lhcorals June 18, 2010 Share June 18, 2010 This project was started on May 15, 2010. This is the first day. As you all know i have been saying i am upgrading our system. The current system consist of the 265 Gal Reef with a 75 Gal sump/fuge. Anna's tank is a 24 Gal Nano. We are building a fish room downstairs. In that room will be a 90 Gal sump, 75 Gal RDSB that can be taken off line easily if need be. Aslo there is going to be 3 frag tanks ( 2 ) 40 Gal breeders and a 30 breeder. There is going to be a 30 and 20 Gal fuge with different Macro's in them. Lastly a 10 Gal Xenia tank. I am hoping with the 2 fuges and the Xenia tanks nutrient export will be good. There will be a Tiger Shark Pump feeding the 265 and Anna new 60 Gal. Cube. Also we will have a Reeflo Dart to feed frag tanks, RDSB,Fuges,reactors, UV's, everything except the 2 displays. ( Dave )My friend from Richmond Reef Club came up tonight and helped me get started by framing out the room. I will be running the electric wire tomorrow evening. I am going to have ( 3 ) 20 amp and ( 1 ) 30 amp circuit to the room. I am also running a heat and air conditioning line in the room. I am also running a exhaust fan to the outside of the house. The fan will be on a timer which will allow it to run for 15 minutes every hour. Dave calling someone for advise. :roll: Look at Dave sweat. Bet you never seen that before. Thanks Dave for all your help. I owe you. Hope you enjoyed dinner. Framing is complete. More to come soon. If anyone has any suggestions or commits please feel free to share them. Lynn and Anna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 19, 2010 Author Share June 19, 2010 O.K., It has been going pretty slow on the tank upgrade. Thanks to Dave ( dtpollard ), William that is Tammy 125 husband, and Jay who came with Dave. Oh what a night it was, We got 5 sheets of Green Board hung. It seems that some of the walls were not plum. We had some crazy cutting to do on the green board. We made progress and i hope and pray the guys know how much i appreciate them coming up. Anna hopes you guys enjoyed dinner. Oh yeah this all happened yesterday ( 6/8/10 ). Today another friend came over to do the rest of the work. What a quick job he did. He started at 4:15 PM and was gone at 6:30. He hung 5 sheets Green board and put the first coat of mud on. I could not believe how fast he was. Here is a few pics. Air conditioning line i ran into the room. Of course Dave was involved. THANKS DAVE. :thumbup: Dave and Jay getting to work. This is my other friend ( we call him Toad ) The Supervisor ( Anna ) Just gonna throw these in. I also insulated the ceiling to hopefully stop some of the heat coming up stairs into the living room. Still a long ways to go, but we should have the walls painted this weekend and hopefully the floor put down. So what we have is the electric run into the room, insulation, air condition, and Green board up and 1 coat of mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incredible Corals June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 I can't wait to watch the progress. I wish you lived closer so I could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 19, 2010 Author Share June 19, 2010 June 13th Last coat of drywall mud applied today. YEA. My drywall guy cant get back until Tuesday to sand. Painting will be started on Wednesday. Hopefully next week we will start building the tank stands. That should only take a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 19, 2010 Author Share June 19, 2010 June 15th Dry wall is finished. Will start painting tomorrow, that should not take long at all. Then on to the tank stands. Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 19, 2010 Author Share June 19, 2010 June 17th Electric is all hooked up. Need to get paint completed so i can put the floor down. Here are a couple of pics of what it looks like as of now. Starting to get excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&Fmgr June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 huh, so did you do any of the work or were you a "tool b%$#h" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 19, 2010 Author Share June 19, 2010 huh, so did you do any of the work or were you a "tool b%$#h" I did a little, you know Anna wont let me sit around and watch everyone work. I will be getting in touch real soon about the Octopus Bubble Blaster Skimmer. We will see you guys soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 19, 2010 Author Share June 19, 2010 I can't wait to watch the progress. I wish you lived closer so I could help. I cant wait until it is completed. It has been a long wait. I wish you lived closer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmubeach June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 I think your addicted:) Next step is to build a coral green house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 19, 2010 Author Share June 19, 2010 I think your addicted:) Next step is to build a coral green house. Wish i could afford it, i would. Good thing about where i built the room i have plenty of space to expand if i want to. Is it bad to be a reefing junkie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterDog June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 -Insert jaw drop here- That's a looot of water. Can't wait to see what it looks like when it's all done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldReefer June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 Looks great. If you want to run that exhaust fan off an humidistat, I have a cheap one I bought at a surplus store that fits inside a normal size junction box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 19, 2010 Author Share June 19, 2010 Looks great. If you want to run that exhaust fan off an humidistat, I have a cheap one I bought at a surplus store that fits inside a normal size junction box. We have decided not to use the exhaust fan. We are going to purchase a 50 or 70 pint a day De-humidifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truestelf June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 We have decided not to use the exhaust fan. We are going to purchase a 50 or 70 pint a day De-humidifier. just gotta remember to empty it lol and nice job so far keep up with the pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHUBAKAH June 19, 2010 Share June 19, 2010 Everything is looking good but I am curious why you would have a need for a 30AMP circuit on a fish system? That raises an eyebrow for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 19, 2010 Author Share June 19, 2010 Everything is looking good but I am curious why you would have a need for a 30AMP circuit on a fish system? That raises an eyebrow for sure. I ended up not going with the 30 amp. I ended up going with ( 4 ) 20 amp circuits. I was told by a person it would be a good idea to go with 30, but i realized i did not need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 25, 2010 Author Share June 25, 2010 June 23rd. Anna put 2 coats of paint on the Green board. We thought it might take a 3rd coat, but it did not need it. Pics coming soon. The floor goes down on Sat.. Sunday the tank racks get built. Busy weekend for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phisigs79 June 25, 2010 Share June 25, 2010 what are you guys doing on the weekend of the 4th of July? I might be coming down your way to visit my dad on the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco June 25, 2010 Share June 25, 2010 looking good guys, cant wait for the tank tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 June 25, 2010 Share June 25, 2010 We have decided not to use the exhaust fan. We are going to purchase a 50 or 70 pint a day De-humidifier. Watch out for the dehumidifier, it pumps out a lot of hot air and in a small enclosed space it can cause a lot more evaporation in my experience. I ended up taking my dehumidifier out and went with the exhaust fan instead because it caused more problems than it solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHUBAKAH June 25, 2010 Share June 25, 2010 Watch out for the dehumidifier, it pumps out a lot of hot air and in a small enclosed space it can cause a lot more evaporation in my experience. I ended up taking my dehumidifier out and went with the exhaust fan instead because it caused more problems than it solved. +1 that is great advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 27, 2010 Author Share June 27, 2010 I would love to go with the exhaust fan. Only problem is i have a brick house. I do not have the tools to do get the vent line to the outside. I know there are people on this forum with the know how but i live to far out for them to come down. I will have to see what i can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 27, 2010 Author Share June 27, 2010 Well i put the glue down last night ( this morning ) 1:30 AM. Got up at 7:00 AM and started putting down the tiles. Was not hard at all. Here are a few pics of the painted room with the floor finished. What a help Anna is. I owe her a lot, that is for just putting up with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals June 27, 2010 Author Share June 27, 2010 (edited) looking good guys, cant wait for the tank tour You know you and anyone else is welcome anytime. It is hard to get people out here because we live out in the sticks. Just want you to know we have paved roads out here now. Edited June 27, 2010 by lhcorals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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