500 Gallon SPS Reef System

[danrobberg]

can i see a top down pic of the sump, and where is the skimmer going to be? looks awsome

 

[tobes3]

can i see a top down pic of the sump, and where is the skimmer going to be? looks awsome

The skimmer will be external. The pictures were taken by Lifereef, I haven't received it yet, but I'll take more pics when I get it

 

[Baggerhog]

Looks great, it will be nice to have no supports under the display. this will give you more storage area or maybe a frag tank.

 

[tobes3]

Since everyone seems to be interested in Lifereef (heaps of PMs), here some pictures of the other equipment I'll be getting:

VS3-72 (6 feet tall) skimmer rated for 1500 gallons+ :

Calcium Reactor (except mine will be 34" tall):

 

[tobes3]

Lifereef just sent me this picture, they wrote a description:

Protein skimmer upper column (far right), the skimmer base (far left), next to the skimmer base the calcium reactor, two 36" lamps in the brown box (red on top), media for calcium reactor (small brown boxes) Miracle Mud, (small white boxes), skimmer collection cup (far right).

 

[Oldude]

Looks to be a sweet build. I really like the tank support idea.

 

[tobes3]

Some new photos

We put a piece of plywood over the stand to balance the weight. There is still a lot of rendering to do.

 

[Octoshark]

I wish I could smash my walls like that. I want that tank!

 

[tobes3]

My DSLR is playing up so I had to use the still shot on my camcorder which doesn't look that great but anyway, you can see the walls look a lot better painted and rendered.

 

[Eel-byte]

Great build so far!

 

[dougie]

:thumbsup:

 

[meatball87]

wow wall looks great finished cant wait to see the tank in it. have u thought about fish yet

 

[tobes3]

These are the fish I'm thinking of, I've already got a lot of these fish in my current tank.

 

[erics3000]

This is great. It is tough having a tank by the office though...ahhhh yeah let me get back to work. Looking great so far.

 

[tiffyreefer]

I just wanted to comment on how similar we seem to be. haha! I'm a cavalier loving reefer too! We have a tricolor (nilla bean) and a blenheim (molly). Glad to see someone else loves the combo

 

[tobes3]

I just wanted to comment on how similar we seem to be. haha! I'm a cavalier loving reefer too! We have a tricolor (nilla bean) and a blenheim (molly). Glad to see someone else loves the combo

They're fantastic dogs, I only have Tess at the moment, but we're thinking of getting another one, maybe a black and white or ruby. I'd love to see yours, post a pic!

 

[Oldude]

These are the fish I'm thinking of, I've already got a lot of these fish in my current tank.

Nice fish list, some of my faves.

 

[danrobberg]

wow great work since I last checked in. By the way your wood floors are beautiful, I hope you plan on keeping them

 

[versach000]

Great build~!!

 

[HOZER62]

This tank is gonna be sweet!!!!