My 215 upgrade
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IMO, that should work as long as they are from the foundation wall to the I-Beam and the new sister beams are bolted to the existing beams. Don't forget to shim the sister beam so it's even with the existing before bolting them together.
InfernoST, Thanks for the help. I am going to sister the wood beams. I might even sister the beams with two wood beams. OK, the build will continue.
+1, this is what I did for my 170g, and your new ceiling will hide this nicely! :shhh:Thank God these comments didn't kill your build...THAT, would have ended my 'advising' career!
Honestly, I don't know what some of us reefers would do without people like you and Infernost. Some of us start upgrades without even knowing the consequences of our actions. All we want is a NICE BIG TANK.
Well, it looks like this weekend is shot. I have to go to a wedding today, and tomorrow is my sons 1st birthday. I guess I will try to start on Tuesday. Maybe I can sneek some work in without the wife knowing
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OK, so it took me a whole week just to sister four wood beams.
Here are the wood beams waiting to be put up.
Beams that need to be sistered.
Here they are, put up and bolted.
I wanted to sister 5 wood beams but one of them had electrical wires next to it and I did not want to go through the trouble and start cutting wires. So hopefully 4 sistered wood beams, will give me enough support for the 215. Do you think it will be enough support?
Here are the wood beams waiting to be put up.
Beams that need to be sistered.
Here they are, put up and bolted.
I wanted to sister 5 wood beams but one of them had electrical wires next to it and I did not want to go through the trouble and start cutting wires. So hopefully 4 sistered wood beams, will give me enough support for the 215. Do you think it will be enough support?
Thanks. Yes the tank is 72". There are no bent beams.
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- yonkers ny
Nice setup. Cant wait to see the finished product
Here is a little update. I've got about 90 percent of the plumbing done.
The Parts
The drain and return pipes
Pipes going to the first floor.
Drain pipe from the sump. I still have to connect the Frag tank drain to this pipe.
Pipes on the first floor. They will be in the stand
The pipe with the black handle on the valve will be the drain pipe. The left and the right will be connected to the drains on the tank and the middle connection with the black handle will be for cleaning the tank. All I have to do is connect a hose to it, open up the valve and start siphoning out all the crap from the tank.
The connection with the red handle will be the returns. Left and right will connect to the returns on the tank and the middle connection with the red handle will be for a 3/4 in Sea Swirl.
For now, I will leave the plumbing the way it is. My next step is to aquacape. The reason why I'm doing this next is because I would like to start dosing Brightwells. That will be a four week process. I would like to dose only the rocks that I will be using. So if I start this now, I can do other stuff while the rocks are curing.
The Parts
The drain and return pipes
Pipes going to the first floor.
Drain pipe from the sump. I still have to connect the Frag tank drain to this pipe.
Pipes on the first floor. They will be in the stand
The pipe with the black handle on the valve will be the drain pipe. The left and the right will be connected to the drains on the tank and the middle connection with the black handle will be for cleaning the tank. All I have to do is connect a hose to it, open up the valve and start siphoning out all the crap from the tank.
The connection with the red handle will be the returns. Left and right will connect to the returns on the tank and the middle connection with the red handle will be for a 3/4 in Sea Swirl.
For now, I will leave the plumbing the way it is. My next step is to aquacape. The reason why I'm doing this next is because I would like to start dosing Brightwells. That will be a four week process. I would like to dose only the rocks that I will be using. So if I start this now, I can do other stuff while the rocks are curing.
Thanks everyone.
The pocket, yes. The electric bill maybe not. I'm in the process of going Solar. I just filled out the application for the incentives yesterday. Hopefully I will be Solar before years end. I can't wait. I will post pics when/if they start.
On a side note. I'm a little concern with what I found in the rubbermaid tub full of rocks today. I found a broken glass thermometer at the bottom of the tub. Does anyone know if the red liquid is toxic? I wouldn't want to go through the trouble trying to cure the rock if my fish and corals are going to die.
Someone also brought to my attention that since I have so many pipes in this setup, to make sure my sump is big enough for when the power goes off that my sump can handle all of the water returning back to the sump. This is something that slipped my mind but I'm hoping that my current sump can hold all the water. We will see.
The pocket, yes. The electric bill maybe not. I'm in the process of going Solar. I just filled out the application for the incentives yesterday. Hopefully I will be Solar before years end. I can't wait. I will post pics when/if they start.
On a side note. I'm a little concern with what I found in the rubbermaid tub full of rocks today. I found a broken glass thermometer at the bottom of the tub. Does anyone know if the red liquid is toxic? I wouldn't want to go through the trouble trying to cure the rock if my fish and corals are going to die.
Someone also brought to my attention that since I have so many pipes in this setup, to make sure my sump is big enough for when the power goes off that my sump can handle all of the water returning back to the sump. This is something that slipped my mind but I'm hoping that my current sump can hold all the water. We will see.
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