675 gallon glass display / 1,100 + gallon system in LA

kinggeorge818

kinggeorge818

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Hey Everyone,

I've been out of the hobby for almost 2 years now, I moved to a new house and had to take down my old tank.

About a year ago I wasn't even sure I wanted to come back to the hobby but some friends from my local reef club (O2manyfish, Chefzilla, Josh, and Jeff A.) kept encouraging me to come back and here I am now...coming back for more punishment! :headwally:

I have built up the tank so far with a remote fish room...the tank is approximately 1 month from going online so I've got a lot pictures to share! :beer:

I have done some of the work myself (I own a construction company) and I also had help from Dave B. In planning as well as Julian G. from Aquarium City.
Aquarium City has been doing a lot of the physical work such as plumbing & lighting.

I wanted feedback from you guys as to how to wrap up the project and general remarks are always welcome. :fish2::fish2:

Pictures to come as soon as I figure out how to post them from my iPad!
 
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The tank dimension are 9ft x 4ft x 2.5ft
It's a glass tank made by AGE 3/4" thick with white powder coated metal bracing. We had Reed Savy build a really cool ghost overflow so it wouldn't take space from the tank!


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I had to cut back the wall dividing the two spaces so that it could be enjoyed from all sides


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This is the remote fish room it's approximately 7' x 11'
I insulated The walls with our 13 insulation, then I please have been Chicwood over that so that I have backing anywhere I need it, then we installed tile from floor to ceiling so that it would be humidity proof.


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picture of the Acrylic tanks for mixing, top off, quarantine, etc

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These are the Quarantine Tank's or the fish with eight chambers in total and each divider is removable just in case I buy bigger fish that need more room for Quarantine.


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We had Advanced Acrylic's also produce Acrylic braces that we could put shelves or tanks on so we could have less corrosion related issues in the future!


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I feel like a lot may tip toe back into the hobby after being talked into it. You sir, are all are nothing. Much respect. :thumbsup: sub'd and looking forward o following your progress.
 
Yeah I was hesitant to come back to the hobby because I had mixed feelings about the cost of keeping a large system (mostly electrical) and the problems that had caused some set backs (flat worms/Kalk reactor failure/learning curve/etc.)

But all it took was the encouragement of some friends (peer pressure) to get me back to my old addiction again!

I don't know how to do anything half assed so when I came back to the hobby...I came back with avengence trying to fix a lot of the shortcomings my last large system. (But isn't insanity thinking we can change the inevitable).
 
Holy crap! Compensating for something?!?
Just playin. I really like your fish room. Smart to get those acrylic mounts!


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Rockscaping using some of my old rock work and some newly purchased fake rock. I used the Ecotech glue and acrylic rods to put together some of the complex pieces. I'm using different size grains of sand depending on flow in a specific area!


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Definitely excited to see what you end up putting in this tank. Are the feed/drain lines going through the floor?
 
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