220 superbuild

[old_man_river]

it will be home this week. we are tileing is week and working on the stand

[tims]

good deal! i look forward to see water in that new tank!

[mtfatwork]

Originally Posted by tims

i look forward to see water in that new tank!

Me too!

[old_man_river]

the tank is done and the tile will be done this weekend

[mtfatwork]

[mtfatwork]

frp was put up and tile was laid. FRP is a type of wall covering that is water proof. The cieling is pulled out because we are going to put a couple of exhaust fans up there that will blow into a vent that goes outside to try to combat some of the humidity issues in the house . I will post a pic of the grout and the finished tile later this coming week, and will hopefully have a stand here by next weekend to take a pic of, and set a tank on

[coldwaterreefer]

very nice change for that part of the house can't wait till it has water in it and a tank LOl

[REEFSTOCK]

SOOweeet. Doing it right from top to bottom!

[Soltaker]

Originally Posted by mtfatwork

updated pics as promised:

Dustin doesn't ALWAYS look this crabby. I promise!!

[mtfatwork]

Originally Posted by Soltaker

Dustin doesn't ALWAYS look this crabby. I promise!!

Yes he does....

[thepollock]

try calling him a 11:55 in the morning when he dosent get up untill noon and see how crabby he is.

[old_man_river]

that was when i worked from 5:30 pm to 4:00am six days a week

Originally Posted by thepollock

try calling him a 11:55 in the morning when he dosent get up untill noon and see how crabby he is.

[mtfatwork]

soooo dramatic....lol




But anyway. Got the grout done, now we just have to let that set, then one more round of tile to go up on the wall as trim, then grout that, and we should be ready for a stand to be built by the end of the week

[mtfatwork]

Tile is up on the wall, and the finished sketch of the stand (complete with dimensions) should be done tonight. I purchased a bathroom exhaust fan with a kit to go up in the cieling above the tank, which will be the next project.

Here is my TTD list for the next week:
Grout the tile on the walls
buy 6 cinder blocks for the sump to sit on.
powerwash and then setup sump and plumb sump to the return pump.
get the holes cut in the wall for the plumbing
order enough salt, along with Alk and Ca buffers to make 400+ gallons of water.

[mtfatwork]

so here is a list of the current equipment for the final setup (this list should not change other than the skimmer which is not built yet).

220 gallon custom acrylic tank with external overflows
3x400w metal halide
2x160w vho powered by an IC660
150 gallon rubbermaid sump
30 gallon breeder plumbed as a remote sand bed
4x Tunze 6100's for flow on a tunze controller
AC II with 2 DC8's for control
500w finnex titanium heater
grounding probe
36w uv sterilizer
2x1" seaswirls for returns
sequence reeflo wahoo return pump
An old Aquatic Acrylics skimmer, which is soon to be replaced with a new volcano from the same company
MRC CR1 calcium reactor (will be replaced by a volcano reactor)
Stoney reef Kalkreactor (will also be replaced by a volcano)
My r/o is an Aquafx mako.
Once the tank is setup I will watch to see where the detritus settles, and maybe add a few strategically placed seio 820's and or maxijets that I have laying around.