NEW 400 gallon in wall build NC
Hello all,
I started a thread in the "new to hobby" section but figured this would be a better place to start the full build thread. I will post some of the original drawings ect and then start the current build information. A bit of background, I had a 90 gallon salt water reef tank many years ago and cut my teeth on that with the only automation being a couple timers and a few float valves so everything was done manual. this time i am building a 400 gallon 7'x3'x2' tall built in tank with a full fish room behind it (14'x8'). Please let me know if anyone has any ideas or suggestions as i am going to be new to hobby again and alot has changed in the 15 years that i have been away...... |
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here are the drawings, there are some small changes but i will make edits and upload them soon
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What part of NC any equipment choices yet?
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here is a list of the equipment i am planning on getting:
CUSTOM TANK AND METAL STAND PLANET AQUARIUM - GLASS starfire 7'x3'x2' REEF OCTOPUS - VARIOS-8 CONTROLLABLE DC CIRCULATION (2) EcoTech Marine VorTech MP10wQD Propeller Pumps (2x) + Battery ECOTECH MARINE VORTECH MP60W-ES W/WIRELESS WAVE (2) Kessil AP700 (3) TRIGGER EMERALD SUMP 39" X 16" SPECTRAPURE MAXCAP UHE 100 GPD RO/DI SYSTEM Neptune Systems APEX WiFi Controller System WIRELESS EXPANSION MODULE/VORTECH COMPATIBLE NEPTUNE SYSTEMS FLUID MONITORING KIT (FMM, (2) FS-50, (4) NEPTUNE APEX AUTOMATIC TOP-OFF KIT NEPTUNE SYSTEMS APEX AUTOMATIC FEEDING SYSTEM (AFS) NEPTUNE SYSTEMS LEAK DETECTION KIT (FMM, (2) LD-2) |
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So a tank in the bedroom hmmmm [emoji848] |
I would seriously consider upgrading those MP10wQD to MP40wQD assuming they are for the back of the tank. My tank is 5x3x2 and I run 2 60s, 1 on each end and 2 40s on the back. Also, the glass will likely be at least 1/2” thick and I haven’t had great luck getting 10s to stick with 1/2”.
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i am going to have the walls insulated and plywood under the sheetrock for sound and for mounting abilities. also there is going to be a exhaust fan in the fish room to remove any odor and humidity. |
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Ohh ok Very nice looking forward to the build |
Those dimensions more like 300 gallons.
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Lol, you are correct, boy do I feel dumb. I was reading another thread and decided to start this one. Also I was going to build s 400 but the jump between 300 and 400 gallon was significant so I decided to drop down to 300 gallons. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Cool I'm in n.c also
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300 is still huge. I just did my 220 build and thought that was huge!
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Where are you planning to use those MP10's? If you are going to use them on the D/T, your glass may be too thick for the MP10.
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what do you all think of this idea? |
Looking forward to follow your thread
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here are some pics of the house under construction (fish room)
4212 and 4204 are viewing from living room to tank/fish room, 4208 is from inside fish room looking to living room....we are officially dried in as of today, shingles go on thursday. we are on our way..... |
Yaay, exciting.
Keep those updates coming! |
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Lastly, I’d reconsider your sump. I don’t think that trigger sump will be big enough. You will have a hard time fitting the right sized equipment that’s needed for a tank your size. More importantly, the sump might not be big enough to support the amount of water that back flows when you turn off your pumps for maintance. That to me is a flood waiting to happen. I look forward to more pictures and following along. |
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I will look into that, does anyone have ideas on heat/air as I need to let ac guy know what to do pretty soon here, not sure if I should integrate it into the house central heat and air or spend the money to have a small stand also be unit in the room Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
I had a central air duct put into my tank room. Makes it nicer to work in a climate controlled tank room. Also had an exhaust fan (bathroom type) put in to help pull humidity out. Still need a chiller to control tank temp in Houston, TX.
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