Trying this Again, 250 Gallon

Thanks luna, im gonna wipe out the dust and stuff from under the stand, cut the foam to size for under my acrylic sump and hang my lites over the tank....at least thats the plan after work....hopefully get a few more plumbing pieces put together too.

Dennis

 

k, a little more progress...i got the sump under the stand. It was the tightest fit imaginable, i literally had to push up on the top of the 3/4" thick piece of wood the tank sits on from under the stand while my buddy held the sump and guided it right side up. My atb 1040a skimmer wont go in over the top, the sump had to me tilted toward the front to give the extra couple inches for the base of the skimmer to clear and go in. I think im going to soft plumb the drains to give me the flexiblility to drain the sump and be able to tilt sump forward if i ever have to remove the skimmer for some reason. I can always shop vac scum out of the skimmer and i can remove the pump to clean and such but just wanna be safe....hey they always say get the biggest possible sump u can fit right? lol. I also got my ati fixture mounted above the tank which looks awesome and is very bright, im happy with my bulb layout. Anyways here are some pics...





















I got a few pumps thrown in there, one tunze 6105, and 1 6055, i have one other 6055 i have to mount plus i think im gonna get another 6055 and 2 6045's and that should do it for flow.

 

should have water & 200lbs of liverock this saturday!

 

Nice set up dude, Looks sick! Luna

 

Can't wait for it to run. You should take off the doors to your stand. Seems a shame to cover up all that ATB.Really nice setup.

 

+1 here

this is going to look sweet, when its set up

Steve

 

ok, the electrician came by yesterday and fixed my gfi's...what a mess they were. Im glad i had him come by to look at em...out grounds came out of the wire nuts and everything else.

I havent been to bed yet...started working on tank at 8pm last nite, just finished and called it a nite at 9am. Im suppose to leave for work in an hour! I had to shim the left hand side of the stand to level it out and my pump to my atb skimmer doesnt wanna work...sux, other than all the water on the floor i just cleaned up all is good. I ran fresh water for about an hour and had no leaks so i guess ill start the ro drip. I figure 40 hours to make my 275 total volume water

Dennis

 

The setup looks incredible, can't wait to see it with some fish and corals in there.

 

Nice setup. I'll be following! =D

 

ok, skimmer pump is fixed.