Not My 270 Gallon Peninsula
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Topic: Not My 270 Gallon Peninsula
Posted By: Corey Price
Subject: Not My 270 Gallon Peninsula
Date Posted: May 31 2015 at 12:18pm
My friend's tank: Eric built the tank and it turned out great. PVC bottom, etc. The tank has a dedicated sump room, remote to the tank. Corey |
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Posted By: Marcoss
Date Posted: May 31 2015 at 12:28pm
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Wow, that's beautiful. I imagine the rest of the home will be just as amazing. ------------- RedSea Max S400 - 90G Rimless Frag Tanks x2 - 185 Lookdown Bin |
Posted By: jdinchak
Date Posted: May 31 2015 at 12:58pm
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That is beautiful ------------- 180G Mixed Reef Tank 170G Dart Frog Tank |
Posted By: relethg
Date Posted: May 31 2015 at 6:52pm
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Show the fish room. ------------- 210 G Filled 18 Mar 15 120 G Filled 11 Jun 16 |
Posted By: badfinger
Date Posted: May 31 2015 at 8:22pm
| Good job!!! |
Posted By: Melissa
Date Posted: May 31 2015 at 9:42pm
| Is that Robert's? |
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: June 01 2015 at 8:48am
| Now that's the way to do it, put the tank in and then build the rest of the house around it! Very nice. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 9:04pm
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I'm sorry, but I see a maintenance nightmare and several design flaws. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Trevor40
Date Posted: June 09 2015 at 11:46am
Please elaborate? I have thought this design looks cool as it provides lots of viewing area in the home. Are you referring to the limited space to reach into the tank? ------------- Call or Text (801)834-3119 |
Mark Peterson wrote:Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: June 10 2015 at 6:32am
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Limited space to reach in to the tank is only the beginning. I'd rather not say more in public. At Corey's request, I wrote a lengthy PM with my itemized list. Aloha, Mark  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: Trevor40
Date Posted: June 10 2015 at 10:42am
It would be interesting to see if the problem you see have already been thought of and resolved. I would assume that a tank build this large with its own fish room would have been carefully plan by someone with many years of reefing experience. The saying, "You can't judge a book by it's cover," could come into play with this build. ------------- Call or Text (801)834-3119 |
Posted By: relethg
Date Posted: June 10 2015 at 11:12am
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I still want to see picture of fish room! ------------- 210 G Filled 18 Mar 15 120 G Filled 11 Jun 16 |
Posted By: jdinchak
Date Posted: June 10 2015 at 11:26am
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It's all moot if he has a company service it, then it's their problem. Still a very beautiful tank and can't wait to see more! Corey will you have more updates on this as the build continues? ------------- 180G Mixed Reef Tank 170G Dart Frog Tank |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: August 11 2017 at 1:33pm
We're finally setting the tank up: I convinced my friend to modify the upper canopy. I convinced him that it wasn't a good long-term thing, and access would be awful. 
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Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: August 11 2017 at 7:25pm
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So equipment so far: 270 gallon tank 75 gallon custom sump (under construction) Reeflo Snapper return pump (3) AI Sol lighting fixtures, used (2) Jebao powerheads We decided not to use the room originally intended for the sump. The piping underslab is not adequate and would only cause issues. We can't rip up concrete floors and there really isn't a good way to get over to the room originally set up as a sump room. Instead, we decided to place the sump underneath the tank and use the original sump room as a water change and staging room. There's enough room to fit a couple large garbage cans in there for water changes and the RO unit can be mounted on the wall. |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: August 11 2017 at 7:35pm
The floor plan of the house in the area of the tank looks like this: Note the tank location, and the equipment room on the left of the picture. There are two, 2" diameter conduits between the equipment room and the tank that are run under the concrete slab. The tank is really the focal point of the whole upstairs. It should be stunning if we can get it set up right. |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: August 11 2017 at 7:39pm
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Eric and I have been thinking about the sump design. So far, it's going to be 40" x 20" x 20" and should be sufficient to contain 3" of water from the top of the main tank. We'll have to put some siphon breaks in the plumbing to prevent siphons. I'm not a fan of backflow preventer/check valves and would rather see a sump that is capable of containing water returning to the sump when the main pump is turned off. I broke out my old Excel spreadsheet that calculates pump flow with head losses and started getting nerdy with it. I had to hack it to get newer pump curves in it; it should kick the "Reef Central" head loss/pump calculator's butt down the block! I started geeking out with it and had to stop. |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: August 12 2017 at 10:24am
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Two year update? Still no water? Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: August 12 2017 at 10:44am
Yep. It should be filled in the next two to three weeks though. |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 02 2017 at 3:15pm
We started hooking up a supply line to the RO unit:  |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 02 2017 at 3:21pm
We then mounted the RO unit on the wall: We ran a 3/8" LDPE line under the concrete slab to the tank for top off, and one 3/8" line for water changes:  We then started to drill the tank for 1-1/2" bulkheads. The great thing about the tank is that it has a PVC bottom, which makes drilling an easier prospect!   
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Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 02 2017 at 3:22pm
The area over the top of the tank is being modified based on my recommendation:
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Posted By: phys
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 4:29am
| Cool! |
Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 8:40am
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That's going to be a sweet setup. Man is that PVC bottom thick! ------------- My ocean. 90g (yup, won it!), 40g, 28g, & 10g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=63568&title=krazies-nano-paradise" rel="nofollow - Tank Thread: |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 10 2017 at 8:27pm
Tank back up, with lights:
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Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: September 11 2017 at 6:35am
How do you get your kids to stay on the ceiling like that?  That's going to be such a cool setup. Get it wet already! LOL------------- My ocean. 90g (yup, won it!), 40g, 28g, & 10g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=63568&title=krazies-nano-paradise" rel="nofollow - Tank Thread: |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 11 2017 at 8:28am
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Ha! I just noticed that the picture was upside down. I fixed it... So water won't be in the tank for another two weeks. The sump is finally done and we can start plumbing the tank. The PVC bottom is doubled around the edges and at the overflow. It isn't nearly an inch thick everywhere. It took a while to drill, but no worries of chipped or cracked glass. |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 14 2017 at 4:11pm
 Sump is done. I'll be plumbing the tank tonight and I'll upload pictures when we get somewhere. |
Posted By: Hogie
Date Posted: September 14 2017 at 4:46pm
| Is it a 2 chambers sump? |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: September 15 2017 at 10:30am
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Looks to me like a custom sump with only one small chamber on the end, probably to help stop bubbles at the drain where, my guess is, a filter bag is not used. I'm a wanna be Engineer, but Corey is a real Engineer. I'll just bet that he had maximum efficiency and simplicity in mind for its design. Am I right? Kinda like this design of mine, found listed in the Reefkeeping Tips: Secrets of an easy Refugium http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36396" rel="nofollow - http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36396 Aloha, Mark ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: Hogie
Date Posted: September 15 2017 at 10:36am
| I can't believe you let there be a filter sock holder on there... |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 15 2017 at 12:38pm
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Eddie, Yes, it's a two-chamber. Simple. I plan to set up an algae reactor and keep the light out of the sump (and keep algae from growing in there). Eric built in the filter sock holder but I'm not going to tell my friend to use it. It didn't cost extra. Mark, I like the KISS principle. Just a bubble trap, an area for a skimmer, algae reactor, heater, and that's it. |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 15 2017 at 12:46pm
 Starting to glue up parts. Cardboard keeps the glue off the floor.  The sump, under the tank.  You know you're going big when the ball valve is as big as the return pump! I like the Reeflo Gold series with good Baldor motors. We're going for just under 5x water flow thru the main tank, so a Snapper return pump is a great, low maintenance, reliable pump that can be fully serviced. Stay tuned next week for some pictures of plumbing gymnastics due to a few things in the way! |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 22 2017 at 8:33am
 The RO setup, ready to go.  Plumbing complete. It wasn't as bad as I thought.  View of plumbing, including main and emergency drains as well as pump return.  First little trickle of water!!!  It's going to take a few days to fill. This was progress overnight. |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 25 2017 at 12:08pm
 It's finally full of RO water. We will start to fill the sump, run the system, and test for leaks prior to putting in salt. |
Posted By: shaggydoo
Date Posted: September 25 2017 at 12:38pm
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Things are progressing very nicely. I think the recent changes being made made everything look better and should run better as well. Nice work! ------------- 60g LPS Cube |
Posted By: phys
Date Posted: September 26 2017 at 11:37pm
| Soooo jealous. Looks great! Cant wait to see what it turns into! |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 28 2017 at 8:16am
Getting ready for salt and rock! Grommets for cable management.  Waiting for salt! |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: September 29 2017 at 7:41am
We started last night by dry stacking the dry rock. I stacked it several times before I found what I liked.  We put the rock in the tank. I was going for two stacks of rock, with fish hiding places, and a channel diagonally thru the rock. With a 3' wide tank, aquascaping is fun!   We then turned on the main pump. We had a leak at the pump inlet threads, so we fixed that with a little more teflon and moved on with sand and salt. Knowing that sand and salt would turn the water so murky, we did this last.  
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Posted By: Shane H
Date Posted: September 29 2017 at 12:02pm
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Great thread Corey! This tank is going to be awesome!
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Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: October 02 2017 at 8:13am
latest views from Sunday:  
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Posted By: shaggydoo
Date Posted: October 02 2017 at 9:27am
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That looks really good! I like all the openness between the two rock islands. ------------- 60g LPS Cube |