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Manly lifting!Looking good man. Do you have suction cups, or just manly lifting?
How many manly men did it take to lift this monster?We have successfully lifted the massive tank onto the stand! Currently SLOWLY filling with RO/DI water from my little 75/day system haha so maybe it'll be full by the weekend. Not in any rush since I'm still waiting to place my BRS order until the Apex and Ecotech stuff goes on sale (fingers crossed!). My small BRS shipment will be here later today with the Marco base rocks and 4-6 stage RO/DI upgrade so that'll be happening tonight. Also going to pick up some PVC pieces to finish off the saltwater mixing station and hopefully get that plumbed in the next few weeks over to the tank for ATO and automatic water changes.
4 firefighters who are all used to lifting heavy things hahaHow many manly men did it take to lift this monster?
Sounds like we were in very similar situations. I was looking into the red sea aquariums but then when I saw the sale they were having on the waterbox peninsula I jumped on it as soon as I could. Yes the refugium also had me worried but when I finally got to see it in person I was relieved to see that it was fairly decent sized.
Reef octopus varios 8, I am planning to run my skimmer and media reactor off the manifold so i oversized it some.So what return pump are you planning on using on this bad boy? I'm not sure what the turnover for a tank the size should be. Thanks.
Update for today, tank continues to fill with RO/DI, we are about an inch from it starting to go into the overflow. I’d say another day or so and the tank and sump will be full. Ordered the bulk of my equipment yesterday from BRS, here’s a run down:
80 more lbs of Marco dry rock
Reef octopus varios 8 return
Skimz SM202 skimmer
Neptune Apex
Tunze ATO
Vortech MP-40 (one for now, total of three later)
MicroBacterStart
1200W BRS heater w/controller
Tropic Marin Classic salt
Bio-XPORT brick w/MicroBacter7
Future purchases will be two more MP-40s, thinking one on either side of the overflow box and then one on the opposite end. Still debating lighting, this will be a mostly softie/lps tank, maybe three XR30s? I’m thinking XR-15 freshwater for the refugium due to mounting space. DOS for automatic water changes, an FMM module with optical sensor for topping off the ATO chamber via a 50ml/min BRS doser. Then two 1.1ml/min BRS dosers for two part.
Thoughts?
Thanks for your reply! Yeah I think I will be happy with the two MP-40s, I don't have much interest in SPS right now. I think at most in the future I would add another powerhead at the opposite end, another MP-40 or possibly a gyre. Best of luck with your build!So I'm doing the exact same thing with MP-40's... two on either side of the overflow box (Not yet, eventually).
I think because this is mostly a softie/lps tank, that should be great. If you were doing SPS, I'd say having a gyre on both sides with supplement mp40's next to the overflow box would be better.
In terms of light, I'm sure XR30/15's will be fine for your needs.
If you have the optical sensor for filling up your ATO, why would you just not use that as your ATO? Other than risk of a flood. Why have a Tunzo Ato and ATO reservoir taking up room in your stand when you could just ATO strait from the rodi cannister?Update for today, tank continues to fill with RO/DI, we are about an inch from it starting to go into the overflow. I’d say another day or so and the tank and sump will be full. Ordered the bulk of my equipment yesterday from BRS, here’s a run down:
80 more lbs of Marco dry rock
Reef octopus varios 8 return
Skimz SM202 skimmer
Neptune Apex
Tunze ATO
Vortech MP-40 (one for now, total of three later)
MicroBacterStart
1200W BRS heater w/controller
Tropic Marin Classic salt
Bio-XPORT brick w/MicroBacter7
Future purchases will be two more MP-40s, thinking one on either side of the overflow box and then one on the opposite end. Still debating lighting, this will be a mostly softie/lps tank, maybe three XR30s? I’m thinking XR-15 freshwater for the refugium due to mounting space. DOS for automatic water changes, an FMM module with optical sensor for topping off the ATO chamber via a 50ml/min BRS doser. Then two 1.1ml/min BRS dosers for two part.
Thoughts?
The ATO chamber is part of my sumpIf you have the optical sensor for filling up your ATO, why would you just not use that as your ATO? Other than risk of a flood. Why have a Tunzo Ato and ATO reservoir taking up room in your stand when you could just ATO strait from the rodi cannister?