420g - In wall SPS Tank
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The cap games are always fun after a couple. Some of them are pretty tough. Who's got skills.
Time to face the music.
Andmy best guess on the other one is "spoon me" lol
Amirite?
Whered you get all the sand?
And i know your pain moving a tank that size..mines acrylic but 1.25" thick and it was a heavy beast. Cant imagine a glass one!
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dankreef
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Some of the plumbing with sump and returns are in . Got ceramics in . Middle piece not for a week or so. Pics don't do it justice at all. Tank is beautiful c2c for the win so far. Still have to adjust them a bit.
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dankreef
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Chipping away at plumbing drains are done. I figured out how I think I'm going to tackle returns today. The return pumps sit higher than sump holes for returns. So I actually plumbed all the drains once then realized that and had to move sump. Hopefully this time turns out . Stupid .
psirex
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Check this guys build thread - no soon as i saw your tank it came to mind
https://tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=...reads/125299/&share_tid=125299&share_fid=1020
410 gal SPS tank build in SW Florida
https://tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=...reads/125299/&share_tid=125299&share_fid=1020
410 gal SPS tank build in SW Florida
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dankreef
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Yes same tank! Originally I was going to go eurobrace and 28' high was as high as they would go. Then I ended up going precision with the bracing for cheaper cost and longer warranty. I wish I would have gone with like a 32' instead of 28, lost a bunch of tank due to cabinets and overflows are few inches. But still hard to reach bottom, happy regardless 
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Plumbing is done. Stupid Rubbermaid kept leaking out of the vavle on bottom. Took it apart to find super weak rubber on there. Just happen to have another that fit and was thick. Put a nice bead of silicone on it to be sure . Stupid piece of 
. Nothing like waking up in AM to find pool of water..........going straight into your drain on floor 
. In love. Two drains go into skimmer area for mechanical filtration. One goes into rock bin and one goes into fuge which spills back into sump. Also almost lost yellow tang on last ttm. No idea what happened I woke up and he was on side breathing hard out of no where, all others ok. Killed carbon and put in new power head and held him in front of it for a while, was pretty crazy. Left him after a while he was swimming upside down and totally out of it. Found him that night on side again breathing hard, held him up again. He swam into corner and payed over and I turned off the light in disgust. Woke up in am sure to see yellow dead...nope swimming like normal like nothing happier. Thank god !!
. Nothing like waking up in AM to find pool of water..........going straight into your drain on floor . In love. Two drains go into skimmer area for mechanical filtration. One goes into rock bin and one goes into fuge which spills back into sump. Also almost lost yellow tang on last ttm. No idea what happened I woke up and he was on side breathing hard out of no where, all others ok. Killed carbon and put in new power head and held him in front of it for a while, was pretty crazy. Left him after a while he was swimming upside down and totally out of it. Found him that night on side again breathing hard, held him up again. He swam into corner and payed over and I turned off the light in disgust. Woke up in am sure to see yellow dead...nope swimming like normal like nothing happier. Thank god !!
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d2mini
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That thing is huge. I see you had to cut away the sheetrock! lol
How long is the sump? When I had mine made Jeff gave me a limit because his work table was only so long.
How long is the sump? When I had mine made Jeff gave me a limit because his work table was only so long.
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dankreef
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Haha ya good eye. Contractor that built house gave me the ply wood and I cut it to size and when I pushed it in wall it was so tight I was looking for butter or something. Then tank came and I light bulbed that the tank was going to be same way, so I took an inch out to make sure it was sweet. As movers were unloading tank I was going wild with sawza
The sump is 6 long. The design is awesome and it's so quality. Love how fuge sits above the sump and Water goes under. Have about 10 bulkhead fittings all over everywhere which makes function amazing. We must have send 1000 emails back and forth about nothing really. He's a cool guy. Highly recommend life reef for everything.
The sump is 6 long. The design is awesome and it's so quality. Love how fuge sits above the sump and Water goes under. Have about 10 bulkhead fittings all over everywhere which makes function amazing. We must have send 1000 emails back and forth about nothing really. He's a cool guy. Highly recommend life reef for everything.
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Great looking build, I've been emailing back and forth with Chris at C2C about a build I'm planning. How do you like their external overflows? Looks like the build quality of the tank is awesome. Your tank is going to be spectacular can't wait for progression shots as it get wet.
