Well I finally got a QT / Frag / Whatever tank setup. I had a 90 gallon but was just too big for for any kind of regular work in. This is a peice together from all the stuff I have picked up over the last year.
Hopefully its as useful as I hope
Anyways
Heres the old 90 I never got around to doing much with.
Materials:
Picked up a 75 Gal for free from - Jwps
Picked up a Octopus HOB Skimmer from - Torx
Picked up an Eheim 1262 Pump from - Salty1
And a sheet of acrylic from - Home Depot
Had the stand and Lighting left over from the 90 system I purchased.
Throw in the left over 3/4 inch PVC and silicone I had and we are all set.
I kind of designed this thing after your typical sump setups. 3 sections. The first for your return, 2nd for whatever, 3rd for your equipment.
In the first section I plan to fill with larger rubble and any live rock that will need to be QTd or dry rock to be seeded. Its not a big section maybe 6 inches wide with the baffle 12.5" tall.
In the 2nd I plan on keepign my fish for QT and half built a small Frag rack for the possible futer in which I am able to fill my tank with fish and no l onger need a QT tank
not likely. It is 11.5" inches deep and about 30" long.
In the 3rd I have the return pump moving water back to compartment 1 and a Skimmer. This skimmer maybe a HOB skimmer but works great as an in tank one as well. In fact it quiets the thing down as well
To help with the vibrations and noise being gerneated by this stuff I put some silicone feet onto skimmer and the Pump. Meaning I took my silicone gun and ran beads about 1/4 high along any surface sitting on the tank bottom. It actually works very well.
We shall see how well this setup works in the future but I can see myself having to put some eggcrate across the top of the baffles to keep fish in the middle.
I also rewired my already rewired t5 glo stuff.
http://www.marineandreef.com/Hagen_Glo_Retrofit_High_Output_T5_Lighting_System_p/rhg11555.htm
They do the job. Built a new ghetto fixture and hung it from the ceiling.
While I was at this project I also tackled modding the BRS reactors to be a better Biopellet reactor. I basically copied this thread.
http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/i-made-better-biopellet-brs-reactor-mod-119890.html . I had to go buy some of the screen stuff and that was it. With this setup I am able to almost double the capactiy of the reactor since the flow is reversed and not using the internal cartridge any more.
http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/...?action=view¤t=DSC_2548_zpsec7add3e.mp4
There are a couple fish in QT now. I will let you all know if I built Deathtrap #2.
