Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 My friend and I decided to set up one of his tanks in my basement. It's a custom-made 375 gallon acrylic tank that's triangular-shaped. Only the front pane is visible due to the way it was designed. Total water volume is around 625 gallons. We added around 600 pounds of well-dried rock seeded with rock from both of our existing tanks, added a liter of rowaphos in a reactor, and let it take off. Phosphates have never been above .01 yet. It's been running for around a month now. The initial cycle was completed with fish food and has finished and we added 8 baby chromis today. Here is a youtube video of the tank in its prime before he tore it down. We hope to reach the same level someday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnO3ylY2cTc Display Tank is 375 gallon custom acrylic with a rear-overflow with 2 1.5" drains Frag Tank is a standard 125 gallon glass tank Sump is a 125 gallon Rubbermaid Skimmer also holds around 50 gallons Display return pump is a Reeflo Super Dart Gold Frag return pump is a Pan-World 100PX Flow in display tank provided by an OM 8-Way on a Reeflo Hammerhead Flow in frag tank will be 4 Tunze 6105's Display tank lighting will be 4 400W Reeflux 12k halides supplemented with 36 royal blue Cree LEDs. Frag tank will be lit with 2 250W halides and supplemented with 18 Cree royal blues. Skimmer is a Volcano 1860. It's huge and working great. Check out the bud light can on top of it in one of the pictures. System is on an Apex controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Author Share February 20, 2013 Here are a few shots of the fish room. Excuse the mess as it was still under heavy construction at that time (and still is.) The 8-Way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Author Share February 20, 2013 Some shots of the tank and aquascape: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowieReefer84 February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 (edited) wow... simply insane. One note, I see the pvc is burnt. Too late now, but burning pvc releases extremely toxic chemicals. Edited February 20, 2013 by BowieReefer84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Author Share February 20, 2013 Stone work in process: FINISHED!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 Really amazing Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Author Share February 20, 2013 We are going to build an acrylic shallow in-wall mangrove tank/fuge with miracle mud for decorative purposes in this hole. We'll probably put a few banggai cardinals in it and breed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoticReefCreations February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 Amazing job! Loving that skimmer as well! If you guys need any help with anything let us know, Boonsboro is not far from us at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Author Share February 20, 2013 And finally, the fish enjoying their new home!! More progress to come soon. We are building the fuge next and will continue to transition my existing tank's fish and coral to this one over the coming months. Not to mention some cosmetic upgrades (most notably some new nozzles.) We made these with a blowtorch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 Holy Moly! i love the look of the brick around! I can't even begin to fathom this tank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Author Share February 20, 2013 Amazing job! Loving that skimmer as well! If you guys need any help with anything let us know, Boonsboro is not far from us at all! Thanks!! I'll let you know if we do. I'm going to visit you sometime. My wife wants me to set up a separate LPS/softy system as well which will be my existing tank re-purposed. She loves to watch coral move (she thinks SPS are boring) so I'll come there when that system is ready and check out your coral. At least she likes the hobby!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoticReefCreations February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 Thats always a plus! Good luck with everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Author Share February 20, 2013 Holy Moly! i love the look of the brick around! I can't even begin to fathom this tank... Thanks!! You are welcome to stop by anytime if you can endure the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Author Share February 20, 2013 Really amazing Marc Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 20, 2013 Author Share February 20, 2013 wow... simply insane. One note, I see the pvc is burnt. Too late now, but burning pvc releases extremely toxic chemicals. These are going to be thrown away soon. I didn't realize that. Good thing we did it outside. Thanks for the heads-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 Thanks!! You are welcome to stop by anytime if you can endure the drive. I'll bring the Wrangler out, theres some trails that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoticReefCreations February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 YHSublime, sounds like a road trip worth taking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flooddc February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 wow! that's awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 Looks amazing Marc!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 That is some skimmer! What an amazing setup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 Wow good job on the previous grow out! Looking forward to this one. The rockwork looks about the same as last time though, your not going to change anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtoreef February 20, 2013 Share February 20, 2013 awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 28, 2013 Author Share February 28, 2013 Wow good job on the previous grow out! Looking forward to this one. The rockwork looks about the same as last time though, your not going to change anything? Naah no changes. That's the best way to aquascape this tank. That way the table corals can grow out into the center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 28, 2013 Author Share February 28, 2013 My buddy Mike finished building the mangrove/fuge tank. He used 7/16" acrylic and plumbed it into the main tank overflow with a valve so it's gravity-fed. The mangroves have been loosely zip-tied to an acrylic strip until they root into the substrate. We put in some pods and a few nassarius snails from the tank upstairs, as well as a red-legged hermit. He likes to hang out on the mangrove roots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver February 28, 2013 Author Share February 28, 2013 We moved all the fish from the upstairs 220 into the tank and all of the live rock into the 125 temporarily to keep the biological filter going. So far so good. The test coral (red monti digi) looks like it is happy so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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