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Offline Coral Squad

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Well i am gettinf ready to go from a 39 to a rr 75 tank
so i decicde ti would be a good time to get an ro system and quit going to walmart
with five gallon buckets as used to hold the
i also want a place to store evey thing and have a nice amount of
saltwater and ro ready  i want to water changes to be easy and less messy than siphioning
another goal is to have 2 deadicated circet breakers for the tank
i want to be able to switch indivigual componets off and on by switches
i still may go to a neptune controler but for now timers and switches lol

To start i want to pick a location for this room close to the tank it happens to work out
that the tank will be against the wall my stairs are so i have a catch all junk closet under
the steps.
  so step one clean the junk out
the closet was used to hold the sweeper, old school books, pictures, stuff we need to hide fast
had a computer in there that was hooked up to the suround sound in the other room as a music server
. it will still house the cable distrubution panel and computer wireless router and modem

ok on with the pictures

the mess





removed every thing and straightned up network system




removed carpet



i want to make the room easy clean up if i spill water so i am going to tile the floor
so i installed the concret board




i wanted to install a drain incase of a leak and a place for water to go during water changes





if you look at the marks on the floor and wall it where the ro water tank till be
i can fit 2 20 gallon barrels in her they stand 27 tall and 17 1/4" wide  so the 2 barrels will fit in the 36" closet:)
its like i pland it or some thing also the drain comes out in the middel barrels and about 3" in front




hope to have more updates for you tomorrow  did this while listening to a movie tonight since it snowed '
and i wasnt able to to dayton and cincy and upper ky

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2010, 23:31:37 »
Cool!  How fun and exciting!  :)  Looking forward to more updates!

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2010, 23:34:37 »
i like it but how are you doing the drain??
55 gal working on upgrading to 120 with a 55 Sump(unless I find a deal on a bigger tank)

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 00:10:41 »
You are very commited to the project and I bet it is going to turn out really nice. Looking forward to your progress. Thanks for sharing your build.

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2010, 00:12:45 »
1.5" pvc  pipe running in my crawl space to my sump pump hole  i have to go under house to run elect  so i will do pluming at same time  drain line and water feed  line

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 00:13:51 »
Nice snow day project i help  buddy move today i know sucker lol and started to do some cleaning myself but found myself bored of it after an hr.

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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2010, 09:52:58 »
You said that you wanted to be able to have switches to turn on and off individual components;
We use (and I would recomend) the DJ stips, http://www.guitarcenter.com/American-DJ-PC-100A-8-Switch-ON-OFF-Power-Center-100313636-i1155517.gc they are $30 at the Guitar center down by the dayton mall.

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2010, 10:29:29 »
looken good
SIZE DOES MATTER

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2010, 11:27:24 »
Dang dude! The cleaning alone would have taken me all day! Wish I was that productive on snow days...

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2010, 11:36:14 »
Well now... This is going to be interesting.

Nice project
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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2010, 12:56:42 »
You said that you wanted to be able to have switches to turn on and off individual components;
We use (and I would recomend) the DJ stips, http://www.guitarcenter.com/American-DJ-PC-100A-8-Switch-ON-OFF-Power-Center-100313636-i1155517.gc they are $30 at the Guitar center down by the dayton mall.
thought about going the americian dj route  but pre bought just aint my style  lol j/k   i want a lil cleaner look and you will see where im going  a lil lter in the pics ....

Dang dude! The cleaning alone would have taken me all day! Wish I was that productive on snow days...

well....  you should see my living room and hallway  lol  the problem is i get distracted eas......  im hungery  lets make hotdogs

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2010, 12:57:30 »
Matt,

Roads are clear, up for a road trip?

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2010, 13:07:20 »
are you trying to distract me  lonnie   ;) .... im shooting for road trip next weekend

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« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2010, 13:08:08 »
sounds good to me, if ya need a hand just call.

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« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2010, 13:20:12 »
will do lonie  thanks in advance you know i will probly be callling you lol

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« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2010, 13:20:31 »
Wow, you get straight to work!  Impressive!  Excuse my ignorance of all things plumbing, but how did you get a drain installed there with all the other plumbing?  Please tell me you have a basement or something.  (I'm imagining our under-stairs closest on the foundation...and trying to install a drain there.)

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2010, 13:56:04 »
i have a craw space under my house  so i got a good 3-4' of access under every thing thats how i ran all the cable wires and network cables
i will also have a water spicket as well

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2010, 15:33:40 »
well day 2 starting slow  just a lazy sunday

i started by setting a few peices of tile on the floor to see how much would need to be trimmed
and also made a few measurments


i then picked a spot for my switchs to control all the diffrent things i am thinking i may need some more switches already
well i marked the spot and cut the hole and test fit box






 
this is where im at @ 3:30  just feel lazy today ???

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2010, 15:42:08 »
looken better and better  are the switchs to turn on and off everything
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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2010, 15:52:15 »
yes i have eight switches  but for some reasone i have a gut feeling i will need more ???  i will prob run 4 more switches  to control closet outlets for storage tank heaters and  power head in SW tank  i will also have some always live outlets unders stand as well  all wireing is being run through flex conduite and using 12 gauge thhn stranded wire i have left over from wiring a Dr Office lot more collor options  not just black white red  lol guess i will see how many i can crame in a 3/4" flex conduite  good thing i got some wire lube  and if i run out  grab the KY  lol j/k

like any other project you make a quick budget in your head and when you standing at the check out watching the number get higher and higher
i remember when you have a budget .... triple it  ok $100  mean $300   $1000 means $3000
just like boating  fishtanks are another thing that makes a hole in water the you just throw money into and watch it disapear  lol

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2010, 16:00:24 »
very true lol
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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2010, 17:48:51 »
mounting the ro on the wall
waiting om my friend john to come over and  sit and think and wait for that majic idea to come that in 2 months i will
later regret and go what was i thinking  lol.. 

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2010, 23:37:22 »
well i mounted the ro unit




time for another break





back to work  
got to get water in here some how


small refrence hole i stuck i wire in so i know to drill beside while under the house



lil guy wanted to help so he through the fitting down the drain hole

fitting is beside the round scrap

i fished it out with a wire didn't feel like going back under house




it gets tapped into the  water lines past the main valve with its on shut off own
will prob do that tomorrow cause i have to go back under cause i found a line seeping a lil
under there that should be addressed


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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #23 on: February 07, 2010, 23:44:08 »




ummm... I’m not going to ask, and you don’t have to tell.   But we now all have our suspicions.




Seriously though, it’s looking really good.

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Re: it snowed guess i will build a fish room/ closet lots of pics
« Reply #24 on: February 07, 2010, 23:48:26 »
the movie old school  im sure if i posted the scene with the ky wrestling and naked girls it would be flags and i would be banned lol
soooo its the scene where he hakes up late

 

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