Anderson Family Reef - 1200 Gallon System

[Newbie Aquarist]

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Hired some help to clean out the last remaining sand and coraline yesterday!

Cool. Good hearing from you.

 

[dotcommer]

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Hired some help to clean out the last remaining sand and coraline yesterday!

Great video and clean up crew .

I noticed in your video that the top of your tank is very similar to mine which is making it very difficult for me to get to certain area's of the tank to clean the algae off the acrylic etc... Was there anything special that you did to clean those hard to reach area's in your tank? Is that a design change that you will be making in your next build?

 

[dca22anderson]

Cool. Good hearing from you.

Thanks! :wavehand: Looks like your system is rocking!

Great video and clean up crew .

I noticed in your video that the top of your tank is very similar to mine which is making it very difficult for me to get to certain area's of the tank to clean the algae off the acrylic etc... Was there anything special that you did to clean those hard to reach area's in your tank? Is that a design change that you will be making in your next build?

Thanks for checking it out!

I clean often (once a week) and use a good strong magnet! I did let the coraline grow down low to prevent scratches near the sand bed.

I would love to do a rimless or at least a eurobrace and glass next round! :thumbsup:

 

[worm5406]

What has been going on?

 

[dca22anderson]

What has been going on?

Thanks for checking in!

I have been breeding some exotic lizards and consulting on some local big reef systems!

Still love this stuff and will get back in with a new system soon! Hope all is well for you buddy! :wavehand:

 

[scubadan206]

Each barrel is 100 gallons, one of salt water (left) and the other of RO/DI (right). The salt water one is a flow through from the main display and connected to the house drain. I can take the tank offline with the closing of a valve then open another valve on the bottom and drain 100 gallons of old salt water in just a few minutes. I then transfer the RO/DI water to the tank on the left for mixing the new salt water. After the water is mixed I then open the valve and flow the display water back through flushing the new salt water through the system.

This post from way back was one of great inspiration. I will definitely steal this design for my next upgrade.

Daniel. :crazy1:

 

[dca22anderson]

This post from way back was one of great inspiration. I will definitely steal this design for my next upgrade.

Daniel. :crazy1:

Thanks Daniel! It worked perfect! I will build the same set up for my next system... Maybe just a little bit bigger!

 

[Tracey2]

Is there a new Anderson Reef Thread? I was looking forward to seeing that new skimmer up and running.

 

[dca22anderson]

Hi Tracey2,

Thanks for asking.

Still in the planning stages for the next big project... I'll ping this thread when we kick it off!

Reef on friend!

Best,
Dave

 

[nuxx]

Can't wait for the new build

 

[ERivera65]

we will be looking forward to it! best of luck