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    Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Hi all,

    This is going to be my first ATS only reef aquarium.
    And (if whishfull, otherwise remove the topic please) i want to take you all on the tour i'm making to get the tank set-up.

    So let's talk about the hardware.
    Display Tank: 120 x 40 x 50 cm (240 Liters) with external overflow and 3 sides open
    Lighting: 6* 54 watt T5 for DT (12/12 and 10/12)
    Current: 4x 5000l/h with controller
    ATS: SM100 clone; 900cm2; 96 watts 3000K T5 (18/6); gravity fed via 25mm (1") pipe; drain 40mm (1,6")
    Return Pump: AM OR2500

    planning
    September 2011-> End October - Building
    End Oktober / mid November - Start Aquarium


    Current status
    Finaly my old aquarium is sold, so the first thing I had to do was to rebuild my AQ stand. The dog when she was a puppy bit of a corner :lol:

    Disassembling..


    current status: new basecoat is applied..will be finished end of this week

    Then I started with building the ATS. As told it is a SM100 clone (thanks very much SantaMonica for providing the desins free of charge!!)
    It is 12mm furniture wood, which is going to be laminated on the inside with acrylic for a water tight fit.

    Regarding the drain, because that's where most likely the leaks will start, i came up with the folowing idea:
    45mm hole in the plexiglas
    60mm hole in the woden base
    This way the tank throughput is only connected to the acrylic glas, and the changes of leakage are minimised.



    ToDo coming weeks
    - Finishing the stand
    - Finishing the ATS
    - Building together the T5 Lights vor the ATS
    - Building the power board

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    cant wait to see this one
    75RR / 20g sump / DIY Scrubber / 3 x 150DE MH & single T5 actinic

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Update Week 2

    Been versy buisy this weekend..hereby the results

    Aquarium Stand

    Have applied a second layer basecoating, and yesterday evening @ 23:00 finished the first layer of finishing coating (black). Pictures will folow. Also added doors to the stand
    1.

    2.


    ATS

    Have made the acrylic interior for the scrubber, glued everything together, added the drain and bought the screen material.. For water tightness i made the hole in the wooden base a bit bigger, so the drain only makes contact with the plexiglass. For the same matter i will add a bit of aquarium silicone on the inside edges.

    3. All glued together

    4. Drain (40mm)

    5. Drain bottom detail

    6. Canvas

    7.


    ToDo coming week(end)
    - Apply aquarium silicone
    - building together the ATS lighting
    - building a cover for the ATS
    - Finishing paintwork for the aquarium stand
    - Start on the electronics

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Weekly up-date #3

    This week a little proges made.
    hereby the results

    Aquarium Stand

    Last week I finished the paintjob, and placed the stand on it's final location. I started with plumbing and the electronic installation.



    ATS

    Made the ATS water tight with some aquarium silicone, and tested it for leaks by filling it half way and left it for a couple of hours. Luckelly it worked out
    Also created the light fixtures for the ATS.

    Water Test


    Exploded view from the ATS


    Lamps i'm going to use


    Artistic shot

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    All that looks really good, nice build!!!!
    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Quote Originally Posted by Doompie
    As told it is a SM100 clone (thanks very much SantaMonica for providing the desins free of charge!!)
    +1

    The detail diagram is greatly appreciated. Thanks SM
    http://www.radio-media.com/fish/100.jpg
    Eventually will go vertical.
    Nice build Doompie.
    Best of luck.

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Looking good. I tried a very similar design with mine (thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1461) but I had a lot of trouble getting the acrylic watertight the first time. I'm also using 8 T5 NO lights, but they are working well. Glad you didn't have the problems with leakage I did (but watch out for it nonetheless)

    I'll keep watching this one!

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Thanks for the consers, i applied an extra layer of aquarium-silicone this week

    Up-date week #4

    ATS

    Roughed the canvas with the saw from a hole-saw.

    Difference


    Result from 1 canvas


    Lighting wired up and tested..


    Power

    Everything is set except for connecting the wires. I forgot to buy some of the power supplies, so this got stucked this weekend. tbc. next week..




    Aqua-Scape

    For exchanging the nessacery with the good, my girl and so we started with creating the aqua scape..

    Scaping in the living room..tried to catch the depth here..


    Footprint


    View from my hot-seat #1


    View from my hot-seat #2


    View from my hot-seat #3


    Total view on the livingroom side


    Other side


    Will add some live-rock to seed, and let it grow purple

    ToDo
    - Finishing the power work
    - Fixing the pipes
    - building the lighthood

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Awesome build! nice aquascaping too. looking forward to seeing this getting wet.

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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Thanks!

    Weekly up-date #5

    I was a little short in time this week, and did mainly things that take alot, and don't do any visual addition..

    Connected all the power outlets, timers and switches.
    Also the pipe-work has been done. Cutting the slot was not an easy job. Luckely had some trail piece. Did the cut with a grinder. It's exactly 3 mm wide. On the pictures the ATS lights are on.

    Overview


    The slot


    Rubber ring in ATS


    Also did the woodwork for the lighthood, and ordered sand. 25 kilo's.
    I could not test it already because I forgot to buy 1 piece of pipe-work..

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