Marshalls Crazy Corals 8x4' Coral tank build

[Piscez]

Looks awesome, love the ass sides view concept, might need a bigger skimmer though?? Just sayin, oh wait I happen to have one for sale LOL hint hint, bookmarked to follow your journey best of luck

[JamRobo]

Well another step back.... tank is almost full and heaters are on but it started to trickle drain down as i my return plumbing just a bit to low.... the water outside the overflow is higher then the top of my return plumbibg... well off to the plumbing store tommorow AM to re plumb it all a few inches higher.... stupid mistake...

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[JamRobo]

Fixed the plumbing, ran the tank for 24 hours bringing it to temperature and mixed in 2 pales of salt tonight. Going to bring it to exact salinity tommorow and start the cycle!
Its suprisingly quite. My 75 gallon makes more water noise. Lovin this thing already. Just have to hang the lights now!

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[kyl]

Nice work!

[olisze]

Been following your journal, looking awesome! Looking forward to seeing it full of corals!

[JamRobo]

The tank is now cycling! Added about 60 pounds of well cycled live rock to the refugium and a big sponge thats been seeding in my display refugium. Loaded with pods.
Also added 30 vials of prodibio start up to really boost the cycle time.

Got the lights mounted. I used 2x6 that i painted white and screwed them to the cieling joists. i screwed in a hook lag and used a ratchet pulley to go down to the light mount so i can raise and lower the lights from the pull of a rope.

The radions are on and working but i need to make better bracing for the tek lights, they had to much sag.

first order is so close now! Few more tweaks and modifications and it will be good to go.

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[JamRobo]

Well the build is officially completed. I still have some small things to do like make my frag racking and tidy up wiring etc.

I had to order a fan with a built in humidistat so it turns on and exhausts air out when the humidity gets to high. I have it set for 50, it runs most of the night but off during the day. 0 condensation on the windows or anything! Just the way i like it.
Was running a dehumidifier but it just sucks power like crazy and was pulling to much water from the air..

Im thinking its going to cycle very quick due to the heavy seeding i gave it.

Cant freekin wait for the first order...

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[Tigweldpro]

Looks great man. Will you be putting a bunch of powerheads in?

[JamRobo]

Originally Posted by Tigweldpro

Looks great man. Will you be putting a bunch of powerheads in?

Ya im putting 2x 2600gph wave makers pointed at the bottom of the center overflow to turn on for 5-10 minutes a day to raise up any settling debrie. The return plumbing pushes 2640gph split between 4 outflows.

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[dino]

is that overflow loud ?