600 Gallon Plus in Wall Tank-Living Room/Dining Room Divider from Saudi Arabia

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abdullah

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Hello everyone! My name is Abdullah from Saudi Arabia and I've been in the saltwater hobby for only 2 years and with only marine fish only.

This will take a while, my wife has put me on a budget so be patient. Plus, I'm still working out some of the details.

I wanted to start this thread to get any feedback on the tank system before I start building it. Tank is pretty simple with no closed loops as all flow will come from Tunze Turbelle Stream Kit TS48.

I'm open to suggestions or feedback on the setup so please feel free.
I am trying to take it slowly to ensure i dont end up with a messed up tank system

Tank
600 gallons (102x34x42) built by glass with external overflow. 3 sides will be viewable, and 3 sides are starfire. With stainless steel frame.
(3) 1.5" drains
(1) 1.5" returns

Stand
Basically the stand will be made of 100 x 100 x 10 mm thickness angle bar.
It is going to be welded, sand blasted, painted and then I will apply fiberglass all around the steel just to prevent the steel from muster.
But what do you think, should I go with 80, 90 or 100 cm High ?? Please advice


Sump: Still looking for design so please help
Refugium: Still looking for design so please help
Refugium Lighting:
Frag: Still looking for design so please help

Skimmer
Bubble King Deluxe 300 Internal Protein Skimmer
Footprint: 12.8" x 20"

Lighting
3 ea IceCap 48" 4 Lamp Complete T 5 Retrofit Kit by IceCap
3 ea Lumen Bright 3 SE HQI PENDANT by CoralVue
3 ea IceCap 400W Metal Halide Electronic Ballast
NEPTUNE SYSTEMS DIMMABLE LUNAR SIMULATOR - 5 LED

Return Pump:
One Reeflo Barracuda Gold Pump, 4680 GPH

Display Water circulation:
Tunze Turbelle Stream Kit TS48

Evaporation Top Up:
Tunze Osmolator 3155, Water Level Regulation System with NEW Magnetic Bracket

Dosing Pump:
ReefDoser Quadro by AquaMedic control up to 4 dosing pumps

Media Reactors

Calcium Reactor
618 Calcium Reactor by GEO
Cylinder Size:10lb Sherwood Co2 Cylinder 22” tall & 7” diameter]
[Media Type:2xCaribsea 8lb Coarse Media]
[Co2 Regulator Brand:CO2 Deluxe regulator]

I ordered 618 Calcium Reactor by GEO long time ago when I was planning to build 300G aquarium but now things has been changed so I might use that reactor for Bio Pellet instead of TLF reactor.
I am planning to order 1218 Calcium Reactor by GEO soon.


Kalkwasser Reactor
GEO kalkwasser reactor with Maxi-Jet 600
7x12 foot print, 22" tall

Two Little Fishies phosphate reactor 500 (For GFO)
Two Little Fishies phosphate reactor 500 (For Carbon)
Two Little Fishies phosphate reactor 500 Bio Pellet Reactor

UV
Aqua Clasic 114 watt UV Sterilizer w/ Wiper by Aqua Ultraviolet
Dimensions: 20" X 10-1/4" X 2-1/2"

Ozone
AquaZone Deluxe 200—200 mg/hr Ozonizer/Controller plus ORP Probe and 250cc Air Drier.

Controller
Aqua Controller III PRO w/ pH, ORP & Temp. Probes & 4ea DC8 by Neptune Systems
NEPTUNE SYSTEMS LAB GRADE PH PROBE
NEPTUNE SYSTEMS LAB GRADE ORP PROBE
NEPTUNE SYSTEMS TEMP PROBE - PRO ONLY


Pictures will be posted throughout the build. Comments and recommendations are welcome. I want us to get through this together
 
My 435 is also a divided for my formal
Dining room and family room.
Do you have a diagram of the lighting?
Also the TUNZE stream you mention is not enough for that tank
Maybe you should look into getting couple of 6305 or the new replacement 6255 ( or something like that )

Good luck with the build
 
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Hello everybody

Please see below pic’s of my progress and see where I reached with my dream tank.

This is me
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Overflow box from inside

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The external overflow box. I think I need to modify it because it looks small or what do you think experts. It is 10cm deep.

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Water felling started for leak test

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Nice big tank you setting up. Why have a steel frame around the tank. With todays good quality silicone im sure a tank that sive braced should hold the water safely. Are you sure the overflow going to handle the water going to the sump as you have a big return pump? The TLF 550 reacter dont work for biopellets, best to buy a proper pellet reacter. Im using a JNS pellet reacter and works like a charm.Good luck with the build.
 
zaheda said:
Nice big tank you setting up. Why have a steel frame around the tank. With todays good quality silicone im sure a tank that sive braced should hold the water safely. Are you sure the overflow going to handle the water going to the sump as you have a big return pump? The TLF 550 reacter dont work for biopellets, best to buy a proper pellet reacter. Im using a JNS pellet reacter and works like a charm.Good luck with the build.
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Thanks zaheda,

I decided to go with SS frame due to one bad experience with my 800G Discus aquarium.
I use to have one large Discus tank three years ago got hit with a piece of steel furniture on the corner and then the tank got exploded.

Regarding the bio pellets reactor, I ordered 618 Calcium Reactor by GEO long time ago when I was planning to build 300G aquarium but now things has been changed so I might use that reactor instead of TLF reactor.
I am planning to order 1218 Calcium Reactor by GEO soon.

Thanks
 
bullitr said:
My 435 is also a divided for my formal
Dining room and family room.
Do you have a diagram of the lighting?
Also the TUNZE stream you mention is not enough for that tank
Maybe you should look into getting couple of 6305 or the new replacement 6255 ( or something like that )

Good luck with the build
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Dear bullitr,

I am still working on the design of my tank canopy and lighting. I am planning to come up with a design that will allow me to move the whole canopy to the side with only one touch. So I can work on the tank without any restrictions & obstacles.


Thank you so much for visiting my thread
 
rpjaws74 said:
wow cant wait for updates! but have to agree the over flow box looks kinda small IMO!
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Oooh my god, you are from El Paso,Tx"¦"¦ lucky you
I been there so many times
Do you go to Juarez Mexico on weekend


The overflow box dimension is 55 L X 10 W X 15 H (CM) :worried:
I will test it as soon as I finish the stand fabrication & painting.

If the overflow box need to be modify, I will fix it with this dimension 55 L X 15 W X 25 H (CM)

Thanks
 
Finally I started working on my aquarium stand yesterday. It toke my 3 workers 8 hours to finish this small job due floor level.
The contractor who install the marble in my house did not do a good quality job.

The floor where I'm setting up my tank is not level. The left side of the tank is 11mm lower than the right side over the 10 foot span.
Unfortunately, it is not level front to back too.

At the end we got the job done and the stand is level.

Please see below pic's

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Now we are moving the stand outside living room for full welding

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Abdullah, with so much steel going into your construction, surely you are concerned about rust. Will you powder-coat the stand and aquarium frame?

Dave.M
 
dave.m said:
Abdullah, with so much steel going into your construction, surely you are concerned about rust. Will you powder-coat the stand and aquarium frame?

Dave.M
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Thanks Dave,

My plan is like this

I will sand blasted, painted with APCS 26 or galvanize it and then I will apply fiberglass all around the steel just to prevent the steel from water & muster.

Regarding aquarium frame, its SS 316L I do not think I need to do anything to it.
Or what do you think??

Thanks again
 
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