3.700 Gallons Tank

[dinhoriginal]

Hi there

My frined gave me the authorization to post some pictures of his huge tank,about to 3.700 Gallons (14.000 Litres),in his back of this house ,another enthusiast of reefs:

First a pic from his proud owner:

Building the tank:

Finished and fully operational:

Lights on

This is the truck that was used to carry the saltwater ,Fernando used the whole tank

Some algae appearing,life coming up

Well thats it for now,thanks everybody

 

[boozeman]

wow :eek2:

I wonder how many gallons/day it evaporates

 

[Jarob]

I wanna see some more pics of the plumbing and everything!

 

[Theexp]

Thats a great last picture, looks very natural. I'd love to see more plumbing pictures. How he's dealing with flow, lighting, filtration etc. would be great to see.

 

[cartman5579]

Wow, thats incredible...

I'd hate to have to pay for stocking that thing!!

 

[dinhoriginal]

Some other pics:

Hidraulics:

Surge with 300 litres

Sump:

Some Rhyzophoras(did i wrote right?)

Boozeman,according to Fernando Guimarães ,the owner,he will change about to 80 gallons per week

Regards

 

[mxett]

OH MY .....

Looks like a commercial aquarium

 

[dinhoriginal]

There is more info and pictures sices his beginning in this place : http://www.reefcorner.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=35816

Regards

 

[Bax]

That is fantastic!

It is like Energy's reef only twice the size and outdoors like victor's reef in Portugal.

Very cool!

 

[ATX aquarist]

That looks like something you'd see at a state aquarium. That is pretty awesome. If I could ever afford something like that I would totally build it.

 

[gsusfreak]

if that was my tank...i'd go swimmin just to feed the fish, and have a face to face view of the corals, and not behind glass!!!

 

[Scythanith]

Gorgeous tank, your friend should be very proud!

 

[siropa]

wow. that is just incredible.

Do you know how warm the water gets during the day? With it being outside i'd think the temp would be wildly up and down.

 

[clekchau]

amazing

 

[fefo23]

I have no word to say, just wow

 

[Felix1021]

wow...wow wow wow...nuff said

 

[jeweldamsel]

Another rich reef fanatic

 

[steve the plumb]

I wonder what size clean up crew you require for a system of this size.I can't imagine the time and money needed to maintain this tank.I love the natural look to it.I would think that building it out of re bar and concrete wouldn't cost as much as one would think.What did it cost to build this tank if you don't mind me asking.

 

[Carlos Czymoch]

My Congratulations UNCLE Fernando Show

My Congratulations UNCLE Fernando Show

My Congratulations Uncle Fernando Show

Ola Tio Fernando Guimarães é isto ai agora sim

o seu trabalho e dedicação esta sendo mostrado

ao MUNDO TODO, Parabéns a você pelo seu belo

trabalho, projeto, paciência dedicação e que nos

tanto ajuda neste FANTASTICO HOBBY.

Parabéns ao " dinhoriginal ", por abrir este Tópico

aqui no Reef Central e apresentar o nosso TIO FERNANDO

GUIMARÃES ao Mundo.

Ã"° tio agora é que vai começar acho eu o maior trabalho

fazer o ajuste de todo o sistema, pois já vi alguma

perguntas aqui no Reef Central devem ser brabas agora o

trabalho para fazer todo este equilíbrio.

abraços

Carlos Czymoch:

<São Paulo - Capital - Brasil>

eek1: :strooper: :rollface: :beer: My Congratulations Uncle Fernando Show

 

[jgs107]

thats just crazy...it goes to show you can have a mini ocean with the right amount of money