My 220g build

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Not new to the hobby but I'm new to Reef2Reef and figured I'd start a build thread with my current project.

It's kind of going to be a fly by night 220g build on a thin budget.

I started off with my good buddy Tater11's old 220g tank and stand.


Hood removed getting ready to be torn down and taken to it's new home.

My soon-to-be Brother-in-law removing the last of the rock.

Tank and stand sitting in their new home in my dining room.

Tank after a bath.

 

[revhtree]

Following along and welcome!

 

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The vertical corner seams were looking a bit rough so I stripped and resealed them.

Stripping the corner seams.

Resealed and filling on the porch for a leak test.

Filled and no leaks after about a week sitting full of water.

 

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This was not a reef ready tank so I just had to drill it.

One hole

Two holes

Bulkheads and overflow installed

 

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The stand got a new cot of paint and finally the two were moved back inside and reunited.

 

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The back of the tank painted and plumbed. It's going to sit partially in front of a window so I only painted the back up to the point that will be in front of the window.

 

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I added some rock and then decided that the end that would be against the wall should be painted as well.

And this is how it sits right now. More rock and a shallow sand bed to come.

 

[CHEF]

off toa good start

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

Nice tank. Following along.

 

[revhtree]

Nice difference there! LOL! Looks good so far!

 

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New gadget arrived yesterday...

And the tank is getting wet!!!

 

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OH yea!

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

yay. toys!!!!!!!

 

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It's been a while since I've been in here so I guess I better give some updates.

The tank is up, cycled, and running with three fish. I finished my hood which is now on top of the tank and I went with DIY multi-chip LED's for the lighting. At the moment I have three 100w 20k multi-chips and will soon be adding some royal blue's around them.


Pics:
Hood in process

 

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And now for the lights!

These are the 20k 100w multi-chip LED's

The coolers to keep the LED's from killing themselves

The LED driver's after being mounted to an Icecap heat sink.

The LED's mounted to coolers and wired up.

 

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More pics to come here in a bit.

 

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very nice set up man following along

 

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very nice set up man following along

Thanks!

And now more pics:

250w MH on right side of tank, 100w LED in center of tank(left side of pic)
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One LED running by itself in center of tank.

All three LED's running

 

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I had a bit of a technical goof up with the first pic in my last post and i dont see any option to edit my post anywhere so I guess I'll just try again.

250w MH on right side of tank, 100w LED in center of tank(left side of pic)

 

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I'm a little behind on this thread. The 220 actually came down a while back in anticipation of my upcoming build. The new tank (525g Acrylic 96x36x36) is now sitting on my trailer in front of my garage. It will be a few months before I get a start on it but I'll be sure and start a thread when I get at it.