JimFuller
Active Member
Ok, here goes. I told my wife I wanted to put a 75 Gallon tank back up in my office after tearing all my tanks down in 2015. She said "No". Her idea is for the office to have a bigger tank. After discussions as to size, costs, and timing, we agreed to look at a several year project to install a greater than 180 Gallon tank in the office. Original plan was for a 55 Gallon in the basement that would be a stand alone for a QT to the bigger tank later.
My wife surprised me with a request for a 75 Gallon stand alone tank in the Living Room, Her idea was to have it as a startup and grow out tank for coral that could seed the big tank, while allowing our friends and family to enjoy the tank in the mean time. I never have been one to argue with a good idea.
I was looking to purchase a brand new tank and build a stand, when a gentleman in the local community came up with a problem of having to move out of his apartment. He was going to have to move several times in as many months and was concerned with moving the tank that much. His tank was a 75 Gallon Aqueon Reef Ready with a stand, sump, etc. We came to a good agreement to the price of the tank moved and delivered into my front room.
Before the move I setup a quick water station as can be seen here:
On July 15th, 2017 the system was delivered and became my responsibility. In putting it up, I found a couple of plumbing issues. They became the first priority to fix. I solved by removing the hoses and using PVC 1" Schedule 40 lines. I got the tank and sump up and running with water, live rock, and bio-load back in. elapsed time was less than 4 hours from break down. I was lucky in having only a very small cycle. As I went to put the skimmer into the sump, I realized it had not been assembled correctly. I got the instructions and assembled it correctly. But I was unable to get sufficient level to skim correctly. I checked the water level and found it was below the amount the skimmer required.
The next day I took some acrylic and increased the skimmer section water level. The Skimmer started working great with a tea looking skimmate. I left it like this to clean out a bunch of stuff from the move.
Here is a picture of how it looked the next 7/16/2017 night:
I'll post more later, but the mess has started.
My wife surprised me with a request for a 75 Gallon stand alone tank in the Living Room, Her idea was to have it as a startup and grow out tank for coral that could seed the big tank, while allowing our friends and family to enjoy the tank in the mean time. I never have been one to argue with a good idea.
I was looking to purchase a brand new tank and build a stand, when a gentleman in the local community came up with a problem of having to move out of his apartment. He was going to have to move several times in as many months and was concerned with moving the tank that much. His tank was a 75 Gallon Aqueon Reef Ready with a stand, sump, etc. We came to a good agreement to the price of the tank moved and delivered into my front room.
Before the move I setup a quick water station as can be seen here:
On July 15th, 2017 the system was delivered and became my responsibility. In putting it up, I found a couple of plumbing issues. They became the first priority to fix. I solved by removing the hoses and using PVC 1" Schedule 40 lines. I got the tank and sump up and running with water, live rock, and bio-load back in. elapsed time was less than 4 hours from break down. I was lucky in having only a very small cycle. As I went to put the skimmer into the sump, I realized it had not been assembled correctly. I got the instructions and assembled it correctly. But I was unable to get sufficient level to skim correctly. I checked the water level and found it was below the amount the skimmer required.
The next day I took some acrylic and increased the skimmer section water level. The Skimmer started working great with a tea looking skimmate. I left it like this to clean out a bunch of stuff from the move.
Here is a picture of how it looked the next 7/16/2017 night:
I'll post more later, but the mess has started.
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