Bringing the Ocean Home: Pacific Reefs' 375g

[Pacific Reefs]

After purchasing my friend's 58g and turning it into a reef in 2003 I was hooked. I then went through about a dozen tanks until I picked up the 375g. Here is one of the reef tanks that I owned, a 92g corner:

The tank that I am setting up now is 96" x 30" x 30" and the stand is built from steel and powdercoated (purchased from mflamb). I plan on making it a mixed reef. I will be running 2 x 250w MH and 1 x 400 MH in the center. For flow I will be using a Ocean Motions 4 way powered by a Reeflo Dart. I will be using a Reeflo Snapper for the return. The skimmer is custom and also purchased from mflamb. It runs on the needle wheel version of the Dart.

I definitely want to thank everyone who has helped me to get to this point including mflamb, tangers, cich4fish, thor32766, cap1956m, and definitely melev for his awesome webpage.

And here are some pictures from the last 2 weeks:

Polishing the tank

The help to get it on the stand

My son Jason just had to play in the tank

Don't know why he had the gloves on

Some of the plumbing

There is a lot more work to go.

 

[espocrespo]

oh the gloves, LOL, nice tank cant wait to see it set up

 

[Pacific Reefs]

Thanks espocrespo. I am working on the plumbing today. I also wanted to share some pictures of a new restaurant that opened at Downtown Disney called TRex.

Huge FO tank at the bar

I wish I could get one of these lights

 

[thor32766]

wow tommy. Thats an awesome job on the cleaning of that tank!!! Cant wait to see it going. If you need anything just ask! Good luck

 

[skippy823]

nice tank cant wait to see more good luck

 

[SSpiro]

Nice! Tagging along. I'd love to check out that place at disney. Looks interesting.

 

[cich4fish]

nice

nice

looking good tom,more work less talk.HAHA.You swear like you have a job,wife and kid that prevent you from getting this tank finished.thats right you do.Cant wait to swim with the fishes.


eric

 

[mflamb]

Let's get that babby plumbed!!!

 

[porthios]

gorgeous corner tank. that carpet's a beast..

 

[Pacific Reefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13942617#post13942617 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thor32766
wow tommy. Thats an awesome job on the cleaning of that tank!!! Cant wait to see it going. If you need anything just ask! Good luck

Thank you Brian. I can't tell you exactly how many hours it took to buff out. Luckily I had access to a drill that plugs in. I also skimped a little on the back side since I will be putting a background there.

 

[Pacific Reefs]

Thank you all for the comments. I believe the place at Disney is a similar concept like RainForest Cafe. Every so often the rooms dim and you can hear all the dinosaurs.

 

[Pacific Reefs]

I made a little more progress on the setup. I partially plumbed the closed loop so I could transfer my livestock to the tank.

The skimmer is 36" tall

Dart w/ OM 4way

Snapper Return

My Rodi. The company that made this unit is out of business..luckily most of the parts are standard

 

[Pacific Reefs]

Are behind the tank for the pumps

Partially filled. The sump is 120g and I had to seal a few of the original bulkhead holes

My puffer PDiddy

 

[thor32766]

hey tom the dart on the om4. That thing looks huge for a dart. Does have the same body as a hammerhead or barracuda?

 

[adam82]

looks good man!!!!!

 

[~sp0ok~]

nice tank

 

[tangers]

Looking good man, getting a lot farther than I did!

 

[Pacific Reefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13946588#post13946588 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thor32766
hey tom the dart on the om4. That thing looks huge for a dart. Does have the same body as a hammerhead or barracuda?

It seems to have the same dart head but the baldor motor is what makes it so much larger. You definitely need more room for these guys. I haven't powered it up to see if it's louder than the AO motor.

 

[Pacific Reefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13946922#post13946922 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by adam82
looks good man!!!!!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13947192#post13947192 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ~sp0ok~
nice tank

Thank you. It would be nice if this tank could plumb itself. :rollface:

 

[Pacific Reefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13948998#post13948998 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tangers
Looking good man, getting a lot farther than I did!

Hey James. Well it's like I'm doing all the hard work for you. You can buy it back when you move here again. Take some pictures of your new tank and send them to me when you get a chance!