Hello Everyone,
I am new here but not to reefing. I have had multiple tanks throughout the years with my largest being a 120 gallon. Long story short, we had kids and moved and I took down the 120 with the intent to set it up at the new place. That was 6 years ago. I never got around to it and it was never the right time. Now that my kids are a little older and they see the tank sitting empty in the garage they always ask about it. So I decided that I was going to set it back up, then I said well if I am going to do this I want to do it right and the way that I always wanted it.
That brings me to my 224 gallon (72x30x24) build!
Tank is custom made acrylic by Midwest Custom Aquariums
At the shop:
In it spot:
Here's the sump plumbed to the basement:
Using a Rubbermaid 150 gallon stock tank for the sump. Went with an Abyzz A400 for the return going through a Pentair 80 watt UV. Running two BRS 600 watt titanium heaters controlled with Inkbird 306a. I have gone through 3 different Neptune systems starting with the AquaController 3 and have never had good luck with reliability of them. I am planing on trying out the new Control 4 when it comes out hopefully soon!
My RO/DI setup:
I am on well water and went with a three stage DI system. I have high CO2 in the well water and it eats through Anion pretty fast that cartridge made ~200 gallons of water (0 TDS, starting @ 350 TDS). It powered by a Smart Buddie RO/DI Booster Pump that gets the pressure from 40 PSI to 100 PSI.
Water Mixing Station:
Pretty basic setup using a Pan World 100px-x from the 120
Skimmer and Refuge:
Skimmer is a Reef Octopus Regal 250EXT and 15 gallon tank will be the refuge
And lastly a box of rocks:
This is a mix of old Pukani rock I had from my 120 and added in 40 lbs of CaribSea South Seas Base rock and 40 lbs of CaribSea South Seas Shelf rock. I will be adding in some cycled rock from the LFS to seed it all.
That's my progress so far. This is my first build thread hope you all enjoyed.
I am new here but not to reefing. I have had multiple tanks throughout the years with my largest being a 120 gallon. Long story short, we had kids and moved and I took down the 120 with the intent to set it up at the new place. That was 6 years ago. I never got around to it and it was never the right time. Now that my kids are a little older and they see the tank sitting empty in the garage they always ask about it. So I decided that I was going to set it back up, then I said well if I am going to do this I want to do it right and the way that I always wanted it.
That brings me to my 224 gallon (72x30x24) build!
Tank is custom made acrylic by Midwest Custom Aquariums
At the shop:
In it spot:
Here's the sump plumbed to the basement:
Using a Rubbermaid 150 gallon stock tank for the sump. Went with an Abyzz A400 for the return going through a Pentair 80 watt UV. Running two BRS 600 watt titanium heaters controlled with Inkbird 306a. I have gone through 3 different Neptune systems starting with the AquaController 3 and have never had good luck with reliability of them. I am planing on trying out the new Control 4 when it comes out hopefully soon!
My RO/DI setup:
I am on well water and went with a three stage DI system. I have high CO2 in the well water and it eats through Anion pretty fast that cartridge made ~200 gallons of water (0 TDS, starting @ 350 TDS). It powered by a Smart Buddie RO/DI Booster Pump that gets the pressure from 40 PSI to 100 PSI.
Water Mixing Station:
Pretty basic setup using a Pan World 100px-x from the 120
Skimmer and Refuge:
Skimmer is a Reef Octopus Regal 250EXT and 15 gallon tank will be the refuge
And lastly a box of rocks:
This is a mix of old Pukani rock I had from my 120 and added in 40 lbs of CaribSea South Seas Base rock and 40 lbs of CaribSea South Seas Shelf rock. I will be adding in some cycled rock from the LFS to seed it all.
That's my progress so far. This is my first build thread hope you all enjoyed.
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From my tuner days this should give the sump an extra 100 HP right?
