330 gallon 10+ year dream tank!

[JoshH]

Man, is it ever nice having 9 ft ceilings in the basement! Definitely a luxury I’m blessed to have! Just need to finish the bulk head , then all the “hard work” is done!

Looking good!!! You have all this time off, better use it wisely!!

Pro tip for those about to attempt a drywall job like this in the future..

With tall ceilings either stand sheets up or if running sheets horizontal, place the fill in strip in the middle of the wall. This makes taping a thousand times easier ;Smuggrin

 

[RJKain-777]

Looking good!!! You have all this time off, better use it wisely!!

Pro tip for those about to attempt a drywall job like this in the future..

With tall ceilings either stand sheets up or if running sheets horizontal, place the fill in strip in the middle of the wall. This makes taping a thousand times easier ;Smuggrin

Good tip lol I should’ve bought 9ft sheets then I could’ve stood on end

 

[JoshH]

Good tip lol I should’ve bought 9ft sheets then I could’ve stood on end

Hind sight is 20/20 lol

Regardless it looks great! And yes I'm totally jelly of your 9Ft ceilings ;Sorry

 

[fishguy242]

moving along nicely...

 

[RJKain-777]

moving along nicely...

Slowly but surely it’s coming together.

 

[RJKain-777]

Today I have a good friend coming over to wire in the 3 dedicated circuits. Why 3 you ask? Redundancy.

1 20 amp for the sump, return pump and heater.
1 20 amp for the wave makers and a secondary heater.
1 15 amp for the lights

what’s this mean? If the sump goes out, there will be heat and flow in the tank, if the wave makers go out , there will be heat and flow in the tank... no matter what there will be light as well.

 

[AgSoldier47]

This is going to be an awesome build! Have you checked out any of the orphek lights? Just installed a couple of a 260 display tank and they look awesome

 

[RJKain-777]

This is going to be an awesome build! Have you checked out any of the orphek lights? Just installed a couple of a 260 display tank and they look awesom

I have 4x orphek OR3 blue plus bars, going to add 4 more eventually and then the 4 ghl mitras down the centre of the tank . I have 2 ghl mitras for the frag tank as well but that will be supplemented by t5

 

[RobW]

What if they all go out? Lol I'm thinking like an electrical contractor. I can't help it, its what I do. Standbye generator?

 

[1ocean]

Looks like you got the new tank project underway.
I just started a 300 (96x30x24)build to replace my 140.
link is

Large Build - 300 gallon oasis build in AZ

I got many request to start this post, so here it is. I Started building and planning a 300 gallon reef to replace my current 140 gallon. Tank is being made and I have started building the stand out of reinforced fiberglass and gluing it all together with special epoxy which is pretty pricey...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[RJKain-777]

What if they all go out? Lol I'm thinking like an electrical contractor. I can't help it, its what I do. Standbye generator?

Haha well, I have battery back ups for the Mp40s lol the top 2 any ways

 

[JoshH]

Today I have a good friend coming over to wire in the 3 dedicated circuits. Why 3 you ask? Redundancy.

1 20 amp for the sump, return pump and heater.
1 20 amp for the wave makers and a secondary heater.
1 15 amp for the lights

what’s this mean? If the sump goes out, there will be heat and flow in the tank, if the wave makers go out , there will be heat and flow in the tank... no matter what there will be light as well.

Good thinking, I've got my tank on 3 circuits as well and I'm not worried at all about the tank crashing due to a breaker tripping, power outage... well that's a different story

 

[RobW]

Haha well, I have battery back ups for the Mp40s lol the top 2 any ways

Thats a good start. I'll have battery backups on my new build as well. Just until my generator kicks in. I live in Florida so nasty afternoon thunderstorms and brushes with hurricanes tend to take the power out. Fortunately for us, I installed a 48kw Kohler generator on our house last year. I now only lose power for about 30 seconds before it fires up and transfers over.

 

[RJKain-777]

Thats a good start. I'll have battery backups on my new build as well. Just until my generator kicks in. I live in Florida so nasty afternoon thunderstorms and brushes with hurricanes tend to take the power out. Fortunately for us, I installed a 48kw Kohler generator on our house last year. I now only lose power for about 30 seconds before it fires up and transfers over.

Luckily I haven’t experienced a power outage in years. Even with out insane snow falls and tornados lol

 

[RJKain-777]

Any one else ever get down about how long things are taken, then wish you would’ve gone smaller? Lol this project is a lot bigger then I thought.

 

[fishguy242]

worth it in the end

 

[JoshH]

Any one else ever get down about how long things are taken, then wish you would’ve gone smaller? Lol this project is a lot bigger then I thought.

2 1/2 years going here, trust me, it's not that bad

 

[RJKain-777]

2 1/2 years going here, trust me, it's not that bad

Haha ! I gotta take down dry wall down so they can inspect my leaking foundation :mad:

 

[JoshH]

Haha ! I gotta take down dry wall down so they can inspect my leaking foundation :mad:

Still think it's leaking??

 

[RJKain-777]

Still think it's leaking??

No I think it’s just soaking threw and needs to be re-sealed from the out side. Concrete and foundations is what I specialize in