1000 Gallon Rimless Build

[OCRick]

Just curious, did you check to make sure the floor can support that load?

 

[newtank]

Nice floor, I dig the stone work.

 

[reef_shadow]

Pictures are really small. Can you enlarge them?

These better?

 

[dainiusiva]

These better?

:thumbsup:

 

[reef_shadow]

Just curious, did you check to make sure the floor can support that load?

Good Point, Yes it sits on an 8" slab. Originally, the space was a garage whose slab was in place for 30 years. When I remodeled the house I poured a new slab over the old. I should be good.

 

[nuccadoc]

Excellent! Thanks!

 

[reef_shadow]

I want a very clean look, so I have to hide the plumbing. Pics 1&2 is of a prototype plywood box I built to get my dimensions and fit right. Once, I had a good Idea of how to make the box work, I started construction on a glass box around the plumbing.

The glass is 1/4". I frosted it with the stuff you by a HD. A plastic film that simulates frosted glass. The wood is left over Brazilian Cherry 6" x 3/4 hardwood flooring I had left over from the house remodel. Great wood. Very hard. Tough on the saws.

The box is 3 parts. The front glass section , the rear wood cover, and a wood box over the pipes going out to the sump.

 

[mm949]

looks good, but i see some issues with union and valve placements. couple of the ball valves are upside down, and i dont see any unions on the pumps outside..?

 

[nuccadoc]

Good job! That last picture reminds me of the exhaust system layout on my 72' Vette! LOL!

 

[akidnamedchad]

Sick tank

 

[reef_shadow]

The sump configuration was my most difficult consideration. I spent hours trieing to figure out the best way to handle the sump without compromising my design goal and the safety of the tanks ecosystem. I finally settled on the 325 Norwesco plastic cistern, insulated and buried right outside the room where the tank sits. I like it. The tank is big enough I can get in it if need be. It offers a lot of room for filter socks, a refugium, ATF, and other thing you would put in or connect to your sump. Check out the pics

 

[Elliott]

The sump configuration was my most difficult consideration. I spent hours trieing to figure out the best way to handle the sump without compromising my design goal and the safety of the tanks ecosystem. I finally settled on the 325 Norwesco plastic cistern, insulated and buried right outside the room where the tank sits. I like it. The tank is big enough I can get in it if need be. It offers a lot of room for filter socks, a refugium, ATF, and other thing you would put in or connect to your sump. Check out the pics

if you planning on running a skimmer, controller, reactors, etc. where will they go?

 

[reef_shadow]

if you planning on running a skimmer, controller, reactors, etc. where will they go?

Yes, I'll be running all of those. And yes, it posed a great dilemma. To accommodate the Skimmer I need a separate insulated closet out side next to the sump. On the opposite side of the wall the skimmer is on (inside) I'm going to build a cabinet for reactors, dosing pumps, ect.

 

[stone.david]

can we get a large image of the brace?

 

[reef_shadow]

can we get a large image of the brace?

sorry, hope this is better

 

[reef_shadow]

More sump pics

 

[Elliott]

very interesting, I have never seen a set up quite like this, what are the outside temp highs and lows there?

 

[James404]

Awesome build, can we see a full tank shot with it on the stand?

 

[nuccadoc]

Noticed the skimmer against the house, is it an MRC?

 

[reef_shadow]

Noticed the skimmer against the house, is it an MRC?

No. It is an ETSS downdraft. It's "brick and mortar" technology for a foam fractionator, but it still does the job.

If I didn't already have this skimmer, my first choice would be an MRC Orca Pro model. Super nice skimmers. I know the two guys who operate the MRC business. Great guys, the produce a high quality product.