Rebuilding the sump Room!

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  1. Reefbuilder

    Reefbuilder Scooter Blennie

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    Well they say if it is not broken don't fix it - well being I spend more time in the sump room I have decided to add stadium seating.... Ha ha just kidding.

    Now all joking aside - I think what I accomplished on my first ever build was pretty impressive, But I am also the type of person that reads, and learns and watches other people and there set ups and I have come to the point that I have decided to "revise" my sump room.

    I will post pictures as I go along.... but here are my goals - More organization and more space!

    Today I built a 7' long stand that has a bottom and top shelf. I also hung a backer board behind it as I am dealing with a concrete wall and now I can hang stuff - like APEX - EB8's etc with ease. I got the stand and backer painted with 3 coats of Kilz oil based. Thanks to my daughter! I also started on rebuilding some plumbing as I will run all accessories off its own pump.

    The bottom shelf will hold the 75 Gallon Oceanic Sump, a JBJ Chiller, and my return pumps. A hammerhead to drive the DT and a blowhole to run all of my accessories. With a 7" long stand I will still have plenty of space.

    The top shelf will hold a 40 Breeder Refugium that will have a deep sand bed, Mangroves and some good Algae. Then I also have a 30 gallon Deep Blue Frag tank. This will still allow for room to work.

    To the left of the stand will be a cabinet - this will hold a 20 long QT tank system, a shelf for my Reactors, Kalk, Bio, GFO and Calcium as well a nice and organized shelf for all the wonderful supplies I have accumulated! This will then open up about 12' of wall space that I am going to do built in shelving for my wonderful wife and give her back all the space she said I took..... Funny I didn't know she knew where the boiler room was!!
     
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  3. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    Do some before and after pics !!!!!
     
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    Reefbuilder Scooter Blennie

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    There is a video on my build thread of how it is now. I will take some pics along the way and post up a video once it's up and running.
     
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    Reefbuilder Scooter Blennie

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    Here is a pic of the stand and backer. I am still going to do one more coat of paint. Most likely an exterior gloss or semi gloss so it cleans well. [​IMG]
     
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    Reefbuilder Scooter Blennie

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    Been reading up on salt water mixing stations. This will also be part of my build.
     
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    Reefbuilder Scooter Blennie

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    Okay weekend is here! Going to start on plumping and going to build the shelving to hold the reactors and QT system and additional storage.

    I will post up some pics along the way.
     
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    Reefbuilder Scooter Blennie

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    Okay so tonight banged out some plumbing. Ran my 2" drain to stand to crawl space, ran a 1.5" return to crawl space. Assembled the unions for my accessories by the sump. I am also going to run a fill line to the qt tank as I usually use water from a water change to fill it. I am going to put a bulk head and hose in the bottom front of the qt tank so I can drain it easily. [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
     
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    mdbostwick Vlamingii Tang

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    Just curious since I am thinking i need to improve my sump situation as well, I am assuming you have your system up and running during all of this, will you have your sump offline for a bit when you tie the new plumbing into the existing? I haven't tackled this task because i am not sure what to do about my sump downtime waiting for the pvc adhesive to cure.
     
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    Reefbuilder Scooter Blennie

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    I am going to have all the PVC 99% done. there's two connections that will need to be made when I go to move my sump. I will leave my DT tank on with the wave makers during this time.
     
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    Reefbuilder Scooter Blennie

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    Here is the stand that will hold on my reactors and[​IMG] quarantine system and additional storage shelf for storage the bottom has room for buckets