Lopedota Family 210g Red Sea Reefer G2 1000

707Nick · Apr 25, 2023

So my amazing wife Melissa Lopedota purchased me a brand new Red Sea GS 1000 for my 42 birthday. This will be our first build thread we have been collecting critters for the past 18 months in our 120g cube & 40g frag tank. Long story short, we have been reefing for nearly 20 years. Our home along with all of our reef friends and koi were lost to a massive wildfire a few years back. We are currently living in an apartment while daily I'm building the house. We are hoping to move into the home and have the tank up in Late June.

Still looking for:
kessil 360x / 500x
70.5 rms rail
Red Sea reef mat 1200
40w uv
apex controller system
Gyre xf 330,350 cloud edition
Skimmer

blaxsun · Apr 25, 2023

That sucks to hear about your house - glad you made it out ok, though. Welcome to the Red Sea club (that wife's a keeper!)

NXE · Apr 27, 2023

Following!

Gumbies R Us · Apr 28, 2023

Following along!!

707Nick · May 3, 2023

707Nick said:
So my amazing wife Melissa Lopedota purchased me a brand new Red Sea GS 1000 for my 42 birthday. This will be our first build thread we have been collecting critters for the past 18 months in our 120g cube & 40g frag tank. Long story short, we have been reefing for nearly 20 years. Our home along with all of our reef friends and koi were lost to a massive wildfire a few years back. We are currently living in an apartment while daily I'm building the house. We are hoping to move into the home and have the tank up in Late June.

Still looking for:
kessil 360x / 500x
70.5 rms rail
Red Sea reef mat 1200
40w uv
apex controller system
Gyre xf 330,350 cloud edition
Skimmer

Moving along the tank should be here at the end of the week. Our floor living room floor where the tank goes sits 5’ off the ground. With approximately 3500# I would like to add supports. Attached is the location of the tank. The wall is approximately 11’

707Nick · May 3, 2023

707Nick said:
Moving along the tank should be here at the end of the week. Our floor living room floor where the tank goes sits 5’ off the ground. With approximately 3500# I would like to add supports. Attached is the location of the tank. The wall is approximately 11’

Under the home during the build I put in a rat slab/ thin concrete layer. I used 2.6” PT on the bottom 6.6 DF in the corners and 2.6 DF for the remainder of the support.

707Nick · May 3, 2023

Fish room staging area next

davidrod8 · May 9, 2023

Amazing tank! Got mine last July and couldn't be happier! Welcome to the club! Following!

parclife · May 9, 2023

The tank will be a wow I bet! Also what an amazing house and that view!!

707Nick · May 17, 2023

707Nick said:
Fish room staging area next

It’s been a bit since we had time to focus on the new tank we were in a realy bad accident on the way to CFM. Tank has arrived and will hopefully be delivered tomorrow. Here is a photo of the sump room in its barest form.

707Nick · Jun 10, 2023

So after a little time we have epoxied the concrete floor, anti bacterial semigloss paint shop sink and cabinet. The blue tape is outlining the space for a 24.48” frag tank that we will hopefully acquiring in the near future. The blue rectangle represents the size of the 2 adaptive reef control boards that will be arriving next week. I will be moving the board location to the right next to the cabinets. Thinking of incorporating a small removable work surface above the sump between the frag tank and the sink. Would appreciate any mixing station ideas we still have a good amount of space.
Happy Reefing
Nick & Mel