Reefsakes

Gear cabinet starting to come together nicely. Thought about getting those fancy brackets to hold all the power bricks but velcro and a couple screws did the trick and looks clean. I relocated the ecotech pump controllers to the front where the American dj power strip is. 

The rest of the gear is here. Almost time to get this bish wet! And my wife approves the waterbox 320.7 that will go into the dining room! Win!

Thanks all for the ideas! The jack post maybe the way I may go. Something I can easily do myself. I want to say the joist are 12-16' long. The wall is an exterior dining room wall with a big window. And yes if I do want to go bigger or wider I have about 12' of width. Hmmmmm

Actually I will put it against that wall perpendicular to the joist as there is a heat register there that I can disconnect and run my plumbing into the garage where I can keep the sump. Makea it easier for maintenance and I can implement awc. 

I am thinking about getting the Waterbox Promax 270.6 72.3"×29.5"×23.6 or 320.7 86.6"×29.5"×23.6 or Cade reef systems. 

Actually I can put it on the other side perpendicular to the joist. Would I still need support?

2 minutes ago, Blue Z Reef said:

When in doubt, a brace is pretty low cost and easy. I think I used 2x 4x4x8 (or 10...forgetting), 2 pier blocks, a bracket or two just to help things stay put while I placed everything, and some wood shims to snug it up. Definitely a sub $50 venture for piece of mind.

No doubt. I was hoping I wouldn't have to since the crawl space entry is in a closet. Hope I can get some concrete blocks down and drag some 4x4 through it. 

4 minutes ago, Burningbaal said:

Parallel to the joist is never ideal. I'd consider some cross members to neighboring joists as well

My lat 300g display i put cross members  for extra support. Looks like I will have to do it here as well. Uggggh I was hoping to avoid having to do that. It's the only spot I can put it too other then my garage. 

So I've just been going back and forth on whether I want o set up the 80g system in the living room or (since I got the ok) just play with my 30c and look into a 5-6'x 24-30"× 20-24" DT. So that would put me at around 150-240g in the DT plus a 30-50g sump and perhaps a 10-20g ato rez. Putting the weight at around 2000 to 3500 pounds? Should I put floor supports in the crawl space? Looks like tank will be sitting parallel to the joist which wouldn't support the weight properly? Here are some pics. 

Looks epic! I wish my wife would let me put holes jn the floor again lol.

32 minutes ago, Manny Tavan said:

That plumbing cannot be unseen...my eyes...

 

please tell it’s not hooked up to the tank please!

Haha it came with the tank. I was thinking about redoing it cuz it looks kinda janky but my plumb work ain't that great either lol

2 minutes ago, SuncrestReef said:

Looks great!  Let me know if you need any help or advice on the Apex programming.  If you haven't seen my Apex tutorials, here's the link:

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/authors/suncrestreef.93940/

Thank you! Yes I will definitely need all of the above but will 1st check out your tutorials. 

Got my other apex energy bar in. Waiting on another dos/ddr set. 2 Radion xr15 and m2 return should be here tomorrow. Put the aquascape in the tank to see the final layout. Getting closer to getting it wet. Maybe in a week or 2. 

Oh man that sucks! Sometimes a fresh start is needed but I feel ya on the lost. 

Looks under the bed. Nope..... no money there haha. Beautiful nem

1 hour ago, Higher Thinking said:

For reefsakes, get in there! 😁😁

I want to but need to have my 80g system up 1st

Thanks!

Wow nice! 

Nice! Once I set up the 80g system I am make the 30g cube into a new and clown tank for my son. Would love to get a some when the time comes. 

Thanks everyone. Since I have time to stare at my aquascape. This thing keeps growing lol. I thought I would balance out some areas. Added a couple more archs and ledges and still have lots of negative space within the structure. Does it look too much? 

Nice! In the range of the size I want to go next. 

21 minutes ago, obrien.david.j said:

Thanks.  It's not exactly your size, but it's nice to finally be getting more space. 

I must have missed what size your DT is. I don't have a big system yet. Still working on my 80g system. But I am planning it now. Want to really think of my end goal and work back from there. 

Such an awesome build! I can't wait to have a big system again. 

5 hours ago, Higher Thinking said:

Welcome back to the game. Sounds like you had a pretty epic system. Biggest advancements if you haven't been keeping up are lighting (most going to LEDs) and reef controllers. I'd be looking into those if you're interested. 

Yeah definitely. When I left we all laughed at led 🤣 💀.  Now led leading the charge in all growing applications 😉. And yes controllers, dosers and auto water testing looks to be more mainstream. I have a build thread i started here. Only a measly 66g DT 80g system for now. Check it out