Bob's Reliability Reef V4.0 330LX

[bobbravo2]

now thats a mixxing tank =)

Yeah. It sure is. I just hope I can actually fit it in my basement door now. lol.

I might have to pull some trim, and definitely take the door off the hinges.

 

[Reefried]

Holy hell!!

 

[bobbravo2]

Managed to get it inside! Only had to cut a 1.5’ section of the basement door frame to get it to fit.

Also working on building the two catch basins out of acrylic. One for the protein skimmer, one for the chiller.

 

[bobbravo2]

First test yesterday. Was able to make about 60 gallons RODI in 5 hours, RO TDS was 9. I may want to get a 99% rejection RO for makeup water, otherwise this will burn DI resin. The seal on the bottom of the mixing tank started to drip, and at 6 hours I stoped the test. Need to reseal it with more Teflon tape.

 

[bobbravo2]

Working on the electrical panel walls this past weekend

Timelapse electrical panel work

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[bobbravo2]

Working on finishing the panels, and the countertop next.

Sealed the edges, and cut 2 pass throughs for the electrical conduits. Used some filler to try to even out the panels finish.

 

[bobbravo2]

Mocked up panels with paper

Initial modules placed

 

[bobbravo2]

Finishing the worktable to be ready for anything!

I’ll be away for a week or so.

Priorities when I get back:

1. Reinforce table top with a brace (important to reinforce a table that might have someone sit on it in the future)
2. Build frag tank stand (have plywood, need a few more 2x4 to frame it)
3. RODI control circuit / redundancy (finish installing floats, salinity, leak sensor ropes)
4. Add wire raceways (this blocks my OCD from having neat wires)
5. Mock up wall cut through for water and power (this may need to wait until I get sump & cabinet from waterbox)
6. Start mocking up the finalized plumbing geometry (frag tank, UV sterilizer placement, protein skimmer loops)
7. Finalize aquascape/create the final central “cave rock low scape” negative space aquascape build.

All of this, and I don’t even have an ETA for when the tank is being shipped yet. Waterbox has been good about communication which I appreciate. They acknowledged that the 10-12 week promise on their website is not correct for large tanks.

I’m thinking about prioritizing finishing the aquascape first, so I can get back the “future tank space”, and also put away the “aquascape phase” tools. Right now I have a folding table with the rock scape taking up a solid chunk of square footage. I’m running out of space!