1500 gallon tank

[Berkeleyaquaman]

For the price you've invested, and are going to spend, I highly recommend you higher a consultant

 

[euod]

Talk about go big or go home, Congrats!
That is a great project so take it nice and slow. You can also get a lot of support on here, or bareefers, MARS, and Norcalireefs without having to pay for it.
Also, pics or it didn't happen:}

 

[Psionicdragon]

I don't get it. Are you saying the orphek canon light no good

yes

 

[zeroinverse]

Tagging along. This will be fun to see how the build turns out.

 

[Reefing408]

For the price you've invested, and are going to spend, I highly recommend you higher a consultant

Hiring a consultant will cost even more money. The fun of a reef is to read try read try and hope for success right?

yes

Have you used the orphek cannon before? What's not good about them

Should I get a tank and start growing out frags? By the frags grow out I might have big tank ready

 

[Psionicdragon]

Have you used the orphek cannon before? What's not good about them

Google par readings

 

[reefish123]

What about the ecoexotic cannon 100w or the 120w you'll defiantly need a few. Congratulations on the Beast.

 

[neuro]

Even if I added a few more years of research and reefing experience underneath my belt, 1500 gallons would be way out of my league.

 

[Psionicdragon]

What about the ecoexotic cannon 100w or the 120w you'll defiantly need a few. Congratulations on the Beast.

I rather just get a crap ton of Kessil 350. Unless there have been significant modification on the new orphek.

 

[Psionicdragon]

Even if I added a few more years of research and reefing experience underneath my belt, 1500 gallons would be way out of my league.

You are missing out! It is HELLA cool and fun with a tank that size. Its like the best thing you can play with for years. You can get the newest and biggest toys to mess with it. But it does cost a lot of money and the humidity can cause damage to the room.

IIRC someone had to tear down their tank because of wood rot or something.

 

[Reefing408]

What about the ecoexotic cannon 100w or the 120w you'll defiantly need a few. Congratulations on the Beast.

Thanks... I don't need to really worry about lighting system yet. I'm going to just do fowlr at first and use the 8 400 watts mh that came with tank and deal with it later

Oh yes 2 more days till I drain tank and 7 more days before I get tank to my house.. CAN'T WAIT

 

[Psionicdragon]

Thanks... I don't need to really worry about lighting system yet. I'm going to just do fowlr at first and use the 8 400 watts mh that came with tank and deal with it later

don't even need the lights for a FOWLR. go get some home depot shop lights.

 

[Reefing408]

don't even need the lights for a FOWLR. go get some home depot shop lights.

Yea I know but I'm going to use the lights add coral slowly and change it out slowly to see if I like led or mh more

 

[sdadlani]

got any pics of the tank?

 

[Reefing408]

Anyone able to help move tank. Mover decided they can't move it. Does anyone have any experience moving a tank this size and what ill need for moving it. I can rent a box truck with lift gate but I will need ppl help with moving it to box truck. Tank is 120 x 60 x 54 acrylic made of 1.5"
Tank is in San Rafael. Will need to move to San Jose any help would be great. Even recommendation of who to hire to move would be good too
Thanks

 

[H.reidi.MN]

Need some pics lol

 

[psidriven]

depending on the date, i can lend a hand. assume its on pallets, so really just need a pallet mover. the 10 foot length might be an issue

 

[DerekFF]

Holy cow.
1. I hope you live on a concrete slab house. Otherwise you're going to spend some serious $$$ on beefing up the subfloor.
2. The electric bill with 8x400w halides will have you begging for mercy in a few months. I hope your rich wife gets a big pay raise soon because you'll be paying twice my mortgage in electricity a month. And about $200+- in salt a month and a bigger water bill for all that RODI.
3. Electrical will need to be added. Possibly a whole new box depending on how much extra space you have in your current box or how old it is. Could cost $1000-2000 depending on how much needs to be done.
4. Other have mentioned the humidity. The room it goes in will likely need a humidistat or if its in an open area of your house......you might be in trouble. Expect some $$$ renovations to help compensate for the humidity. A dehumidifier( or 2 or 3)might help some but that's just an additional cost.
Just thought I'd consolidate mine and others thoughts on initial setup issues you'll have.

 

[Reefing408]

Holy cow.
1. I hope you live on a concrete slab house. Otherwise you're going to spend some serious $$$ on beefing up the subfloor.
2. The electric bill with 8x400w halides will have you begging for mercy in a few months. I hope your rich wife gets a big pay raise soon because you'll be paying twice my mortgage in electricity a month. And about $200+- in salt a month and a bigger water bill for all that RODI.
3. Electrical will need to be added. Possibly a whole new box depending on how much extra space you have in your current box or how old it is. Could cost $1000-2000 depending on how much needs to be done.
4. Other have mentioned the humidity. The room it goes in will likely need a humidistat or if its in an open area of your house......you might be in trouble. Expect some $$$ renovations to help compensate for the humidity. A dehumidifier( or 2 or 3)might help some but that's just an additional cost.
Just thought I'd consolidate mine and others thoughts on initial setup issues you'll have.

Still looking at everything I need to do to make this happen. First I got to figure out how to get tank to my house. No moving company wanna take on job. Got 2 that said they will do it when they went to site saw it they just left

 

[euod]

Holy cow.
1. I hope you live on a concrete slab house. Otherwise you're going to spend some serious $$$ on beefing up the subfloor.
2. The electric bill with 8x400w halides will have you begging for mercy in a few months. I hope your rich wife gets a big pay raise soon because you'll be paying twice my mortgage in electricity a month. And about $200+- in salt a month and a bigger water bill for all that RODI.
3. Electrical will need to be added. Possibly a whole new box depending on how much extra space you have in your current box or how old it is. Could cost $1000-2000 depending on how much needs to be done.
4. Other have mentioned the humidity. The room it goes in will likely need a humidistat or if its in an open area of your house......you might be in trouble. Expect some $$$ renovations to help compensate for the humidity. A dehumidifier( or 2 or 3)might help some but that's just an additional cost.
Just thought I'd consolidate mine and others thoughts on initial setup issues you'll have.

You are ruining his honeymoon
All I want to see is pic.
I saw a 2000 gal and that was wicked. I still want it though.