Schmuck-Reefer
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About a year in a half ago I tore down my 75 Gallon display to move to California since then I've been itching to set up a display system. In the meantime I have been housing my coral in cramped 50gallon frag system, enough is enough!
After purchasing a small townhouse earlier this year I have been debating either to re-setup my 75G display or upgrade. The choice is obvious, its time for a big tank, but its definitely going to hurt the pocketbook (especially moving from an area its 4cents a Kwh.
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I've been a little lazy starting this journal and I about2 months behind so most of the following content is me playing catch-up but as a result, I have already selected and purchased most of my equipment.
The Plan:
The plans to place the 180G peninsula on the exterior wall sitting between the dining room and living room. Additionally, I am planning on building a small shed (Like this) on the outside of the building (in my side yard) to house 2 tanks (Saltwater and RO) 50G-100G depending on what I can find that will serve as the RO top off the reservoir and an automatic water change reservoir. I'll run some electrical conduit through the wall and seal it up so it's all up to code. (Fig1) The outside shed will also house the RO/DI system.
Fig1
The conduit will contain 3x 3/8" tubes and 3x1/4" tubes.
3/8s: 1: Snorkel for skimmer (to pull outside air into the skimmer to improve tanks PH) 2: Waste Water from auto water changes/skimmer waste. 3: Extra
1/4s: 1: Incoming R/O Auto Top off 2: Incoming Saltwater for auto water change 3: Extra
Equipment:
Lighting: 4x AI Hydra 32HD New
-Got them on sale, I have never used AI before but didn't want to spend the money for the Radeon, no cheap out on a black box.
Skimmer: SM257 Skimz DC Internal
-Maybe oversized but got it 25% off from BRS Openbox sale.) (Unit was perfect, the box was damaged).
Controller: Apex
-Flow monitor / Probes / Auto top off / dosing pump for an auto water change.
Return: 2x Hygger 1060GPH
-I like running 2 returns for redundancy and flexibility in a power outage. The goal is to have 5x water change per hour so they will probably both run at 50% to 65% or 16.5W ea to 22W ea; planning on having 1 unit hooked up to a battery backup. So worst case scenario 1 pump can be dialed down to the minimum 30% in a power outage. Both units will be plugged individually into my apex power bar so I will know when one has failed based on the power draw.
Sump: Triton44 V2
-The first time I have bought a sump vs build one, but I wanted things to look professional. Not a fan of the 3 1inch filter sock holders, but I will apply some unorthodox plumbing to make the best of it.
Flow: 2x Maspect XF350's + ?
-Installed on the opposite end of the overflow box. Will probably install an additional 2 powerheads on each side of the overflow box depending on how much more flow I need once the tank is set up.
After purchasing a small townhouse earlier this year I have been debating either to re-setup my 75G display or upgrade. The choice is obvious, its time for a big tank, but its definitely going to hurt the pocketbook (especially moving from an area its 4cents a Kwh.
)I've been a little lazy starting this journal and I about2 months behind so most of the following content is me playing catch-up but as a result, I have already selected and purchased most of my equipment.
The Plan:
The plans to place the 180G peninsula on the exterior wall sitting between the dining room and living room. Additionally, I am planning on building a small shed (Like this) on the outside of the building (in my side yard) to house 2 tanks (Saltwater and RO) 50G-100G depending on what I can find that will serve as the RO top off the reservoir and an automatic water change reservoir. I'll run some electrical conduit through the wall and seal it up so it's all up to code. (Fig1) The outside shed will also house the RO/DI system.
Fig1
The conduit will contain 3x 3/8" tubes and 3x1/4" tubes.
3/8s: 1: Snorkel for skimmer (to pull outside air into the skimmer to improve tanks PH) 2: Waste Water from auto water changes/skimmer waste. 3: Extra
1/4s: 1: Incoming R/O Auto Top off 2: Incoming Saltwater for auto water change 3: Extra
Equipment:
Lighting: 4x AI Hydra 32HD New
-Got them on sale, I have never used AI before but didn't want to spend the money for the Radeon, no cheap out on a black box.
Skimmer: SM257 Skimz DC Internal
-Maybe oversized but got it 25% off from BRS Openbox sale.) (Unit was perfect, the box was damaged).
Controller: Apex
-Flow monitor / Probes / Auto top off / dosing pump for an auto water change.
Return: 2x Hygger 1060GPH
-I like running 2 returns for redundancy and flexibility in a power outage. The goal is to have 5x water change per hour so they will probably both run at 50% to 65% or 16.5W ea to 22W ea; planning on having 1 unit hooked up to a battery backup. So worst case scenario 1 pump can be dialed down to the minimum 30% in a power outage. Both units will be plugged individually into my apex power bar so I will know when one has failed based on the power draw.
Sump: Triton44 V2
-The first time I have bought a sump vs build one, but I wanted things to look professional. Not a fan of the 3 1inch filter sock holders, but I will apply some unorthodox plumbing to make the best of it.
Flow: 2x Maspect XF350's + ?
-Installed on the opposite end of the overflow box. Will probably install an additional 2 powerheads on each side of the overflow box depending on how much more flow I need once the tank is set up.
