I have been in my new house for just over two weeks and its time to start up a new build thread. I have a temporary tank running right now with a some fish and corals from the old tank but for the most part I sold off what I had and unfortunately had some losses before I was able to move to my new home. Now its time to get building once again and this time I have a completely different plan than the last monster tank system.
Priorities:
Temp tank and finished part of the basement where the displays will eventually go
Fish Room pictures of the mess and the progress
I hope there are no extra parts left after I get done building the fish room. I did not make an Ikea style set of instructions when I tore down the old tanks.
First piece of the fish room puzzle is going together. Resurrecting the old reef tank stand which will now be a frag tank.
Priorities:
- Build out the fish room
- Transfer temp tank into fish room frag tank
- Finish all fish room systems to allow normal operations
- Start building the display tanks
- Lots of display tank testing
- integrate the display tanks into the fish room system
- Humidity Containment and mitigation system
- Electrical Sub panel just for the aquariums installed
- Utility sink
- 7 Stage 200 GPD RO/DI Unit
- 80 watt HO UV sterilizer - Will likely add a second sterilizer in the future
- Radiant heating system with redundant controllers
- GEO Commercial Calcium Reactor
- Skimmer - Custom DIY from my last system
- Primary sump 265 gallon HDPE tank
- Secondary sump 300-500 gallons TBD
- 200 gallons RODI water storage
- 450 gallon frag tank DIY
- 720 Gallon Refugium/research tank DIY
- 150 Gallon glass tank Mantis/research tank
- Main Return Pump Abyzz A400
- Secondary return pumps for auxiliary tanks TBD
- Inline water change tanks TBD possibly 250-500 gallons
- Construction Glass sides with composite bottom
- Will feature reef and non-reef safe fish displays
- Tank Size (CLASSIFFIED) Use your imagination for now (Still not finalized)
Temp tank and finished part of the basement where the displays will eventually go
Fish Room pictures of the mess and the progress
I hope there are no extra parts left after I get done building the fish room. I did not make an Ikea style set of instructions when I tore down the old tanks.
First piece of the fish room puzzle is going together. Resurrecting the old reef tank stand which will now be a frag tank.