Teebone's Epic 210G SPS Build - Page 2

teebone110 · 09/10/2014, 10:03 PM

Here are some shots from the recent move from my garage down to my basement. The key here was lots of planning and preparation. I had to go with an alternative plan since the landing between my upper and lower level was tight.

Tank double wrapped in blankets and plastic wrap We also braced the inside with some wood to prevent any additional stress during the move…

Some extra tape and blankets (just in case)

Here is a picture of the mechanical appliance stair dolly that made things super easy…

We got it vertical, harder then it looks…

Easy does it…

Belts tightened and ready to go into the main level…

teebone110 · 09/10/2014, 10:18 PM

out of the garage and up the front landing…

..and up another step into the front doors

through the house...

..to the top of the landing...

..easy does it, slowly but surely, we put some plywood boards against the walls just in case

Now this is where it gets interesting, as it "kinda" gets stuck. We had to get it up on a 4 wheeled dolly to spin it around so it could fit through the door way and go down the last section of stairs

and I was seriously considering going with an 8 footer

teebone110 · 09/10/2014, 10:25 PM

..so here are the rest of the pics for the move down the stairs. This is when it got easy...easy for me to say

..a little help from gravity (notice the sweat on the runner

..

..straight back…

...a little more to the left….

… ready to take off the dolly, unwrapped and lifted back up on the stand….
(notice the thin layer of white foam on the bottom of the tank, this was applied from the factory)

..and here it rests, finally on its stand..

Now the fun can begin!

tdb320reef · 09/11/2014, 08:26 AM

Looking great! Cant wait!

swk · 09/11/2014, 09:42 AM

Beautifully built tank with a great footprint! Excited to watch this one

harmonyexotics · 09/11/2014, 11:04 AM

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Very nice!

rovster · 09/11/2014, 11:44 AM

Looks great. The first stand design is the same I used. Here it is finished....

It was easy to put together. There are tons of pics and details on my build thread. Hope you don't mind the picture......

teebone110 · 09/11/2014, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rovster

Looks great. The first stand design is the same I used. Here it is finished....

It was easy to put together. There are tons of pics and details on my build thread. Hope you don't mind the picture......

Now I really like your stand, That's what I'm talking about

I keep coming back to that design and it looks fairly simple to build over top of my existing frame. I am going to add a third door, as my stand is 72 inches. I have been thinking that I will keep it on magnets for easy removal and mount the left and right doors on hinges.

Thanks for sharing your pic, much appreciated. I did check out your build thread and I will refer back to it for pointers!

teebone110 · 09/11/2014, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tdb320reef

Looking great! Cant wait!

Thanks Tom.. I can't wait either, its been a looooong time coming!

teebone110 · 09/11/2014, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swk

Beautifully built tank with a great footprint! Excited to watch this one

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Originally Posted by harmonyexotics

Subscribed

Very nice!

Thanks guys, much appreciated

teebone110 · 10/04/2014, 09:07 AM

Just another update, I wasn't happy with my original overflow, as it needed a few mods. It also was made of 1/8" acrylic and it didn't think it be would be durable enough for the longterm.

I put an order out to JT custom acrylics, and Jon hooked me up with a masterpiece! Can't say enough about how good Jon is to work with, and would recommend him to anyone wanting custom acrylic work.

Here are a few shiny pics of it all glued together and ready to go…

teebone110 · 10/04/2014, 09:12 AM

Here are some more pics of the plumbing run from my tank to the water-change area…

now that's a lot of hose!

the beginning
i.e. my furnace room

through the ceiling, along the hallway..

and under the stairs and into the closet…

back out of the closet, into the ceiling, across the hallway, and into the ceiling of a storage room…

a hole is cut into the ceiling close to the wall to where the tank is (you can see where I broke the drywall as I was shoulder deep shoving the tubing down the wall)..

then the remaining hose is run along the ceiling and down toward the sump underneath the tank, I cut into a decorative plate to clean things up

teebone110 · 10/04/2014, 09:14 AM

Here is a pic of the run going in the ceiling between the floor joists..

teebone110 · 10/04/2014, 09:31 AM

I am using dry rock for this build, as I have been slowly building my collection of genuine BRS Pukani rock and BRS shelf rock.

Here is a pic of my bin of Pukani

Here is a pic my bin of shelf rock

I have already prepped it for my tank by:
- power washing
- physically plucking any dead organic matter
- weak dip in muratic acid dip
- multiple soaks it in RODI water for many months
- soak in vinegar
- dried out in sun

So it is ready to be all glued together. I have a bunch of acrylic rods and epoxy on hand, so I need to get going on this too.
Im going to go with a simple 2 island aquascape. Both structures will have a pyramidal design, being very wide at the the bottom to prevent shadowing and lots of space for my sticks

jroovers · 10/05/2014, 10:02 AM

Overflow looks good and looking forward to seeing the scape! Set aside any extra rock you have and I'll happily buy it off you.

cugly · 10/05/2014, 11:17 AM

Man I was sweating with you guys watching going down the stairs must have been nerve racking. ..Can't wait to see what u do with those rocks like pukani rocks. .

teebone110 · 10/05/2014, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jroovers

Overflow looks good and looking forward to seeing the scape! Set aside any extra rock you have and I'll happily buy it off you.

You should come over and do my scape so u can cherry pick your own pieces

teebone110 · 10/05/2014, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cugly

Man I was sweating with you guys watching going down the stairs must have been nerve racking. ..Can't wait to see what u do with those rocks like pukani rocks. .

Yes it was nerve racking, but we had a plan and let gravity do it's thing.
I will hopefully have my scape figured out soon!

CrookedStick · 10/05/2014, 12:43 PM

Looks superb! Following this build.

jroovers · 10/06/2014, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by teebone110

You should come over and do my scape so u can cherry pick your own pieces

lol if I can physically get out of my house through the mounds of stuff, sounds good! When are you hoping to do it by?

overexposed · 10/06/2014, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jroovers

lol if I can physically get out of my house through the mounds of stuff, sounds good! When are you hoping to do it by?

This should turn out to be an epic collaboration!

Ratpack · 10/06/2014, 11:48 AM

Tagging along to see things develop.

teebone110 · 10/07/2014, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrookedStick

Looks superb! Following this build.

thanks, more to come

Quote:

Originally Posted by jroovers

lol if I can physically get out of my house through the mounds of stuff, sounds good! When are you hoping to do it by?

I am sure the last thing you want to do in the middle of moving is to scape a tank! As you know I have a relaxed time line. I have started, but nowhere near finished. Let me know whenever you want to come by to give me inspiration!

Quote:

Originally Posted by overexposed

This should turn out to be an epic collaboration!

Absolutely epic

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ratpack

Tagging along to see things develop.

stay tuned

sahin · 10/12/2014, 10:54 AM

This is a quality build!

Looking forward to seeing this wet. Any further updates for us?

teebone110 · 10/19/2014, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sahin

This is a quality build!

Looking forward to seeing this wet. Any further updates for us?

As a matter of fact, I have a few updates that I can share…

Set up my bean animal drain system this weekend...

You can see my return coming up through the bulkhead on the far left. I went from 1" rigid PVC to 1" flexible PVC, then reduced into a 3/4" manifold that will run along the rear of the top of the overflow. It will tie into two 3/4" loc-line connections.

The trickle and full siphon drains go from 1" bulkheads to 1.5" PVC

The emergency drain runs from a 1.5" bulkhead straight up into 1.5" PVC

Had to make sure all went together as planned, before things were krylon fusioned!

09/11/2014, 09:42 AM	#30
swk Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Wine Country CA Posts: 2,593	Beautifully built tank with a great footprint! Excited to watch this one __________________ Member of Wine Country Reefers Current Tank Info: 75 gal SPS dominant reef. Geo calcium reactor with masterflex pump, Deltec 1455 skimmer, 2 mp40QD, mp10wes, lit by a 6x54 dimable ATI sunpower and controlled by Reef Angel

10/05/2014, 10:02 AM	#40
jroovers Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,555	Overflow looks good and looking forward to seeing the scape! Set aside any extra rock you have and I'll happily buy it off you. __________________ 45 Gallon Shallow Aquacultured SPS Reef

10/05/2014, 11:17 AM	#41
cugly Dansreeftank Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: chula vista Ca Posts: 1,388	Man I was sweating with you guys watching going down the stairs must have been nerve racking. ..Can't wait to see what u do with those rocks like pukani rocks. . __________________ 48x30x20 Leemar rimless starphire panels, lit by an Ati hybrid powermodule, apex controller with apex dos, ghl dosing, mp40qd and tunze. And korallen skimmer.

09/10/2014, 10:03 PM	#26
teebone110 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 200	Here are some shots from the recent move from my garage down to my basement. The key here was lots of planning and preparation. I had to go with an alternative plan since the landing between my upper and lower level was tight. Tank double wrapped in blankets and plastic wrap We also braced the inside with some wood to prevent any additional stress during the move… Some extra tape and blankets (just in case) Here is a picture of the mechanical appliance stair dolly that made things super easy… We got it vertical, harder then it looks… Easy does it… Belts tightened and ready to go into the main level…

09/10/2014, 10:18 PM	#27
teebone110 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 200	out of the garage and up the front landing… ..and up another step into the front doors through the house... ..to the top of the landing... ..easy does it, slowly but surely, we put some plywood boards against the walls just in case Now this is where it gets interesting, as it "kinda" gets stuck. We had to get it up on a 4 wheeled dolly to spin it around so it could fit through the door way and go down the last section of stairs and I was seriously considering going with an 8 footer

09/10/2014, 10:25 PM	#28
teebone110 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 200	..so here are the rest of the pics for the move down the stairs. This is when it got easy...easy for me to say ..a little help from gravity (notice the sweat on the runner .. ..straight back… ...a little more to the left…. … ready to take off the dolly, unwrapped and lifted back up on the stand…. (notice the thin layer of white foam on the bottom of the tank, this was applied from the factory) ..and here it rests, finally on its stand.. Now the fun can begin!

09/11/2014, 08:26 AM	#29
tdb320reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Chesterfield, MI Posts: 1,209	Looking great! Cant wait!

09/11/2014, 11:04 AM	#31
harmonyexotics Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 113	Subscribed Very nice!

09/11/2014, 11:44 AM	#32
rovster Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Miramar, FL Posts: 7,518	Looks great. The first stand design is the same I used. Here it is finished.... It was easy to put together. There are tons of pics and details on my build thread. Hope you don't mind the picture......

10/04/2014, 09:07 AM	#36
teebone110 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 200	Just another update, I wasn't happy with my original overflow, as it needed a few mods. It also was made of 1/8" acrylic and it didn't think it be would be durable enough for the longterm. I put an order out to JT custom acrylics, and Jon hooked me up with a masterpiece! Can't say enough about how good Jon is to work with, and would recommend him to anyone wanting custom acrylic work. Here are a few shiny pics of it all glued together and ready to go…

10/04/2014, 09:12 AM	#37
teebone110 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 200	Here are some more pics of the plumbing run from my tank to the water-change area… now that's a lot of hose! the beginning i.e. my furnace room through the ceiling, along the hallway.. and under the stairs and into the closet… back out of the closet, into the ceiling, across the hallway, and into the ceiling of a storage room… a hole is cut into the ceiling close to the wall to where the tank is (you can see where I broke the drywall as I was shoulder deep shoving the tubing down the wall).. then the remaining hose is run along the ceiling and down toward the sump underneath the tank, I cut into a decorative plate to clean things up

10/04/2014, 09:14 AM	#38
teebone110 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 200	Here is a pic of the run going in the ceiling between the floor joists..

10/04/2014, 09:31 AM	#39
teebone110 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 200	I am using dry rock for this build, as I have been slowly building my collection of genuine BRS Pukani rock and BRS shelf rock. Here is a pic of my bin of Pukani Here is a pic my bin of shelf rock I have already prepped it for my tank by: - power washing - physically plucking any dead organic matter - weak dip in muratic acid dip - multiple soaks it in RODI water for many months - soak in vinegar - dried out in sun So it is ready to be all glued together. I have a bunch of acrylic rods and epoxy on hand, so I need to get going on this too. Im going to go with a simple 2 island aquascape. Both structures will have a pyramidal design, being very wide at the the bottom to prevent shadowing and lots of space for my sticks

10/05/2014, 12:43 PM	#44
CrookedStick Moved On Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 69	Looks superb! Following this build.

10/06/2014, 11:48 AM	#47
Ratpack Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lexington, SC Posts: 709	Tagging along to see things develop.

10/12/2014, 10:54 AM	#49
sahin Ultimate Reefer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,540	This is a quality build! Looking forward to seeing this wet. Any further updates for us?