mmmm 230...

[Gizmo]

I'm back, and no one's missed me
Been gone for abouts 9 months now, I went and did something stupid, built a house on my own :O dumb dumb dumb. Anywho, house is almost ready to move in and the good folks at AI moved my tank in yesterday. Got to throw a shout out to Ron and the crew for a great delivery. My staircase was a nightmare for them to move this puppy down. (230G if you missed the title) Metal stand, compression board and finally the tank with 2 overflows. Very excited to get this tank up and running as soon as I move in (March 15 btw) and I'm hoping the mrs will let me host a fish meet too... hopefully I'd love to hear input of things that might make this system work to its full potential, currently i'm researching lighting, I run 2x250 Mogul XM 15000k MH's on my 70g and Im was thinking going to 3x400 Mogul XM 15000k's I'm mounting the transformers in another room to dissapate some of the heat from the tank room. Also if anyone knows a good, small HVAC unit that works well to control humidity in the fish room, as well as fresh air and cooling I'd appreciate some info there too. PS. Pics to come tomorrow as I work on the frost walls in my basement.

Ciao 4 now

[honkey sauce]

ok

[Fish]

Sounds awesome and welcome back!
I would like to see pics of the tank and the house ( :

- Chad

[Gizmo]

Hey all, I got to get some pics posted, but I finally found some time to start getting the mechanical room setup. I finished a 3 week freshwater test to watch for leaks and making sure the equipment is working up to spec. I plumbed in the 70g fuge and 125g sump. I also have 3 35 gallon tanks tied into the sump and system for frag growth, clam growth and fish growth.

[mseepman]

Sounds great!! Need those pics!!

[fishytime]

Wow and I thought going a week with no updates was a long time. +1 on the pics.

[Leah]

For it to work: it needs to come to my house lol congrats on the house and the tank
and the dog. love pictures tank, house, dog whatever. Just jokin about the dog. But
have one to trade. ha ha

[Gizmo]

So I Finally got some pics. I spent the weekend "finishing" up the wiring. I still have some plug drops to do for the skimmer and heaters, but for the most part all the power systems are working. I did freshwater test for leaks, and after some tightening, we're waterproof.

I ordered up the black sand bed for the display tank, I figure it should be here this week. As well, I have the glass for the breeding, clam and frag tanks, so i'll start to build those this week as well. They will end up around 36 gallons when done.

Oh the dog is our newest edition, KAI. He's a Shiba Inu.

241 shows the lighing and accessory control on the right, the display tank is on the left, and you can see some of the mechanical on the wall behind Kristi... THANK GOD she is soooo understanding when it comes to this hobby

244 - Shows the 2 dart pumps that feed the display tank

245 - Pic of the 125g sump and the drain lines from the display tank. The stand around it is holding up the 70g fuge above.

[Gizmo]

Well Apparently I can only upload 5 pics. That sucks.

[mseepman]

Use photobucket.com It's free.

Then once you upload the pictures use a seperate window for Canreef and right click on each picture, copy location and then paste into the window created when you click the little picture of a mountain and sun on these reply windows.

I know that sounds a little strange but it wil let you embed all your pictures.

Works great.