My New Tank 125g RR

[stimpy4242]

Lights were on night mode at the time of the picture. I will take more pictures today, but the light is for my new reef tank I am building so the tank it is sitting on right now is just fowlr. Just so you know you won't see any corals under it. The light is great so far.
As far as the question about the flow. The rock support structures will have loc-line connected into the four outlets on each rectangle. These will be aimed up through the rock work and back out, one of them will still direct under the structure to remove detritus from this inaccesible area. I still need to put egg crate on top. I will take more pictures with the loc-line installed and egg crate on.

 

[stimpy4242]

Less accomplished today due to delayed UPS shipment. But I have finished the CL system. I have installed the electrical boxes which consists of 12 outlets. These are mounted to the top of the stand below the main tank. They are all connected to the GFCI. The solenoids for the ATO are mounted and installed to dump directly into the sump. I have also taken photos of the solaris LED in day mode. Please keep in mind as stated the solaris I have has six of the white lunars out so that is about 18% of the white light missing. I have taken pictures without white balance adjustment and the last three pictures are with a white balance adjustment. The adjustment helps you see the tank as i do, not as the camera does. Will keep you posted.

 

[stimpy4242]

additional photos

 

[wangotango]

is that the solaris? hows it working for you?

 

[stimpy4242]

with the exceptions of the errors as mentioned in the previous posts it is working just fine, however tonight for some reason one bank of the lunar blues just kicked to full intensity and I can't do anything to get them down. So aside from the technical issues that solaris has already worked to fix by sending a new unit, everything is great. Color is good and as expected. I don't have any corals with the exception of one mushroom...but the light is made for the new tank I am starting. So I will continue to keep everyone posted. Check daily for new updates

 

[stimpy4242]

Happy New Year! So my tank project has been sitting around for a couple reasons. First I had to get my new light from solaris after two returns. This light is almost good, at least the light part works, but the end caps have all the screws dethreaded...I also had to upgrade pumps from the lower end reeflo dart to the highest end reeflo barracuda! The barracuda is roughly the same noise level but has the flow I was looking for. I am almost done and ready to start cycling the top tank. Just curious, what kind of filtration if any do i need to run during cycling? I am just going to be running the closed loop...is that enough or should i run carbon too? Anyhow...you can see the hood without the front on it sitting on top and I have painted the back black. My clownfish and anemone are now sitting in the bottom tank sad...but they will be happy soon...also solaris light is great!

 

[teen]

for the cycle, run the filters you have so they can get some bio build up, you can run the carbon if you want, but no big deal either way.
and i dont know if you know this or not, but dont connect the bottom tank with the top tank while its cycling or you could kill everything in the bottom tank.
anyway, everything looks good.
good luck.

 

[stimpy4242]

Originally Posted by teen
and i dont know if you know this or not, but dont connect the bottom tank with the top tank while its cycling or you could kill everything in the bottom tank.
i did know that...but thanks for the heads up anyway. The only "filter" I have will be the LR and LS. The close loop will run and that is about it...i mean i could put like a sponge things in the intake for the CL. I can't really set my skimmer in there...

 

[jrthomas40]

wow that tank is extreme

 

[teen]

then just start the cycle. dont worry about sponges, they will most likely just catch debris and slow down the rated GPH.
later on down the road, you could add the carbon to your prefilter/overflow.

 

[stimpy4242]

Alright sounds good. Thank you. Thanks for the comment about the tank thomas...wait until you see the stand finished...

 

[stimpy4242]

Anyone have any coral suggestions? I have resources for anything in this tank. I would love if anyone wanted to donate frags to help it get started. Probably up and running in 1 month.

 

[thumper26]

The tank looks great, glad everything is coming together as planned!

 

[stimpy4242]

So I have not updated in a while because I was delayed because my lower tank crashed. While that set me back, it seems that it is much easier now that the sump tank is clear and free of fish, though I would not have ever hoped for it to crash. With that being said the sump baffles are done with much help from chuckcac on here. I have posted to low quality pictures of the sump and the plumbing to it. Just a couple more plumbing items and I am currently filling it with RODI thats 180 gallons! It will take a while to fill! Will post more as I start cycling stuff.

 

[mpls man]

Originally Posted by stimpy4242
additional photos
ok i think i see what your saying. i hope, you only have 1 drain line to your pump, will that be fine for my 110, i was thinking that if you pulled from 2 areas of the tank you would have more circulation, but i can see you would probally pull more water from 1 then 2..correct.
so what your saying is to go with 1 drain to the wavemaker then to the top and exiting in the 4 corners of the tank..
1 other question is ..is this kind of setup still considered a closed loop even though the returns aren't below the top of the tank, as in your 2nd pic.
am i making sence..

 

[stimpy4242]

My returns sit 8" off the bottom of the tank and the other two come up from the bottom of the tank...don't confuse the tank below the main tank...that is the sump. What is the inlet on your pump? The main from the tank should be that size, or even a little bigger if you like. You say four corners...are you talking about the four corner tops of your tank or are you drilling the inlets in the tank as well?

 

[mpls man]

Originally Posted by stimpy4242
My returns sit 8" off the bottom of the tank and the other two come up from the bottom of the tank...don't confuse the tank below the main tank...that is the sump. What is the inlet on your pump? The main from the tank should be that size, or even a little bigger if you like. You say four corners...are you talking about the four corner tops of your tank or are you drilling the inlets in the tank as well?
when your talking the inlet of the pump, your meaning the pump for the closed loop ? that is 1",
what do you mean the main from the tank ?
as far as the 4 corners, they will run over the top of the tank and dump down with 90's into the tank.
so should i just have 1 big drain to the closed loop pump, or 2, teeing into 1.
sorry to be confusing??

 

[stimpy4242]

Ok here it goes...
The closed loop should be set up like this:
One inlet from the main tank, this inlet should ideally be at least the same size of the inlet on the closed loop pump. I have a 2" inlet on my CL pump so I have a 2" opening from the tank through a bulkhead into the close loop pump, my outlet is 1.5" so I have 1.5" pipe until it splits to the four returns. You should try to keep the biggest pipe possible until you have to downsize. Your split to four outlets will great reduce your gph, ignore what anyone else has said. If you use spa flex this will be even less reduction. If you want to see just how much loss you could expect use the head loss calculator on reef central and it will tell you just how much given your pump.

 

[mpls man]

ok ...than you very much for the breaking down of everything, that makes everything more clear.
as far as gph, i'm not sure with the pump i have, (coralife turbo sea1270 gph) they rated it @868 gph @6', (not from the ratings on reef central) ,so i'm hoping it would be more with a 3' rise , of course with the substractions of the elbows.
so with having 1 output where should that be located on the back ?
middle, bottom, top, in looking at yours 8" off the the bottom. is there any spot better then others. or should i go with the same and center it in the middle of the tank.
approx area would be great.
thank you.

 

[stimpy4242]

Where you aesthetically want it...makes no difference where it comes from really...and you said output, you mean input to pump.