"OverKill" Reef - My Project

[Bax]

I must have been typing while you were posting jeremism thanks.

I think I am just a little envious of Jeffs space for a sump, I am still scratching my head over shoehorning a 5 gal sump into my stand with all my other gear.

[Jcohen9999]

Another slow w/e due to family matters but I did mange to wire up 2 dedicated 20amp circuits with GFI protection:



LiveRock will be ordered today!

Jeffrey



@Bax and jeremism30, Boy those TOTM are certainly inspiring. I never thought to look backwards. I would defintely classify my setup (while taking up some space in the basement) as low budget since I have beening doing it myself and staying away from prefab overflows and sumps/fuges but it is going to take a lot more effort (and knowlegde) to make things look like any of those.

[Bax]

Keep up the great work, it'll be worth the time .

And we'll be reading the updates.

[Jcohen9999]

@bax, Thanks.

addendum to w/e 6 update:

Just ordered my LR. I will be splitting an order with a friend so I am getting 30 lbs of Vanuatu and 33 lbs of Premium Fiji. Unfortunately, as a trade off for a great price I need to wait until next week for it to ship.

Hopefully, my lighting system ships this week so I have something to playwith/report on next weekend (otherwise I'm going to have to pay some attention to the hellspawn yet again )


Jeff

[Drowningfish]

Cool. Good luck on your tank. THough at first I thought you were kidding about that 26 gal show when I saw the sump...

[Jcohen9999]

I never kid about my toys

and by way of an update....I received a bunch of Red Mangrove seedlings that I ordered for my fuge. It will take a little while to adapt them to the saltwater but without any nutrients in there for them anyway I'm in no rush.

Jeff

[Jcohen9999]

Well they say you need to have patience went setting up a SW tank and I have learned that I don't have any...better work on that...

Anyway, my LR was delayed for another week (coming next week now) and my lights won't be done for another 2 weeks.

So to fill the time I have:

1) Cut an Lexan XL10 cover for my tank as a way to seperate the tank from the...how should I say...air in the bathroom. Once I get the hood I will cut it back to size:




2) Created my own strainer for my drain:




3) Started to acclimate my red mangrove seedlings (one the fast way and the other 2 more slowly):



4) Set-up my eventual dosing pump as a top-off system until I get a chance to build one myself:




But, alas, until I get my LR and lighting I can only dream of what this tank will someday look like:


That's all for now...but I do expect my skimmer (got the dolphin pump today) to arrive tomorrow so more pics next week.


As always, all comments are most welcome (before I screw this up too badly )


Jeff

[Bax]

Looks good Jeff

[mikrok]

just tagging along...that's a sick bathroom...be sure to keep a couple good fish books in there cuz im sure you'll be spending a lot of time in there

[Jcohen9999]

Thanks guys....just found out my LR is flying in on Sunday! Now I'm really stoked.

Come by Sunday to take a look


Jeff

[Razing Kane]

you are one sick pup. LMOA a 175 gal sump on a 26 bow, i luv it bro!!! keep us posted!

[Jcohen9999]

A quick update:

After many delays, I finally received (what I thought what would be) half of my LR (the Fiji):





and I have it curing in the sump for now. Next week I should receive a 55lb box of the Vanuatu. Once I get that in I can start aquascaping.


Also, just in the nick of time, I received my Poseidon Series Protein Skimmer from NautilusReef:



I don't have much of a bioload (1 Chromis and 170+ gals of water) but this puppy foamed right up when I 'primed' it with some fishfood and it continues to produce as the rock cures.


Anybody got some macro algae they can spare for my fuge? PM me if you do.


Also, if I don't start getting some constructive criticism I am going to get a swelled head


As always, all input welcomed.

Jeff


@mikrok: Any suggested titles

@Razin: Technically it's only about a 150 gal sump/fuge

[Bax]

Just Bumpin this to the front for my buds from the Nano Forum...

...They're gona love this!

[JeromeBaker]

WHat in the H#%&!!!! Awesome setup.

[Jcohen9999]

btw, I received the Vanuatu on Monday night but I havent had a chance to post pics.


Thanks,
Jeff

[irishpete]

Nice job, 170g for 26g bow, INSANE, I love it. keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

[Jcohen9999]

OK, so not much has happened except I finally got the rest of my LR and I realize I bought way too much for the 26gal BF...so much of it will remain in the sump (doing its thing) until I get on the next tank

This second batch of LR (Vanuatu) is way more interesting than the Fiji and has some interesting growth on it. I just hope that much of it survives the cycle:







And to all: Thanks for all the encouragement.


Jeff

[smy168]

just keeping the thread up top.

[Sting]

I've always wondered if putting a tank in a bathroom would be harmful to the tank when you cleaned it...My tank is outside my bathroom in the hallway, and whenever I clean my bathroom I'm always worried about the tank being contaminated by the chemicals and I cover it with a sheet. lol

[Jcohen9999]

You mean your supposed to clean your bathroom?



But seriously, I am worried about that too but this was the chosen spot so I am hoping to 'seal' the top of the display tank and allow all gas exchange to occur in the basement sump/fuge where there is approximately 16 square feet of water surface area.

Also, my wife has strict rules to only use a minimum amount of disinfectant in the room for the loo, floor and the bathtub. The area around the tank (the counter and sinks) are water only unless I am there to cover the tanks.

Is there anything I'm missing?

Jeff

[cich1]

sorry Jeff but i'm not buying this, 175 gal sump/refuge, dosing pump, poseidon skimmer, 2-20amp breakers for a 26g tank? tell that to the wife but i think as soon as the 26 is stocked there will be a 100+ tank in the living room,so tell me do you already have the tie in plumbing routed out? seriously though, nice work

[Jcohen9999]

Actually some where in the back of my head I know there is a FOWLR tank going in the den. I already have the spot picked out but that is a few years away. I really want to get this tank established first.

Thanks,
Jeff

[cich1]

i'm just ribbing you a little because my 29g tank is only 2 months old and i'm already standing in the basement daydreaming about where the sump and plumbing will go for the 90g that i will set up next year, btw i have 6 fw tanks running ranging in size from 10g to 220g so aqua addiction is nothing new to me, i'm just moving up to the hard stuff

[Jcohen9999]

I got home a little early from work today so after doing a 25gal water change (ammonia was 8!), I decided to see what this LR might look like in my tank.

Is this too much LR?:





What do you think?


Jeff

[ciachef]

How many pounds of rock is that?