danfeig
.Registered Member
I wanted to share with the Reef Central community my reef tank build, which I have been planning for the last several months. The main tank is a custom 850-gallon display, an approximate 260 gallon sump, an approximate 40 gallon refugium, three (3) 75 gallon tanks that will be plumbed into the main system but can easily be diverted into a standalone system if needed for quarantine or hospital tank(s), an additional approximate 100 gallon aquarium housing live rock. The main display will be an "œin wall" system in my living room and will back into an approximate 150 square foot "œfish room."
A little background. I have been in the hobby, off and on, for 16 years. I grew up with mostly freshwater tanks, African Cichlids, Oscars and such. My first saltwater tank was a 70-gallon show tank. I have fond memories of my children as infants, falling asleep in their baby rockers watching my fish. I had to dismantle that system when our house went through a major renovation. Seven years ago we moved to a new house and I began planning my existing system, a 150 gallon mixed reef with a 40-gallon sump. This system sits in my bedroom. There is nothing more relaxing than laying in bed and watching my fish at night as my lights slowly dim into night mode.
I never do things half way and the bug for a large system started a few years ago. Nightly, I would pull out my laptop and show my wife pictures of larger systems; Chingchai's, David Saxby's, Luc Loyen's (jawsee), to name a few. After asking and asking my wife, along with many compromises and promises, about eight months ago, she agreed! I have to admit, she has sacrificed a lot. The new "œfish room" was her previous office.
Attached are pictures of the room the tank will be located and a rendering our designer mocked up.
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A little background. I have been in the hobby, off and on, for 16 years. I grew up with mostly freshwater tanks, African Cichlids, Oscars and such. My first saltwater tank was a 70-gallon show tank. I have fond memories of my children as infants, falling asleep in their baby rockers watching my fish. I had to dismantle that system when our house went through a major renovation. Seven years ago we moved to a new house and I began planning my existing system, a 150 gallon mixed reef with a 40-gallon sump. This system sits in my bedroom. There is nothing more relaxing than laying in bed and watching my fish at night as my lights slowly dim into night mode.
I never do things half way and the bug for a large system started a few years ago. Nightly, I would pull out my laptop and show my wife pictures of larger systems; Chingchai's, David Saxby's, Luc Loyen's (jawsee), to name a few. After asking and asking my wife, along with many compromises and promises, about eight months ago, she agreed! I have to admit, she has sacrificed a lot. The new "œfish room" was her previous office.
Attached are pictures of the room the tank will be located and a rendering our designer mocked up.
