My panorama reef

glennf · 09/30/2019, 06:07 PM

It has been a while since is started this project.
Due to many other priorities it was halted.
Now i restarted it and planning to finish it this time.

happy DSR reefer

glennf · 09/30/2019, 07:31 PM

This was the next step on september 14, 2018

" Finally the wall unit was moved for the placement of two airco units.

happy DSR reefer

glennf · 10/02/2019, 08:23 AM

Next step november 4, 2018

Dismantling all the small tanks agains the wall to free the space for the new reef.

happy DSR reefer

sfsuphysics · 10/02/2019, 04:21 PM

Ok, you got me with 14 meters...

Lets see where this takes us now.

glennf · 10/03/2019, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sfsuphysics

Ok, you got me with 14 meters...

Lets see where this takes us now.

It will take some time, because i only work on it on moment of inspiration.

January 14, 2019
After a little break we now continue with building the stand for de first segment.

happy DSR reefer

glennf · 10/03/2019, 12:53 PM

January 26, 2019
working on section A

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glennf · 10/03/2019, 12:59 PM

January 31, 2019
Next up.... section B

[ATTACH=full]962541[/ATTACH]

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glennf · 10/04/2019, 02:41 AM

Present days: summer/autumn 2019

After a long break i resumed working on my panorama reef.

I had other priorities that needed my attention.
- complete renovation of my 250m2 rooftop
- installing PV system with 63 solarpanels to power my reeftanks
- summertime is also my time for watersport

now we are back on track

happy DSR reefer

five.five-six · 10/04/2019, 05:23 AM

That’s a big PV system for residential, how many KVA?

glennf · 10/04/2019, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by five.five-six

That’s a big PV system for residential, how many KVA?

14,56Megawat annual
15Kw max power
My annual consumption is 30MegaWatt, so i am coverimg just half of it

happy DSR reefer

five.five-six · 10/04/2019, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glennf

14,56Megawat annual
15Kw max power
My annual consumption is 30MegaWatt, so i am coverimg just half of it
happy DSR reefer

Not to derail into a PV discussion but.....

That is an amazing system, really large for residential in my latitude. I just completed a 7.5KVA system wit 26 panels that is predicted and on track to make 13.5MWH/A but we have some of the best irradiance on the planet in my area.

I know those roof mounts you are using are quite expensive. What cost more, the mounts or the modules (panels) that are on them? And 30MWH/Y? Are you running Halide lighting? Electric heat? That’s a lot of energy.

glennf · 10/05/2019, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by five.five-six

Not to derail into a PV discussion but.....

That is an amazing system, really large for residential in my latitude. I just completed a 7.5KVA system wit 26 panels that is predicted and on track to make 13.5MWH/A but we have some of the best irradiance on the planet in my area.

I know those roof mounts you are using are quite expensive. What cost more, the mounts or the modules (panels) that are on them? And 30MWH/Y? Are you running Halide lighting? Electric heat? That’s a lot of energy.

I think powering a reefsystem is much a value added discussion as about the tank and inhabbitants itselves.

Indeed you are lucky with more sunlight making your system perform optimal throughout the year.
The modules are more expensive. I choose these flatfix fusion mounts from esdec because of the quick mounting system. Diy would have cost me much more in material and time to mount it all. https://youtu.be/qyS9h0wjl_0

happy DSR reefer

glennf · 10/05/2019, 10:52 AM

September 25, 2019
Last 2 days i have been working on the stand of the 4 meter section

happy DSR reefer

glennf · 10/06/2019, 02:51 AM

The build is slowly and steadily progressing

happy DSR reefer

glennf · 10/09/2019, 03:58 PM

Today i did some calculations for the glas required to build the tank.

happy DSR reefer

glennf · 10/10/2019, 04:58 PM

Today i recieved this package
The U-Reef will be controlled by GHL Profilux and the KH Director.

Normaly i build everything myself with discrete components. After all those years doing DiY it was time to try something more advanced.
It seems GHL has been running along quite a while and they produce state of the art products.

happy DSR reefer

t11t5 · 10/12/2019, 10:28 PM

Holy S**T man, all that work your doing is amazing. If I could afford it I’d love to come see it.

glennf · 10/14/2019, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by t11t5

Holy S**T man, all that work your doing is amazing. If I could afford it I’d love to come see it.

Yeah... i am about to live my dream

Now waiting for a quotation for the glass

Meanwhile i used a old side table to build my (portable) GHL measuring station around.

Now i am playing with the GHL stuff.
The KH director is real great and consistent. You can also adjust a correction factor to meet your own reference standaard. Which i did...

sfsuphysics · 10/16/2019, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glennf

happy DSR reefer

Awww man, why didn't you notch the other piece of wood too? Having the center of that not over the vertical wood gives me a case of the willies.

glennf · 10/17/2019, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sfsuphysics

Awww man, why didn't you notch the other piece of wood too? Having the center of that not over the vertical wood gives me a case of the willies.

I should have looked nicer, but i am not concerned about the strenght nor the look of the construction. I guess i did not passed the elegance test

happy DSR reefer

glennf · 11/15/2019, 11:27 AM

To make sure my floor could handle the load , i asked my constructor of another building project to look at my plans. Due to other works he had laying around, it took him 3 week to do the math. He also consulted a colleague constructor about the matter and they came up with the following advice.

Tank3 was a problem.
I wanted it 300x120x55wh
That was critical.....

so the tank was downsized to 200x120x40wh

happy DSR reefer

10secv6 · 12/04/2019, 11:04 PM

This looks like a monster of a tank good luck with the build

glennf · 12/10/2019, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 10secv6

This looks like a monster of a tank good luck with the build

Thanks m8

The glas for section 1 and 2 has been ordered and will be deliverd 1st week of 2020.
Because i did want to push things and many manufacturers stop production around 16 december which caused a pileup in orders.

Section 3 will be placed after te removal of the current tank sitting on that space.

happy DSR reefer

Dxmarinefish · 12/23/2019, 04:12 AM

Following...looks like its going to be a monster build/

glennf · 09/03/2021, 11:43 PM

Due to life we had some delay

Now there is no way back!
The glass arrived today, so we have to pull through with this project from now on.
I yet have to detemine whether is will glue it as one single tank or as 3 part segmented tank for redundancy.

https://youtube.com/user/glennfhome

09/30/2019, 06:07 PM	#1
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	My panorama reef It has been a while since is started this project. Due to many other priorities it was halted. Now i restarted it and planning to finish it this time. happy DSR reefer

10/02/2019, 04:21 PM	#4
sfsuphysics Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 9,103	Ok, you got me with 14 meters... Lets see where this takes us now. __________________ Mike

10/04/2019, 05:23 AM	#9
five.five-six Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Corona Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 6	That’s a big PV system for residential, how many KVA? __________________ Originally posted by yellowslayer13: "I hate that hole" Current Tank Info: SCMAS Member 225 peninsula euroreef RS180 Apex 400W X 3 20k radiums / Spectra mixed SPS

12/23/2019, 04:12 AM	#24
Dxmarinefish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 61	Following...looks like its going to be a monster build/ __________________ Skimmless 270 gal.Lighting- LED Key2 1x36W & 1x24W. Filtration-120+kg LR, ATS, DSB, Mud ,Hang-On Fug. Circulation-1x Vortech MP60w ES, 2x Ehime 5000+ "The only true failure is in not trying" Current Tank Info: Skimless Reef system

09/30/2019, 07:31 PM	#2
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	This was the next step on september 14, 2018 " Finally the wall unit was moved for the placement of two airco units. happy DSR reefer

10/02/2019, 08:23 AM	#3
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	Next step november 4, 2018 Dismantling all the small tanks agains the wall to free the space for the new reef. happy DSR reefer

10/03/2019, 12:53 PM	#6
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	January 26, 2019 working on section A happy DSR reefer

10/03/2019, 12:59 PM	#7
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	January 31, 2019 Next up.... section B [ATTACH=full]962541[/ATTACH] happy DSR reefer

10/04/2019, 02:41 AM	#8
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	Present days: summer/autumn 2019 After a long break i resumed working on my panorama reef. I had other priorities that needed my attention. - complete renovation of my 250m2 rooftop - installing PV system with 63 solarpanels to power my reeftanks - summertime is also my time for watersport now we are back on track happy DSR reefer

10/05/2019, 10:52 AM	#13
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	September 25, 2019 Last 2 days i have been working on the stand of the 4 meter section happy DSR reefer

10/06/2019, 02:51 AM	#14
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	The build is slowly and steadily progressing happy DSR reefer

10/09/2019, 03:58 PM	#15
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	Today i did some calculations for the glas required to build the tank. happy DSR reefer

10/10/2019, 04:58 PM	#16
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	Today i recieved this package The U-Reef will be controlled by GHL Profilux and the KH Director. Normaly i build everything myself with discrete components. After all those years doing DiY it was time to try something more advanced. It seems GHL has been running along quite a while and they produce state of the art products. happy DSR reefer

10/12/2019, 10:28 PM	#17
t11t5 I love Bass Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,847	Holy S**T man, all that work your doing is amazing. If I could afford it I’d love to come see it.

11/15/2019, 11:27 AM	#21
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	To make sure my floor could handle the load , i asked my constructor of another building project to look at my plans. Due to other works he had laying around, it took him 3 week to do the math. He also consulted a colleague constructor about the matter and they came up with the following advice. Tank3 was a problem. I wanted it 300x120x55wh That was critical..... so the tank was downsized to 200x120x40wh happy DSR reefer

12/04/2019, 11:04 PM	#22
10secv6 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 20	This looks like a monster of a tank good luck with the build

09/03/2021, 11:43 PM	#25
glennf Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,290	Due to life we had some delay Now there is no way back! The glass arrived today, so we have to pull through with this project from now on. I yet have to detemine whether is will glue it as one single tank or as 3 part segmented tank for redundancy. https://youtube.com/user/glennfhome