180gal Starphire New Reef Build - Work In Progress

[dimasv]

Hi guys, my name is Dima from Brampton Ontario, and I want to share my new reef build. I would need lots of help from you. This would be my first tank with the sump and that size. I sold my nano 30 gal 6 years ago and many things has changed in this area brands and ways of doing some things. So looks like I have to learn a lot.

So far I have almost prepared new space for my tank in a basement. Had to change carpet to vinyl and install tiles at the area below the tank, so in case of the flooding and if I ever need to remove vinyl I dont have to move my tank.

Redid all the pipe work to create nice and clean area where I can work on my tank.

My tank was ordered a month ago from Miracles its going to be 180gal 72x24x24 , with sump about 60gal. So just waiting for it to start plumbing.

I am taking it slowly no rush so follow up !

Starting up





Installing subfloor





Now goes the vynil



Floor is done and my wife decide to space up the wall



Know-how from my dad. If u are installing subfloor and concrete is not really flat instead of using pads complete floor installation and after that one person walks on the floor the other looks at the spots where its moving. Mark them with the marker. After that make a hole make sure it reaches the floor and fill it with constraction adhesive. Leave for 24 hours. Adhensive creates kind of posts and your floor does not move or squeak

[JUNBUG361]

Looks good Especially the space out wall. floor adhesive I'll keep that in mind

[dimasv]

Originally Posted by JUNBUG361

Looks good Especially the space out wall. floor adhesive I'll keep that in mind

Thank you! tank is coming soon so hopefully it will look good too :-)

[dimasv]

Ok here is my new tds meter got of amazon it reads 139ppm tap water. According to this which rodi unit would i require would 4 stage be enough?

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[dimasv]

Ok here is my new tds meter got of amazon it reads 139ppm tap water. According to this which rodi unit would i require would 4 stage be enough?

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[Joe0813]

I wouldn't get the stage 4.. it will take to long to make water. I also have a 180 and do 40 gallon bi-weekly water changes. so I got the BRS stage 6 plus. it doubles the gallon of water a day. a lot easier

[dimasv]

My tank finally arrived!
There were 4 of us to move tank into the basement. What mistake I did ... it appears tank weight was 250kg instead of 150 as I thought.
Just want to share some things we had to do as maybe people are looking for solutions.
The easiest way to move the tank was to use this thing from homedepot,
https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.h...000115276.html

simply put the on floor, place tank on it and easily slide, tank moves like on wheels. We did move tank in horizontal and in vertical position with the same success.

The hard part was to move tank on the stand as it was too heavy and there were only 3 people left I think pictures will give you a better idea.

[JamesHolt]

Nice looking tank...

[Heuristic]

Damn, that tank looks awesome. The glass is super thick LOL

[Roggio]

Looking forward to seeing this thing take off. Are you worried about the floors? I have real wood floors and there's always some kind of water that gets on them.

[dimasv]

Originally Posted by Blatzphemy

Looking forward to seeing this thing take off. Are you worried about the floors? I have real wood floors and there's always some kind of water that gets on them.

Hope I dont have to, my tank is in the basement I installed tiles below the tank and installed subfloor around it and vinyl on top of subfloor. If I have flooding it should go beneath the subfloor and go straight to the drain in the floor but you never know :-)

[Crack1sWak]

What are the suction cups that you are using? I am looking to buy them and I haven't been able to find out where they are from?

[dimasv]

Originally Posted by Crack1sWak

What are the suction cups that you are using? I am looking to buy them and I haven't been able to find out where they are from?

Actually those gave me the guys from Miracles i later returned them back. But i saw simular in Lowes but online only

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[Crack1sWak]

What way are you going to be going for filtration? I can already see you are going to have a sump but are you going to go with any sort of system like a ZEOvit System or stick with a skimmer or a skimmer and refugium?

[dimasv]

Originally Posted by Crack1sWak

What way are you going to be going for filtration? I can already see you are going to have a sump but are you going to go with any sort of system like a ZEOvit System or stick with a skimmer or a skimmer and refugium?

Yes going with sump. Already have one custom made for me about 60gal. I want to setup refigium as never had one before and refugium way sounds interesting to setup. Thinking to get oversized buble magus skimmer

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[Crack1sWak]

I have a refugium and an oversized skimmer and it is working well for me. I am following as Mike Paletta does and using miracle mud if you have ever heard of that. I haven't ran a tank without miracle mud but from what I am seeing it is working out great for me. I can really say in my opinion having a refugium and oversized skimmer is the way to go.

[dimasv]

Originally Posted by Crack1sWak

I have a refugium and an oversized skimmer and it is working well for me. I am following as Mike Paletta does and using miracle mud if you have ever heard of that. I haven't ran a tank without miracle mud but from what I am seeing it is working out great for me. I can really say in my opinion having a refugium and oversized skimmer is the way to go.

Do you happen to have a link to Mikes article

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[Crack1sWak]

The closest thing I could find was a youtube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xifweoA0N4Q
If you go to about 11:30 he shows him inserting it in tank and talks about it. I haven't been able to find an article from him but many people used it and if you do some looking I believe you will be able to find something more if this video doesn't answer your questions.

[Crack1sWak]

I did some further looking and found a video where he talks all about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GpMM5Gn-fE

[LuizW13]

My favorite thing is the space wall lol.

Any progress?

[dimasv]

Originally Posted by LuizW13

My favorite thing is the space wall lol.

Any progress?

slowly moving towards the first launch. Been on vacation and busy with the family so did not do much.

So far connecting my water change station to the sump, just finished my stand for the sump. Still waiting for more plumbing parts to come and for my Vortech DC pump. Have a rodi unit to hang on the wall and pumps to pump the water from buckets into the sump. Will try to post some pics soon.

[dimasv]

Finally have a bit of a progress. First test of my tank for leaks with fresh water. Will keep it filled for a week.

Black wall is where sump goes. Drilled all holes for pipes and wires.

My new pump.

My sump.

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[dimasv]

Here is my stand development for sump. What do u think guys will it hold 60gal sump? I used deck screws and no nails adhensive

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[Crack1sWak]

I think it will hold and I like the progress that is occuring


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[dimasv]

Hi guys. When u get a min please help me verify my plumbing setup before i glue it all together. Any feedback is appreciated. Excuse my English in the video :-)

https://youtu.be/fDS_lSZzvMM

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