New House and New 300 Gallon reef tank build w/ fish room

[scott11106]

Thanks! My LFS always dates the arrival of their fish and what they are eating so I never really worried about setting up a quarantine. I realized I have been pushing my luck so I set one up with my tank build.

yea my last tank i never did a qt tank but this time around i and going to QT all fis, have not figured out if i am going to QT coral but most likely at least for a bit

 

[scott11106]

Wow looks awesome, where did you the containers and stand for containers from?

i got the containers at plastic-mart.com 55 Gallon Open Top Vertical Batch Tank - (A-OP0055-23) Price Each: $138.99 and the stand i made from a standard medal warehouse shelf and cut one side down to be square.

 

[scott11106]

I have 2 1000W heaters on my tank and they are on separate circuits in the fish room. Both going on at once would definitely push a normal 15A circuit to the limit, which I'm guessing is the limit of the eb8's.

Solved my power issue...I called support and they walked me through the issue and turns out that it was my APC that was sounding the alarm, not the apex...
turns out none of the neptune products except the display have a speaker or source to make sound and i do not have a display

, ok so i am a bit green....lol

now i know and now i need to go split that power up so its not all running through 1 APC

 

[Reefin Dude]

you can add a speaker to the power bar and program it to alert when necessary.

G~

 

[scott11106]

you can add a speaker to the power bar and program it to alert when necessary.

G~

yea that is good to know, i like it with no alarms and now that i figured out (with the kind people at neptune) i will need to figure out my APC's and then go back and add the items back to the eb832's as i originally had them. funny how much you dont think of when getting back into the hobby and building from the ground up. i should write a detailed list of supplies and stuff but i assume it has been done somewhere and preferences are so vast.

i did learn last nite how to do some beginner programming on the apex with laser level eyes and alarms.....baby steps

 

[ChrisW]

Build looks great, the cabinet doors look great above the tank, great idea. Are those lights Radions by any chance?

 

[User]

you can add a speaker to the power bar and program it to alert when necessary.

G~

How do you do this, and does it work for the older eb8 power bars?

 

[scott11106]

Build looks great, the cabinet doors look great above the tank, great idea. Are those lights Radions by any chance?

Thanks, the lights are Kessil ap700’s

 

[Victoria M]

great build Scott.

 

[302lockedandloaded]

Awesome build. Definitely doing this in my next house.

 

[scott11106]

great build Scott.

thanks, working on finishing the setup of apex and wiring. lots of details that need to be done, tweaked, tweaked again...lol

 

[scott11106]

Awesome build. Definitely doing this in my next house.

thanks, let me know if i can help you when you get to that point...i have and are learning tons and i thought i knew something..lol

 

[Clayton Jessup]

What a amazing tank @scott11106! Very nice and clean set up can’t wait to see this 300g progress !!Following along !

 

[scott11106]

well i had a productive weekend as the wife was away and i was able to spend some quality time setting up my garage from the recent move (not done yet, but a good start) and also get my final plumbing part complete.... the UV.

Also got the 2 media reactors in their proper place, not sure how that is going to work when it comes to changing media every 2 months or so but we will try it.

I did setup the apex PAR meter and i am topping out at 145 so i think that is too low as it is near the top so i may need to increase the power and/or lower lights (at 13" now)

It went well and i tested with water but did not fire it up, not sure i need it yet ?

 

[scott11106]

oh yea, i cleaned up some of the wiring and tried to move some sensors away from power, this wire thing is a real test of my intelligence and i might be coming up wanting as with some wires too short and some too long and having to try and keep power away from data it is a real ordeal. oh well its still a work in progress.

some pics..

 

[Hulley]

WOW! Awesome set up!

 

[scott11106]

WOW! Awesome set up!

well thank you . i have really been trying to make it all work, seems like there is always something to do but i guess that is part of it

 

[Victoria M]

this wire thing is a real test of my intelligence and i might be coming up wanting as with some wires too short and some too long and having to try and keep power away from data it is a real ordeal. oh well its still a work in progress.

some pics..

Scott, you crack me up. I think everyone feels that way but you put it so perfectly... By that I mean hilariously.

 

[Victoria M]

It really does look amazing. I have a weird thing for fishrooms.

 

[CindyKz]

Great build thread! We are purchasing a house (closing June 13!) and the basement will eventually be finished with the tanks (180 reef and 75 FOWLR) built into the plan.

Did you have a hard time explaining to the builders what you wanted as far as building the stand into the plans? I'm concerned that when we hire a contractor they might balk at this. I don't have any idea how to build a stand strong enough to hold a 180 gal tank, much less explain it to a non-reefing contractor.