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The shed is on existing concrete. It was kind of a patio that was there. It was easy for me to get plumbing into it from the crawl space as there was a vent in that location.Hi. Thanks for this thread!!! I’ve been debating on the idea of using an outdoor shed to house aquarium equipment since there is not a room I can use near the location of my tank. My tank is very similar to yours - it is 325g for the display and I have a 125g I’ve repurposed with baffles for the sump. May I ask a couple question: is your shed sitting on an existing concrete pad or something else? And what materials did you use to insulate the shed? And lastly, for temperature control in the shed do you just use a chiller and heaters in the sumps or is there some other means like a mini-split on the wall? Im in SC so I know the temperature variations will be larger so that is why I am struggling with coking up with viable ideas. Thank you in advance for any input! Love your build!!
It's a feldspar from a very local beach here. I have not seen it anywhere else in the world. I have been using it since I moved here on my other tank.Really awesome project, love all the DIY!!
I had one random question, curious what your substrate is, it's a unique color, almost looks like freshwater gravel from back in the day
It's similar in size to the 2.5 meso flake from tropic Eden. It is obviously not aragonite thoughIt's a feldspar from a very local beach here. I have not seen it anywhere else in the world. I have been using it since I moved here on my other tank.
I guess I should have mentioned it, but I just did not think about it.
I would be fine with 6 and 4x t5.This is a great build!! I'm somewhat disappointed that your 320 uses 8 Hydra 32's though, mine is only 6. I have four rows of T5's as well. I've been back and forth on the idea of adding two more Hydras, and I'm trying to talk myself out of it
Do you know what your Par is?
I also love the 3d printing! I have 4 original metal Hydra 32 mounts, but opted to print all the ones for my tank because I could set them up in advance. Also over the weekend I designed an AI Blade mount that uses the end mounting holes in Tinker Cad and printed them out for my smaller tank. It really is a game changer for all these little things to make it exactly the way we want it to look.
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I'm 100% with you on the T5. I have not been happy with LED only unless you have a ton of LED lights covering the whole top basically. Like the Neptune Sky that are the size of the tank. Adding in the T5's makes a huge difference in both the shadows in the tank from a Visual Perspective/Photo Perspective, and keeping tissue on shaded parts of the coral longer.I would be fine with 6 and 4x t5.
I don't know the par. For a long time LED did not give accurate readings in the old days with the par meters. I believe that has changed in recent years but I still haven't really gotten over that.
I am only running my t5 for a couple hours a day. Just to get the light dispersal they provide. I see the undersides of corals dead in others tanks that run only led. I assume that the newer lights with diffusers would help with this but I wasn't sure so I ended up just sticking with what I knew.
Tank looks like it is doing really well!I'm thinking I'm pretty close to caught up.here it is.
Some early full tank shots,