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02-08-2012, 01:40 AM
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House build is still slow, but steady. We're apparently going to be moving in at the end of February now, but since this is the 5th push back of the completion date and I couldn't extend my lease at the short term place I was staying (the owner moved home and needed it), I'm technically homeless for the first time in my life. Thank goodness for an understanding father with extra rooms.
Assuming we can move in this month (though, to be honest, I'm not really confident that's going to happen), the tank likely won't have water in it until we're in, which is a bummer as I wanted to get the cycle out of the way when I wasn't there to look at an empty box of water every day. Anyway, the painters are working diligently away in there right now, so here's a roughly finished looking enclosure, sans doors:   On order now through RCC: Deltec SC2560 Vertex RO/DI Return pump of a brand and model that I seem to have forgotten completely 2 Ecotech MP60s to compliment my pre-existing MP40's Need to order still pump to bring water up from the basement Auto top off system (details yet to be determined) pump to empty WC chamber of the sump Heater Controller (if I go with Halides) 2 extra profilux dosing pumps for my doser Still not buying lights. Going to wait until the last, final, gasping moment for that one. I was thinking about it and reflectors are going to get seriously in the way of what I had originally planned for the return piping. Sigh. It's only money right? 
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02-12-2012, 01:54 AM
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Stopped in at Levi's place today to check out his mind blowing tank. I have to say, seeing those radions over top of a tank like that makes a world of difference. They are out of this world. A small part of me was worried the tank wouldn't look as good in real life as it does in pictures, but holy crap was I wrong. It looks even better.
My mind must have been playing tricks on me when I was in Edmonton, because the brightness, colour rendition, and basically everything I care about in tank lighting was spot- on perfect. Then the pre-built software... Took all of 8 seconds in front of that living piece of art to make up my mind. Radions it is. My tank is 5 inches taller though, so I am considering adding an extra inch of sand, and i'll build the hanging rack so that I can buy two extra units if I think I need it. Thanks so much for letting me come over Levi, you solved in 20 minutes a dilemma I've been losing sleep over for 3 months.
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03-07-2012, 10:40 PM
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So. Close.
I can practically taste the salt water:  Except for the doors (which you can see stacked on the other side of the tank in the office) which will be hung last to give us as much room as possible to work, the enclosure is finished from the builder's point of view. I had no idea the p-trap they needed to install for the under tank drain was going to be so obtrusive and obnoxious, but after I took this pic I had them to re-work it so that it's not jutting out directly in to the cabinet space. I'm hoping to start the plumbing this weekend. I am losing my mind with anticipation.
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03-10-2012, 05:17 AM
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Doors got hung today!
Dining room:   Office side: 
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03-10-2012, 06:05 AM
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Then later in the design stage we ended up needing to move some stuff around, so instead of having a laundry room with tons of space for fish equipment right beneath the tank, we ended up with the most jam packed utility room I've ever seen. It's barely got enough free space for the R/O reservoir. The laundry room got moved to another part of the basement, walled in on 3 sides by concrete foundation. Quote:
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04-02-2012, 07:19 PM
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04-03-2012, 05:14 PM
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Started the RO unit last night again. tank is still less than half full
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