Back after a house fire!

drwerner · Apr 21, 2019

Almost a year and a half after a devastating house fire, (everyone but the fish got out safely), I am ready to start over. I moved from a 265g to a 295g "piano wave" seamless curved glass tank. Lighting is (3) 400w MH and (2) 72" T5 HO + 60" of dimmable actinic leds - all controlled by an Apex Fusion with ORP. Salinity, PH and temp probes.

(1) 40g pre filter sump and (1) 100g main sump are in the basement with UV, micron filtration, protein skimming and a large wet/dry area. (2) 1.5" food grade poly vinyl tubes feed the sumps, (2) 1" Silicone tubes return the water to the tank via (2) low voltage DC 5000gph adjustable pumps. Every thi g is microprocessor controlled.

I saved my old rock and will reuse it. Electric is done, plumbing will wrap up next weekend then I fill it (5 stage RO/DI).

Any hobbiests here from Upstate/Western NY?

So glad I found this forum, I an sure I will be asking a lot of questions!

Best to all

David

sbash · Apr 21, 2019

Wow, just wow, I don't even know what to say!

Welcome to Reef 2 Reef!!!

mich2599 · Apr 21, 2019

Welcome to R2R!:)

Sorry about the fire...

mike werner · Apr 21, 2019

WELCOME!!Bigger and better!
Are we related?
I'm guessing you are not gonna use that fireplace?Not because of the disaster but it may over heat the tank being so close.

GoldeneyeRet · Apr 21, 2019

Welcome back!

HotRocks · Apr 21, 2019

Welcome to R2R! Glad you and family were ok.

Evan28395950 · Apr 22, 2019

Welcome, sorry to hear about the house fire

KrisReef · Apr 22, 2019

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Your new tank looks nice so far. It will look great with livestock.

azreeftank · Apr 22, 2019

Wow that was a beautiful home... any idea what happened? Your new tank will be incredible best of luck.

SPR1968 · Apr 22, 2019

Welcome back!

Sod Buster · Apr 22, 2019

Welcome back to the hobby and r2r site. The flame pic is awful. A few of us are on here from CNY/Upstate. In between Rochester and Syracuse for me.

homer1475 · Apr 22, 2019

Welcome to R2R!

And yes there are quite a few of us new yorkers around these parts.

najer · Apr 22, 2019

Welcome, glad you were all safe. :)

Sabellafella · Apr 22, 2019

drwerner said:
Almost a year and a half after a devastating house fire, (everyone but the fish got out safely), I am ready to start over. I moved from a 265g to a 295g "piano wave" seamless curved glass tank. Lighting is (3) 400w MH and (2) 72" T5 HO + 60" of dimmable actinic leds - all controlled by an Apex Fusion with ORP. Salinity, PH and temp probes.

(1) 40g pre filter sump and (1) 100g main sump are in the basement with UV, micron filtration, protein skimming and a large wet/dry area. (2) 1.5" food grade poly vinyl tubes feed the sumps, (2) 1" Silicone tubes return the water to the tank via (2) low voltage DC 5000gph adjustable pumps. Every thi g is microprocessor controlled.

I saved my old rock and will reuse it. Electric is done, plumbing will wrap up next weekend then I fill it (5 stage RO/DI).

Any hobbiests here from Upstate/Western NY?

So glad I found this forum, I an sure I will be asking a lot of questions!

Best to all

David

God bless! New tank looks amazing. Very unique style, going to look brilliant when its stocked. Theres tons of hobbiest out in the boroughs!