new tank!! 250G DD

[Slykat]

Congrats . Set up is looking great.
Are you planning on adding a 2 X 4 to the inside of the stands legs, for greater support of the aquarium weight?

[maron6977]

Very cool . Love dimensions of the tank

[e46er]

Originally Posted by Slykat

Congrats . Set up is looking great.
Are you planning on adding a 2 X 4 to the inside of the stands legs, for greater support of the aquarium weight?

yes every corner will have an L and the front will have 2 more bearing points. one in the middle where the doors close and one where the back of the side electronic compartment will be. that was all the 2x4 I had at the shop, I just placed the tank there to see about the height. I built the stand tall(45"), since Im always standing in the shop I didn't want to be looking down into it but wasn't sure if it was too high so i threw the tank on to see. I like it, its much too high for a house with 8' ceilings 9+ it could be ok but my ceilings are 25' and I have ladders everywhere so any maintenance shouldn't be an issue.

I pulled the tank off after that picture and left for the night. yesterday I finished the wood end of the stand except the the electronics part from the side ( Im going to plumb the overflow first since it will be much easier) and painted the top of stand black so if sand gets blown around you wont see wood and the back of the tank black.
i ordered some silicone, sand and an another heater from JL the other day but I haven't got an email saying it shipped yet so Im going to call them when they open and if it hasn't shipped Ill go pick it up so I can build the sump and plumb it today. I picked up glass baffles friday evening.

[e46er]

got the supports in, got a couple new circuits ran from the panel just went with 2- 15A circuits since my max draw in my current tank is only 4.5A another 300 W heater and another set of LEDs my max draw will be in the 8-9A range so no need for 20A circuits , and got all the plumbing done except I need a couple 1"MIP x slip for the gate valve. just need to frame in the electrical part now that the plumbings done but I was tired so I went home for the night.

what Im thinking for an easy water change is pull the front skirt off the left overflow drill a 1.5" hole say 5 1/2" down from the overflow teeth (approx 50 gal) this will allow water to flow into the overflow even after the water level has dropped down below the overflow teeth then put the skirt back on so fish cant get into it and use the 1 bulkhead without a standpipe piped down to a valve and a hose to the drain use the 2nd hole in the left overflow as a 2nd emergency drain and the right overflow is setup as a herbie drain.
I will have a mag 9 in my mixing bucket on a switch which will pump water back into the system for a WC.
should have more pics up tomorrow

[e46er]

ah not much new has happened, the canopy is framed, water is in new sand is in i went with hawaiian black. Ive wanted black for a couple years and last time i ordered sand I ordered indo pacific black which to my disappointment was white with a bit of black. I need to bump up the calcium 60 ppm but no big deal, the house had an open house yesterday and another one today so i opted to not start moving stuff over and have my living room smell like the ocean. Im hoping to start today after the open house is done at 4. I only scheduled a 1/2 day of work tomorrow so I should be able to get it all transferred tonight/tomorrow morning.

only dilemna is my 2nd light isnt shipping until hopefully late next week so the tank wont be evenly lit for the SPS so maybe ill have to pull up my old 2x250 MH as well but currently Ive only got 2 rock structures so maybe i can arrage them so the current light covers them and the 2nd light can cover 1 or 2 new structures. my cabinet maker buddy is going to swing up today to get measurements to make me some doors.
probably 4 across both the stand and canopy front and 2 on the side of the canopy and stand.

I'm kinda wishing I kept it a little farther off the one side wall its only 3 inches which isn't enough to get my hand back there for power head magnets. another few inches out would have been much more practical, but i think it looks odd when its 6" or more off the side wall until you get say 2 feet off then it looks ok again.
either way the bathroom door is too close to be able to move it much farther and I still wouldnt be able to get a ladder in the side to work so all work will need to be done from the front or single side. Ive accepted this is going to be a pain in the ass.

[e46er]

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had a cabinet maker buddy come over this is basically what look im going for.
the canopy will have piano style doors on it and it will be 5' long and flip over on top of itself say with the canopy side door.

the stand will have 2 doors on the front and wont have handles just push style releases. the side doors on the stand will be the same.

what do you guys think of the different color front and side???? I like it but not sure if it would get old or not

[e46er]

rocks and corals are in, fish are currently still in my 120 hopefully tomorrow I can get them over as well.
the one light I have is hung center for now but my 2nd fixture should be here in a week or 2. 2 additional RW15s are in route as well.
I just need to mount my dosing pumps and fill the ATO reservoir up, the apex is up and running. i need to clean up the wiring its a disaster. i snapped a couple phone pics but im too embarrased to post them with the current wiring situation.