Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
Very impressive build there sir. What makes it more awesome is the fact that you can swim in your tank in front of friends and family and show off.
1500 Gallon 100% DIY reef Build
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sfsuphysics
Active member
You didn't have an 8.5 foot sheet of acrylic, but you had those huge slaps that make up the walls??
Considering that base though you could have gotten away with much thinner sheets of acrylic, probably doesn't even need to be one piece too.
wrxreefer823
New member
Stunning. Absolutely stunning.
scubadan206
Member
We know you have some sort of filtration... You have overflows, right? Lets see the filtration already. Or better yet, lets see a 5 min video on youtube.
:bounce3::bounce2::bounce3::bounce2:
Daniel. :wildone:
:bounce3::bounce2::bounce3::bounce2:
Daniel. :wildone:
MysteryReef
Member
I too am anxious to see the guts of this thing...please share when you have time...
Preferably pics, but a description will work if you dont want to show off the life support lair er ummm.....dungeon/fish room.
Preferably pics, but a description will work if you dont want to show off the life support lair er ummm.....dungeon/fish room.
toothybugs
New member
bbaz123456
New member
Thanks. Yes it is braced on top...will have to get a pic of that
Weld on 16
Dungeon/mad scientist laboratory/......
Yes you are correct
bbaz123456
New member
We'll start with the refugium. It's in there. After about 6 months of the tank running I ran into ridiculous amounts of nitrates and was not about to do massive water changes every week, so I built a greenhouse. It started off as a 10'x5' lean to type structure with 1 tank and evolved into a 25x25 greenhouse that has had over 30 tanks running at once.
Getting ready for this winter I scaled back down to just a few and sectioned it off to reduce heating costs.
Then there is the dungeon under the tank.
Some plumbing.
I guess you can consider this the sump, or the last chamber before the water is pumped back upstairs. There's 2, 100' heating loops of pex. The primary is ran off of an outdoor wood fired boiler and the secondary is off an electric hot water tank.
Getting ready for this winter I scaled back down to just a few and sectioned it off to reduce heating costs.
Then there is the dungeon under the tank.
Some plumbing.
I guess you can consider this the sump, or the last chamber before the water is pumped back upstairs. There's 2, 100' heating loops of pex. The primary is ran off of an outdoor wood fired boiler and the secondary is off an electric hot water tank.
bbaz123456
New member
Yes I know...I have a few mental issues.
But I will keep going anyway.
A few frag/grow out tanks all connected to the same system probably bringing total system volume up to about 2500 gallons
My masterpiece of hillbillied up PVC and plastic parts/pieces that I like to call
a protein skimmer that actually does work very well.
Check out that skimmate!!
But I will keep going anyway.
A few frag/grow out tanks all connected to the same system probably bringing total system volume up to about 2500 gallons
My masterpiece of hillbillied up PVC and plastic parts/pieces that I like to call
a protein skimmer that actually does work very well.
Check out that skimmate!!
rustyjames
EMT-B
Dude, you are out of your mind.
I love it!
I love it!
Jettareefer
New member
Pure craziness i love that skimmer!!
