Pastey's 200DD--SPS v. 3.0

Trying to pick my jaw off the floor. I can't wait to see this come together!

 

Thanks! Me too. In ready to at least get some water flowing through it. Sourced an RO skimmer from a local for a good price that ill pick up next weekend at a local event. After all that, it'll be sand/rock, powerheads and the ATO.

 

Got 90% of the plumbing mocked up today. I'm not 100% happy with having 90s on the drain but I didn't have any choices. The Monterrey stands are just so short, it doesn't leave much room. Here are some pictures of the progress. I also cleaned the tank with vinegar today while I was at it. Bought some lights that ill link to a switch for under the stand so I can always see what I'm doing bit I won't be installing them until the tank is in the house. Ordering the new pump next week so I can do a plumbing test and (hopefully) get the stand pipes dialed in.

Drain pipes:


Returns and drains:

 

More progress today. Built the stand that will hold my saltwater mixing station and replaced all the hinges on the canopy and stand. The mixing station still needs a few more braces and some paint but I ran out of lumber after I decided to add to the design. The open areas on top are to run piping to connect the freshwater reservoir on top to the saltwater mixing reservoir on bottom. The salt reservoir will use one of my mag9.5s that I have to circulate the water and also pump water into a brute trashcan on wheels for water changes.





Hinges next to each other


Slowly but surely

 

Slowly no.

You've made a lot of progress faster than I thought.

Sump looks fantastic.

 

It's been little cheap stuff so far. Things that I need now are going to add up fast and slow me down.

I think I'm going to stick with the pukani from BRS and just cure it to cut the phosphates as much as I can. I had been entertaining going with live rock but I'd rather fight chemicals than pests. Better the devil you know. I've got to order 3 more bags of TE Reeflakes around that same time.

First and foremost on the equipment list is the return pump so I can finish my plumbing. I think I'm also going to redo the durso stand pipes which means I need to go BACK to the hardware store. I think that's trip 6. Oy vey....

 

I love those sumps. Their designs seem so much more thought out.

 

It is a nice sump for sure. The only thing I would change is make the baffles higher for volume and maybe have the skimmer portion be a little bit bigger. Other than that, the real battle with this build, so far, has been the stand. I think this aquarium/stand combo was meant for the people of Oz and small children.

 

Nice plumbing diagram, what kind of return pump are you going to be using?

 

Reeflo Dart/Snapper should give enough oomph to supply two returns, match skimmer pump, supply fuge and power a manifold should I decide to plumb one.