5ft long x 3ft wide x 30 inch tall - only just got it set up after moving house

[reefmutt]

Wow nice set up!
What a difference 6 weeks make in terms of coloration and clarity in the tank.
really nice open spaces- I love to see a reef that is open and uncluttered.
The bartlett's anthias are really nice and I really like the new anthias- are they evensi?
Are you running the system without sand bed? I only see a little in the display and I didn't see any in the system shot..
Nice skimmer btw- I had one on my old tank and loved it (there's a shot of it in my gallery)
I am about to set up a tank almost the same size as well (62'x42'x30 high) and I had a few questions:
What are the dimensions of your overflows and what is the turnover through your system? I ask because I am wondering what the height of the water is at your overflows.
Also, what thickness glass did you use, and where did you brace it and why? ( I assume you built the tank yourself)
I hope I'm not being to inquisitive... I plan to build my tank myself and can't decide on bracing. I have seen some tanks close to this size being built rimless, and I have seem some braced at each seam- top and bottom. I'd love to get away with a rimless tank using 3/4 inch glass, but I am worried about the 30 inch height..
thanks in advance
Oh, and I'd love to see some shots and a description of that 8x4x4!!

 

[Tony B (UK)]

Hello there reefmutt,

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11537481#post11537481 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefmutt


The bartlett's anthias are really nice and I really like the new anthias- are they evensi?

No the purple ones with the yellow stripe are pseudanthias tuka, or common name purple anthias.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11537481#post11537481 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefmutt

Are you running the system without sand bed? I only see a little in the display and I didn't see any in the system shot..

Nearly no sand bed at all, just a thin one in the display. I do not run a DSB in the sump. All that my sump has, is a small amount of live rock and various macro algaes.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11537481#post11537481 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefmutt

I am about to set up a tank almost the same size as well (62'x42'x30 high) and I had a few questions:
What are the dimensions of your overflows and what is the turnover through your system? I ask because I am wondering what the height of the water is at your overflows.

The weir boxes (two of them) are about 7 1/2 inch square and I'm 1.5" durso tubes to feed the sump. Water turnover must be around 7000 litres p/hour over the weirs, including head loss. I am using a sequence 10k (10,000lph) to act as the main return and also supply the skimming with water, my second sump return is an eheim 1262 (about 3000lph). Water sits just over 1/4 inch above the overflows/weirs when the pumps are on.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11537481#post11537481 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefmutt

Also, what thickness glass did you use, and where did you brace it and why? ( I assume you built the tank yourself)

I did not build this tank, but it has bracing all round the top and is built in 12mm glass, with a single base. No bracing on the base joins.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11537481#post11537481 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefmutt

Oh, and I'd love to see some shots and a description of that 8x4x4!!

I'll send you a private message with a link

 

[reefmutt]

Hey Tony,
Thanks for the info.
Here in Canada, we changed to metric about 20 or so years ago, but I'm old enough to still think in gallons..so 7000lph is aprox. 1800 gph. With a total of 30 inches of overflow and just over 1800gph, you have a water height of 1/4 inch above the overflows..so that's only a tiny 2 gallons to accomodate when the pump stops. I'm planning the same volume for system turnover..
How long have you had that elegance coral (catalaphylia??)

 

[Tony B (UK)]

Had elegance corals for about 3 months