Well its finally time to build a respectable area to house this obsession.
I've just about finished the demolition part of the project. Last night i got the last of the asbestos tile, pad, carpet, pad, and more carpet off the basement floor.
Hopefully tomorrow I can start laying some tile down and get this project in full swing.
The rooms rough dimensions are 14 x 20. It will have a commercial exhaust fan to remove excess moisture out of the house. 3 Dedicated 20 amp circuits. 2 of which will GFCI protected. All will use outdoor weather proof sealed outlet boxes.
Currently I have the following setup ready to go.
1 96" x 24" x 12" grow out tank with (2) 1 1/2" overflows, (1) 1" return
(1) 150 gallon rubber-maid sump that will have around 200-300 lbs of live rock, and house my DNW-250 skimmer from Reef Octopus.
(1) 50 gallon (36" x 18" x 18") Remote Refugium w/ 8" sand bed, and 5-6 varieties of macro algae.
Flow will be provided by a Vortech Powerhead w/ wireless controller, and 36 hour battery backup.
Main tank will be bare bottom, and black egg crate will be used for all racks.
Half the tank will be for SPS, and will have (2) metal halides for lighting, and the other half will be lit by a 48" 8 bulb TEK T5HO fixture from sunlight supply.
I would love some recommendations for a return pump (external). There will only be about 3-4 feet of head pressure so shouldn't need to be crazy.
The fuge will have its own overflow, and return pump.
Top off will be provided via a Tunze Osmolator run inline with a GEO kalk reactor.
Calcium will be provided via a GEO 624 calcium reactor with 20 lbs of GEN-X media.
Carbon is provided via a GEO 418 media reactor fed by a MAXI-jet 1200, and holds about 2+ lbs of media.
(1) 10 gallon photo tank w/ a 24" TEK T5HO for lighting will also be tied into the grow-out system.
Also, to be added will be isolation tanks for each category. i.e. fish/inverts/coral.
Once this is up and running for about 8 weeks, i will transfer the livestock from my 4' tank over.
Shortly there after i will begin piecing together the needed hardware for a 72" x 36" x 26" display tank with a starphire front panel, and will be built in wall.
All hardware for this system is up in the air, pending budget and performance requirements.
I've just about finished the demolition part of the project. Last night i got the last of the asbestos tile, pad, carpet, pad, and more carpet off the basement floor.
Hopefully tomorrow I can start laying some tile down and get this project in full swing.
The rooms rough dimensions are 14 x 20. It will have a commercial exhaust fan to remove excess moisture out of the house. 3 Dedicated 20 amp circuits. 2 of which will GFCI protected. All will use outdoor weather proof sealed outlet boxes.
Currently I have the following setup ready to go.
1 96" x 24" x 12" grow out tank with (2) 1 1/2" overflows, (1) 1" return
(1) 150 gallon rubber-maid sump that will have around 200-300 lbs of live rock, and house my DNW-250 skimmer from Reef Octopus.
(1) 50 gallon (36" x 18" x 18") Remote Refugium w/ 8" sand bed, and 5-6 varieties of macro algae.
Flow will be provided by a Vortech Powerhead w/ wireless controller, and 36 hour battery backup.
Main tank will be bare bottom, and black egg crate will be used for all racks.
Half the tank will be for SPS, and will have (2) metal halides for lighting, and the other half will be lit by a 48" 8 bulb TEK T5HO fixture from sunlight supply.
I would love some recommendations for a return pump (external). There will only be about 3-4 feet of head pressure so shouldn't need to be crazy.
The fuge will have its own overflow, and return pump.
Top off will be provided via a Tunze Osmolator run inline with a GEO kalk reactor.
Calcium will be provided via a GEO 624 calcium reactor with 20 lbs of GEN-X media.
Carbon is provided via a GEO 418 media reactor fed by a MAXI-jet 1200, and holds about 2+ lbs of media.
(1) 10 gallon photo tank w/ a 24" TEK T5HO for lighting will also be tied into the grow-out system.
Also, to be added will be isolation tanks for each category. i.e. fish/inverts/coral.
Once this is up and running for about 8 weeks, i will transfer the livestock from my 4' tank over.
Shortly there after i will begin piecing together the needed hardware for a 72" x 36" x 26" display tank with a starphire front panel, and will be built in wall.
All hardware for this system is up in the air, pending budget and performance requirements.
