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Basement IM 100 EXT

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harthag12

Hey all, finally starting a build thread after being out for roughly 8 years. I previously had a 28g reef tank and a few smaller ones but once my son was born I had to give it up & I gave all the livestock to members of this club. Fast forward & my kids are now 9 & 7 and I time now & people I'd kids I'd like to show this hobby to.

In August I purchased an Innovative Marine 100 EXT and a JBJ 65 gallon AIO. I decided to redo the basement after purchasing and the tank sat in my living room. I finally finished plumbing it up tonight (it's my first tank with a sump) and am currently making water, I'll have enough water to fill it this weekend. I have not leak tested anything, it's my first time plumbing, if the tank or sump is faulty you'll hear my screams no matter the part of the state.

Equipment List:
Innovative Marine Ext100
Precision Marine Sump
Octo Elite 150 INT Skimmer
2 Cobalt 200w Heaters
2 7" filter cups
Reef Octo Various 6 return pump
2 Reef Octo Pulse 4 powerheads
48" 4 bulb Aquatic life T5 fixture
3 Kessil A360WE lights
Kessil H80 Fuge light

Here's my tank, sump, plumbing & a picture of the rear. Aquarium.jpg Aquarium rear.jpg
 
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Sponge

Sponge

Very nice. So jealous... I love rimless / brace-less tanks. Best of luck. I look forward to future photos... curious, how do you intend to light it?
 
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Sponge said:
Very nice. So jealous... I love rimless / brace-less tanks. Best of luck. I look forward to future photos... curious, how do you intend to light it?
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I have an Aquatic Life T5 hybrid fixture for it, 4 bulb 48" T5 plus I'll be adding 3 Kessil A360We's. I'm still trying to figure out how I'll mount the fixture. There's a basement window straight behind the tank which makes wall mounting slightly more tricky. I figure I've likely got a month of cycling before I need to worry about the light being on. Problem I found out last night is I really could use an Ro/DI booster pump, I have 50 PSI and it feels like it's wasting alot.
 
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harthag12 said:
I have an Aquatic Life T5 hybrid fixture for it, 4 bulb 48" T5 plus I'll be adding 3 Kessil A360We's. I'm still trying to figure out how I'll mount the fixture. There's a basement window straight behind the tank which makes wall mounting slightly more tricky. I figure I've likely got a month of cycling before I need to worry about the light being on. Problem I found out last night is I really could use an Ro/DI booster pump, I have 50 PSI and it feels like it's wasting alot.
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I am seriously considering the exact same lighting set up. And also have 48-50 PSI. I added the booster pump and it pushed my PSI to 100. I dialed it back to 80psi and it works awesome. Oh and RODI is 150 gallons a day set-up. I have tested that twice and I make about 165 a day. So I am very happy with it. Wasn’t getting even close to that production before adding pump
 
Mrx7899x

Mrx7899x

I have a smart buddie booster pump and it works very well it would take forever to make water before. It has auto shut off and flushes the membrane automatically.
 
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I'll have to get one, I believe my RoDi is also a 150 per day but at it's current production it certainly isn't. Looks like Marinedepot has that pump and I have roughly $70 rewards with them so that's great.
 
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Well bit of an update, it's been a few weeks and I dosed the tank up to off the charts Ammonia by accident. My Ammonia tonight just read zero, I do have Nitrites still but not overly concerned. I figure by Sunday my tank might be cycled. I have most equipment installed; I need to hang the lights (waiting on 3.5mm cables); turn on the skimmer & receive the rest of the parts I need to build / cleanup my power center (not pictured yet), build the screen lid & put some marine pure balls in the sump and install doors on stand. I think really turning the skimmer on & building the lid will allow me to get fish in the tank & start something. Updating my first post with an updated equipment list.Current full shot.jpg
 
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Update 5/8/19 - Cycle complete - went to Petco & purchased 2 Gladiator Clowns. Floated bag & added. Both clowns ate some pellets immediately after. I turned off the return pump for 15 minutes & let the powerheads run, the fish really stuck to their corner but they found some of the food. Downside while kids were looking at the clowns they heard a loud POP. Turns out one of my 200W Cobalt Heaters blew after 1 month of use. Luckily they have a 3 year warranty, I kept the receipts from August so we'll see how they do with it. I snagged a 150w Cobalt off my 65g that isn't quite running yet fortunately to get the heater wattage back up to 350W in the tank. The kids have named the clowns Nemo & Sparky. Petco had a gorgeous Dragon Wrasse that I want but appears they will quickly outgrow this tank by a lot so no go. These really are some pretty clowns & I chose them over the very nice looking Picasso's because they were a bit bigger & I'm hoping they survive.Full Tank with Clowns 5-8-19.jpg Gladiator Clowns day 1.jpg
 
Avelino78

Avelino78

I’m looking to buy the same tank. I have a trigger systems sump. How much flow do you get out of the secondary and third drain. I’m curious because I want to run the refugium and can plumb it in but it all depends on flow.


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I get zero flow out of the second & 3rd drains, those are emergency drains only. The difference in height between the 2nd & 3rd is so very close that I don't want to try & run anything down the emergency. I believe some people run with a trickle down the 2nd to help it quiet the tank but not in mine. My overflow is super loud & annoying. It seems based on a post on reef2reef concerning Octopus Various return pumps they're not consistent in output. Either that or the fact that it's a 1.25" output on the pump & I than have it reduced to .75" for the return plumbing is causing back pressure that it's creating a non consistent amount of water to flow into the overflow. Thus I end up with gargling. I still have a few things to try to silence it but I'm not super hopeful. My refugium is the 3rd chamber in my sump. It currently has 2 heaters, marinepure balls I believe, Chaeto & a red algae now.
 
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