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    A Golden Reef Tank

    Here is an updated video tour of the tank and fish room. https://youtu.be/9g7GCa_4SQg
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    This year we donated a 2001 Corolla to charity with +215k miles. Still running. In fairness, it was burning a quart a month and didn?t shine like it once did. However it had almost no unexpected shop time throughout the life of the vehicle. This year we also return to the Toyota dealership...
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    Sorry to hear about your troubles. It sounds like there is some seal or gasket native to the RODI itself (not replaced with the cartridges) that has started to fail and is letting a little junk water seep by. That could be hard to track down. I guess I?ll keep an eye on mine. I suppose, it...
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    What kind of issues are you seeing with the RODI? Leaks? I haven?t had a problem yet. It?s been rock solid.
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    Hey Finn. I didn?t do a lot of research on the pressure pump. I thought I had followed BRS?s videos when I built the RODI system. I?m not trying anything fancy in going against the recommended install. I guess I didn?t know what the recommended install was. This setup has worked well for me...
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    The display is 350g. The refugium is roughly 120g. The total volume of the display system is about 600g. The coral QT is roughly 50g total (20g in the sump, 30 in the coral QT tank). The fish QT is pretty modular. Each fish QT tank is 30g with a sump section of about 20g. I'm only...
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    Thanks Stacey. Unfortunately, I don't have time to narrate all of the pictures a second time around. I'll be happy to answer questions as they come up. I'm really happy with 80/20 products. They aren't cheep but incredibly versatile. We'll get a lot of use out of that beer shelf. We've...
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    And the refugium
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    A few shots of the display. There's nothing to exciting here yet. I have three Bartlets, a yellow tank, and a Springeri Damsel. --------------------- A few shots of the back filtration room.
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    The hood extended out so that I can crawl into the aquarium when needed. automatic feeder hooked up to the Apex Lastly for the display hood, this is what it looks like laying on the floor staring up at the lights when the hood is extended.
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    The finished "dry-bar" area
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    I added flip up doors on both sides and the front for quick access that doesn't require a lot of access into the tank.
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    Here are some pictures of the finished cabinetry on top of the aquarium
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    One last small project for the holiday weekend. I built a holder for some tools with a little drip tray at the bottom. Now, I'm cleaning up the filtration room from the latest round and another major cleaning of my shop to prep for the hood.
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    The hood automation system is finally in place. I'll be using the remote control 99% of the time to open and close the hood. There are buttons on the main control unit but it's located near the ceiling. I added additional terminals on that unit so that some time in the future, I can run wires...
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    This month, I'm focused on prototyping and building the electronics that will control the hood movement. I'm using a stepper motor to maintain precise control of the rotation of the lead screw which also guarantees precise control of the hood's position at all times. I'm prototyping everything...
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    The large cabinet for misc electronics has been prepped and sealed up. I will be mounting a tablet next to the Apex display head. Long term, I will be interfacing all of the other electronics I plan on building into this cabinet. I purposely built this cabinet larger than needed so that I can...
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    A Golden Reef Tank

    I build another cabinet for the Energy Bars that support the QT systems. Like a lot of aspects of this build, I've tried to leave things modular and easily modifiable. I still need to build holders for the ReefBreeder light remote controls. They will be mounted on the second panel up. I will...
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