600gal (96x48x30)

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starpolyp said:
A tank this size made from glass would be incredible. I was under the impression this would be an acrylic aquarium. I missed the Starphire comment in the original post.

I have never seen a glass tank made 48" front to back that was open topped though, it would be awesome if they do. In fact, most of the glass tanks I have seen even close to 96x48x30 had multiple layers of Top glass with silicone between the layers. those tanks had small access holes in the top, like 24"x 20" big. And the layers of glass w/ silicone on the tops made for poor penetration by lighting systems. Just something to look into Shawn. Maybe the tank you are planning on having built will have some sort of molded fiberglass frame and supports which may make it possible for larger openings on the top. Also find out what the shipping weight would be on that tank, in may be very very heavy if its 3/4" glass.

do they make eurotops on a 96"x48"x 30" glass tank?
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With me going with 30" I had to go with the 3/4 Diamante (low iron) so its not quite as clear as the Starphire, but alot better then normal glass...

Here in 2 months or less you will be able to see a 48" deep glass tank :) It will only have euro bracing aswell as being trimless with ground and polished edges...

Shawn
 
that is going to be one beautiful aquarium. So what are the rest of the details? Is there going to be built in overflow boxes? how many 2" drains? what kind of stand will this beast be sitting on? wood or steel?

I love that this is a glass tank, and with euro bracing too! just awesome!
 
starpolyp said:
that is going to be one beautiful aquarium. So what are the rest of the details? Is there going to be built in overflow boxes? how many 2" drains? what kind of stand will this beast be sitting on? wood or steel?

I love that this is a glass tank, and with euro bracing too! just awesome!
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I can't wait to see this in person, Will does AWESOME work, Mine will be about the 5th tank he has build for members of CORA around the columbus area... Its going to have an external overflow 20x7x12 and I am thinking about 2x 2" drains with 2x 1" returns... The stand will be custom build by me out of wood, Ply-board, 2x4's, and 2x6's...

Shawn
 
UPDATE...

UPDATE...

Well I have a few more things in hand...

Medusa 3-Digit Precision Dual Stage Temperature Controller

Model # Specs (FV-30VQ3)

CAP AIR-1 Temperature & humidity control

I also worked with Capt. Jer at www.reeferrocks.com to get alittle over 500lbs of Premium base rock... He did an awesome job... I sent him a drawing of what layout I was looking for and he sent a few pics back with in a few days and with some twinking I got what I was looking for :) I would reccommend him to anyone looking for some baserock... I will post some pics when I have time...

Stocked up on some carbon and a few other things... Also picked up a 5.0cf freezer and ordered quite a bit of frozen food from Drsfostersandsmith, everything from Brine Shrimp, Blood Worms, Mysis Shrimp, Krill, Daphnia, Cyclop-Eeze, and more, its about 1/2 stocked now...

Still working with Geo on the skimmer and reactor...

Going to get the IceCap 48" Retrofit: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents from reefgeek.com, still debating on what lighting combo I want, don't know if I want three 400w 14k Hamiltons, or Rad 20k on an HQI ballast, or even a different combo...

Still have to place an order with Premiumaquatics, going to get my heater tube from there and maybe the MH equ if I don't order that from reefgeek...

Still need to work on my stand... My wife got me some power tools for my B-day, Table saw, Compound Miter Saw, and a Router... I can't wait to start using them... Will make things go alittle faster... I have been working alot and not has much time to work on anything really. For now it looks like the overtime has stopped and I should be able to get alot more done, I hope so anyways as the tank is due in the next few weeks...

I will keep you guys posted...

Shawn
 
That's a ton of lighting! Have you (if I haven't missed it) considered "patching", for lack of a better term, your tank's lighting scheme? In other words, run the 400's where you'd like to grow SPS, the 250's where your LPS and lower light loving SPS would be, and the vho's or actinics over the rest of the tank to balance out the tank? This would save you some $ in a few different ways.

There was a tank of the month a few months ago that utilized this scheme and it really was fantastic.

Good luck
 
Purple Haze said:
That's a ton of lighting! Have you (if I haven't missed it) considered "patching", for lack of a better term, your tank's lighting scheme? In other words, run the 400's where you'd like to grow SPS, the 250's where your LPS and lower light loving SPS would be, and the vho's or actinics over the rest of the tank to balance out the tank? This would save you some $ in a few different ways.

There was a tank of the month a few months ago that utilized this scheme and it really was fantastic.

Good luck
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The tank is going to be 30" deep... I don't have any SPS as of right now, but I am looking at getting a few down the road, I do like clams tho, and would like to keep them off of the rock work down on the faux substrate... I am going to be doing a dusk to dawn effect so I will not have the MH and T5's on at the same time, I will have the T5's come on for about 3 hrs then go off and have the MH's come on for 6hrs and then those go off and the T5's back on for another 3 hrs... That is my plan right now, I don't have any lighting supplies yet other then the L3 reflectors so I am not set in anything... I have tossed around the idea of "patching" but I don't know... I don't want to limit myself down the road, or have to switch out anything major...

Shawn
 
Be sure you keep us informed and document well the whole move in issue. I also will soon (by end of year) be movign my 120x36x24 into my basement and am sweating over the very thought of it!
 
nyvp said:
how many t5's bulbs you gonna use? 4 sets of 8 bulbs?
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I am going to start with 4 and see how those do and if I need more I will pickup another 4 bulb IC set... For the initial 4 I am going to go with Actinic/Blue Plus T5's...

I was doing some calculations and I think I will be keeping the T5's on while the MHs come on, with the Tank Electrical Calc I figured it out to only be like $5.00 more a month...

Shawn
 
kwl1763 said:
Be sure you keep us informed and document well the whole move in issue. I also will soon (by end of year) be movign my 120x36x24 into my basement and am sweating over the very thought of it!
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Once I have everything in hand (almost there) and I start working on getting the tank setup I am going to try to take lots of pics and post as much info as I can... I plan on taking a week off work around the time the tank is due and another week shortly after that and I am hoping to get alot of the things completed in those 2 weeks... I am going to start working on the fish room with in the next week or so trying to get it prepped for the start of everything...

Shawn
 
asnatlas said:
I am going to start with 4 and see how those do and if I need more I will pickup another 4 bulb IC set... For the initial 4 I am going to go with Actinic/Blue Plus T5's...

I was doing some calculations and I think I will be keeping the T5's on while the MHs come on, with the Tank Electrical Calc I figured it out to only be like $5.00 more a month...

Shawn
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What I would do is go with an 8 bulb t5 setup, with 4 400watters...run your t5's all throughout the day that you would normally have your lights on. Set your MH's to come on mid-day, for about 6 hours....Basically you would be recreating a day, sun isnt as bright in the mornings and evenings, and then you would have your brights on during that 6 hour window giving you enough light for the clams/sps, which would cut your electricity by 2 hours per ballast(assuming you ran them 8 hours) and saving you life on your bulbs...
 
NewMariner said:
What I would do is go with an 8 bulb t5 setup, with 4 400watters...run your t5's all throughout the day that you would normally have your lights on. Set your MH's to come on mid-day, for about 6 hours....Basically you would be recreating a day, sun isnt as bright in the mornings and evenings, and then you would have your brights on during that 6 hour window giving you enough light for the clams/sps, which would cut your electricity by 2 hours per ballast(assuming you ran them 8 hours) and saving you life on your bulbs...
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I think that is what I have decided to do, but going to start with 4 T5s, and try 3 400w... I want to try the 4 T5s to start with because I have read / heard that the T5's on IC ballasts run at 80w vs 54w... I will have some time to play with my lighting as I am going to have the tank up and running for about 4 to 6 wks before I place anything living in it (other then LR)... I have been cooking some live rock for about 6wks now, that I am going to use to seed the base rock I got from Capt Jerââ"šÂ¬Ã‚¦

Once I get the tank in place and plumbed I will be working on the aquascaping and getting all of the equipment fine tuned... After I have all of that in place I will be working with the lighting and if what I start with is not enough I can order the extra(s) and they should be here and give me time to install them before the tank is rdy for some fish/coral...

Shawn
 
It doesn't matter if your tank is 30" tall, if you keep your sps up high they don't care how much water is below them.
A mixture make more sense. Keep your clams below the 400's on the 'bed, and a few sps down low there as well.
Run the remainder of the sps along the top, and lps lower under the 250's.
 
whats the lite area for that 1 t5 fixture? I thought they wouldnt cover that much of an area only like 18"max 24" or so. I was told I needed 4x 8 light t5 fixtures to cover my 96X36X30
 
nyvp said:
whats the lite area for that 1 t5 fixture? I thought they wouldnt cover that much of an area only like 18"max 24" or so. I was told I needed 4x 8 light t5 fixtures to cover my 96X36X30
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Are you using T5 as your main light source or are you going to be running them with MH's ?? 4x8 = 32 bulbs, that sounds like way TOO MUCH... Who told you that you needed 32 T5's ?? I would say the most I would need would be one more set of 4 for a total of 8 T5's...

Shawn
 
asnatlas said:
Are you using T5 as your main light source or are you going to be running them with MH's ?? 4x8 = 32 bulbs, that sounds like way TOO MUCH... Who told you that you needed 32 T5's ?? I would say the most I would need would be one more set of 4 for a total of 8 T5's...

Shawn
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nyvp Still there ??

Shawn
 
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