Pedro
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Here is a pic of how the drain pipes are supported.
Drilled the holes in the Lexan for the zeovit reactor lines, after doing it I regretted not thinking about where the dosing lines, and calc reactor lines will be going through, i would have moved the input line to the zeovit reactor down a little, but it will be fine.
Cleaning up my old ASM skimmer to put it into the system. It's currently running in a vinegar bath.
Still have to cut a hole for where the skimmer will stick out of the Lexan cover, and think of a way to make sure it doesn't overflow and stink up the basement. Might just create a baffle to get it to go back in through the lid, or add an overflow container, that floats inside and displaces the water volume that overflows into it, to minimize salinity changes. If anyone has created a system like this I would be interested in seeing it or hearing how it worked out.
I also have to figure out where all the hoses and cables will be going out through and I am glad I didn't start the electronics board before I started down the journey of setting up this system. My cables would have been short.
Placed an order for rock rubble from aquabiomics, for "clean" live rock introduction to the system. It comes in on the 30th. If the system is not running by then, it will seed the other rock rubble I have going in the bucket.
Question: Have any of you dealt with gas exchange issues with lidded systems before, how did you resolve it? Can't really have excess moisture down in the basement. I have a dehumidifier down there but... rather not temp the mold.
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Last night I grabbed some rock rubble, put it into a bucket and threw in some microbacter xlm. The purpose of this is to start cycling some bio media, this rock rubble will go into the first section of the sump inside a chum bag, so that I could easily remove the rubble if needed to clean the sump.
I also silicone greased the gaskets on the shadow overflow box and found a way of securing the pipes to the shelf structure vs just hanging off the overflow box. I used some PVC clips to suspend them from the underside of the shelf. -
Thanks! Yeah there has been done work to the system. I was able to make lids for the tank and sump an got the plumbing done this past weekend.
Went with a solid lid for the main tank with a corner cut out for the return to come in and did three lids for the sump. This allows the over flow pipes to be plumbed into one lid, and the return into another, and then I still have the middle section for the skimmer and calc reactor. I made the lids out of polycarbonate sheets, it was not bad to cut them at all. The system will be running off a Sicce sdc to vary the flow rates, paired with a shadow overflow. When I did a wet test, with tap water, all the plumbing was fine but, the overflow had a tiny leak from both of the bulkheads. Took that down, cleaned all the faces and gaskets well went looking for gasket material at home Depot and some plumbing stores with little luck. I think I'm going to use silicone grease between the gaskets to see if that helps. Any other recommendations are welcome!
I went a little over kill with the whole system, in case I end up liking the zeovit system, and I was able to pick an avast Zeovit reactor on WAMAS.
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Thank you, the tank in the pictures will be the sump, the other tank is drilled with a 16" Shadow Overflow - Synergy Reef Systems installed. On the left panel.It’s hard to tell from the picture how high it is, but looks like enough space to me. Looks like plenty of surface area for corals. You may want to have additional rock in the sump for bio filtration. Are you drilling the tank? -
Thanks, just curious if it's too high up the tank and enough surface area.I like orientation #2, but you have to look at it everyday so whatever makes you happy, go with it. -
Hi WAMAS,
I just put together this rockscape for a 40gal tank that will be an SPS tank. It will be a really slow build, but was motivated to get the rock work done by a fellow WAMAS member lending me some of his Marco rock epoxy, which I did not end up using. I went ahead and put things together with just gel super glue, then crushed some old dead coral I had laying around and put it on the glue. The rock structure has two positions that I would use it in. Both positions have a stable three point contact with the bottom of the tank.
I am curious what your thoughts are! This was while putting it together.
This is the orientation I was originally going for. I believe it provides me ample surface area and it is a little lower allowing for the sticks to grow.
Orientation 1
Front view
Top view
But then I rotated it around and thought this might be a more attractive scape. It does go higher up the tank though.
Orientation 2
Front view
Top view
I am planning to go bare bottom, with sand and rocks in the sump for added biology/microbiology. It will be another 40gal breeder. I don't trust my current setups biology to seed the new tank. I will be trying to keep pest out of this new setup.
This is my current tank, it is a 75gal SCA, with a custom stand I had from a previous lagoon style setup. This will stay and probably become a soft/LPS tank.
Do you have any recommendations? Anyone with similar rockwork please give me pros and cons, and critiques.
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Thank you, that would be great!
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Hi,
Just came across this. Your tank looks amazing.
What parameters are you keeping? What photo period are you running? What are the par levels in the tank?!
Best regards,
Pedro -
Giant refugium, with crocodile for added nitrates.
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Custom built sump, the size of the WWC Lagoon tank!
Alright, let’s calm down just a little, lol.
Once I clear out this gear, I’ll start focusing back on the nano and getting a custom sump built. -
This just means you have to build into your basement a lagoon style tank like the one at WWC!
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Nice set up. Thanks for sharing.
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Just saw the video, the fish look awesome. Your gold flakes aren't afraid, and have grown from when I saw them.
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You have already been showing us that with your fish room, and thank you for being an example to us all!
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Hi Justin, any updates? Would love to see more!
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Beautiful
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That came together nicely.
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Soo sorry about the issues and lost coral but the fish room is looking great.
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Any updates on the build? I'm sorry about the overflow issue how did that then out? I'm excited to hear more about what you have done.
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Remember to keep in mind where you will be placing your mp10
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I won $25 at this last meeting. Ben was able to work with me abd my schedule to make it out to visit him. I ended up purchasing a coupe of frags that he fragged for me right there. They are all doing great and looking great.
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Looking awesome
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I am just looking for one order of cop and one of mysids
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I went to place an order just to get a new line in as you mentioned but the shipping charges shot it up a bit. Would you like to split shipping cost, I am out of Rockville, md.
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40gal SPS breeder
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Thank you! It's a great idea. I'll see how difficult it is to get in and out of that section.