Mattchew 75g tank build

ATTENTION ALL MY STUFF IS FOR SALE : I'M MOVING ASAP TO AUSTIN TEXAS AND STUFF CAN'T GO WITH ME


Ok so I decided to move up in the saltwater world from my 30 gallon nano to a 75g rr tank.... some of these pictures were taken before and after eacher other progress wise so its kinda mixed up, but I will get more up of the transfer and water in it when my RO/DI unit comes in..........and here is my tank build thus far:

The Tank :

AGA Ultimate RR 75g megaflow
- 2% Super Black Limo Tint on back







AGA Solid Wood Black Stand

The Sump:

AGA 20g high soon to be whatever bigger tank i can squeeze in below/ and pvc plumbed





Return Pump:

Mag Drive 7



The Skimmer:

Euro-Reef RS135 New Body w/ Custom Modded Sedra 5000







Flow:

(1) Tunze 6045
(2) Hydor Koralia 4's





Lighting:

8x54 Watt T5 w/ Individual Reflectors



For water I am using a 150 GPD RO/DIx2 Unit (that i am waiting on in mail)



Need to do still/want to do:

- Hard plumb return pump and drain into sump instead of hoses
- Installl bigger tank for sump
- Get tank up and running and other tank transfered into it.



Ok update: 3/25/08:

Sump Build

Details: 20L with simple over,under,over bubble trap, refugium.

It looks kinda small but its because i used a 50mm portrait lens on it... its actually kinda roomy, simple over,under,over bubble trap, then theres like a 1.5" x 8" refuge where ill put my chaeto, and couple pieces of LR, maybe some sand, not sure about that though, refuge shares itself with pump but theres a 4" high divider in there to keep pump away from chaeto/snails, theres also going to be some eggcrate about that 4" piece for a wall that flows water through but keeps inhabitants out of pump...(pic doesn't show eggcrate but roomates decided me using a jigsaw at 11pm was not a good idea indoors)... I will get one up later tomorrow of it installed hopefully.

Supplies:
2 rolls of 10' epdm rubber - Home Depot $ 15.00
2'x4' Acrylic sheet - Home Depot $ 32.00
2'x5' light diffuser sheet - Home Depot $ 10.00

You could probably do it with the smaller sheet of acrylic that HD offers, I have a ton left, but I can use it for future experiments.

To make a long story short, I cut the acrylic to the sizes I needed, stuck the epdm rubber on the edges and bottoms to make a waterproof wall/dividers, placed them in the tank, if you use some water in a spray bottle to lube the sides of tank before trying to wedge the dividers in it works very nicely, otherwise its a P.I.T.A., I made sure i cut them correct to avoid bowing the sides of tank as well.

I cut the dividers the height of the water my skimmer recommended to sit in, and the last wall of bubble trap i made a 1/2" lower than first wall so water can spill over into it, and be pumped back into tank via mag drive.

If you would like measurements, or have any questions pm me.









FYI: This is not my design and I do not take credit for it, I just modified it a bit to my liking
I got most of my info from here: Melevsreef.com - Welcome!
and google.


UPDATE: 3/28/08- 6 stage RO/DIx2 150gpd Unit came in today... threw out first 5 gallons of water, and I know have a 36 gallon brute force garbage can filling up... I am running an adaptor fitting of my washer feed line ( I don't like the setup now, and I am pretty sure I am going to install it under my sink and use the vampire tap on the feed line in there.... but for now.. its mounted in utility room and draining in the washer's p trap. Tested finished water.. 0ppm.... very niiiiiiice.








Update: 3/29/08 - Water in tank

Stopped @ Home Depot and picked up 30ft of tubing for ro/di unit... ran it straight from unit to tank... no buckets... no lifting...no pumping.... just tape. lol







these pics dont show it but i also added 80lbs of Caribsea Sand to the mix..

Salt's goin in tomorrow if tanks fill rest of way up tonight..



ok salt in. sand in. sump running. skimmer running. still a lil cloudy but skimmer is already skimming all the milky crap out of display tank.. crazy can't believe this thing is already working this well....

t5 lights came in today as well

8x54w t5 w/ indy reflec's & moonlights/ fan cooled. nice stuff''
threw a couple rocks in from my established tank and a couple cups of water to seed it.

heres a couple teaser pics...






UPDATE: 4/04/08

Rock is in.... roughly 60lbs of tonga, maybe a uaniva piece, and have roughly 25-30lbs more of fiji sitting in my established tank i still have to transfer over to new tank

added 2 damsel fish also to speed up cycling

pics were taken with my iphone and not the slr this time, sorry lol , but you get the idea









update : 4/7/08



iso 800, 50mm, f/2.0, 1/1500sec

Update: 4/13/08 New Tank Pics... fully up and running w/ stock





UPDATE:
couple pics of fish

Lawnmower Blennie





Ocellaris


bta macro -
iso 200, 214mm, f/4.5, 1/30sec, 70-300mm sigma agp






also added were a orange linka starfish , green chromis

PIC UPDATE!!!! 4/25/08
more critterzzz







poopin bta

 

Anyone who has the low down on how to set up a rad sump w/ baffles..etc.. hit me up or post please

 

This might help
Melevsreef.com - DIY Glass Sump & Refugium

 

looking good! cant wait to see how it turns out, keep us posted! got any pics of the 30?

 

Good pics... still confused about the setup though. Gotta read more..

 

actually no... I don't . I should though...ha.

It's coming down in a week anyways. I feel like im slummin it everytime I look at it in comparison to this one im building lol.

 

haha i love when you upgrade your tank size

 

Sweet!!!!!!!!

 

Have fun! Looks like you got a great start!

Evan.

 

worked on sump today, added 3 rows of baffles and a custom fuge