bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Picked up a year old Marineland Deep Dimensions 150G cube(36"x36"x27") from a fellow ARC member. This will be in my apartment down here and I will be transfering content's from the temp 90G I have at my house in Wylie, I really need the 90G moved so I can get everything repaired from the 130G leak last year. I have had a ~80G holding "tank" setup for 5 months already and already have quite a bit of stuff down here already. I seasoned the water in the cube with waterchange water from the holding tank, as well as from the temp 90G. I slowly transitioned the main LR pieces from the 90G over the last 2 months and then used some Dr. Tim's bacteria. This build did not break any record's as my schedule has been very hectic, but I have it going so this is actually a reverse build thread I guess. Wish me luck! Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Here's the original stand I had made but it was made with 1" steel tubing and 1" angle iron for the base. I was worried that it would not hold the weight and since I had it made by someone near Wylie, the logistic's of bringing it back up from Austin and coordinating a quick turn-around was not gonna happen so I found someone in Austin that build me another stand. I may have over-reacted as the original stand seems pretty dang sturdy but oh well. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 And here's the new stand, it seperates in order to get it thru the apartment door as does the original stand. Dim's are 36"x36"x 38" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Here's the tank before a lil' clean-up. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 And tank on stand. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Eye candy that will be going in there. [smilie=smile.gif] Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Got water. I think it's level enough. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Using all of the equipment that was running the 130G and now the temp 90G, the 150G will be the sole tank along with a frag tank or two. Equipment list: (1 )Vertex / Royal Exclusiv Alpha Cone 200 Protein Skimmer (2) Vortech MP40w ES (2) Vortech MP10w ES (1) Dual battery backup unit for 2 vortech's (1) Coralife turbo sea 580P return pump (1) Custom built 100+ LED light system (7 different leds) (7) Meanwell dimmable driver's (1) 39G sump (1) Apex (full) controller with 3 EB8's (1) UPS for Apex backup power (2) 20 ml/min Dosing pumps (also have a profilux doser) (1) Midwest aquatic's Sulfur Denitrator (1) Auto water change setup using peristaltic pumps used in laundrymat application's (1) Level Loc Aquarium Auto Top off unit (1) Ozone reactor (1) UV unit ***** Possibly downgrading from 1/3hp chiller to a 1/10hp chiller Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 I have a LED setup I'm working on (really need to get that done), rechecked my led stock and I have cool whites, neutral whites, warm white, blue, royal blue, green, violet, deep red and turquoise so far. I plan on having a "full" spectrum available and have plan's to add a couple of the coral plus t5's if necessary. Coral's utilizes light from the 400nm to 700nm wavelength's, using blue and white led's only, cut's out a lot of needed spectrum's that coral's require which is why you see the more exotic color's being integrated in the newer fixture such as the maxspect's, radion's etc. I'm going to utilize some track lighting in my apartment for temporary lighting so I picked up a couple of deep penetrating PAR38 bulb's so I can at least get light on the tank and start moving coral's over. I have one each of the white and blue/white PAR38 bulb's. I really need to finish my LED build. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Almost got my aquascaping down. Plumbing finally pretty much finished, a few things to finish out. I'm filling the overflows with ro/di right now so I can check for leaks....looking good so far then will pull the durso, let it drain and and mix with the water I'm mixing down there. Front: Side: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 I have the temp PAR 38 bulb's over the tank so moved a couple of coral's over for a couple of day's and monitored for their reaction. After everything looked good, I moved over a few more item's. My aussie crown leather is still not happy yet but it usually takes about a week or so for it to get used to any changes. Still will be playing around with the aquascape, I relocated some pieces of LR to the sump as I have 2 more pieces of LR to transfer from the 90G temp tank thats running in Wylie. http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk3/bimmerzs/_DSC5343.jpg[/img Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 More coral's go in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 More coral's go in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Looks great! Thank's a bunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayou Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Awesome! I'm jealous, the way my schedule has been I'm a month away from getting water in my new tank. Good luck with you LED fixture! --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?amrujx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Yeah I know what you mean about "schedule". I chose not to drive up to Dallas this week, so I have 4 whole day's of just working on the cube I reworked my plumbing, relocating the manifold so that it is in a higher profile area. Also got the carbon online finally with the TLF 550 reactor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayou Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Nice manifold, what else do you have it stubbed out for? --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?migeoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 Nice manifold, what else do you have it stubbed out for? --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?migeoz Hey James, Have the manifold for a chiller, the carbon reactor as well as any other reactors etc., that I may or may not need. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Update time, still looking for someone to build a faux skin around the steel stand. Here's a few pic's from the cube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 I also mounted the doser, got the lines all neatly routed but that was after this pic was taken. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayou Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Nice eye candy! --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?qmggef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 Nice eye candy! --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?qmggef Thanks, You should grow this one out at the farm.(Orange Leptoseris) Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 New hotness that I couldn't resist. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Rangoon Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 That blue color is pretty nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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