Dugless' 250DD Build

TimothyJ · 10/19/2011, 11:59 PM

A few weeks ago, my brother (Dugless) and I began constructing a stand and fish tank room in the basement. The tank is a Marineland 250 gallon deep dimension. The idea is to have the front glass and the sides back to the overflows visible to the room. Here is where we stand at at this point.

Jvak · 10/20/2011, 08:00 AM

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TimothyJ · 10/20/2011, 01:22 PM

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Your just down I-80 an hour from us.

WDLV · 10/20/2011, 01:47 PM

I take it this will be the front???

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jberd · 10/20/2011, 01:54 PM

Tagging along for the ride. Looks like it will be awesome.

Jvak · 10/20/2011, 03:19 PM

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Your just down I-80 an hour from us.

Yes I am and I make the trip to Omaha often. Actually going to NAS today to pick up my new skimmer.
Excited to follow your build!

TimothyJ · 10/20/2011, 04:06 PM

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I take it this will be the front???

This is correct. We put the wall to the front of the room (left of the tank) with the door in today. Progress feels slow, but is moving ahead.

TimothyJ · 10/20/2011, 04:24 PM

Got the doorway wall installed and the rest of the outlet boxes in. Only framing left is the box over the top of the tank to conceal the light rack. We hope to try and get most of the tank plumbing run in the next day or two.

TimothyJ · 05/01/2012, 10:56 PM

It has been a while since I up dated the thread and felt I should take a few minutes to post photos of the progress to this point.

We got all the plumbing up and running as shown in the photos below.

After getting all of the plumbing set and sealed together, it was next on to the light rack. We just purchased some aluminum angles from Home Depot and cut them to the sizes we needed. Following the cutting, we used a drill press to create holes where we would put metal loops and nuts to hold everything together. This also gave us the opportunity to alter the height of each corner in small amounts to make sure the light rack was level in respect to the tank. Photos shown below.

TimothyJ · 05/02/2012, 11:14 PM

This thread has been re-started in the Large Reef Tanks forum. You can follow it here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2165572

10/19/2011, 11:59 PM	#1
TimothyJ Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 634	Dugless' 250DD Build A few weeks ago, my brother (Dugless) and I began constructing a stand and fish tank room in the basement. The tank is a Marineland 250 gallon deep dimension. The idea is to have the front glass and the sides back to the overflows visible to the room. Here is where we stand at at this point.

05/01/2012, 10:56 PM	#9
TimothyJ Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 634	It has been a while since I up dated the thread and felt I should take a few minutes to post photos of the progress to this point. We got all the plumbing up and running as shown in the photos below. After getting all of the plumbing set and sealed together, it was next on to the light rack. We just purchased some aluminum angles from Home Depot and cut them to the sizes we needed. Following the cutting, we used a drill press to create holes where we would put metal loops and nuts to hold everything together. This also gave us the opportunity to alter the height of each corner in small amounts to make sure the light rack was level in respect to the tank. Photos shown below. __________________ My Tank: Deep Blue 30 Gallon Frag Tank, 8 x 24 ATI Powermodule with two Reef Brite XHO LED Strips, Three MP10wes Pumps Brothers Tank: Marineland 250DD

05/02/2012, 11:14 PM	#10
TimothyJ Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 634	This thread has been re-started in the Large Reef Tanks forum. You can follow it here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2165572 __________________ My Tank: Deep Blue 30 Gallon Frag Tank, 8 x 24 ATI Powermodule with two Reef Brite XHO LED Strips, Three MP10wes Pumps Brothers Tank: Marineland 250DD

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jberd Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 30	Tagging along for the ride. Looks like it will be awesome.

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TimothyJ Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 634	Got the doorway wall installed and the rest of the outlet boxes in. Only framing left is the box over the top of the tank to conceal the light rack. We hope to try and get most of the tank plumbing run in the next day or two.