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Marineland 265 upgrade

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tommysreef
, 08-30-2010 at 06:12 PM (2821 Views)
Current tanks
120 gallon reef ready half circle - contents of tank mixed reef/fish/live rock
55 gallon reef ready - contents of tank mixed reef/fish/live rock

Upgrading both tanks into the brand new Marineland 265 gallon reef ready tank with the monterey stand in black. This is going to be a long drawn out blog, im warning you now lol.
So where I have my new tank in place sits on slab, so im lucky I do not need to support anything from underneath, which is great but I will be running the filtration which will consist of a 150 gallon rubbermaid stock tank in my basement, so i used a jack hammer to bang out a nice clean 12" high by 3" wide opening through a cement wall that separated my room on slab to the next room where I drilled 3 holes 2 2inch holes for the drains, and 1 inch & 1/2 hole for the return, next will be roughing the plumbing from the basement to the tank. Once the roughing is in place I will put the tank on the stand and start to work on more detailed plumbing like the return pump which i am not purchasing till i figure how exactly how much head, and if I will run a manifold off it as well. I definitly plan on running all for 1" holes inside the corner flo's as drains, yes thats right all 4 holes as drains, I'm looking for plenty of turn over. I then will pump the water back up over the top of the tank, most likely through 2 1"inch sea swirls, unless ecotech unveils a similiar sea swirl type product at MACNA , and plan on using 2 MP40EWS on both ends of the tank. I have alot of work ahead of me, this is my first ever upgrade, where im moving from 1 tank, well 2 tanks, to another so it should be a challenge for me. I'll post picks once I get more the roughing in.

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Updated 08-30-2010 at 11:40 PM by melev

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  1. melev's Avatar
    It sounds like a really nice upgrade. I'm looking forward to your future entries.
  2. Ghost's Avatar
    It's not a hobby until you break out the heavy tools. ;-) I am looking forward to seeing this.
  3. Reeftankjunkie's Avatar
    You have to love an upgrade that requires a jackhammer.
  4. Midnight's Avatar
    Am I understanding you correctly that you are going to use four 1 inch drains on this 265g? Seems like you should have at least two 1 1/2in drains.
  5. tommysreef's Avatar
    THANKS FELLA'S LOL Midnight to answer your question yes the standard 265rr tank made by marineland only comes with 4 1" holes, now the drains they provide you are 1 1/2" but have a reduce at the bottom so technically it is what it is lol, that is why im going to use all 4 1 inch holes as drains, and it looks like both holes in each box will fit the 2 overflow drains in each box, havent gotten to check it out yet, but i believe there is room for this, so today i pretty much got most of the roughing from where the tank will be on the first floor to where the 150 gallon rubbermaid will be, i was going to go with black pvc but it just cost too much and doesnt make sense since my father has his own plumbing co. so guess what that means free pvc lol, which i used alot of already. Now my next steps are :
    1. PUT THE TANK ON THE STAND (THIS WILL REQUIRE ATLEAST 3 OR 4 GUYS)
    2. INSTALL ALL 4 DRAINS IN BOTH CORNERFLO BOXES AND CONNECT THEM TO THE TWO 2 INCH DRAINS, (ONE TWO INCH DRAIN FOR EACH BOX)
    3. I WANT TO THROW A FEW CYNDERBLOCKS AND THEN A PIECE OF GREEN PLYWOOD UNDER THE SUMP IN THE BASEMENT, JUST WANT IT OFF THE GROUND A BIT.
    4. FINISH RUNNING THE 2 2" DRAINS TO THE SUMP
    5. DRILLL HOLES IN THE SUMP FOR SOME BULKHEADS
    6. WHICH IS WHAT I NEED SOME HELP FIGURING OUT IS I NEED TO KNOW WHAT SIZE RETURN PUMP IM GOING TO USE TO PUMP THE WATER BACK UPSTAIRS TO THE TANK, IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME FIGURE THIS OUT IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I KINDA WANT TO GET THE PUMP NEXT SO I CAN FINISH ALL MY PLUMBING ON THE SET UP. I KNOW ITS GONNA NEED A HUGE PUMP OR EVEN TWO BECAUSE OF THE 4 1" DRAINS, PLUS ITS PUMPING UP STAIRS AND HITTING ABOUT 8 ELBOWS AND A TEE, WHERE IT WILL THEN SPLIT OFF TO POSSIBLY TWO 1" SEA SWIRLS. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK, ESPECIALLY FOR A PUMP?? MELEV WHAT DO YOU THINK BUDDY??? HOWS THE WEATHER IN FL??