fightinghippo

Special thanks to Timfish for help with drilling the sump and wonderful conversation and tips

Let me start by saying that by nature I am not as organized as others on here. I look at all these wonderful tank builds and the step by step documentation of all the work but I know I can never do that [emoji31]. Too lazy.

I wanted to document the process of setting my new build for quite some time now but never got to it. I got the tank a couple months back and it has been sitting in my garage for while. Finally made time last month and started plumbing for bean animal drain.

This is a DSA Tank with three drains and two over flows. So it made it easier (hmmm may be the term easier is relative as it took me a while to tune) to incorporate beananimal design

I have a 75 gallon sump Which I wanted to incorporate the ro section instead of having the two 5 gallon containers I had next to the tank. By the way my wife hates seeing those and made it a point to tell everyone who came over.

So I closed in a section about 13g inside the sump just for Ato

Plumbing below:

Sump:

Equipment:

3 Radion gen 3 pro

Jaebo dct 12000 (TY Ty I know that would you crazy)

Skimmer sca 160 (will need to upgrade)

3 mp40 and 1 mp60. But not using all yet

Reefbrite led strip for fuge/sump

Apex controller

I have 48" coralife t5 fixtures I may add later.

I already have the space in diy hanging kit I am using for Radions. Will get a pic of it later and add it.

Finally setup rock (thanks Kim and Tim for the video) added water and moved the fish.

Lost all corals as I neglected the old tank due to trash paly takeover.

So here it is as it is now

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To be continued....

You can get glass cut at lowes

Sold....

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Reduced $350

It should

Would this work for a planted tank

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Just in time for my new tank. Pick me. Pick me

SOLD

I am upgrading from my 90 gallon to a bigger tank. My new tank is wider than 4 feet . so I bought 3 Radions and now no longer need this. This has excellent reviews and I never used it above 60 %.

Asking $400.

Also have another dimmable built in timer 165w led fixture for sale too. It is 16"

Asking $90 for it. It's brand new. Never used

$90 now

SOLD

Reduced to $90

Brand new. I bought this to add to my 48" reef breeders so it can cover my new 6 ft tank.

I bought Radions so no longer need this.

SunSpect 165W LED Aquarium Light Built-in Timer comes with hanging kit

● There are 2 different dimming channels,Built-in-timers

● Channel 1: Cool white(10000-14000K),Neutral white(6500-7500K),Green 520nm and Deep red 660nm.

● Channel 2: Blue 460nm and Royal bules 450nm,Violet 420nm

● For a 14K output with both channels at the maximum intensity.

● Each fixture measures 16" longX8.5" wideX2.5" tall and covers a 24" cube for SPs, and a 36" long area for SPS in the middle, and LPs/softies on the edges. They consume about 110 watts at full power and,55 watts at half power.

● The light is dimmable by timer remote controller,light intensity adjustable from 0% to 100%. As with all of our fixtures, they are kept cool with silent cooling fans and come

1 year USA warranty.

LED Quantities:

55pcs 3W LEDs

Dimensions:

15.7x8.3 x2.4''(400x212x60mm)

View Angle:

90 degree LED

Gross Weight:

6.9Lbs(3.13Kgs)

Life Span:

≥50,000 hours

Warranty:

One year

Included

● 1 x Dimmable 165W LED Aquarium Light

● 1 x Remote control

● 1x 6ft Power Cord(US standard 110v grounded 3 prong plug)

● 1 x Hanging Kit

[emoji12] oh it is like IT then. Instead of googling it. Just have to TY it, TIM it.

D**n Ty. Just when I thought I could be a ok reefer. You start throwing all this medicine names and gram +ve and -ve. I give up. I was lazy growing up and that's why chose to make a career in IT . Looks like this hobby is harder than I thought.

[emoji39] since u said kidding, I guess ur still my local tech support then. All kidding aside I am glad to be part of this forum. All the people I have met are really friendly, helpful and have a great sense of humor

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For the WP40s, I just keep two sets and clean and rotate them out every 3 months. That has been working well for me. Before that, I'd lose one about every 1.5 years just about.

For the DCS12000, I think I've had it about a year now if I remember correctly.

You can order it from Fish-street.com and pick their New Jersey warehouse to ship from. It's actually $100 on their website now.

Done. Thank you Ty.

How long have you been using the dcs12000? That's the new version than dct right? Where did you get it for 120?

I didn't have very good luck with wp40s. They lasted less than a year. If I turn them off I have to manually turn the impeller couple times to get it going even though it's clean. That's why I was a bit skeptical about Jaebo

I ran external for awhile with my reeflo hammerhead and I much prefer submersible. It's just much quieter and takes up less room under my sump. If I ever had a dedicated tank room with all the equipment in it, I would happily go back to external as the noise or space would not be an issue.

Another factor to think about is the relative efficiency of the newer DC pumps these days. The amount of wattage used to drive those pumps are just a fraction of the old Reeflo pumps.

I'm a big fan of my Jaebo DCS12000. I'd buy another one in heartbeat. Quiet, efficient, controllable, and plug n' play. I have an extra in case it sputters out on me. At $120 compared to the other pumps out there, it's practically disposable for something that moves 3,200 GPH.

To plug my external hole, I just used a PVC end cap that fit the bulkhead. I used a bit of silicone and then just twisted it on there... done!

Also I am debating if I should just get a internal/submersible pump rather than external. Makes maintenance and plumbing a lot easier. I remembered why I changed to internal one on my current 90g after fiddling around with the pump and running leak test today on the new tank.

Glad I got a chance to talk to Tim. I have to seal the hole you helped drill or find a 2" plug.

The o ring I had was fine. I was thinking the prong needs to be on the inner rim but support at reeflo clarified that it needed to be on the outer rim. So the old one still works.

By the way if anyone need o rings check out O Reilly. They had upto 5" ones

Thanks Ty. I emailed them. Waiting on response

Looks like it's 5" or 5 1/8"

Does any one have one this size.

Where would be ahold place locally to find o rings. Lowes Home Depot doesn't seem to have them. I am in round rock

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Pm him. He may not be checking the thread

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does any one have a 75 mm drill bit?

I also reached out to mike about seeing what he has available. But looking at the list in available equipment, i didn't see the size listed there

this is whats listed in BRS page

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