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[bkcjames]

this is gonna be one sick tank!!!!

 

[gtaylor67]

Its nice to see that some have the means to push the envelope in this hobby... Hope you enjoy your system and house ... Congrats on a dream build...

 

[Diablo]

With the holiday season upon us, things have slowed down once again.

The good news is that a fair amount of progress was made in the lead-up...

I know this is meant to be a reef aquarium site, so appologies for so much house stuff, but its the only show-and-tell I have for now.

Here are two of the six main pumps. The larger ones (x2) will be used inside the house for surge tanks. I am running these using 4-pole motors, so they will be around 1350 RPM. The idea is that by running a lower RPM pump, the noise level should be substantially reduced. The smaller ones (x4) will be for sump return (x2), skimmer (x1) and frag tanks (x1).

Here is some of the mesh re-inforcement and formwork for the house slab:

A view of the house slab poured. The fact that it looks like someone spat a large mouthfull of toothpase over it is because it has had its first grinding (much of the house flooring will be polished concrete).

The garage cladding is almost completed. It s a combination of Deep Ocean Colorbond Steel and Scyon Cement Sheet. Front is boarded up because the windows for the main house were delivered just before Christmas. This was a bit of a pain because it has prevented me from getting in to the garage (its pretty full) and doing some aquarium-related work

Next week the aquarium stand should be poured. I have been told to organise the delivery of the aquarium itself in the week starting 1/25.

if you dont mind me asking how much is this going to cost you or is costing you?

bighen, for the aquarium, no different to any other high quality build... about $70 per gallon stocked. And RE: addiction... at least you can go on holidays and smoke crack at the same time!

The only issue I do see is I don't see any spare pipes; what if the worst happens? Do you have a backup plan for plumbing? Did you mention how the aquarium will be lit?

29reef, hmmm... I see your point... The earth loops are one of the few areas I won't have any redundancy with. I will have thermostat controlled fans, automated lighting kill and SMS alerting. If worse comes to worst, I will have to use the good old buckets of ice trick on a major scale.:eek1:

I am curious about your water storage tank that feeds the aquarium... Even given that Melbourne receives it's fair share of rain every year, will you have enough stored water in reserve to sustain this system throughout the dryer months of the year? Or do you plan to supplement mains water?

The 60,000 litre rain water tank is mainly for the garden and the house (except drinking water), but we do have mains on as well. We can bypass the rainwater tank at any time by switching off the rainwater pump. The system is smart enough to automatically switch in mains in this situation. The watertank will have an electronic monitor / guage in the house. If, during summer, we look like we might run out, we will switch off the pump and go to 100% mains, using tank water to water the garden only.

I had to pull my wife into the room to show her what our next home will look like. She knows I'm dreaming but thank you for allowing me to set my sites on something this cool. I love how the tank is in the middle of the house. Good stuff.

Thanks BriGuy31+! I know what I am about to say is sort of rediculous, but the rest of the house will be relatively modest (well, except for the lap pool). Focus is on functionality, not ornateness.

To everyone else, thanks for your comments and encouragement.

 

[MMERITT28]

This is incredible! Looking forward to future progress.

 

[stevek480]

Looks awesome! Can't wait to see the rest.

 

[Elliott]

nice progress, looks very nice, you must be excited (I know I would be!), congrats and best Holiday wishes!

 

[CryptoFusion]

Awesome setup! Can't wait for more updates!

 

[treszoks]

Where are you putting the diving board for the tank?

 

[Last Version]

Wow... the big one project!!.

tagging along.

 

[jnarowe]

what pumps are those?

 

[MrineLfRlz]

I SAY GO AHEAD AND SHOW THE HOUSE PROGRESS TO!
its going to be a amazing home to and besides they both go with one another so please keep showing:thumbsup:

 

[Elliott]

i say go ahead and show the house progress to!
Its going to be a amazing home to and besides they both go with one another so please keep showing:thumbsup:

+1

 

[RobH]

I agree. Your thread, house and tank are so amazing. I love seeing the updates on the house, so please keep those coming, along with tank updates. I salute you for taking on such a massive endeavor...and to think, I was worried about starting my 300 gallon tank!

 

[Zack33]

tagging along can't wait to see this one progress

Zack

 

[oralsturgeon]

Sweet tank! Just a few questions maybe I missed the answers in the 32 pages...

1. Who manufactured the tank?

2. Do you have contact info for us reefers?

3. Whats your thoughts on cleaning the curved surfaces of the tank and keeping coraline and algae free?

4. Any "green" solutions for lighting/power in thought? It would take hundreds of $ to power just the lights for a tank that size..

Thanks,
Todd

 

[Daniel Reef]

Great build. I subscribed. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[Last Version]

Awesome!!
tagging along..

 

[MMERITT28]

I agree, show the house progress as well.

 

[CryptReefer]

Waiting to see the setup results of this monster!!! Im sure it will be sweet!!!

 

[marekt]

that is one crazy tank