Parker's 265 Build - Thread Retired

[Parker]

I thought I might as well start a build thread, albeit a slow moving one.

Tank - 265 - 84"x24"x 30" High

Stand - Custom built wall unit.

Sump - 75 Gallon ( if it fits in the stand ) If not I have 2 - 30 Gallon tanks I might link together

Skimmer - Bubble Master 250
Calcium Reactor - Aquatic Essentials - If I can get it fixed - Canada Post damaged it in shipping
Return Pump - Squence Dart
Closed Loop - Sequence Dart
Lighting - 3x 400w HQI Pendants 14k
UV - Lifeguard QL-25
2x TLF Phosban Reactors


The cabinets should be installed in about 7 weeks, then I have to drop the metal stand and tank in the stand. The counter top guys will come back in and do a cut out around the tank so the bottom trim of the tank is below the counter top. I'm starting to get excited, things are starting to move along.

[SeaSerpant]

i think i saw the same diagram on reef central. keep on posting

[Parker]

Must be someone elses design, I don't believe I posted in on Reef Central.. :-)

[untamed]

Crude math suggests that you are pushing maybe 500 lbs down each leg/foot. That's a fair amount of psi and you'll put a good dent in whatever floor that is on. If you could slip a 3"x3" metal plate under each foot you could distribute that load over a bit wider area.

I don't know what floor you are putting it on. It might be fine.

[niloc16]

nice

[Parker]

It's sitting on 2x4 plates on carpet over concrete in my basement at the moment, they were added after this picture was taken. Once the cabinets go in it will be on concrete only.

[Dez]

The edges are a bit underlit. It took me a while to find that mondo stag on the left. Your tank is huge! Even with that bucket sized colony it looks lost in there. It seems that you're getting really good polyp extension already. That's awesome. If you need anything else, just let me know.

[Parker]

Some pics from today,

All three lights running again..


Peaches & Cream


I need to find a better place for this one


Bucket sized, doesn't really look like it in the tank though.






Left side


Right side

[Dez]

Looks good. Go easy on the lighting period because remember, many of those corals you got from me were shaded so you gotta ease them into full lighting. Your lights are 400 watts as well, so you don't wanna shock em.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by Dez

Looks good. Go easy on the lighting period because remember, many of those corals you got from me were shaded so you gotta ease them into full lighting. Your lights are 400 watts as well, so you don't wanna shock em.

Thanks for confriming my thoughts... when I put everything I backed my lighting down to 5 hours per day for the next little while. I haven't noticed any bleaching yet, I've been keeping a good eye out for it.