The New 240

[Scuba Dog]

I thought I would make this a new thread to keep it from becoming to confusing.

It's going to be a 240 72 x 30 x 24. I will have it set up in our dining room. The wall it will be agenst is close to 6 feet in length actually its the back side of the fireplace that extends out into the dinning room. at the end of the wall it receds back towards the living room forming a 90 angle...So I will have the stand built in a L shape six feet in length and at the L area it will be like a 16 to 20 sq foot equipment closet for a RODI resavore sump Reactors storage space or what not...

[lil'salty]

sounds awesome you want a 125 g sump for 200
let me know what you think
gotta be cheaper than buying a new one lol

[Scuba Dog]

lil'salty

Actually going to have a custom made sump..im thinking about 4 and a half feet to five feet in length, compartmentized, with baffels...a space to hold my skimmer..a built in fuge...and a built in prop tank, possbly pre drilled for external pumps....

[jeff967]

scuba, it sounds like you have a plan. think it out well, prop tank? mabe so now that I think about.
Jeff

[Scuba Dog]

jeff967

I saw a way cook design of one...Ill have a equipment closet added on to it a L shape basicly that will free up underneath of the tank in the stand....at the mment im just waiting on the summer when ill have teh funds to get this project started....

[lil'salty]

sounds like it is gonna be huge lol

[Scuba Dog]

lil'salty

Most definitly....Im lucky my wife is going along with this idea. I will have to do something nice for her when this project is done, was thinking about a back deck with a hot tub....

[Scuba Dog]

Does anyone have any thougghts on water movement on this system. I am considering a closed loop with electronic acuated valves..and some Tunze streams. I could just go with the tunze streams and save some electricty that way, and wont have the added task of having the tank drilled for the closed loop?

I could have some decorator rock made to hide the tunze also if its an eye sore in the system...Curently on my 75 Im running three hagan powerheads......

[jerryc]

Roy Have you decided to put coral in it if not you should not need
drastic water flow with just fish

[Scuba Dog]

jerryc

It's going to be SPS CLam set up......the curent reef my 75 ill house the little puffer for the next year or so then ill buy a 240 tall for a FOWLR set up, that should suffice for the lions and the puffer and large Angel and the moray, and a harliquin tusk....

[jerryc]

let me c that is 240+240=480 man you're going to have to get
a extra job just to do a water change.

[Scuba Dog]

Yeah It definitly costs money, but since im land locked and away from the ocean its my way of enjoying stuff......by the time Im old enough to retire and move to the caribbean Ill be to old to dive everyday lol., so this is my treat to my self lol

[lil'salty]

just let me know when it is done so i can come see :)

[Scuba Dog]

lil'salty

I sure will...right now im going to start searching the for sale sections to see if some bargans are out there...even though I wont start buying equipment till later this summer...

[Scuba Dog]

LOL I keep bouncing back and forth on what I will do, well money played the key role, im going to set up the FOWLR this year and save up for the new reef down the road.