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06/12/2009, 05:57 PM | #1 |
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330 gallon build thread
some of you may remeber i had a 210 gallon going with a thread on here. well last year the bottom seem split causing me to leave the hobby for a while. well after going to macna i decided to get back into it with a 330 gallon built by reef aquaria design. an overview of the system
Tank 72x36x30 starphire on 3 sides euro bracked drilled with 8 1" closed loop returns and 2 2" closed loop drains. it also has an external overflow box with 2 1 1/2" and 2 1" returns. the tank also has a tiled back different then most other tanks sump 60x22x22 custom glass also by reef aquria design with build in refugium and drilled for a 2" return lighting Sfiligoi xr6 powdercoated black 3x400w mh 8x39w antinic flow 2x super dart gold closed loops drilled on the bottom of the tank with 2x ocean montion 4 ways and nozzle returns skimmer kz reviolution m cone skimmer controller aquatronica elite system calcium reactor geo 818 calcium reator chiller oceanic 1/2hp media reactor bulk reef supply dual gfo/carbon reactor top off custom tunze auto top off i will start with the pictures on the next post |
06/12/2009, 06:05 PM | #2 |
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Hi mbaychuk..
Looks like your setup will be amazing... good dimensions and very good equipment!!! now Im suscribed!!! Good luck!!
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06/12/2009, 06:08 PM | #3 |
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something everyone should do before they add a tank is tile the floor if they have carpet. before the tank came in i had the carpet pulled up and tiled. then the tank and stand arrived. I hung the light and placed the stand in place before the tank was put on the stand
sump in place next was the big tank move. due to the tank having such thick glass and the tile backround it was fairly heavy and took quite a few people to get it in. |
06/12/2009, 06:08 PM | #4 |
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to get it through the door way it had to be rotated brought through and rotated back
and finnaly on the stand |
06/12/2009, 06:09 PM | #5 |
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bulkheads and drains done
some plumbing shots with rock and sand in place and water running and today about two months later next i will post some pictures of the custom waterchange and auto top off setup |
06/12/2009, 06:25 PM | #6 |
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my nephew (purebullet417 on here) designed and build my waterchange/top off station for me. basicly it uses a tunze auto top off to turn an outlet on and off turning my ato pump to pump water over the celing and into the tank. it also has a small panworld pump hooked up to mix saltwater the tunze auto top off has been wired to a relay allowing the low voltage tunze to opperate normal wattage outlet. some pictures. purebullet417 can explaine it better if you need him to.
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06/12/2009, 09:17 PM | #7 |
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wow, nice set up!
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06/13/2009, 12:47 AM | #8 |
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Hi mbaychuk - welcome back.
Look like you got a head start on things here...!! Looking great, I must say!
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06/13/2009, 12:53 AM | #9 |
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Nice setup. Where the calcium reactor
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06/13/2009, 08:28 AM | #10 |
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Hi if you see the picture of the stand and in one hot where my computer is on the L of the stand. The reactor and co2 tank are in that L part of the stand
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06/13/2009, 08:43 AM | #11 |
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This is the picture of the Geo reactor with co2 tank
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06/13/2009, 09:24 AM | #12 |
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Wow what a beautiful setup, I am so jealous!!!
Great job! That tile back ground is very cool, you don't see that everyday.
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06/13/2009, 02:11 PM | #13 |
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Really nice setup.. love the aquascaping and the tile backgroudn.
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06/13/2009, 03:33 PM | #14 |
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very nice I just dont get the whole tile background though
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06/13/2009, 05:09 PM | #15 | |
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Thanks. LL
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06/13/2009, 08:41 PM | #16 |
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HI LL
Intake strainers are from us plastics and all the other parts of the closed loops from ocean motions. The black pvc pipe was from savko. |
06/13/2009, 08:47 PM | #17 |
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Hi just wanted to tell every one I saw the tile background in Atlanta MACNA show. Reef Aquaria design who designed the tank had designed tanks with the tile attached to the rear glass. I painted the back of my 2 other tanks black so I thought this would be a unique thing to do. The tank does look real impressive with the back tiled and once coraline algae forms it will look really good.
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06/16/2009, 09:31 PM | #18 |
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Wow this looks beautiful so far. I'm subscribing to see where this goes! definitely going for the unique look with the tile background, but I really like it! Interesting that nobody has thought to do that before... Can't wait to see where it goes with that giant calcium reactor and fancy skimmer
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06/24/2009, 06:47 AM | #19 |
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impressive, alot of hard work no doubt but now you can sit back and wtch it mature
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06/24/2009, 08:01 AM | #20 |
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Looking great.
And to think I was feeling unsecure because of a 3/4 inch hole in the bottom of my tank for draining it or attaching a mechanical filter. Love your aquascape looks like you won't be having any problems with coral positioning.
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06/24/2009, 04:05 PM | #21 |
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thanks guys aquascape does look great and ill have to take some more pictures of the setup soon
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06/25/2009, 12:26 AM | #22 |
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looks great
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06/27/2009, 12:47 PM | #23 |
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Wow, great!
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09/28/2009, 07:07 PM | #24 |
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Got any updated pics with all the new stuff from MACNA
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10/06/2009, 10:09 PM | #25 |
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ill have to get the thread updated soon. the tank has really come a long way
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