Sweet Reef
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First I have to give wome credit where credit is due...This is all becuase of the day I signed on and spotted tbittners thread on his basement set up...Thanks for everything Terry!
Well...after about 3 weeks of planning, cutting, building walls, gluing PVC, routing a couple 20 amp GFI electrical plugs and lots of plumbing, Ive finished building my 12 x 12 sump room to feed my 120g DT directly above in my dining room. I started off by purchasing 2 Rubbermaid 100g stock tanks. One being a sump the other being a fuge which are raised about 2ft off the floor. I then went with a Reeflo Sequence Barricuda for a return pump. This puts out great flow at almost 12ft of head. I actually have it valved back about halfway, which is what I wanted so that I could always tap into the system for future frag tanks (which is coming next). In total I have went from about 135g of water to almost 300g.
Input and Return Line to the Barricuda return pump
After getting the new drain line plumbed in and starting up the sytem I soon found that I had to increase the drain line pipe dia to 2". I originally had 1.5" pipe all the way down with a hard 90 plumbed in..this caused some flow issues along with some unwanted noise so I removed it and went with 2 45's instead along with rerouting the drain to smooth out the flow. In the sump I run a 100 micron filter sock, My ER 6-2 skimmer, 300w heater along with a Mag 5 pump to keep it moving & a Tunze Osmolator ATO with my new (temp) DIY Kalk reactor made from 3" PVC. Im actually having a sealing issues with the cap on this (can you believe it? lol) so Im going to rebuild it with 4" so I can use a standard 4" seal.
In my fuge I have a 5" sandbed and some cheato. I found some 120w T8 lights in the used section at LFS and the owner even gave me brand new free bulbs for it! I run them on a alternate 7hr lighting from the DT. I also picked up a used Korilla 4 to keep the Cheato tumbling along and added a 250w heater.
After getting the system all up and running I installed some insulation on the exterior walls, my RODI, water change bucket, a American DJ power control center (very nice to have), and a little shelving. I also just recently aquired some counter top from a family member so I ran hot and cold water over and installed a used $15 bar sink and a brand new $29 faucet & sprayer which has been the most awsome thing to have in this room! Oh...and a baby monitor that we still had...lol...well I gotta be able to hear it upstairs
So all in all..what used to look like this..
Now has turned into this..
Its all up and been running now about 2 weeks. Its been so nice to have the room to work in and to have everything in one place. The Cheato seems to be doing well and I can already see some good signs in the DT from doing all this. I still have a few small things to add like more shelving and a bit more light in time and I also am going to run another plug over around to the counter I think. But for now...Im very happy.
BTW...The floor inst wet in the pic...not sure why it shows up that way in the pic?
Well...after about 3 weeks of planning, cutting, building walls, gluing PVC, routing a couple 20 amp GFI electrical plugs and lots of plumbing, Ive finished building my 12 x 12 sump room to feed my 120g DT directly above in my dining room. I started off by purchasing 2 Rubbermaid 100g stock tanks. One being a sump the other being a fuge which are raised about 2ft off the floor. I then went with a Reeflo Sequence Barricuda for a return pump. This puts out great flow at almost 12ft of head. I actually have it valved back about halfway, which is what I wanted so that I could always tap into the system for future frag tanks (which is coming next). In total I have went from about 135g of water to almost 300g.
Input and Return Line to the Barricuda return pump
After getting the new drain line plumbed in and starting up the sytem I soon found that I had to increase the drain line pipe dia to 2". I originally had 1.5" pipe all the way down with a hard 90 plumbed in..this caused some flow issues along with some unwanted noise so I removed it and went with 2 45's instead along with rerouting the drain to smooth out the flow. In the sump I run a 100 micron filter sock, My ER 6-2 skimmer, 300w heater along with a Mag 5 pump to keep it moving & a Tunze Osmolator ATO with my new (temp) DIY Kalk reactor made from 3" PVC. Im actually having a sealing issues with the cap on this (can you believe it? lol) so Im going to rebuild it with 4" so I can use a standard 4" seal.
In my fuge I have a 5" sandbed and some cheato. I found some 120w T8 lights in the used section at LFS and the owner even gave me brand new free bulbs for it! I run them on a alternate 7hr lighting from the DT. I also picked up a used Korilla 4 to keep the Cheato tumbling along and added a 250w heater.
After getting the system all up and running I installed some insulation on the exterior walls, my RODI, water change bucket, a American DJ power control center (very nice to have), and a little shelving. I also just recently aquired some counter top from a family member so I ran hot and cold water over and installed a used $15 bar sink and a brand new $29 faucet & sprayer which has been the most awsome thing to have in this room! Oh...and a baby monitor that we still had...lol...well I gotta be able to hear it upstairs
So all in all..what used to look like this..
Now has turned into this..
Its all up and been running now about 2 weeks. Its been so nice to have the room to work in and to have everything in one place. The Cheato seems to be doing well and I can already see some good signs in the DT from doing all this. I still have a few small things to add like more shelving and a bit more light in time and I also am going to run another plug over around to the counter I think. But for now...Im very happy.
BTW...The floor inst wet in the pic...not sure why it shows up that way in the pic?
SA!!! 
