Just a little less than 3 months till my new house is built and I can't wait. Starting to plan my basement out and design my new systems. Here is a working plan for how I plan to lay things out in the new place http://pl.an/gia2sa . The tank on the bottom is my old 480 from Loveland. Its going to be set up as a softy/predator type tank this time around and should be fairly low maintenance. The big tank on the corner will be built in place and will be another plywood aquarium. This time with 2 viewing panels on the exposed sides and a walkway around the back side to facilitate maintenance. Total golons on this new aquarium should be around 1200-1400 for the tank.
The large tank behind will be some sort of sump, possibly the 500 gallon one I have set up in my inlaws basement and plumbed into the main tank. Probably will add a ton of sand to it with some minimal rock and try to get a nice seagrass bed growing in it.
Behind it is my quaratine system which is being planned as 4 40g breeders in stacks of 2 to Q fish as needed and for whatever else might be required.
Right now I am planning on having steel frame stands built for each of the big aquariums and doing most of the rest of the work myself. For those of you that can see reefcentral Copps new tank is part of my inspiration http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2253772&page=10
To keep costs down long term I plan on adding a lot more LEDs to my system as well as DC pumps wherever possible. The basement will have a seperate electrical subpanel to power my madness as well.
For ventilation at least one core will be drilled with a heat exchanger installed to vent excess humidity in addition to dehumidifiers as needed.
Feel free to comment and add ideas since its 3 months to launch I have plenty of time to play around at this point.
The large tank behind will be some sort of sump, possibly the 500 gallon one I have set up in my inlaws basement and plumbed into the main tank. Probably will add a ton of sand to it with some minimal rock and try to get a nice seagrass bed growing in it.
Behind it is my quaratine system which is being planned as 4 40g breeders in stacks of 2 to Q fish as needed and for whatever else might be required.
Right now I am planning on having steel frame stands built for each of the big aquariums and doing most of the rest of the work myself. For those of you that can see reefcentral Copps new tank is part of my inspiration http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2253772&page=10
To keep costs down long term I plan on adding a lot more LEDs to my system as well as DC pumps wherever possible. The basement will have a seperate electrical subpanel to power my madness as well.
For ventilation at least one core will be drilled with a heat exchanger installed to vent excess humidity in addition to dehumidifiers as needed.
Feel free to comment and add ideas since its 3 months to launch I have plenty of time to play around at this point.
