H&A Wholesale System Build Thread, and a little about us.

[H&A Aquatics]

I figured since I’m pretty happy with where our system is at, I would do a build thread for you guys!
I know this system is something you don’t see commonly so figured it would give some interest to y’all!

I just wanna start off by saying me and my best friend opened a small retail location in Ontario last year. I was a repo man for 7 years and ended up getting into a few bad car accidents last year and doing a number on my back so decided to move this to a full time operation for me. We switched over to wholesale as we saw a need for vendors local to the Inland Empire area.

This is our 16 and half foot fiberglass raceway, it is 4 feet wide and 3 feet tall. Holds around 1000 gallons give or take. We use a 250 gallon tote as the sump.
Total water volume is around 1100-1200 gallons.

For return pumps we are using 2 Vectra L2 Return pumps. Each pump feeds a side with 4 outlets with random flow generator nozzles on them. They are both running around 30%.

The raceway is lit with 7 Ecotech XR30 Blues Gen 5. Running a reef dudes AB+ spectrum at 80%. Our PAR Ranges from 250 all the way down to 70. (Still need to build a box or some sort of enclosure to hide all the wirkng

Return pumps are ran on a 1 inch return line, and we run 2 2 Inch Drain lines with a 3 inch outlet into the sump

For flow we are using a Panta Rhei ECM 63 set on a custom wave setting running at 35%.

We do not use heaters or chillers, we keep our office at 77 degrees and our tank stays between 75.5-76 consistently.

I am currently in the process of building a custom fish system to also move into the fish side of the business and super excited for when I get the blueprints finished and can start cutting acrylic down and building the custom tanks!

 

[Tangwich]

Looks like it's all coming along nicely. Congrats on the new business venture ?

 

[o2manyfish]

For the Panta Rhei ECM63 order the cage/basket for it. Mine was like a fish grinder. It constantly pulled good healthy fish in and turned them into chum. I've run Tunze Stream 3s for years without a propeller gaurd no problem, but the Panta Rhei just sucks them in and chops them up.

Dave B

 

[H&A Aquatics]

For the Panta Rhei ECM63 order the cage/basket for it. Mine was like a fish grinder. It constantly pulled good healthy fish in and turned them into chum. I've run Tunze Stream 3s for years without a propeller gaurd no problem, but the Panta Rhei just sucks them in and chops them up.

Dave B

Yup. He’s already ate a wrasse. Planned on snagging one and throwing a school of wrasses in.

 

[OGFrenchHorn]

Man! Moving that beast must be doing a number on your back too! Keep the pictures coming!


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[H&A Aquatics]

Man! Moving that beast must be doing a number on your back too! Keep the pictures coming!


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You just gotta hire a Buncha free labor and give your brothers and friends some food. Plus having a forklift to borrow was nice lol.

 

[Jimbo327]

That's pretty cool. When are you guys planning to open?

 

[H&A Aquatics]

That's pretty cool. When are you guys planning to open?

We are already open and doing business, if you are a licensed vendor apply online. Henryandaveryaquatics.com I have 150+ acro’s landing tonight so be ready!

 

[Cereal Killer]

Very nice setup. Good customer service too.

 

[jessesoto33]

Nice, looking good


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