Here are pictures of the never-used-by-me chiller. It's heavy duty but I don't even see a way to control it by temp. Just on or off...
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There has to be a thermostat somewhere to monitor the temperature. Or perhaps there used to be. A Chiller guy can figure it out. What I would do is, once you have everything setup run the aquarium for a week with no fish. If the saltwater temp is 79-81 you probably don't need the Chiller. Make sure you monitor the water temp with the lights on too. But if the temp is 85+ you better get the Chiller issue resolved before you start adding fish. Also remember that if the room temperature in the summer is warmer than when you get the aq. up and running those extra degrees will end up in the water temp too.Here are pictures of the never-used-by-me chiller. It's heavy duty but I don't even see a way to control it by temp. Just on or off...
This sounds like a good plan. I visited a local with 1000g total system. He had a gravity strategy too. The return went to the main display, overflowed into a tub with chaeto, and that overflowed into the sump. He has an auto water change system that will replace 10%/week and what was taken out of the main system went to a Coral QT. He also doesnt use heaters. It is a genius build and here it is:I have pulled everything out. I had some mold at the bottom of the drywall in the corner from some water mishaps previously. I demo'd the corner and replaced that. The next steps will be stripping the paint from the concrete and covering with 2 part epoxy on the floor along with placement of frp on the walls for future waterproofing.
I agree with the old filtration needing to go. A 75 gallon tank will fit longways on the ground. I am planning on that with a 30 gallon tank above it in the corner on a 80/20 stand emptying down into the 75 for more space as well.
You can add a relay to this and control it with an Apex controller.Here are pictures of the never-used-by-me chiller. It's heavy duty but I don't even see a way to control it by temp. Just on or off...
Looks great! Did you DIY?
Are you planning on doing a mixing station? You could automate water changes with the drain being in your maintenance room.
Very cool tank but that rock inside the tank would be my biggest concern. Concern that its not gonna stay that color and could cause issues with parameters. I would have loved to see pics when it was a freswater.