|
|
|
|
#1
12/08/2007, 09:23 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Life after the fire...
My tank had a bit of misfortune over the summer.
While moving into my new house, I had my friend keep my tank and all it's inhabitants at his LFS for a few months. Not soon before taking re-delivery of my stsyem, there was a smoldering electrical fire at his shop and I lost almost everything in it. Problem was, the fire happened on one of the hottest nights in July, so when the power went out, the tank turned into a big glass coffin (and it smelled like the inside on one, too!) I didn't have anything burn, just lots of soot all over the canopy and stand. Here's a few pics of the tank the way it looked while in the old house, including the plumbing outside in the garage (just on the other side of the wall from the aquarium) Just moved in, had to install the tank within hours of arriving from FL to SC. That was a fun drive!  New wall paint (that changed quickly)   One of the last pics of the tank. You can see the progress of growth of all the coral in the tank, one of the most apparent, at least to me, was the large bubble coral on the left hand side of the tank. It went from the size of a racketball when I got it 5 years earlier to larger than a football.  This is the filtration system in the garage. Left to right... 65g RO/DI storage, 90 GPD Spectrapure RO/DI, GRI 518 mix/transfer pump, CSL 1/3hp chiller, Aquadyne Octopus controller, RK2 system pump, 300g sump. 
|
|
#2
12/08/2007, 09:24 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
So after I cleaned up all the woodwork, I set the tank back up. The only thing I found alive in the tank was a brittle star and an astrea snail. The rock was still in good shape, but it was stripped of all its coralline algae. I staged the rock in two separate islands, with a nice space in between them for a few clams.
  Here is the same equipment listed above set up in the new garage. One thing I did differently here was I ran a dedicated circuit for all of the equipment. It keeps me from blowing fuses, and is just much safer.  The mix/return pump is on a switch 
|
|
#3
12/08/2007, 09:25 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
The lighting circuit runs through the wall to right on top of the canopy on the ither side of the wall. The 15A circuit is plenty for the 2 140w actinic VHOs and 2 250W halides.
 Another shot of the garage. All of the plumbing is designed to come completely apart with minimal headaches. I used all true union ball valves and gate valves. The components can be removed without shutting off the entire system. As far as the mix/return system, the RO/DI fills the 65g storage unit. I add salt into the top of it, turn on the mix pump and let it rip overnight. The next day I hook up a garden hose to the hose bibb just above the main system pump, shut off the gate valve to the tank's returns and drain the sump down 65g. I then turn the valve off that returns water from the mix pump to the storave vat and turn on the valve from the mix pump to the sump. Super easy!  This is the manifold for the Aquadyne sensors (3), plus one for the chiller temp sensor.  
|
|
#4
12/08/2007, 09:26 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Inside of the sump sits 2 Red Sea berlin skimmers (I'm in the market for a new skimmer, these 2 are not cutting it) and a filter sock. The wires are for the skimmer's powerheads.
 Shots of the panel box The large grey PVC piping holds the wiring that goes into the top of the panel box and up into the attic.   Here are some livestock pictures. I'm just about where I want to be with fish, and close to where I want to be with corals. 6" Deresa  5" Maxima  Firefish and Desjardini Sailfin 
|
|
#7
12/08/2007, 09:28 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Torch
 Red Open Brain  Rainfordi Goby  Bluejaw Trigger   My fish list: Yellow Tang Hippo Tang Orange Shoulder Tang Male Blonde Naso Tang Desjardini Sailfin Tang Lawnmower Blenny BiColor Blenny 2 FireFish 2 False Percs Yellow Clown Goby Rainfordi Goby Clown Fairy Wrasse Bluwjaw Trigger Corals: Metallic Hammer, wall and branching Metallic Torch Metallic Green Bubble Light Green Bubble Red Open Brain Green Open Brain Green Star Polyps Xenia Elongata Platygyra 6 assorted colored Acros Inverts: Deresa Maxima Peppermint Shrimp Cleaner Shrimp Hermits Brittle Star Hope you enjoy the pics, and if you have any questions, please ask!!! Scott |
|
#9
12/08/2007, 09:56 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Man I wish I had that much extra cash just lying around...
|
|
#10
12/08/2007, 10:19 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Very nice comeback
__________________
Jeff ------------------------------------------------ If you work on a lobster boat, sneaking up behind someone and pinching him is probably a joke that gets old real fast |
|
#11
12/09/2007, 02:26 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Keep it up!
__________________
THE MEDIOCRE MIND IS INCAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING THE MAN WHO REFUSES TO BOW BLINDLY TO CONVENTIONAL PREJUDICES AND CHOOSES INSTEAD TO EXPRESS HIS OPINIONS COURAGEOUSLY AND HONESTLY |
|
#17
12/09/2007, 10:43 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I built the canopy from scratch and the stand is a face lift on an old pine cheap-o model. The doors were bought from a cabinet supply house out of WI for $25 a piece!!! Real raised panel, too! If you do an internet search there are plenty of places to find them.
I ordered the RO storage tank from Tractor Supply about 4 years ago. It was about $110 and if you have the room for it, I say go for it! |
|
#18
12/09/2007, 10:48 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
thats a very impressive setup you have there, sorry to hear about the fire but it looks like you're well on your way to another stunning tank. good luck with everything!
__________________
"I wanna know what I've been hiding, in my shadow"-m.j.k. "well here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why." |
|
#19
12/09/2007, 10:55 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
Who would have thought that something so expensive could relax you so much. |
|
#22
12/10/2007, 03:30 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Love your setup....nice clean equipment room. I agree you really need to replace your skimmers.
Can you explain the plumbing in your sump where the water enters and you have a pipe doing an upside down U above the filter sock?
__________________
Mark |
|
#23
12/10/2007, 05:07 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
In case I ever forget to clean a dirty filter sock the water has an "emergency" route. A dirty filter sock can't keep up with the water coming in from the standpipes, so instead of backing up in the tank and spilling onto the hardwoods, it goes through the "U" above the sock.
|
|
|
Linear Mode
