Doug, thank you for the PM.
You have a nice build going and have been getting some good advice.
A couple of suggestions and a few questions....
1) I think two overflows is more than enough for your sized tank. Why not have one of them in a corner?
2) As far as tank builders - I received probably 12 quotes when I was pricing and planning my system. I ended up choosing to go with AGE in Garland, Texas and am very happy with my choice. Excellent customer service and communication with them.
I would like to know more about your planned Fish Room. You are in an early enough stage with your home construction that you can really plan your electric (dedicated circuits), drains (floor/sink), RO System, exhaust/cooling, etc.
Thanks Dan, I appreciate you tagging along! Your build is amazing.
So you'd lean more toward option 1 than option 2?
I was looking at a few builders and they seem to have fallen through for various reasons so I had to start over recently and lost a lot of time then started questioning a lot of my plans. I got lucky and found a guy through our local reef club meeting that mostly does really high end stuff but he said he'd help get me the tank as I was just having such bad luck, then I found a guy selling a 600g acrylic that I still may consider, but most likely going with glass and new.
As for the tank room, mostly that's been designed and being built out now but I've bothered them with enough change controls that if anyone had another idea I'd certainly be willing to take it.
In the room I'll have:
- additional support to carry the weight load designed by the builders engineering firm, under the tank is way overkill for support and the rest of the room is about 6 times normal residential load
- 2 dedicated 20 amp circuits (run to 2 each quad GFCI Outlets), I alternated the circuits on the sides of the room Circuit A has a quad on the left hand side and the right hand side, Circuit B has the same, there are also 2 additional GFCI Outlets in the room
- that may seem crazy but I had a GFCI trip on me once while I was out of town and lost several fish, corals all survived, but this way I should have half the equipment running if one trips accidentally (not sure if that will cause me issues with combinations of things but I'll test that all out when we get that far)
- all electrical is at 60" above floor or higher
- exhaust tied to a humidistat
- additional cooling (2 times what would be normal for that size room) (although I think I'll be going with LEDs so that should help too)
- wood stands built by the builder
- laundry sink with an additional hose bib for the RO/DI, space for a water make up station
- drain in the middle of the floor
- water sensor tied to the security system (we will play with this one not sure how it will work out, its wireless so I can move it later if I don't like it)
- ice and water barrier roof shielding around the bottom couple feet of the walls coming out onto the floor (I wanted to use a spray sealant similar to what they put in truck beds but it was way too expensive
- all surfaces painted with 2 coats permanizer paint, including floor
- green board on the fish room walls and sound deadening drywall on the exterior room walls
- CAT5e and RG6 for internet and TV if I ever want it, (I like to listen to TV more than watch it)
- The framing above the tank you see in the picture will be changing and I'm planning to have front access even though I really like the clean look I have now (as do you), but at 36" I just think I'll need it
- I've taken extensive pictures of where the wires and plumbing is in the walls to make sure I don't hit something later and I plan to video the whole house once they are done with the insulation (this week) and before drywall goes up.
- Its on an outer wall so down the road I may drill a small hole through the wall to outside to run waste water into a rain barrel or something.
Anything else you can think of?
