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Posted: March 23 2010 at 9:03pm |
Well I just got my new tank today and thought I would start my build thread  I will update as I go.
Tank- Miracles in Glass, custom built 48"long x 30" deep x 22" tall Rimless with Starphire front and ends 125 gallons total. The stand will be 2x2 steel frame and a flat black modern cover.
Sump- Elite Aquatics 45"x24"x15" acrylic with refugium.
Skimmer- Elite Aquatics custom built triple cone skimmer.
Light- This will also be built by me, custom aluminium fixture 8x54 watt t-5's with ATI reflectors, 4 Cree LED moonlights, Phillips HO ballasts, 2 cooling fans.
Controller-Apex.
Powerheads-(2) Vortech MP-40's
Calcium Reactor- Elite Aquatics 6" tube x 20" tall with Eheim pump.
Edited by tcfab - August 18 2011 at 7:30pm
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 9:05pm |
Great to see you dive in! I'll be following your progress closely! 
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 9:06pm |
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Wow, looks like you are setting the bar pretty high on this one.
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 9:15pm |
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Ya man, that's sick!.. just wow
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 9:18pm |
Those are some sharp looking pieces of equipment 
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 9:22pm |
Looks like a strong start! Someday I hope to have the patience to setup a tank with a little less spontaneity than usual.
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Posted: March 24 2010 at 7:47am |
Thanks guys 
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Posted: March 24 2010 at 8:14am |
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Nice stuff. I'll be watching this build.
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Posted: March 24 2010 at 9:34am |
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Sounds like you got mad skills when it comes to fabricating equipment. I love to watch tank builds and this one looks like it will be fun to watch!
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Posted: March 24 2010 at 10:25pm |
This will be a cool build thread. I love rimless tanks. How thick is the glass?
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Posted: March 24 2010 at 10:37pm |
It's 3/4" Starfire glass, I'm jealous!! 
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Posted: March 26 2010 at 7:06pm |
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Edited by tcfab - December 13 2010 at 8:56pm
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Posted: March 26 2010 at 9:40pm |
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Lookin good!
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Posted: April 05 2010 at 4:32am |
Update please and oh yeah free bump
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Posted: April 05 2010 at 7:24am |
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Wow Tyler, this is going to be an amazing build. Do you have a sketch or diagram of how you want to do the rock work? Do you know how you will light it and what kind of corals you intend to keep?
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Posted: April 05 2010 at 7:56am |
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Not much to update yet, I have been busy with another project. Hopefully I will start building the stand real shortly, I will post pics as I am building it. Curtis, I would like the rock work really simple and open it is going to be dry Key Largo rock from Marco Rocks. Light is going to be 8x54 watt t5's, not sure what bulbs yet. The tank will be mostly sps.
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Posted: April 10 2010 at 1:15pm |
Got all my probe holders done and the saftey float switch in for the ATO.
Edited by tcfab - December 22 2010 at 11:51pm
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Posted: April 10 2010 at 1:41pm |
Beautiful
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Posted: April 11 2010 at 3:16am |
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Amazing! To say this tank is going to be awesome would be an understatement!
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Posted: April 11 2010 at 4:03am |
 tcfab wrote:
Got all my probe holders done and the saftey float switch in for the ATO. Here is a pic of the complete sump with equipment. I should be building the stand sometime within the next week or two and then things should start to come together, then I can start the plumbing stage. |
It Looks great but I'm a little confused... any chance you could you explain the water flow a bit? wheres the return pump going to sit... ? I'm assuming the back left side of the refugium area or? but with the way it looks its throwing me off just a bit
I'm imagining the water comes down into those socks.... to the skimmer area then to the calcium reactor area... but then to get into the fuge the water level would have to be higher than that bubble catch right before the calcium reactor?... so wouldent that make that bubble catch pointless? or am I seeing this wrong =)? thanks in advance for the explanation ... can't wait to see this thing set up =)
Edited by Nick801 - April 11 2010 at 4:06am
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