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Hi all,
I posted this on RC and wanted to show off my new 375 gal tank here as well. I started dosing Zeobak and food to the live rock a few weeks ago and now have 2 liters (I know, not enough but that's all my reactor will hold) of zeolith in the tank.
I've had many delays lately, most weren't completely my fault:
1. Wrong plumbing fittings that took 2 weeks to reorder because they were backordered.
2. Leaky Ocean Motion (was very old). Paul at Oceans Motions took great care of me and fixed the problem.
3. Leaky Sequence Dart. MDM replaced the pump.
Anyways, now all the plumbing is complete and I'm pretty happy with it. Here are a few pics:
The Ocean Motion 4-way over a Sequence Dart. I originally had a version 1 drum, but the back pressure caused the magnets to slip occasionally (possibly because I reduced the output to 1" at the very end) so I modified the drum to a version 3 and now it works like a charm:
A pic of the drains, CL intake and one output as well as the back of the power panel:
The power panel under the tank. I still need to dress the cables:
After the freshwater wet test (only 1 leak I can call my own that was easily fixed), I filled the tank with natural Catalina saltwater - it took about 400 gallons for the whole system. I let the tank run for a week with no rock to give me time to install the skimmer (Grotech 300) and get the autotop off and other things in the sump ready.
The big day finally came on Saturday - Aquascaping! I started by taping out my tank dimensions on my garage floor and mocking up what I wanted there. This pic is pretty close to the final base, it gives a good idea of the available depth:
Once I got the mockup signed off by my wife, I tried my best to recreate it in the tank. I used acrylic rods and 1/2" pvc to keep most of the base pieces off the bottom. I was able to hide these in most cases, but their not intrusive for the most part. These pics were taken with the VHO's on (I apologize for the poor quality and many reflections).
Full frontal (hanging lights still askew as I haven't lowered them yet):
Closer pic of the ceramic pillars in front (you can see my wife peeking thru):
Full back pic:
Another pic from the back looking thru one of the crevices:
I'll take some pics of the sump and post them in the next few days.
The tank really surpassed my expectations on how beautiful it's turned out - even with no live stock (except a few disposable frags). It looks awesome from my dinner table
Left to do:
1. Cabinetry: measurements taken, just waiting for Greg to comlete.
2. Calc Reactor install: Got the Jetstream1 plumbed and ready to go, just need final adjustments.
3. Program Aquacontroller II: Need to read the manual.
4. Lots of clean up: reroute, and dress power cords, label things, etc.
Art
I posted this on RC and wanted to show off my new 375 gal tank here as well. I started dosing Zeobak and food to the live rock a few weeks ago and now have 2 liters (I know, not enough but that's all my reactor will hold) of zeolith in the tank.
I've had many delays lately, most weren't completely my fault:
1. Wrong plumbing fittings that took 2 weeks to reorder because they were backordered.
2. Leaky Ocean Motion (was very old). Paul at Oceans Motions took great care of me and fixed the problem.
3. Leaky Sequence Dart. MDM replaced the pump.
Anyways, now all the plumbing is complete and I'm pretty happy with it. Here are a few pics:
The Ocean Motion 4-way over a Sequence Dart. I originally had a version 1 drum, but the back pressure caused the magnets to slip occasionally (possibly because I reduced the output to 1" at the very end) so I modified the drum to a version 3 and now it works like a charm:
A pic of the drains, CL intake and one output as well as the back of the power panel:
The power panel under the tank. I still need to dress the cables:
After the freshwater wet test (only 1 leak I can call my own that was easily fixed), I filled the tank with natural Catalina saltwater - it took about 400 gallons for the whole system. I let the tank run for a week with no rock to give me time to install the skimmer (Grotech 300) and get the autotop off and other things in the sump ready.
The big day finally came on Saturday - Aquascaping! I started by taping out my tank dimensions on my garage floor and mocking up what I wanted there. This pic is pretty close to the final base, it gives a good idea of the available depth:
Once I got the mockup signed off by my wife, I tried my best to recreate it in the tank. I used acrylic rods and 1/2" pvc to keep most of the base pieces off the bottom. I was able to hide these in most cases, but their not intrusive for the most part. These pics were taken with the VHO's on (I apologize for the poor quality and many reflections).
Full frontal (hanging lights still askew as I haven't lowered them yet):
Closer pic of the ceramic pillars in front (you can see my wife peeking thru):
Full back pic:
Another pic from the back looking thru one of the crevices:
I'll take some pics of the sump and post them in the next few days.
The tank really surpassed my expectations on how beautiful it's turned out - even with no live stock (except a few disposable frags). It looks awesome from my dinner table
Left to do:
1. Cabinetry: measurements taken, just waiting for Greg to comlete.
2. Calc Reactor install: Got the Jetstream1 plumbed and ready to go, just need final adjustments.
3. Program Aquacontroller II: Need to read the manual.
4. Lots of clean up: reroute, and dress power cords, label things, etc.
Art
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