Nick's Innovative Marine 200EXT Peninsula Build

[nkkm]

When did you order yours? How long was the wait? Currently anticipating my 150

Nov 6th, so if it comes this week it gets delivered in the next couple of days, roughly 17 weeks. Was quoted 12-16.

 

[Devaji]

Nov 6th, so if it comes this week it gets delivered in the next couple of days, roughly 17 weeks. Was quoted 12-16.

ours must have been on the same boat. got a call saying it shipped from CA and just tracked it it's already in SLC should have it around the 9th the tracking says.
guess it's time to start update my build thread.

 

[nkkm]

ours must have been on the same boat. got a call saying it shipped from CA and just tracked it it's already in SLC should have it around the 9th the tracking says.
guess it's time to start update my build thread.

Nice! Yeh, I think the tracking date is the date it gets to a local freight depot then they call you to arrange the in garage delivery if its like mine. I'm only 20 miles from the Innovative Marine warehouse so painful knowing it got picked up from them last Thursday! The freight company have not contacted me to arrange delivery day yet.

 

[Devaji]

Nice! Yeh, I think the tracking date is the date it gets to a local freight depot then they call you to arrange the in garage delivery if its like mine. I'm only 20 miles from the Innovative Marine warehouse so painful knowing it got picked up from them last Thursday! The freight company have not contacted me to arrange delivery day yet.

oh wow only 20 miles. I would have ask them for a discount and picked it up my self.

 

[nkkm]

oh wow only 20 miles. I would have ask them for a discount and picked it up my self.

I considered it but 1000lbs total package weight isn't fun to move for the sake of saving a few bucks. They also stopped allowing Will call pickup I believe.

 

[nkkm]

Well last week was finally the week. The tank was delivered on Thursday!

I cleared a good space in the garage so delivery was easy. They ask you to remove the metal tabs from the crate and remove the crate lid to check the delivery. In a rush the screwdriver slipped and I sliced my hand on the metal tabs. Be careful of those! It wasnt the only time they got me that day. Everything looked great and didn't seem to be any blemishes in the glass. I absolutely love the 3/4" glass!

 

[nkkm]

I was a little worried about the stand being a little to light weight for the ultimate weight of the tank but after putting it together I am less worried. It seems really solid. I am really happy I chose the black stand as it blends into the rest of the house well, I have been going back and fourth since I ordered it on wether I should have chosen the white.

Luckily my buddy @Dipan Desai has a friend in freight who was nice enough to let us come and look for some tools to help with the move. We managed to get two other friends over and Sunday was move day!

All these things ended up making the move a breeze. We used the glass suction cups to move the tank onto the big moving dolly to push the tank into the house and next to the stand.

We then got it onto the lift dolly and supported it as we lifted to the stand height. Then all we had to do was slide it onto the stand and position it.

A job well done. Some beers and lunch for the helpers whilst Dipan and I went to work getting the aqua scape and sand in.

 

[Devaji]

nice! my 200 peninsula shipped out on the 3rd still dont have it and I am only 2 states away. I guess next week for me then.

tank looks great in your house. i am glad you got friends over and tools to help you get the best in.

is the stand under the tank? kinda looks like that in one pic.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I was a little worried about the stand being a little to light weight for the ultimate weight of the tank but after putting it together I am less worried. It seems really solid. I am really happy I chose the black stand as it blends into the rest of the house well, I have been going back and fourth since I ordered it on wether I should have chosen the white.

Luckily my buddy @Dipan Desai has a friend in freight who was nice enough to let us come and look for some tools to help with the move. We managed to get two other friends over and Sunday was move day!

All these things ended up making the move a breeze. We used the glass suction cups to move the tank onto the big moving dolly to push the tank into the house and next to the stand.

We then got it onto the lift dolly and supported it as we lifted to the stand height. Then all we had to do was slide it onto the stand and position it.

A job well done. Some beers and lunch for the helpers whilst Dipan and I went to work getting the aqua scape and sand in.

Glad to see the tank got delivered in one piece!! Looks great so far!

 

[xiaoxiy]

is the stand under the tank? kinda looks like that in one pic.

I think that’s just the cardboard packing/guard they place around bottom of the tank when they ship it.

 

[nkkm]

nice! my 200 peninsula shipped out on the 3rd still dont have it and I am only 2 states away. I guess next week for me then.

tank looks great in your house. i am glad you got friends over and tools to help you get the best in.

is the stand under the tank? kinda looks like that in one pic.

The stand was in the big flat pack off to the right in the first pic and was on top of the crate. The sump was then on top of that. The whole thing was then wrapped in plastic so had to get all of that off to then take the lid off the crate to inspect.

 

[Troylee]

Awesome tank! I can’t wait to set mine up this weekend.. mine is a glass cages but very similar..

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

I love the color of tank you chose and the rockwork! I am currently building my aquascape for my tank and am wondering how wide those euro brace glass pieces are? just making sure my rockwork will fit correctly through the top of the tank

 

[nkkm]

I love the color of tank you chose and the rockwork! I am currently building my aquascape for my tank and am wondering how wide those euro brace glass pieces are? just making sure my rockwork will fit correctly through the top of the tank

Thank you! The gap in the euro brace is roughly 22" wide. When I built my aqua scape I drew a template 6" in on each side to give myself room from the glass for tabling across etc. I built my scape in multiple pieces so it was easy to get it in.

 

[nkkm]

Awesome tank! I can’t wait to set mine up this weekend.. mine is a glass cages but very similar..

Nice! Do you have a build thread for it yet?

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

Thank you! The gap in the euro brace is roughly 22" wide. When I built my aqua scape I drew a template 6" in on each side to give myself room from the glass for tabling across etc. I built my scape in multiple pieces so it was easy to get it in.

Thank you that helps a ton!!! haha just found out one piece of my scape is 2" too wide for the brace. already got it broke off and fix in progress

 

[Troylee]

Nice! Do you have a build thread for it yet?

I don’t.. it’s coming down from my buddies house in the morning and will be running in mine the same night! I got a game plan! It’s a big boy so it’s gonna take longer to fill up than anything haha! There’s some pics on my current build thread with my little cube.

 

[nkkm]

Plumbing and fill time! Hurst my head just thinking about it but I got 95% done this week.

I am going to be running dual return pumps for redundancy and splitting the load between the two. I ended up doing one return pump that feeds one of the display returns and the frag tank return. The second pump will power the other display return and a manifold with the UV piped off it.

Because both tanks are using bean animal overflows I had the issue of 6 drains I needed to tie into the sump. The sump only comes with 3 drains and 1 return bulkhead. I ended up ordering 2 more 1” and a 3/4” bulkhead and drilled the acrylic plate in the return section. I ended up

Here is the drains for the frag tank and I soft plumbed the returns.

I started to add water to the frag tank today and fill the sump. I have a ball valve so I can direct the pump to just the frag tank for now and have that cycling.

It’s taking a while to make enough water but every now and then I am opening the valve to send water to the display. Currently about 2/3 full. Having anxiety over the floor holding the weight but trying to trust in the calculations!

Hoping to get the water full by the morning. I go away this week for work for a few days so want to confirm all the plumbing before that.

You can see where I haven’t finished the second display return plumbing. That’s where the manifold will go but also struggling to work out how and where I should put the UV. Any suggestions?

 

[Troylee]

Looking awesome man!! If you plumb a manifold off your return or drain you can feed the uv without a separate pump.

 

[Bruttall]

Here is my current thoughts on plumbing. Would appreciate any thoughts or feedback. All returns are 3/4" and all drains are 1". Hopefully the sketch makes sense.

I have a concern with this set-up I am not sure anyone else has seen. Bean uses a Full Siphon I believe for Main Drain, you have your main drain from frag into main drain on DT. Those need to be seperated, and each plumbed individually into the sump, you can safely plumb your emegency lines 2 into 1, and possibly your secondary returns can be plumbed 2 into 1. You will need another bulkhead in your sump I think to make this work correctly.

2x one inch drains under full siphon will overflow a 1.5 inch full siphon, 1inch into 1 inch and you've got both tanks fighting for area to flow into where they combine, creates back pressure at the junction, the pipe with the greater water volume at higher level will drain more than the other tank.