400 gallon office system

Ian Eisenberg

Ian Eisenberg

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I'm upgrading from an RSM250 to a new build.

My new system is under way. Here are the specs:
220 Gallon DT
100 Gallon sump
2 40b frag tanks (one for sps, one for lps)
2 85 gallon tall vinyl tanks for RO/DI and salt mixing (plumbed in to the system for water changes).
Plans for the stand. This thing is overbuilt, but I am totally paranoid about a tank collapse:
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Mid construction:
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Stand completed:
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A video of the stand:
[video=youtube;1Al69z1rUCs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1Al69z1rUCs[/video]

Tank moved into my office:
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And the tank in place on the stand:
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My sump and frag tanks will be in the garage along with all of the water change and filtration equipment.
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Once the system is in and running I will have a face to match the existing cabinetry in my office. Here is a 3d rendering:
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I had wanted to build a small fish room in the garage but the idea got nixed by my wife. I made a rendering anyway:
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I will be starting on the plumbing in the next week or so.
I have too many devices with Tapatalk!
 
DianaKay

DianaKay

Princess Diana
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Geeezzz, THAT IS IMPRESSIVE! :square: Look very forward to following along with this build :D
 
BigAl07

BigAl07

Administrator
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Great looking build Ian!!

What are you lining the bottom of the stand with? Is that TITANIUM underlayment?

What are your plans for lights?
 
Ian Eisenberg

Ian Eisenberg

Member
I built a pan using shower pan liner. If I have a leak it should hold about 20 gallons of water before it hits the floor. A water on floor sensor will be in there so I will know about it before any real damage is done.

Al, I know... Mitras. But for now I am going with an ATI 60x8 along with my 2 Sol (upgraded to Vega). I am still very leery of all LED lighting.
 
BigAl07

BigAl07

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LOL I was "thinking" Mitras but wasn't going to suggest it... yet anyway :)

Have you had a chance to see any of the long-term coral growth and color shots from the Mitras? I think you would be pleasantly surprised.

With that being said your combination sounds rock solid and I'm confident it will produce amazing growth and color from your coral. I know you wouldn't settle for anything less.

I like your idea with the shower pan liner. I so wish I had been that forward thinking on my last install. When I took the tank down the hardwood floor under it had to be stripped and re-finished because of this over-sight. It would have saved me several hundred $$. Live and learn :)

I've subscribed so I'll be watching this build. You do some AMAZING work Ian :)
 
degibson84

degibson84

Active Member
I will be bringing home my 220 in the next week or so have been debating on using factory stand, which is no where near what you built, or building a new one about half the support as yours.

If I use factory I am going down with my overflow then through the wall into my R-300 refugium that will be on the floor in the room behind.

nice to see builds this big so i can get ideas as i go.


What rock do you plan to use? I am thinking maybe some marco and some BRS and seed with my 80lbs from my 75
 
Ian Eisenberg

Ian Eisenberg

Member
I am using a combination of Fiji rock as base as well as Pukani and Tonga shelf. All dry and all from BRS. I will also seed some of the rock from my tank but I am leery of that because I have a single tiny aiptasia that I can't reach right now... which means there must be more.
I am also considering getting some rock from floridaliverock.com.
 
BigAl07

BigAl07

Administrator
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Ian any chance you have someone local there that has a highpower laser? We use them here for Aiptasia as well as purple clove polyps and it works great. Just be EXTRA careful :)
 
Ian Eisenberg

Ian Eisenberg

Member
No, no laser jockeys. I will probably use aiptasiaX on the rock before I transfer it.
I have also decided to add a Copperband butterfly to my fish list.
I had put some berghia in the tank and they got a few (in fact it looks like they are breeding in my RSM250 sump which has a ton of aip in it) but then my shrimp keep eating the nudis as soon as they leave the safety of the rock.
 
Blue Space

Blue Space

Well-Known Member
hey Ian -How big is that piece of rock? if you could place it in a qt while treating it would sure help stop the spread to the rest of the system including sump. if AIP-X fails to kill your single aip, as it did in my case, 1 peppermint shrimp will do the trick. i find from my exp., they will only eat the small ones.
 
Doogle

Doogle

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Ian Eisenberg said:
I have 3 peppermint shrimp. The only thing they have reliably eaten are berghia nudis.
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That sucks.

Everything else loos good! I especially like the PC of you in the stand, it shows how big it really is.

Too bad about the nudis.

This tank is going to be great!
 
Ian Eisenberg

Ian Eisenberg

Member
I am gathering supplies and material. I want to take my time and really do this right.
I have been looking around at the large tank builds and using them as inspiration, so all my plumbing and electrical wiring will be as clean as I can possible make it.

I have received my lighting fixture, UV, WC containers, sump/vat, pumps, humidistat for controlling fans, additional PAB for my Profilux and rock.
Lots more to come and I will post photos sometime later today.
 
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