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    Thread: Dave's 500g system, part duex.....

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      Dave's 500g system, part duex.....

      Well the withdrawal pains have become too severe and I have waited long enough. Time to set the 300g tank back up. Here is a link to the original build thread for this system when it was originally put together:

      http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/...300g&highlight=

      It became necessary to take the system down because we moved all the way from Lemon Grove to La Mesa. This house we are in now has a garage that is separate from the house and that is where this system will be set up. I'm moving up in the world...my Man Cave went from a 9x10 TuffShed to a full blown garage. The system will basically be the same setup as before. Here is a list of the highlights:

      - 300g Leemar tank, 96"L x 24"W x 30"T, Starphire front, dual overflows, drilled for two 1.5" and two 1" bulkheads in each overflow
      - 100g SeaClear acrylic tank modified for use as a sump
      - 60g Glass tank for refugium
      - MRC 3R Dual Beckett skimmer
      - Two GenX 40 return pumps
      - One Baldor 5500gph Sequence pump for closed loop
      - BRS Dual GFO/Carbon reactor
      - Melevsreef RO/DI system, 50gpd
      - 75g SeaClear tank (Will be used for macro algea display tank)
      - Four 250w Halide lamps with Lumenarc mini reflectors
      - Icecap 440 Ballast for actinic T-5 supplementation
      - Digital Aquatics RKE system for monitoring and control
      - Neptune Apex system for monitoring and comparisons

      I am working on the stand at the moment and I hope to have most of the hardware in place before I leave the country at the end of the month. My goal is to have water in it by the end of December. Thanks to some suggestions from Shelly, I am going to do the rock work very different from what it originally was. I will basically build three islands instead of the shelf style that I originally had. This should be interesting. I will need all the room I can get for the number of fish I am planning to have. Once I get a few things placed, I will begin to post some pics. I will have at least one webcam up and running as well. Stay tuned for future posts and links to a cam.
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      Right on!
      Welcome back Dave, good to see you're getting back in!

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      I'm very happy to hear this!!!!

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      Now we just need Russ back in!

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      Russ won a skimmer at RAP so he is almost there!

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      Quote Originally Posted by RussM View Post


      I'm very happy to hear this!!!!
      Are you sure? You're going to have to figure out how to connect both an RKE and an Apex on my system. I might throw an RKL in there just for fun!
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      Yippie! Haha, very cool Dave! Can wait to see progress!

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      Nice...I see Sunday ended up with some value...it was too much for you that you finally cracked being around reefgeeks without having a tank for so long. Let me know if you need any help with the set up
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      Quote Originally Posted by DaveMorris View Post
      Are you sure? You're going to have to figure out how to connect both an RKE and an Apex on my system. I might throw an RKL in there just for fun!
      Russ never back out from a challenge!

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      Yea!!! and Welcome back. Can't wait to see what you do with this beast.
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      Quote Originally Posted by DaveMorris View Post
      Are you sure? You're going to have to figure out how to connect both an RKE and an Apex on my system. I might throw an RKL in there just for fun!
      I ACCEPT that challenge!

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      I loved your setup at the other house, Let me know if you need help moving that beast.

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      I am thinking about setting up a time lapse camera of the build as well as getting my webcam up and running for the set up as well as long term viewing. Hopefully that won't be too difficult to get up and running.
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      Well if you pay any attention to the dates in this thread you will see that my schedule is a bit off. I am now waiting to get the stand completed and that will allow me to place the tank and then I can build everything around that. I need to re-work the baffles in my sump and do some more clean up on the tank and the sump. This set up is going to be heavy with electronics...three webcams, an RKE system controlling everything, an Apex to monitor things (also for people to see the differences between the Apex and the RKE), and who knows what else. I have been way too busy with work and travel. Hopefully I'll get it going soon.

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