Kevinsreefs
Community Member
So the sump (basement) has been up and running since 4/15! Wow almost 2 months already? What it is comprised of is a 300g Rubbermaid stock tank, 120g fuge (4x2), and a 150g Rubbermaid stock tank (half full) to compensate for pumps turning off and the overflow catching up.
I have since then torn down my 125[emoji22]and transferred all the live rock, and live stock and scattered it around the 300. I was slowly adding corals to make sure they would be okay! I washed all 160 pounds of sand last time I was home (took the whole day) and that's drying to go in the new build.
Since I am away from home a lot (even in the summer because I'm taking summer classes) I have my skimmer fitted with a Avast Marine neck cleaner and the cup rigged so the skimmate flows out of the cup directly into the drain. Next for the skimmer, a wash down to keep the cup clean!
I set up the stand and got the tank on it. Built the frame for the canopy but haven't done much more than that unfortunately as summer classes started... Since the tank is twice as big as the previous tank (going in the same spot) my brother and I were worried about the floors being able to hold the weight. The stand weighs about 300 pounds, tank alone ~400lbs and with water, sand, rocks, and the canopy that's going to be at least 3000lbs running horizontally along the span of two support beams. I'll have to get pictures of the support we have now and see if you guys think we should beef up the support underneath the tank (we probably will just in case).
Well that's all for this update, some pictures below will be some progress pictures from early on (mid April) to current (mid June) enjoy and leave some feedback!
Here's the sump the night I set it up. Before the 120 was plumbed in!
Adding the reefkeeper to the control board. Nothing else was plugged in at this point and a lot of wire management is still needed!
Running with just live rock and two clownfish, a Par38 bulb and SB Reeflight was the support system for the zoas and coralline algae.
Those lights weren't too bad. But I added two kessils and used the Par38 on the refugium section. Used the mounts to hang them off the I beam so they are out of the way! You can kind of see how the supports are set up! It's similar under the tank!
Introduced more corals into the 300 from the 125 and from my nano up at school with me and left again for a few weeks to see how they did!
What's quickly becoming my favorite part of the tank and favorite coral: Scolys (or now classified as Homophyllia)
Tearing down the 125. This was after most of the livestock and live rock had been transferred.
Got her out in the messy messy garage. Tank's all clean though!
With most if not all the corals moved in. I'm loving the top down view of this display sump!
Just a random picture of one of my favorite tangs in the tank! Happy upgrade from a 90 (previous owner) to a 125 and now a 300! She's about 6-7" and full of personality!
The tank and stand is huge! Will make a nice viewing height however work on the tank should be fun... I'm 6' 1" for reference.
I have since then torn down my 125[emoji22]and transferred all the live rock, and live stock and scattered it around the 300. I was slowly adding corals to make sure they would be okay! I washed all 160 pounds of sand last time I was home (took the whole day) and that's drying to go in the new build.
Since I am away from home a lot (even in the summer because I'm taking summer classes) I have my skimmer fitted with a Avast Marine neck cleaner and the cup rigged so the skimmate flows out of the cup directly into the drain. Next for the skimmer, a wash down to keep the cup clean!
I set up the stand and got the tank on it. Built the frame for the canopy but haven't done much more than that unfortunately as summer classes started... Since the tank is twice as big as the previous tank (going in the same spot) my brother and I were worried about the floors being able to hold the weight. The stand weighs about 300 pounds, tank alone ~400lbs and with water, sand, rocks, and the canopy that's going to be at least 3000lbs running horizontally along the span of two support beams. I'll have to get pictures of the support we have now and see if you guys think we should beef up the support underneath the tank (we probably will just in case).
Well that's all for this update, some pictures below will be some progress pictures from early on (mid April) to current (mid June) enjoy and leave some feedback!
Here's the sump the night I set it up. Before the 120 was plumbed in!
Adding the reefkeeper to the control board. Nothing else was plugged in at this point and a lot of wire management is still needed!
Running with just live rock and two clownfish, a Par38 bulb and SB Reeflight was the support system for the zoas and coralline algae.
Those lights weren't too bad. But I added two kessils and used the Par38 on the refugium section. Used the mounts to hang them off the I beam so they are out of the way! You can kind of see how the supports are set up! It's similar under the tank!
Introduced more corals into the 300 from the 125 and from my nano up at school with me and left again for a few weeks to see how they did!
What's quickly becoming my favorite part of the tank and favorite coral: Scolys (or now classified as Homophyllia)
Tearing down the 125. This was after most of the livestock and live rock had been transferred.
Got her out in the messy messy garage. Tank's all clean though!
With most if not all the corals moved in. I'm loving the top down view of this display sump!
Just a random picture of one of my favorite tangs in the tank! Happy upgrade from a 90 (previous owner) to a 125 and now a 300! She's about 6-7" and full of personality!
The tank and stand is huge! Will make a nice viewing height however work on the tank should be fun... I'm 6' 1" for reference.
