Fish finder 325 Gallon Peninsula Build

[Fishfinder]

This is a long slow process!!
But yesterday I ran an Ethernet cable to the tank for something?!?! Can anyone guess why? Also mounted the exhaust fan above the tank.

My router is a LONG way from the tank. And the wall has a plant shelf at the top to make things even more difficult. Here's some pics. Router is in the circled shelf

 

[Fishfinder]

I'll keep updating as more happens. It's almost time for the big install!!

 

[Fishfinder]

Got the final piece to the puzzle yesterday!!
A reef octopus SRO-5000SSS. This thing is a beast. I didn't realize how big this skimmer is! Everything is here just waiting for the tank

 

[1WildBill]

Following.

 

[Fishfinder]

Following.

Better start following! It's going to get crazy in the next couple weeks

 

[1WildBill]

I hope so. It’s gonna get crazy at my house this weekend.

 

[Fishfinder]

got a build happening?

 

[1WildBill]

Yea. Just a small 75. Been working on it since Christmas. Ready for rock and sand this weekend, as long as the boss doesn’t have any honeydew projects.

 

[Fishfinder]

hahah have a build thread? where are you located?

 

[1WildBill]

Located in Utah. No thread here. Kinda wished I did though. My wife calls it the money pit. LOL

 

[Fishfinder]

This is my first build thread. It's kinda cool. It'll be something to look back at. You should start one

 

[Fishfinder]

Another update, I had some time over the weekend to finish up all the prearrival projects. All the wiring is hooked into the electrical panel and run to above the tank. I installed the vent for the exhaust. The exhaust will hopefully pull the humidity out enough that it's not noticeable in the house. I'm not sure if this will work but it's installed anyway. The vent got ran through the attic and comes out of my soffit. Also wired a regular outlet plug on it so the apex can control it. That is all finished up. Not much left to do.... just waiting at this point.

 

[AiKkz]

Let me know how tankme looks, I'm really thinking about switching to them, he's less the a hour away from me.

 

[Fishfinder]

I sure will. The pictures that he has sent me look fantastic. My tank should be ready in the next 2-3weeks. I'm stoked to get it in.

 

[CNDReef]

Awesome build
Following

 

[twotangs]

tagging along

 

[Fishfinder]

I've got a little update! This tank is going to have 4 reef breeders, so to hang them level I've decided to build a hanging bracket. And since I've been reading so much lately about the benefits of adding a little T5 to LED I decided to add some. itll be a total of 4 reef breeders and (8) 4' T5. This is the lighting layout I chose with some recommendation from @DSC reef

This layout will be duplicated on the other half of the tank. This is the diagram I drew up today and will be building it this week. Should be a fun little build. I'll update with lots of pics. Sorry that it is hard to read

 

[DSC reef]

That's some serious lighting! Tank is gonna look awesome.

 

[Fishfinder]

After seeing your tank, I've wanted the T5 advantage

 

[Fishfinder]

Just realized that my hood is exactly 25" across. I have to take out 1 T5 to make the fixture 23" wide