which is plumbed into the loop of the return pump and valved... this is where i can drain the system of water straight to the sink... and thanks to the super graduated stick i made... i know exactly how much water i am removing...
and we build on...
i added the first trim stage... to basically frame out the hole and cover the gaps... i still have more trim work to do... but here is where it stands for now... hopefully more to come soon...
one of the things i definately wanted was access to the front... this was done on the 240 build.. so it was easy to mod for the 300
i cut the wall above the tank... and lined up the boards and made an access panel thats virtually hidden...
i simply used a piano hinge and some simple kicks to operate the door
one more thing to catch up on... is the sink... i installed this sink in the room... it sure makes life MUCH easier... you can see to the right side of the sink basin (inside) is two pipes.. a small black one... which is the drain of the RODI.. and the bigger white one... which is plumbed into the loop of the return pump and valved... this is where i can drain the system of water straight to the sink... and thanks to the super graduated stick i made... i know exactly how much water i am removing...
and we build on...
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Keep up the good work Mel
mapn4reef
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and.. finally got the stage 2 trim done... its ok... but im looking for ideas... so chime in on anything cool to add to the frame to make it less plain...
Frame it in using some cool looking tile.
poolkeeper1
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IMO, The Trim is Too Large and makes the tank look small, I noticed it today while i was there even before you posted.
Bill
its less carpentry... more.. boards thrown up on the wall
Lawls.
Bill might be onto something.
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