Saltwaternooby
SPS junkie
Very nice. I love that tank used for your inspiration, I want to recreate that if I build another tank.
440 Gallon Custom Drop-Off Reef Tank
- Thread starter fjr_wertheimber
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yamaha16bw
New member
The top view of the aquascape is awesome!!!
Crazy_Beaver
New member
Any progress?
bikeboss11
New member
Wow I have never seen a tank design like this before.... Will be tagging along for this build
badharley99
New member
this is going to great
laredo300c
New member
Love your build, just thought I'd share this pic I came across
http://www.seavisions.com/images/garrityinshopgcweb.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/images/garrityinshopgcweb.jpg
Toxic Slurpee
New member
Looking great
msr224
New member
syedjilani
Active member
Nice built... tagging along.... love to see finish product. 
ChadTheSpike
Reef Engineer
It does look that way... Odd. I connot imagine how that would ever be a good idea.
robferrari
New member
I think I've seen this before. It's a medieval tank heater.
Darth Chingas
New member
Here are a few more pics of that tank installed from their site....
http://www.seavisions.com/images/carolina4.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/images/Wilmintonfrontright.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/images/Wilmingtonnormalres.gif
Also came across this pretty sick drop-off......
http://www.seavisions.com/images/rodgerskitchenside.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/rodgersnew1500.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/rodgersnew2_1500.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/images/carolina4.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/images/Wilmintonfrontright.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/images/Wilmingtonnormalres.gif
Also came across this pretty sick drop-off......
http://www.seavisions.com/images/rodgerskitchenside.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/rodgersnew1500.jpg
http://www.seavisions.com/rodgersnew2_1500.jpg
Ricardo Coelho
New member
Definately awesome build! Congratulations.
fjr_wertheimber
Combat-tested Reefer
Saltwater? Fish?? Actual progress, just not in the way I originally planned... PICS!
Saltwater? Fish?? Actual progress, just not in the way I originally planned... PICS!
Still very happy with my fab guys (they've done a great job on the tank, now to just find the time to get it and transport it home), just very UNhappy with my insane schedule at the new job... Things are starting to finally calm down a bit, so I've found myself with (amazingly enough) a bit of time. So, that being said, there actually HAS been some progress on the big tank... but that's not what I'm posting about.
You see, part of the idea/design mentality behind the large tank is for it to be a reef biotope consistent (for the most part) with the Coral Sea (where Wendy and I went scuba diving during our R&R from Iraq). With that in mind, I'd fallen in love with blue-stripe orange-fin clownfish, Amphiprion chyrsopterus and wanted to get a mated pair. The only problem was finding a pair. Well, and finding a pair that wasn't $350+. :eek1:
So, anyways, I was coming back from work last week and decided to pop into Aquatek (a LFS)... when what do I see? Yup, a mated pair of A. chrysopterus. Oh, and did I mention they were about 1/4 of the usual price??? :bounce1: GTFO. Well, crap, now where the hell am I gonna put 'em? It's gonna be quite a while 'til water is in the big tank (hell, I'm still trying to find a decent glass supplier after three different places have changed their timelines/prices on me)... I went on Craigslist and found a guy selling a 30 gallon bowfront with 45 lbs of rock, sand, filter, and LED lighting, all in great shape... for only $100??! Suffice to say, we snatched that up... only to find the tank also included a single A. ocellaris, that (of course) Wendy promptly fell in love with. Well, crap, can't put it in with the blue-stripes, what am I gonna do with him? Another Craigslist search found a great deal on a Biocube 29. Found out it had a bad ballast, but was able to score one at AquaDome for a steal. Okay, now what about live rock? Richard L from ARC hooked me up big-time on some man-made Real Reef rock which I split between the two tanks. I got some Dr. Tim's One-and-Only for Nano/Reef, gave it a few days, tested parameters, rock solid, dosed some ammonia, checked the next day, rock solid still. Sweet! (BTW, that's the first time I've used that stuff, gotta say I'm impressed; it actually lives up to the hype.)
Anyway, I know a thread is nothin' without pics, so:
Fish being acclimated (BTW, leftover Army combat lifesaver kits ROCK for IV lines for acclimation... I've got extras if anyone needs a few.)
Wendy's new Biocube with fish being acclimated:
A. chysopteruspair:
Another pic:
Anyway, I'm completely thrilled, can't wait to get them into the big tank now...
Saltwater? Fish?? Actual progress, just not in the way I originally planned... PICS!
Still very happy with my fab guys (they've done a great job on the tank, now to just find the time to get it and transport it home), just very UNhappy with my insane schedule at the new job... Things are starting to finally calm down a bit, so I've found myself with (amazingly enough) a bit of time. So, that being said, there actually HAS been some progress on the big tank... but that's not what I'm posting about.
You see, part of the idea/design mentality behind the large tank is for it to be a reef biotope consistent (for the most part) with the Coral Sea (where Wendy and I went scuba diving during our R&R from Iraq). With that in mind, I'd fallen in love with blue-stripe orange-fin clownfish, Amphiprion chyrsopterus and wanted to get a mated pair. The only problem was finding a pair. Well, and finding a pair that wasn't $350+. :eek1:
So, anyways, I was coming back from work last week and decided to pop into Aquatek (a LFS)... when what do I see? Yup, a mated pair of A. chrysopterus. Oh, and did I mention they were about 1/4 of the usual price??? :bounce1: GTFO. Well, crap, now where the hell am I gonna put 'em? It's gonna be quite a while 'til water is in the big tank (hell, I'm still trying to find a decent glass supplier after three different places have changed their timelines/prices on me)... I went on Craigslist and found a guy selling a 30 gallon bowfront with 45 lbs of rock, sand, filter, and LED lighting, all in great shape... for only $100??! Suffice to say, we snatched that up... only to find the tank also included a single A. ocellaris, that (of course) Wendy promptly fell in love with. Well, crap, can't put it in with the blue-stripes, what am I gonna do with him? Another Craigslist search found a great deal on a Biocube 29. Found out it had a bad ballast, but was able to score one at AquaDome for a steal. Okay, now what about live rock? Richard L from ARC hooked me up big-time on some man-made Real Reef rock which I split between the two tanks. I got some Dr. Tim's One-and-Only for Nano/Reef, gave it a few days, tested parameters, rock solid, dosed some ammonia, checked the next day, rock solid still. Sweet! (BTW, that's the first time I've used that stuff, gotta say I'm impressed; it actually lives up to the hype.)
Anyway, I know a thread is nothin' without pics, so:
Fish being acclimated (BTW, leftover Army combat lifesaver kits ROCK for IV lines for acclimation... I've got extras if anyone needs a few.)
Wendy's new Biocube with fish being acclimated:
A. chysopteruspair:
Another pic:
Anyway, I'm completely thrilled, can't wait to get them into the big tank now...
