Update: 36 Gallon Bow Front Reef Tank Project

First inhabitant!!!

I wasn't planning on adding anything but the live rock for a while, but wanted to get a head start on the Aiptasia before I start adding any corals.



Drip line for an hour to acclimate:

 

Thanks!

I was actually born in Bend, and grew up in Redmond. My highschool girlfriend lived in Sunriver, so I spent a lot of time there.

 

Very nice stand and hood. It looks like a dark walnut finish. I love it.
Nice pic of the peppermint shrimp too.

 

Great work, I mean really great work, looks very professional. Karma for the pics and workmanship. Luna

 

Gorgeous setup. Are u going to have a auto top off system? i imagine with your return chamber being as small as it is u will evap and suck air fast without one.

 

lol!!! No I dont, yet! I found out just how fast water evaporates yesterday when I came home and the return pump filled the entire display tank with tiny little air bubbles!

I pulled the RO/DI hose over, and filled the return chamber up. Guess I'll have to do that every other day until I come up with an auto top off setup!

 

i built my own 20 long sump for my 90 and i evap a gallon every 24 hours with a consistent temp in the tank of 78 all day long. Sucks, i need a top off unit myself. Good luck with yours.

 

Update: I installed the auto top-off today!

















It is hooked directly to my RO/DI fillerts auto shut off.

My RO/DI unit is hard plumbed under setup under my kitchen sink. I didn't want to drill any holes in my kitchen cabinets, and my tank is only about 5' from the RO/DI unit so I did this:


The auto shut off is the square small box right above where it says "Revere Osmosis" When the float valve closes, it creates back pressure and cause the auto shut off to shut off flow though the filter and it also shuts the drain off.


I used a "T" to go to the float valve in my sump, then put a stright valve in so I could still use the RO/DI unit to fill up my 30 gallon rubber made tub for mixing water.


This pic shows where the 1/4 hose tucks between the cabinet and door.


This pic shows where the hose goes from underneaths the cabinet to my tank stand on the left. I used "L's" to and little 3M adheisive wire holder things to hold the hose tight to the cabinet and wall.


This pic shows where I hooked the drain line from the RO/DI unit into the drain of the kitchen sink.


This is how I hooked the supply line for the RO/DI unit to the cold water supply for my kitchen sink.

I bought all of the fittings at Home Depot.

 

Very cool. It reminds me of a toilet tank every time I see one of these.