700 gallon tank, or how i spent my daughters inheritance

[JOSE CASAS]

Very nice keep up the hard work Carl.

 

[Reefski's]

thanks Jose-

it is nice now to actually have fish in the tank. friends that aren't reefers seem to like the tank better now that there are fish to look at. and i like it too!!

I know where the crab lives!!

 

[Grahamathon]

It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine.

Super, awesome. Super awesome.

I will definitely be drawing significant inspiration from this tank a few years down the road when I'm a homeowner.

Bravo

 

[Reefski's]

now i know where she lives. what do do about her?

these were taken after dark. she hides wa back in the rock during the day.

 

[Reefski's]

the water comes into the sump and has to go through concrete blocks to get to the rest of the sumps. it is blocked by a piece of acrylic that should cut down on bubbles. the Matala mat is to grow sponges, etc.

you can see where the water comes out here.

all the rods will get live rock on them.

i probably don't have enough live rock to do them all yet.

i had a concern the the concrete blocks would raise the pH too high but it is maintaining at 8.2 for the past day.

how did you say the calcium reactor goes together?

there is also a few inches of sand in the bins except the last one which for now will only have live rock. the sand should settle out in a day or two.

 

[Reefski's]

i went to MACNAXX last weekend. a fun educational weekend.

and we got to see the georgia aquarium. worth the trip just for that.

the whale sharks are amazing, and the Beluga whales.

the reef has a ways to go to grow in but was impressive none the less, and when it is mature look out. 164,000 gallons, 2,000 fish.

 

[Reefski's]

so this week the garage work continues. taking rock from one of the other tanks for the garage sumps.

this rock is really live rock. look at some of the things on it. i have some that is not like this too but look at the diversity of sponges, tunicates, foraminifera, worms, and even a small urchin i didn't know was there, et al.

 

[Reefski's]

is this one of the rock boring types?

Carl

 

[erics3000]

great updates

 

[Bax]

That skimmer is outrageous!!!!

 

[salty joe]

What kind of rock is that?

 

[Northside Reef]

I love this setup Carl. I look forward to seeing this after it has been running another year or two.

Looking at those sumps I can see we're brothers in thought

Now I just have to finish my setup someday.

Frank

 

[chrisk24]

WOW cant wait to see it all done

 

[Reefski's]

the skimmer is cool, however i hope that with all the other export mechanisms i will not be using it most of the time. it will just be sitting looking pretty.

the rock has been in captivity for 7-10 years. i have no idea its ocean origin.

it will never be done, but i too can't wait to get all the hardware in place.

today i am connecting the sumps to the main display to make it one system.

also putting the calcium reactor online.

 

[Bax]

Big day!

 

[Reefski's]

the skimmer for the skimmer.

 

[Warner Marine]

truly a fascinating build thread! Great work Carl!

 

[jusbechillin]

all I can say is WOW

 

[ReefingBuddha]

nice!

I have a urchin that looks very much like that, got him with my tank when I bought it. I only see him out at night and I haven't noticed him causing any problems.

 

[Jar*Head]

Can't wait to see that protein skimmer up and running. Carl, can you make a video of your monster skimmer in action?