258 gallons (975 liters) Drop off Tank

[bahadirkargili]

hi all... its Bahadir from Istanbul Turkey and this is the story of my 258 gallons (975 liters) custom Drop off Tank. After having 3 standard reef tanks during the last 12 years I decided to have something different. And this is what came up as a drop-off tank finally.Here I start to share some photos of the early steps of the project.

didn't make a sense right...check out this one:

this is when all the glass are put together on the wood stand

 

[bahadirkargili]

First water test at the manufacturer's shop

 

[dave.m]

Looks like an excellent project!

Dave.M

 

[acabgd]

Can't see the photos...

 

[Sapelo]

Wow! So what are the advantages to this style of tank? Cannot wait to see more!

 

[bahadirkargili]

The furniture is about to be done

 

[bahadirkargili]

Wow! So what are the advantages to this style of tank? Cannot wait to see more!

First of all I am able to see the tank from 2 long sides and 1 short side (which is the deepest side).There is a slight slope ( which I am installing seramic rock-wall ).It will be interesting to put the corals and also have some caves for the fish to hide among this area.

 

[bahadirkargili]

Can't see the photos...

my fault I believe.Trying to fix it.

 

[dave.m]

Can't see the photos...

If you right-click on any of the photos you can select View Image in your browser which should take you to the originating ImageShack page where all the photos in this album are available for viewing.

Dave.M

 

[ace_92101]

That's a good looking stand. What type of livestock are you planning to keep?

 

[bahadirkargili]

That's a good looking stand. What type of livestock are you planning to keep?

Thanks, I'll be keeping Lps and soft corals.

 

[bahadirkargili]

Here comes my tank

 

[bahadirkargili]

if we could just get her through the door

 

[s_kelley]

Looks awesome! Can't wait to see more progress shots.
There's an old thread somewhere that has one of these drop off tanks and they did some really cool stuff with it

 

[bahadirkargili]

finally...

 

[bahadirkargili]

thanks s_kelley

 

[Electrobes]

Welp, this looks like an awesome beginning to an interesting tank!

 

[bahadirkargili]

time to install the furniture

 

[bahadirkargili]

Fixing the close - loop returns

 

[Codski]

Aww man I've seen a few pictures of these tanks, but never quite one like this! very interesting build and I'm sure a bunch of people, me included, will be watching this!