6000 gallon system - Project.

[jjackson]

now I guess that really is a tease....

 

[Jamesurq]

Sorry... Working on it.

 

[Jamesurq]

OK - UV Sterilizer:

 

[Jamesurq]

RK2 150GPM Skimmer:

 

[rppvt]

GODFREY DANIELS!!!!! That's a hefty skimmer....

 

[1SickReefer]

You know you have a big darn skimmer when a full grown man can hide inside the mixing chamber!!! Good grief that thing is HUGE!!!!

 

[Nathan4Wvu]

wow that is amazing The only place i have ever seen one that big is at the ptiisburgh zoo!!

 

[jjackson]

looking good, cant wait to see it all when the ballvalves are in the other position

 

[Nathan4Wvu]

How much water loss is this tank expected to have every day????? With all those tanks and skimmer?????? Man like 100 gallons a day ?? lol

 

[Jamesurq]

Oops. Forgot to take a picture of the 6HP chiller. That is a good question on the evaporation. All tanks are covered with relatively tight sealed acrylic tops and the ambient temperature in the sump room should be pretty low (underground). That and the relatively low amount of lighting (15 X 150W HQI) and it shouldn't be too much. We're putting in a 100 GPD RO/DI unit which shouldn't have any problems keeping it full and keeping enough water for the weekly backflow/skimmer purge/waterchange.

 

[akrimmel]

have you posted the livestock for all the tanks yet, specifics that is?

 

[Jamesurq]

Not specific. We're going to pick and choose along these lines:

4K gallon: Sharks/Eels
1k gallon: Large Angels/Butterfiles/etc.
200 gallon: Seahorses
200 gallon: "Nemo tank" (reef fish)

 

[akrimmel]

cool thanks, where do you plan on getting the live stock at---a LFS or wild caught??

 

[aomont]

I tried but just couldn´t bear...
Is there any update ?
Anderson.

 

[Jamesurq]

Previous page I posted a few pictures of the equipment. Right now we're in a holding pattern. We should be back to finish the plumbing and get it wet in the next week or so.

 

[angieg1123]

Unless the sea horses are trained to feeding station or eat live foods......wouldn't it be hard to keep them in such a large system?
Being a sea horse keeper myself, I couldn't imagine keeping them healthy and well fed in a tank that large. Just my opinion and experience.

 

[Jamesurq]

They will be kept in one of the 2 smaller tanks, and they are captive raised and eating prepared foods.

 

[dougie]

love the tank! its gonna look amazing!!

Cheers.

 

[mr pink floyd]

in one of the 200 gallon tanks, it would be cool to do jellies, at the mystic aquarium here in CT there is a 500 gallon cynlinder tank that is moon jellies i believe, very calm, serene and relaxing to watch, with a nice blue bulb over it they glow!

just and idea!

 

[Jamesurq]

good idea.

The jellys love the cylindrical tanks because they tend to get stuck on the overflows of traditional tanks.

I'd love to do a jelly tank setup - they're such magical creatures... Probably not in the cards for this one though.