A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build - Page 30

Dustin1300 · 07/01/2012, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by kahkah

How is the basement remodel going? Any progress

Been out of town past few days so have not had a chance to work any on the basement. Glad to say that frag tank/fish were good after a power outage

Luckily seems our power did not go out very long from the storms that blew through Friday! I will post progress when I make it but has been very busy and I'll post when I can.

kahkah · 07/02/2012, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Dustin1300

Been out of town past few days so have not had a chance to work any on the basement. Glad to say that frag tank/fish were good after a power outage

Luckily seems our power did not go out very long from the storms that blew through Friday! I will post progress when I make it but has been very busy and I'll post when I can.

Yea, that was a nice storm. I got to drive through that on the way back from Premium Aquatics after picking up the kessil (as well as a couple other toys)

jrb466 · 07/13/2012, 08:45 AM

Any progress? I'm looking forward to seeing this monster tank running.

Dustin1300 · 07/13/2012, 09:07 AM

Sorry but I've been really busy with work and doing a bit of traveling. I have not touched basement lately and have had some delays on the steel. Just paid for steel this morning and it should be done by eow next week. Should have time to work on basement tomorrow and Sunday so will post a good update this weekend!

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Newbie Aquarist · 07/14/2012, 08:48 AM

Take your time. I am sure we will all be awaiting for you to continue the build.

Dustin1300 · 07/15/2012, 07:26 PM

After a couple weeks of being busy and just not having a lot of time/motivation to work on the tank had some time today to work on the basement for a while in preparation for the tank move. I picked up all the supplies, electrical re-routed, studs cut out, framed in for dry wall, and started adding the drywall. Shooting to have it mudded and drywalled this week so we can start painting the basement soon

Framed in and wired:

Dry wall partially up:

SPotter · 07/16/2012, 11:49 AM

looking good Dustin!!!

Dustin1300 · 07/16/2012, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SPotter

looking good Dustin!!!

I'm trying to finish this up sooner rather than later. This week hope to get the drywall and mudding finished if my schedule allows it. I've got Friday afternoon off to pick up steel so hope it's not delayed...

SPotter · 07/16/2012, 12:59 PM

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. what was the delay with the steel?

Dustin1300 · 07/16/2012, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SPotter

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. what was the delay with the steel?

Just communication breakdown and some overlapping vacations. Now we're back on track so no worries...I've got enough other things to do!

cdrewferd · 07/19/2012, 07:55 AM

Loving the updates. Can't wait to see pics of the big move.

Drew

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Dustin1300 · 07/20/2012, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrewferd

Loving the updates. Can't wait to see pics of the big move.

Drew

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I'm a bit scared of the big move but it's approaching

Dustin1300 · 07/20/2012, 01:02 PM

Another week of little updates....I got some more work done on the basement and picked up the steel for the stand this afternoon! My brother is going to come over in next couple of weeks with welding tools to get it done and hopefully can get powdercoating setup afterwards. Once it's in place I won't be able to not stand getting the rockwork laid out and working through the plumbing

Patience...It'll be here before I know it but want to make sure I make the right decisions!

Steel tube reinforcement and gusset plates.

Current stand design:

Final stand with platform I have to build. Red pieces are the steel pictured above:

kahkah · 07/27/2012, 01:22 AM

Wow, I totally missed the updates to your thread last week. Your moving along, I totally expect your call for arms on the indmas board really soon

Dustin1300 · 07/28/2012, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by kahkah

Wow, I totally missed the updates to your thread last week. Your moving along, I totally expect your call for arms on the indmas board really soon

Yeah, I've been making a little progress day by day. I just finished mudding the first coat so should have the drywall/mud finished in the next few days. I need to get my stand welded and painted because I don't want to cap off the stairs and trim it out until I have the tank in room as I have a feeling I'll get quite a few nicks and gouges from moving the beast! INDMAS help will definitely be needed soon!

msr224 · 07/28/2012, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Dustin1300

INDMAS help will definitely be needed soon!

My beer of choice- Is anything that's not yellow.....

Let's get this beast down there!

Dustin1300 · 07/28/2012, 07:29 AM

This week decided to start to stock up on the cleaner crew for the frag tank and 90 gallon fuge. I already had 28 red scarlet hermits, 22 trochus snails, and 3 brittle stars that I picked up from Premium Aquatics.

I went ahead and put a large order into ReefCleaners and they were great, fast, and gave me more than I paid for. I got 50 blue leg hermits, 50 nassarius vibex, 355 dwarf ceriths, and 130 florida ceriths distributed between the two tanks and they definitely seem to have finished off what I needed for the crew. In DT I'll likely use trochus snails and hermits with quite a few Florida ceriths too. For aesthetic reasons I want the most effective cleaners that do it quickly on the DT and the hermits are there to help but I like the humor they provide too.

Anyways, headed in that direction and it will be here soon enough!

Dustin1300 · 07/28/2012, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by msr224

My beer of choice- Is anything that's not yellow.....

Let's get this beast down there!

We're headed in that direction....

You've already experienced how heavy the beast is

drummereef · 07/30/2012, 01:09 PM

Starting to take shape now Dustin. Lookin' good!

Dustin1300 · 07/30/2012, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by drummereef

Starting to take shape now Dustin. Lookin' good!

Finally...I got second coat of mud on drywall yesterday and going to sand and skim coat tonight. After that my next task is getting the stand ready and in place. Awaiting a time my brother is available to weld...So many delays lately but it'll happen.

Dustin1300 · 07/31/2012, 06:21 PM

Wrapped up the drywall mudding/sanding pretty much tonight. Next weekend I've got my brother booked to come over and weld the stand so counting down until the day we can move the big tank to the basement. Going to hold off on trimming out the new staircase and painting until we move the tank down as I don't want to have to repaint due to nicks and scratches we make moving the tank down. Drywall is easy to repair but repairing scratched acrylic is a different story!

Drywalled, capped, and ceiling fixed.

Another angle.

Another.

Guarder of the frag tank. Can't quite work on the frag tank without them attacking me ever since they started hosting to the torch. Phosphates are down and my algae has dissipated. I am dosing AquaVitro Fuel from SeaChem twice a week and feeding the fish/corals more and colors seem to be starting to bounce back well.

Full tank shot. I'll get coral shots when the color is more pronounced in a few more weeks. I'm not satisfied currently....

***Shots taking with my Galaxy SIII, maybe I'll learn how to take pics with the real camera

indyjaco · 07/31/2012, 07:11 PM

What fish do you have right now in QT and frag tanks?

drummereef · 07/31/2012, 08:17 PM

Looks great! Love the crown detail on the half column next to the stairs too.

kahkah · 08/01/2012, 03:26 AM

The basement is really coming along and looking very nice.

You need to add the pic of your clowns to the picture thread on indmas, it need a revival.

Dustin1300 · 08/01/2012, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by indyjaco

What fish do you have right now in QT and frag tanks?

Fish is something I don't want to talk about. I had a copper incident on the fish QT tank so I currently just have 1 lyretail anthia and the two black clowns. Group buy to Aquaria happening for next week so I'll have some new additions.

07/13/2012, 09:07 AM	#729
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	Sorry but I've been really busy with work and doing a bit of traveling. I have not touched basement lately and have had some delays on the steel. Just paid for steel this morning and it should be done by eow next week. Should have time to work on basement tomorrow and Sunday so will post a good update this weekend! Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk 2. __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

07/15/2012, 07:26 PM	#731
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	...Finally some progress After a couple weeks of being busy and just not having a lot of time/motivation to work on the tank had some time today to work on the basement for a while in preparation for the tank move. I picked up all the supplies, electrical re-routed, studs cut out, framed in for dry wall, and started adding the drywall. Shooting to have it mudded and drywalled this week so we can start painting the basement soon Framed in and wired: Dry wall partially up: __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

07/16/2012, 11:49 AM	#732
SPotter Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC Posts: 5,691	looking good Dustin!!! __________________ Steve Am I really doing all of this for a fish tank?????? Current Tank Info: 360g Envision Acrylic Tank, Closed Loops, Vectra L1's, MP40QD's, 400w Radiums, Regal 300ext, Dastaco Ext3 CaRx, Controlled by GHL Profilux

07/16/2012, 12:59 PM	#734
SPotter Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC Posts: 5,691	I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. what was the delay with the steel? __________________ Steve Am I really doing all of this for a fish tank?????? Current Tank Info: 360g Envision Acrylic Tank, Closed Loops, Vectra L1's, MP40QD's, 400w Radiums, Regal 300ext, Dastaco Ext3 CaRx, Controlled by GHL Profilux

07/20/2012, 01:02 PM	#738
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	Steel Has Arrived Another week of little updates....I got some more work done on the basement and picked up the steel for the stand this afternoon! My brother is going to come over in next couple of weeks with welding tools to get it done and hopefully can get powdercoating setup afterwards. Once it's in place I won't be able to not stand getting the rockwork laid out and working through the plumbing Patience...It'll be here before I know it but want to make sure I make the right decisions! Steel tube reinforcement and gusset plates. Current stand design: Final stand with platform I have to build. Red pieces are the steel pictured above: __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

07/13/2012, 08:45 AM	#728
jrb466 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Westfield, IN Posts: 74	Any progress? I'm looking forward to seeing this monster tank running.

07/14/2012, 08:48 AM	#730
Newbie Aquarist Reefing is my middle name Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 5,796	Take your time. I am sure we will all be awaiting for you to continue the build.

07/19/2012, 07:55 AM	#736
cdrewferd Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 243	Loving the updates. Can't wait to see pics of the big move. Drew Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

07/27/2012, 01:22 AM	#739
kahkah Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Muncie, IN Posts: 73	Wow, I totally missed the updates to your thread last week. Your moving along, I totally expect your call for arms on the indmas board really soon

07/28/2012, 07:29 AM	#742
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	This week decided to start to stock up on the cleaner crew for the frag tank and 90 gallon fuge. I already had 28 red scarlet hermits, 22 trochus snails, and 3 brittle stars that I picked up from Premium Aquatics. I went ahead and put a large order into ReefCleaners and they were great, fast, and gave me more than I paid for. I got 50 blue leg hermits, 50 nassarius vibex, 355 dwarf ceriths, and 130 florida ceriths distributed between the two tanks and they definitely seem to have finished off what I needed for the crew. In DT I'll likely use trochus snails and hermits with quite a few Florida ceriths too. For aesthetic reasons I want the most effective cleaners that do it quickly on the DT and the hermits are there to help but I like the humor they provide too. Anyways, headed in that direction and it will be here soon enough! __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

07/30/2012, 01:09 PM	#744
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Starting to take shape now Dustin. Lookin' good! __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

07/31/2012, 06:21 PM	#746
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	Wrapped up the drywall mudding/sanding pretty much tonight. Next weekend I've got my brother booked to come over and weld the stand so counting down until the day we can move the big tank to the basement. Going to hold off on trimming out the new staircase and painting until we move the tank down as I don't want to have to repaint due to nicks and scratches we make moving the tank down. Drywall is easy to repair but repairing scratched acrylic is a different story! Drywalled, capped, and ceiling fixed. Another angle. Another. Guarder of the frag tank. Can't quite work on the frag tank without them attacking me ever since they started hosting to the torch. Phosphates are down and my algae has dissipated. I am dosing AquaVitro Fuel from SeaChem twice a week and feeding the fish/corals more and colors seem to be starting to bounce back well. Full tank shot. I'll get coral shots when the color is more pronounced in a few more weeks. I'm not satisfied currently.... ***Shots taking with my Galaxy SIII, maybe I'll learn how to take pics with the real camera __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

07/31/2012, 07:11 PM	#747
indyjaco Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 726	What fish do you have right now in QT and frag tanks? __________________ Jacob SCA 120G RB 48 V2

07/31/2012, 08:17 PM	#748
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Looks great! Love the crown detail on the half column next to the stairs too. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

08/01/2012, 03:26 AM	#749
kahkah Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Muncie, IN Posts: 73	The basement is really coming along and looking very nice. You need to add the pic of your clowns to the picture thread on indmas, it need a revival.

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