I second that - sorry about the problem with the sump. I agree it's a good thing to relocate the tank, though. Better safe than sorry. Good luck, and keep us up-to-date.
well if you look on the bright side, now maybe you can have a fish room and have other tanks? maybe you can make it where your front door is relocated to the fishroom too =) hope it all works out
well if you look on the bright side, now maybe you can have a fish room and have other tanks? maybe you can make it where your front door is relocated to the fishroom too =) hope it all works out
LOL! I was thinking of something like that keyo. If i were a serious reefer, i would renovate the house around the tank!
You do bring up a bright spot here though. I could really do a fish room, which could be really fun. The room is about the right size for that, where the tank would be the centerpiece of the entire room (sort of like a TV room). And since it will be downstairs on a carpeted concrete floor, if it floods...blah. carpet is far cheaper than hardwood.
Note to all: ty for the support here. I was seriously having doubts about my motivation to finish this after the third flood. My father in law and soon to be brother in law are coming over tomorrow to help me move the tank downstairs. That sucker isn't light. It must weigh close to 200 pounds (90 kilos) empty (the tank, not my in laws )
__________________ Samuel
"If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.... There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region."
Tanks around each wall won't work. I have my fish room all planned - for when I win the lottery! I would build a room within a room, and build the tanks into the wall of the inner room facing out. That way - all the filtration and noise could be isolated in the inner room - and the tanks wouldn't reflect onto each other (which would happen if you put them around each wall.) I really do have this room all drawn out - one day, perhaps.
Actually, I guess I do have a fish room - my garage: 240 g reef, 180 g fowlr, 46 g fish QT, and 10 g coral QT.
I guess as long as no one sees dead people - we're good to go!
*coffee hits screen as Renee chokes with laughter*
Sweet project!I know your frustration... when we were tryting to install a back wall for an internal overflow inside a pent, we must have filled that thing like 25 times. Everytime it would leak.
Oh good. It is nice to hear that "grand master reefers" have had the same trouble in this department. Now i know i am not just a complete
An update on this though. My in-laws came over and helped move the tank. Both stand and tank were moved downstairs successfully (NOTE: i am soooooo glad i made that stand collapsable!) Mr. Mag 24 is coming to the LFS with me to be traded for some credit. At 250 watts and 2400 gph, that thing is far to strong; my overflows cannot keep up.
After moving everything i am sure the cycle is all screwed up. Blah, that is typical i suppose.
My current sump idea is to use the heavy duty plastic bins from the hardware store. Three will fit under the stand nicely, equaling about 75 gallons total (excluding sand, rock, skimmer, etc.). My cash for this project has nearly come to an end for now. I think it will be a copepod tank for several months! Well......everyone does say to take it slow
samuel
__________________ Samuel
"If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.... There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region."
Update regarding this project. I think i got it working! I have to use the mag 24 but i added a returning section into the sump to cut the flow. That thing is insanely powerful; i have the valve for the return all the way open and i still have to turn the ball valves to the display down by half. I think i will make myself a hot tub next and use that pump
The next step is the canopy. I think i have reached the limit of my DIY, after the dumb leaking sump. Luckily the same people who built the tank also make the canopies for it, unfinished and sanded. Now all i have to do is stain the outside to match the stand. Do i paint the inside white? Can't hurt i suppose but is there some type of special paint i should use?
I spoke to Premier Fish and Reef down here and conspired with Brian Adams about the lighting. I looked at some of their displays using only T5s and i think i am sold on that idea. Makes sense for me given the tank is only 1.5" tall. The canopy will fit 12 T5s with individual spider-like reflectors. If all 12 were to be daylight, the PAR reaches close to 5,000! Way to much. So i am going to use 10 and mix some actinic with my target PAR being about 2,000 (about the surface of the water at noon on the reef). Thus, the corals will likely have to be light acclimated and from shallow water. I also don't plan on having all the lights on all the time. I think only the middle 4 hours of the day will be at maximum power with the rest with two daylights off, then actinic only etc.
I'll post some pics here soon.
Again, thanks for all of your support. This hobby is crazy :P
__________________ Samuel
"If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.... There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region."
Just got the canopy last weekend! The front part of the stand is still open although i am going to close it up soon. I changed the plan a bit.
The sump setup is two heavy-duty containers flowing down into a $20 cheap container through 4 1.5" pvc pipes. The return is the Mag 24 still. I added the return line to cut the flow without having to turn down the ball valves to the display too much. Note from the picture that the valve on the return is wide open!
This is the general set up on each side of the blue bucket. The pvc pipe coming straight down is from the standpipe in the display. one bucket will be a dsb with some chaeto, the other will be for the skimmer, heaters, and other crap...and maybe some extra chaeto if i feel like it.
__________________ Samuel
"If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.... There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region."
How is the sound of the mag 24 and how much heat does it add to the tank. I have one and the noise is too much to bare and it made the water extremely warm.
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