Gimmito's 450 gal L-shaped tank

[rygh]

Eh, fill it with tap water and buy some plastic fish kid toys.

Suggestion:
Start on the concrete / rock-work pretty soon, and get it soaking in the main tank.
For me, it was a good excuse to have the pumps and everything cranking for a month or so,
and debug the various problems I did not anticipate.
Plus, having water in the tank gets all these negative riffraff types off your back.
Yes, you have to drain it for a bit once you get all the light components in to work on, but
it is only tap water.

He's mentioned just why he doesn't have water in the tank yet.... IIRC it had to do with getting the lighting done first

I covered that.
At any rate, I was very glad I did it that way. Sure, I ended up draining mine twice to work on things, but
getting that month of soaking and testing in, in parallel with other tasks, really reduced overall schedule.

 

[GreshamH]

were you also remodeling your house at the time? He's kinda got A LOT on his plate

 

[rygh]

were you also remodeling your house at the time? He's kinda got A LOT on his plate

Funny you would mention that ... kind of, yes. (Crown molding, new fences, concrete, painting, etc)

Seems like a lot of people with big tanks end up doing tons of big projects around the house to hit the "wife acceptance factor".

Not like these projects are a big rush at all though, so in retrospect, ways to optimize schedule may not in fact
be all that useful.

 

[GreshamH]

WAF FWIW... no need to type it out, at least for some of us :lol:

 

[gimmito]

Did someone say plasma? So far, I think they are fine, all my hair fell out and my beagle has grown a third eye...but what a ton of light and my Millis have great PE! Besides, I don't want to have any more kids...

Doing my part to keep this thread long and water free...

 

[gimmito]

were you also remodeling your house at the time? He's kinda got A LOT on his plate

Funny you would mention that ... kind of, yes. (Crown molding, new fences, concrete, painting, etc)

Seems like a lot of people with big tanks end up doing tons of big projects around the house to hit the "wife acceptance factor".

Not like these projects are a big rush at all though, so in retrospect, ways to optimize schedule may not in fact
be all that useful.

Since we are on the subject of remodeling...here's a pic of the house. We added a second story by the way and basically we've been the general contractor from insullation on. I submitted some plan changes to the kitchen and hopefully can get the final inspection done and signed off. I still need to finish the landscaping, fences, paint flashing, etc.



Also, I thought I'd show a couple of other "projects" I got going on:

I'm making my house a "smart house." I had installed a Control4 system which controls audio, video, lighting, climate control, security, etc. throughout the house via touch pads (as shown) or a smart phone. Incidently, I had a couple thousand feet of RG6, CAT5E, & speaker wire running throughout the house.

Media closet where the homerun is for all the wires for home theater room. I need to finish terminating all the wires and installing the equipment. The tank has priority though.

So basically that is why this a "slow build"....thanks for being patient with me.

 

[gimmito]

Looks like your small tank is thriving, Jim! That anemone is ready to move to the giant tank. Have you ever had a problem with it getting too close to your Vortech?

Hi Christine,

It does get a little close when fully expanded as you can see from the picture (thank God for the guard side on the vortech). I got it originally from a BAR member (Tony ?)when I first joined and it's probably split a dozen times since I got it. I think it might have to do with large water changes or salinity change (since I don't have a ATO on the RSM).

 

[gimmito]

Eh, fill it with tap water and buy some plastic fish kid toys.

Suggestion:
Start on the concrete / rock-work pretty soon, and get it soaking in the main tank.
For me, it was a good excuse to have the pumps and everything cranking for a month or so,
and debug the various problems I did not anticipate.
Plus, having water in the tank gets all these negative riffraff types off your back.
Yes, you have to drain it for a bit once you get all the light components in to work on, but
it is only tap water.

At this point...I just might have to do that Mark.

 

[JAR]

Jim,
Looking good! Nice house.
Who put the cover plate on the 4 gang switch plate?
All the slots on the screws are out of synchronization.

 

[xcaret]

geez....so boring...Jim, you know the next SF Tank Tour I am going to do will have a condition....must have running live reef tank to join. : )

Arnold,

I know it's not what everyone wants to see...but hopefully this will do.

Excellent idea, put the RSM inside the big tank !!
Tank tour here we come !!!

 

[GreshamH]

Jim,
Looking good! Nice house.
Who put the cover plate on the 4 gang switch plate?
All the slots on the screws are out of synchronization.

We think alike. I keyed right into that as well. OCD much JAR :lol:

 

[gimmito]

Jim,
Looking good! Nice house.
Who put the cover plate on the 4 gang switch plate?
All the slots on the screws are out of synchronization.

LOL....that would be my 10 year old daughter (who's job was to take off the plates and put them back on after dad painted).

Leave it to a general contractor to notice that.

 

[gimmito]

Jim,
Looking good! Nice house.
Who put the cover plate on the 4 gang switch plate?
All the slots on the screws are out of synchronization.

We think alike. I keyed right into that as well. OCD much JAR :lol:

Nuff said...lol.

 

[gimmito]

geez....so boring...Jim, you know the next SF Tank Tour I am going to do will have a condition....must have running live reef tank to join. : )

Arnold,

I know it's not what everyone wants to see...but hopefully this will do.

Excellent idea, put the RSM inside the big tank !!
Tank tour here we come !!!

Mario,

Now that's thinking "inside the box."

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Seems like a lot of people with big tanks end up doing tons of big projects around the house to hit the "wife acceptance factor".

Kitchen, 2 floors, and a bathroom... all for a 150g.

And I still have 1 1/2 floors and a bathroom to go, haha.

 

[JAR]

OCD all the way baby!!!!

 

[gimmito]

LoL....it would have been nice to read all the tanks are done and up and running. In reality, I've been busy painting the house and keeping the wife happy. I ordered the hanging kit from Sunlight Supply, but they're kinda lagging due to the holidays. I also ordered the light rack for the frag tank from eztube and I'm hoping it gets here monday or tuesday of next week. I might be ordering the light rack For the main display from them also. I have to see if they have the hardware to make it movable or I might just check w/Jon's supplier for the hardware.

Gresham might have some ideas for a movable light rack also.

 

[rygh]

Well, size and complexity, your house projects have me WAY beat.
Looks really great btw!
You had a lot done since I stopped bye.

I can only assume the house controller will be tied in with the tank controller.
All combined in a nice iPhone app.
8)


Hmm, I might have people beat on "total mass". About 45,000 pounds of concrete.

 

[gimmito]

Well, size and complexity, your house projects have me WAY beat.
Looks really great btw!
You had a lot done since I stopped bye.

I can only assume the house controller will be tied in with the tank controller.
All combined in a nice iPhone app.
8)


Hmm, I might have people beat on "total mass". About 45,000 pounds of concrete.

Thanks Mark...you know how that "wife acceptance" factor goes. As for the controllers, the Control4 will enable me to monitor the tank via a camera. I'll probably end up using a Neptune Apex controller for the tank though.

45,000 pounds ? Are you pouring a foundation ??

How's those frags working out ?

 

[JAR]

45000 lbs is about 14 yards or 378 cubic feet of concrete.
About a truck and a half.