500 Gallon SPS Reef System

[Floowid]

I'm curious on your tank bottom returns........hopefully you're going to standpipe them higher up so they don't drain your tank if the pumps fail?

nice sump setup!

My guess is those two pipes on the lside are intakes for the OM closed loop. One picture showed some sea swirls, so I would further guess that the returns are going up over the back or side.

 

[tobes3]

This might help..

 

[tobes3]

Tobas do you fell the Lifereef products were delivered has promised our was the time frame longer than Jeff said it would be? Looking forward to watching tank progress from start to almost happy with results.

Looks like this has been translated but I can sort of see the question.... All I'm gonna say is that the Lifereef products were not delivered in the timeframe Jeff said. There were various problems with shipping companies, which Jeff told us to handle. I do not mean to "bag" Lifereef or anything, but shipping was very slow (and expensive).

 

[canyousee]

Thanks for info and letting us enjoy the build with you.

 

[tobes3]

Lumenarcs here, decided to go with 400 watts to save on electricity.

Here is the light layout to be placed on a motorised steel frame. (3x lumenarcs, 4x T5s (2 either side))

 

[scholar]

wow awsome build cant wait to see it stocked

 

[Marc]

Can't wait to see it in action!!!!

 

[robot2222]

Really interesting setup. Tagging along.

 

[little bear]

that's a good tank , i hope i can see the beautiful sps and fish soon.

 

[rocke_reef]

more pics!

 

[tobes3]

Could I use silicon to glue the pvc or won't it stick?

 

[tobes3]

Could I use silicon to glue the pvc or won't it stick?

 

[Marc]

Could I use silicon to glue the pvc or won't it stick?

Silicone is only used for glass. If you need to glue PVC you should use hot blue pipe cement. Why would you use silicone?

Marc

 

[tobes3]

lol Using silicone would just be easier. Oh well I'll just use cement.

 

[tobes3]

more pics!

What would you like to see?

 

[little bear]

i want to see the hole tank pics and the fish or sps ,hoho.

 

[tobes3]

i want to see the hole tank pics and the fish or sps ,hoho.

nothing in there yet

 

[peteyp923]

awesome build! tagging along!

 

[canyousee]

How are you and Tess doing? I always get this mixed up but is your summer starting now while North America is heading towards winter? If so how hot does your town get in the summer?:beer:

 

[tobes3]

Tess doing great , summer is starting up, we are getting about a 20 degree average but it usually climbs to about 30 in december/january.

The tank has been filled with freshwater to test for leaks and such.. So far everything working perfectly. You can find the photos here:

http://gallery.me.com/tobyfarmer/100013

Still to come: anti siphon thing for the protein skimmer, steel frame for lights, black acrylic to put in the overflow, and outside chiller installation. Should be filled with live rock and salt water by next weekend.