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Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey, I haven't posted in a while because I've been very busy with my 220 build. it's been consuming my life. lol. anyway, here's an update on the build.
started with the purchase. i bought everything from a local reefer who was taking down his tank.
some quick specs:
Oceanic 220 glass tank 3/4" glass (this bad boy was HEAVY!)
Aqua C 400 protein skimmer with MAG 24 pump
4 96Watt PCs
3 250Watt HQI halides with electronic ballasts
1/15 hp dolphin return pump
¼ hp JBJ Artica chiller
Phosban reactor
plus i'm going to use my phosban reactor and run 2
oh, and it has a denitrator
and stand too.
Here's everything in my garage after cleaning the tank:
replumbing. I have never worked with pvc before. lol. (this is about 1/3 of what I ended up buying for the plumbing)
I decided to have a local cabinet/kitchen wood working shop redo the stand to match all the furniture in my house. so here is everything sitting in my living room while the stand was being redone and i worked on the plumbing. i have no idea why my wife didn't divorce me. lol.
the 150 more lbs of live rock living in the pond in my living room.
the stand got back from the woodworkers. now time for more plumbing!
started with the purchase. i bought everything from a local reefer who was taking down his tank.
some quick specs:
Oceanic 220 glass tank 3/4" glass (this bad boy was HEAVY!)
Aqua C 400 protein skimmer with MAG 24 pump
4 96Watt PCs
3 250Watt HQI halides with electronic ballasts
1/15 hp dolphin return pump
¼ hp JBJ Artica chiller
Phosban reactor
plus i'm going to use my phosban reactor and run 2
oh, and it has a denitrator
and stand too.
Here's everything in my garage after cleaning the tank:
replumbing. I have never worked with pvc before. lol. (this is about 1/3 of what I ended up buying for the plumbing)
I decided to have a local cabinet/kitchen wood working shop redo the stand to match all the furniture in my house. so here is everything sitting in my living room while the stand was being redone and i worked on the plumbing. i have no idea why my wife didn't divorce me. lol.
the 150 more lbs of live rock living in the pond in my living room.
the stand got back from the woodworkers. now time for more plumbing!