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Dion Richins

Update of life from the desert 8-2014

Rating: 3 votes, 5.00 average.
8-24-2014
Holy cow its been a while. Sorry Melve
I have sold all of the previous systems before we sold our home. We bought a new home and remodeled it to fit my new tank. This is a 234 cube custom built by Lemar. It is 30 x 60 x 30 open top. The sump is located in the basement in a new room we framed in and set up for a fully self contained fish room. It has its own sink, floor drain and dedicated power. In the cold storage behind we have fish storage to keep it out of the house and keep the wife happy. In it is a 70g mixing station for water changes. A water change takes approx 20minutes with the opening and closing of a few valves.
Stand and floating canopy is from Drift Wood Aquarium Furniture (www.customaquariumfurniture.com) (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Drift...60612167460740)
Lemar Tank from Aquatic Dreams (www.aquaticdreamer.com)
Sump from Elite Aquatics http://www.elite-aquatics.net/
Lighting is a mix of AI hydros and Vegas.
Skimmer is a Massive Vertex.

Here is a little history of the build last year.

A little honor from May!

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We purchased the tank to go into a built in area in a home we were going to build.
We decided to purchase a different home and remodel it. We cut this wall so we could place the tank in it and see it from all sides.

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This is my design for a cube 30 x 60 x 30. Custom built by Lemar. Supplied by Aquatic Dreams.
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The start of the stand and floating canopy build. White Quarter Sawn Oak.

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Trying the placement in the window.
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Drift Wood Custom Design!

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Getting the tank set !

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Framed and sheeted. Checking the fit on hardware.

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Floor floated and painted.

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Setting the sump and stand. Time to figure the placement of all other hardware.

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Up and running.

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One of two dosing systems

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Top off tank for fresh water. one step in keeping the chances of destroying the system from an out of control top off system.

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triple filter socks with one by pass line to feed the refugium.

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Over view

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over view

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Mixing station. Auto fill, mix, and heat. 70g at once. All water changes are handled with the turn of a few valves.
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How it looks during set up.

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Rock work from both sides.

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You've seen the rest now see the best Aquarium Furniture available! Built by enthusiasts for enthusiasts. Shipped worldwide!!!
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Updated 08-26-2014 at 12:52 AM by melev

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Comments

  1. gettareef's Avatar
    Amazing setup you got there. I absolutely love the driftwood stand and that floating canopy, oh my!! And very well thought out and clean filtration! Great job!
  2. melev's Avatar
    It looks really nice Dion. I went ahead and made the pictures full size so people can easily scroll through the blog entry to see them all. Where does that staircase in front of the window lead? The basement?
  3. Dion Richins's Avatar
    Awesome! Thank you!
    Yes the stairs go to the basement. It access the one garage and the basement itself.
  4. melev's Avatar
    We need a video at some point.
  5. Dion Richins's Avatar
    Ill do that when I get back from Macna!
  6. melev's Avatar
    See you there!