Biggest local tank?

[jam583]

Just curious .. in terms of local (say within a 2 hr drive of DC) who has the largest tank? As my wife and I start thinking about a home addition, I'm thinking about a huge tank. Just looking to see a few residential systems (2,000 + gallons) in place.  I've seem tons of large commercial setups, but not as many large residential. Figured I would ask here. 

[Origami]

Copps in Leesburg. 1,300 gallon display and lots of auxilliary tanks, including separate systems making for a lot more water. A few of us affectionately refer to it as the Leesburg Aquarium. 

[jam583]

Is Copps the username of the person on this forum? 

[YHSublime]

Is Copps the username of the person on this forum? 

 

Yes, you can see some of the SPS he sells at our meets, and he will be doing a talk at MACNA this year as well about his new system.

[zygote2k]

I work on a 500, a 400, and a dozen in the 240-375 range.

Can't compete with Copps though.

[Grav]

With the sad loss of the invert house and the NADC. The largest / most well known public reef tank in the area is at the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of National History. It is about 2,000 gallons. You can see it 7 days a week, and the Reef eScape team are kinda proud of it. :o)

 

There is some cool stuff going on at Amazonia House at The National Zoo, Big FW tanks and (while I have not see them yet) some coral tanks were in the works, last I checked.

 

There are lots 300-600 gallon range tanks in the area and we have several residential systems that we installed and/or maintain in the 600-1,500+ range both in offices and homes. 2,000+ residential tanks are not very common and those that are done are often in homes that are not very accessible or agreeable to hosting a public "tank tour."

[jam583]

Thanks for the input. I've seen the Smithsonian last year or so. I am looking for 2,000G ranges in residential homes. Interested in the guts (power, humidity control, etc.). I'm hoping to plan a large tank in our house as part of an addition in the coming years.

[DuffyGeos]

Copps has something like 3 systems and then QT for coral and fish, along with a growout tank for coral. He has to be between 2500g and 3000g+/-  of total water in his basement. All amazingly managed. Main tank is 1300g+/- anemone 250g+/- Angelfish tank 350g+/- QT for fish 300g +/-, coral growout 200g+/-, refugium, and live rock tanks 200+/-, and what ever else he has going on with skimmer tank, ATO, mixed water- 300g+/-.  He would be the Guru of the lead Guru when is comes to Angelfish and large coral systems IMO. I learned as much as I could when I saw his system about a year ago, great guy.