My new 240 build

[Awais98]

Hi everyone!

I've been slowly working on my 240 build for past 1.5 years!
I did a lot of background work to make sure the going goes smooth. I'll write about them later.

Today finally I got the tank salty!!
Don't have that much salt water ready so it will happen in batches lol

Here's a pic:

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170210/10d6462264c941c5a0f4896b32d9315f.jpg

More later!

I hope to meet every one on one of the meetings. My works unpredictable and am often working during the meet ups.


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[alton]

Congrats on the new/ongoing build, looking good so far. Hopefully we can see some pictures of the filtration in the near future.

[FarmerTy]

Wow! Very nice setup! What are the dimensions of the tank?

[Justin]

That looks really good. I love the rockscaping that you have there. From the angle of the photo, it looks like your overflow is pretty low, like almost 2 inches from the top. That would give you a lot of flex in case you have some issue with the drains or what not! I can't wait to see this bad boy progress. Any shots of your equipment?

[Awais98]

Congrats on the new/ongoing build, looking good so far. Hopefully we can see some pictures of the filtration in the near future.
Thanks!
Pics will come soon
Have filter sock
Skimmer is reef octopus DCS 300 12" body
And large Zeovit reactor


Wow! Very nice setup! What are the dimensions of the tank?
Thank you!
It's 96x24x25


That looks really good. I love the rockscaping that you have there. From the angle of the photo, it looks like your overflow is pretty low, like almost 2 inches from the top. That would give you a lot of flex in case you have some issue with the drains or what not! I can't wait to see this bad boy progress. Any shots of your equipment?
Thanks!
The rockscape took sometime. Wife had to critic. So now I have 5 islands two large on sides and 3 smaller. None of them same height. With lots of depth, composition, movement.
Reef savvy Overflow is 1/2" lower than recommend. Needed that for the bracing

More pics soon!



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[Awais98]

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Lots of negative space and passages between islands


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[Awais98]

Reef Octopus Diablo DCS 300 Skimmer
Skimming great in 24 hours

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170211/30e8fc706e6c830090e3e0737907be07.jpg


Large Zeovit reactor not running yet
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[Zack]

Looking great Awais!

[Awais98]

Looking great Awais!

Thanks Zach


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[BBQHILLBILLY]

Yes big tank. So important for reef stability. Looks awesome


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[Scream311]

what are your plans for stand and canopy skin ?

[Awais98]

Yes big tank. So important for reef stability. Looks awesome
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Thank you! Lots of work still pending.





what are your plans for stand and canopy skin ?

Minimalistic.
Stand skin is going to be magnet mounted high gloss white doors with handle

Open top.

Actually the first pic has the doors installed, just the trims are pending and the door protective film is still on


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[Awais98]

As pointed out rightly by Justin in a post above the water line is 2" below.
It was necessary to keep the overflow that low due to the bracings.
Now I still want to bring the water level a little higher..... will partially say 1/2" blocking/ raising the overflow teeth be advisable?
Thinking of putting an acrylic strip on the back side of the teeth.
Any advice?


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[Justin]

Its a tough call man. I thought the overflow looked a little low. You're best bet is to either raise the teeth if that is possible or create an "acrylic skin" using new black acrylic that would be weldon'd to the existing sides but to the height you want. Its going to look a little DIY but if you do it from the outside of the overflow, it will mask the original height. I'm sure others can chime in on some other suggestions.

[Awais98]

Its a tough call man. I thought the overflow looked a little low. You're best bet is to either raise the teeth if that is possible or create an "acrylic skin" using new black acrylic that would be weldon'd to the existing sides but to the height you want. Its going to look a little DIY but if you do it from the outside of the overflow, it will mask the original height. I'm sure others can chime in on some other suggestions.

If I weld it I will do it from inside. The teeth can easily come out and I can weld it to the inside of the detachable teeth.
Once back in place it won't be seen at all.
Definitely not doing it from outside.



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[Justin]

sounds like a plan man.

[Awais98]

This is how it looks today.

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[Awais98]

2x 8 54W ATI


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[Awais98]

Flow with Maxpect gyre 250 x2 on the back wall vertical.


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[Awais98]

A small iPhone video of my new aquarium
https://youtu.be/IE2wxM7Dr8Y


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[SantaMonicaHelp]

Hi everyone!

I've been slowly working on my 240 build for past 1.5 years!
I did a lot of background work to make sure the going goes smooth. I'll write about them later.

Today finally I got the tank salty!!
Don't have that much salt water ready so it will happen in batches lol

Here's a pic:

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170210/10d6462264c941c5a0f4896b32d9315f.jpg

More later!

I hope to meet every one on one of the meetings. My works unpredictable and am often working during the meet ups.


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Hi Awais98,

Congratulations with new set up!
Looks great :)
What future plans do you have?

Zhenya

[Awais98]

Hi Awais98,

Congratulations with new set up!
Looks great :)
What future plans do you have?

Zhenya


Plan for mainly SPS, but open to good looking other corals too.
Zeovit


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[Awais98]

Some updates:

Started the Zeovit dosing 15 days now
Parameters as follows:
1.026
Temp 79-82
Alk 7-8
Cal 460
Nitrate 2.5
Phos 0.02

So far excited about the zeovit.
Initially it seemed overwhelming
But now it is down to:
ZeoBac every 3 days
ZEOstart and zeoSponge everyday. That's all.

I've also set up an aquarium app. It help keeps record of EVERYTHING and also set reminders for EVERYTHING in my iPhone calendar with reminders
Best $10 I spent!



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[Awais98]

Weld a thin strip of acrylic on the inside of the teeth. Not noticeable at all and water level is 1.5" from top now:)
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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170318/b67a86c92dc0980cc80c0c242d34843a.jpg

If I weld it I will do it from inside. The teeth can easily come out and I can weld it to the inside of the detachable teeth.
Once back in place it won't be seen at all.
Definitely not doing it from outside.



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[Awais98]

Installed the vertex cerebra controller and then found out they are going to change hardware in May..........


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[Awais98]

So currently only lights and heater are controlled by the Cerebra. Everything else is stand alone.
Don't want to set up everything only to change it in few months


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[Awais98]

Have set up my continuous water change system past 4 weeks
About 5 ml/min 24x7x365 continuous
And it is going excellent.
1: New salt Water from reservoir comes into the main sump.
2: exact volume of 'old' water is pulled out from the sump and is fed into a quarantine tank
3: then an exact amount of water is pulled from the QT into the house drain.
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[Awais98]

Talking about the drains:

That was the first thing I tackled when I started the fish room:

All my fish room setup is in a store room near the garage along with a small sub stair crawl space.
So: the store room which is long and narrow 22'x6.5' is my fish room. And
The sub stair crawl space is my sump room. There's a door between them.

First thing I did was sump room plumbing:
Got a new water line and installed a sink with hot and cold water.
Dug the concrete and installed a drain for the sink and a FLOOR drain there


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[Awais98]

Ive also drilled a 1.5" bulkhead to my main sump about an 1.5" from top and this is hard plumbed into the house drain.

So for whatever reason if water ever rises beyond that is allowed in case of power loss ( have enough room in sump that it should never over flow) water will go down that sump drain and into the house drain.
Then if water ever drops on the floor I also have a floor drain installed and it goes down the drain.

So much redundancy to make sure it does not ruin my house


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[Awais98]

Also the floor is water right.... rubber flooring in both the rooms. Even if 250 gallons of water falls in the fish room floor it will all go to the sump room and down the floor drain....


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[Awais98]

I have installed 2 super quiet high efficiency Panasonic exhaust on humidistat to keep humidity in check always.
1 in each room

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[Awais98]

Have an old window ac unit there. Currently it's working just fine and keeping the area cool and controlling the water temp of the system.
If it breaks I'll get a split unit


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[Awais98]

I had got 3 test acros about 6 weeks ago and they have grown so well, that I placed a large order with WWC.
I got that order today.
Very impressed


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[Awais98]

I guess I'm just talking to my self here.....


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[Scream311]

lol as I was reading your post, I said man this guys thinking the same way I would have thought if I had the chance to re-build and start-over with my 3 tanks. Then I noticed ummm there's completely no one responding or commenting on what I think is one kick *** Build Thread.

Sadly this forum is not what is used to be when I joined, so it may seem at times your posting to yourself, but heyy im reading !!! I'm sure there are some others reading as well....

I'm curious about your water changed methods, so new salt is going in at the same time Old water going out to QT ? or does New salt finish and then Old water starts?

[Awais98]

lol as I was reading your post, I said man this guys thinking the same way I would have thought if I had the chance to re-build and start-over with my 3 tanks. Then I noticed ummm there's completely no one responding or commenting on what I think is one kick *** Build Thread.

Sadly this forum is not what is used to be when I joined, so it may seem at times your posting to yourself, but heyy im reading !!! I'm sure there are some others reading as well....

I'm curious about your water changed methods, so new salt is going in at the same time Old water going out to QT ? or does New salt finish and then Old water starts?

Yay!!! I get a reply!! Thank you for reading through LOL
Seriously we need to make this an active forum.

I've learnt from previous mistake and hence the redundancies.... re the fish room..

Re the water exchange....
It's a continuous process...about 5 ml per min for ever. (60 gallons:25% exchange a month)
The old water is being pulled out the sump near the skimmer area and the New water is being fed in more distally, more closer to the return pump area. If you can imagine.
I have a 75gallon storage tank for the salt water.... so basically I have to stop that exchange for a day when I fill it up with rodi water and mix salt in it.
Currently that's the only part I do manually.
Once the new cerebra is out, I plan to hook that storage cylinder to float switches to tell me when it's ready to be filled.


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[FarmerTy]

I'm reading. Keep posting!

I'm waiting for the new cerebra too. I'm pretty excited about it.

[Awais98]

I'm reading. Keep posting!

I'm waiting for the new cerebra too. I'm pretty excited about it.

Oooh people are actually reading!!
Then I'll start posting pictures again!! 😉


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[SABOB]

Reading,haven't commented till now.Nice work,keep posting😎


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[Awais98]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170429/57fad4190a45101bedeea84f63022681.jpg

See pic
That's the tubing in the sump:
Water flows from left to right

Left tubes:2 tubes
Colorless tube take out old water 5 ml/min
Blue tube takes out water for the cal Rx

There's a baffle between the tube sets

Right side: 3 tubes
Colorless tube brings in new salt water 5ml/min
White 1/4" brings in cal Rx water
White 3/8 with the connector brings in rodi top off water



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[Awais98]

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That's my water storage:
3- 75 Gallons

Right: RO water storage gets aerated here before being sent to the DI resin beds
Middle: RODI water/ topoff water
Left: New Salt water: with tubings for the continuous water change.
See the small round hold in the wall... that's where the sump room is:
Rodi setup, sump, water exchangers etc.

See below
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[FarmerTy]

Nice fish room! What area of the house am I looking at? I see a drain and plumbing for a sink.

[Awais98]

Nice fish room! What area of the house am I looking at? I see a drain and plumbing for a sink.

It's a storage room in the garage... the 75g water storage is in a part of the actual garage.
The sump room in the pics above is a sub stair crawl space converted to a sump room:
Everything that you see is done from scratch: floor drain was the first thing I did, plumbing for sink, rubber flooring, water proofing walls, electrical
The sump room opens into the actual storage room that is convetered to my fish room: where the DT is. It's long and narrow: 22x6.5' or believe me my DT depth would have been more than 2'.....


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[Awais98]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170429/4c9b3cc8e7e16e5556f08b97ae81838c.jpg
This is the messy fish room with the DT, lights off, stand open,
But see the open door beyond the DT on the right? That opens into the tiny but sufficient sump room


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[Awais98]

One day it will be a man cave.......


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[alton]

Wow that is one serious water system

[alton]

I guess I'm just talking to my self here.....


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It is amazing how many members will look and not post. I wish I could relay a message we don't bite, please post away. Very nice setup, please keep posting updates we love them

[Awais98]

It is amazing how many members will look and not post. I wish I could relay a message we don't bite, please post away. Very nice setup, please keep posting updates we love them
Thanks Alton!


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[slm222]

Looking good. Following along


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[Zack]

Man that's a beautiful setup Awais. I love the redundancy in the two analog thermometers. That skimmer is also amazing!

[Awais98]

Thanks guys!


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[FarmerTy]

Good meeting you today Awais and your lovely wife! Hope those frags treat you well!

[Awais98]

Good meeting you today Awais and your lovely wife! Hope those frags treat you well!

It was great to meet such an awesome person today! We were just happy to talk to you. Corals were all bonus!!!
Thank you for the great frags. I'll keep posted.


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[FarmerTy]

It was great to meet such an awesome person today! We were just happy to talk to you. Corals were all bonus!!!
Thank you for the great frags. I'll keep posted.


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkAh, too kind sir! I'm glad you got to meet the little guy too. He's always excited to meet new people!

[Awais98]

https://youtu.be/1nE9h83OFSI

Current coral frags few weeks ago....



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[Scream311]

updates ?