birth of 2 builds totaling 30k gallons

[Themonsterisme]

Wow 1000 gal water changes...ouch...subscribed .. .you must be a airline pilot lol

 

[worm5406]

Well I hope you have your PADI certs, you will need it to clean out the nooks and crannies.

 

[nyyalcin]

Here guys look the new 2200 gallon

 

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[hedgedrew]

Dimensions of sps tank are exactly 12ft x 6ft wide x 4 ft high

 

[nyyalcin]

Here is one of three water change holding vats 3 plus

 

[TommyP]

Wow. Exciting. I wish I knew more to come and help lol.

 

[hedgedrew]

Benjc. Smaller tank is 12ft by 6 ft deep by 4ft high
Larger tank is just about 16ft by 15ft by 9ft high.

 

[humaguy]

drooling...

 

[SPotter]

Can you tell us more about what the tanks are made of, who made them...etc. I couldn't even imagine where to begin with some thing like that!

 

[hedgedrew]

Don't worry. Ted. If I don't electricute myself or break my back, I may drown with the comprised air and regulator.

 

[hedgedrew]

Shawn from elegant aquarium in Ohio built tank. I bid it out with atm and coastal aslo. At the end of day atm was cheaper but didn't buid to this spec and safety ratio. Ie 4 inch thickness. Plus those guys at atm are all about the tanked show and I didn't want that. So here we are. Its fiberglass frame and back. Wiyh honey comb composite in middle of 6 inches of rail frame. Then it's 4 inch acrylic Window on 3 sides.

 

[benihana]

Not much more I can say than just - WOW!

Impressive build

I may have missed it while I was drooling at the photos, but will the 3k sps (seems wierd to type that) tank be on its own system or will it be plumbed together with the big boy?

 

[hedgedrew]

Benihana. 2 separate systems!! Will share only an industrial size ro di system. May even use different salts.

 

[benihana]

Awesome! All this thread needs is more pics!!


Looking forward to this epic combo build!

 

[worm5406]

They need to set up a time lapse camera in the corner and download it nightly after the work is done and then post it up.

 

[hedgedrew]

Yes. I agree with both of you. But I just didn't think tank arriving was all that exciting. Today the fiberglass got welded and bonded together and put into final position. I didn't go back to house to see but pics are coming. I'm not a nig photo guy so I have to rely on yalcin and he's been busy with me. I promise all the pics in some order and equipment pics.

 

[benihana]

Sounds good - all of us are living vicariously through you both in this build....can't imagine how cool it would be to be a part of this set up

the time lapse photos would be really cool!

 

[synrg]

I was thinking it would be really cool to have a live video feed of the build. I probably would not get any work done though. Thanks for sharing your epic build Drew. Looking forward to seeing it come together.