510 gallon reef build

Ok I have some great news. First off I drilled my 125 gallon for the sump. Might be a little to high but I guess I can raise the return pumps so it shouldn't be a problem. Now the better news. I was thinking over starphire glass and so I contacted Derek from Miracles asking him how much extra would I have to pay to get all 4 sides starphire and to my surprise the price only boosted for $5,500 to $6,700 so that was a deal I couldn't turn down.
 
Also a tip for anyone getting big tanks out there. Try to get the holes drilled through the side because I originally had the tank the same dimensions but with a center overflow with the front side starphire. I changed it to no sides starphire and a side cup style overflow and the price went down to $5,500 now I just changed it to all sides starphire and the price is back to $6,700 so apparently having holes through tempered glass really boosts up the price a lot. I would estimate it was $1,000 extra to have the holes through the tempered glass.
 
No not yet, I'm letting the actual in house construction get a head start because the room is being rebuilt completely with floor drains and everything so I'm just giving it a little head start before I finalize it just to make sure theres no complications or anything because once I send the deposit I don't get it back if anything major happens and I can't get it but so far so good so I should be ordering it next weekend most likely. Everything is set with Miracles so they are just waiting on my deposit.
david00061 said:
Did you finalize the sell yet?
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30" door way 30" tank that's going to be tuff. I would try to get that door modified so it can open 2 ways (double door) b/c your going to need space to move around and support it on it's sides.

Another ?...why 130"(10.8 feet) and not 132" (11 feet) ? How big Is the room? Again with 11 feet Ur going to need room to move the tank .

Just make sure you measure things out. Good luck
 
The door is more than 30" its about 34" and we are replacing the door anyways so when the whole frame comes out it's even more. Yes the tank is 10'10" but whenever I'm talking to people about it I just round it off to 11 feet. The room is not that big but it will be built around the tank so no walls or anything can get in the way.
afernandez said:
30" door way 30" tank that's going to be tuff. I would try to get that door modified so it can open 2 ways (double door) b/c your going to need space to move around and support it on it's sides.

Another ?...why 130"(10.8 feet) and not 132" (11 feet) ? How big Is the room? Again with 11 feet Ur going to need room to move the tank .

Just make sure you measure things out. Good luck
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Wow that was impressive, how many people did it take to actually lift the tank onto the stand because that is my only real problem right now. The contractor said if I ship it to a boat yard he knows some people that can get it off the actual 18 wheeler with a forklift and put it on a flatbed to bring to the house and back down the driveway. So really the only thing I'm worried about is getting it on the stand and through the doorway without scratching/cracking it.
david00061 said:
Want to see how I got my 500 gallon in my house? Look at post# 306
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2062544
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Here is just a little video I took with just a few gallons of water in the skimmer. You have to click the picture and it will open the video in a new window or tab.

 
This is a picture of the holes I drilled the other day on the 125 gallon.
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Here is a picture of all of the baffles siliconed in. I filled it with water and they all work and don't leak.
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Here is a picture of the room it will be built in. It's a complete mess and will be fully gutted out and rebuilt. The shed is being built right now to put all of the stuff from this room into because this was like a storage room but now it's going to be me and my brother's bedrooms and the tank right down the middle.
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Yes I know I haven't posted on the thread in a while. I might actually not be building the tank right now because my parents realized how much money we are spending on the tank which would keep us stuck here in the Bronx for much longer so they are trying to find a house up in Westchester and just rent the houses in the Bronx. So I don't know if this build will actually happen but when I move I will definitely be setting something up. It will definitely not be as expensive as this one considering the money needed to put down on a house then on top of that building a huge tank but I don't want to settee for anything less than 8 feet. I am even looking into maybe building a plywood tank and make it huge considering that it most likely will be viewed only from one side, I can go as big as I possibly can with plywood as long as I keep the initial cost down. So the tank I was planning to get was $6,700 once I finally customized everything. So with plywood I'm sure I can make something the same size or even bigger for a cheaper price. But I don't know if I am ready to build a plywood tank yet so when the time comes and they pick a house I would need to see if I can fit a full glass tank or just make it out of plywood.
Palting said:
Whassup, A.J?
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Anthony.Luciano said:
Yes I know I haven't posted on the thread in a while. I might actually not be building the tank right now because my parents realized how much money we are spending on the tank which would keep us stuck here in the Bronx for much longer so they are trying to find a house up in Westchester and just rent the houses in the Bronx. So I don't know if this build will actually happen but when I move I will definitely be setting something up. It will definitely not be as expensive as this one considering the money needed to put down on a house then on top of that building a huge tank but I don't want to settee for anything less than 8 feet. I am even looking into maybe building a plywood tank and make it huge considering that it most likely will be viewed only from one side, I can go as big as I possibly can with plywood as long as I keep the initial cost down. So the tank I was planning to get was $6,700 once I finally customized everything. So with plywood I'm sure I can make something the same size or even bigger for a cheaper price. But I don't know if I am ready to build a plywood tank yet so when the time comes and they pick a house I would need to see if I can fit a full glass tank or just make it out of plywood.
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Who woulda thunk it?

http://web1.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2060080
 
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