CCP's 2000 gallon Deltec reef tank

[jnarowe]

famous last words. :lol:

 

[chrismunn]

you should hang a track from the ceiling and attach a rope with a harness that you could hang from and roll along the length of the tank suspended above it. kinda like the father did in in the movie "honey i shrunk the kids". that way you could avoid accidentally stepping on any urchins

 

[R.W.]

while the rest of us are buying gloves, he is buying waders LOL

 

[redfishc21w]

Hi Arnar
I would like to know where you are going to put the over flow box for the display tank ?

 

[flounderfish]

OMG that is incredible! I am really impressed!! CCP didnt make any CC1 games did they?

 

[Arnar]

Here we have three of the four light frames that are going to be suspended from the ceiling.

Here we are testing a few lifting methods.

Here is one of the overflow boxes. We are probably going to be doing some plumbing tomorrow.

 

[jnarowe]

you must be getting excited by now...start filling with RO/DI already!! :lol: It took 28 days to fill mine.

 

[Arnar]

Yes the finishing line is finally in sight

 

[Arnar]

Some day today. We were gluing some pvc pipes from the overflow when an earthquake struck. There was an 6.1 magnitude earthquake not so far from the capital. I stood in front of the tank when it rode over and when things started shacking I was thinking to my self "please don't break, please don't break"

Thankfully there were no damages.

News story from CNN


Here are three pics from today. Thats my coworker Friggi who has been helping me with various construction aspects of the build.

 

[Kensmith201]

Hi Arnar,
As soon as I heard about the Earthquake I wondered how you had been affected. Hopefully all is well with you and your project as well as all your fellow Icelanders.

Ken

 

[jnarowe]

wow. have you given any thought as to what would have happened if the tank was full?

 

[ransomed4ever]

Natural wavemaker!

 

[ransomed4ever]

Natural wavemaker!

 

[ransomed4ever]

sorry double post

 

[Ed Reef]

Glad the earthquake did not do any harm to your build.... we here just ended a 8 scale earthquake last week....still getting after shocks... !!

 

[LondonDragon]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12642425#post12642425 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ransomed4ever
Natural wavemaker!

For those lucky enough not to be there!

 

[DNA]

The quake splashed some water out of my tank and of course into an outlet shorting out electricity. Fortunately the epicenter was around 40km from my home so all is well.

I heard of a big freshwater tank that burst and loads of fish died.

 

[jnarowe]

YEAH. This is always on my mind out here on teh Left Coast too. I have been through a lot of quakes so we take our tank design (especially for larger ones) very seriously.

 

[jacob30]

I believe the deltec tanks are built to withstand an earthquake due to floating glass technique. I am not sure what it is rated to.

 

[ransomed4ever]

Just having some fun with the wavemaker comment, but its great to hear nothing serious happened, especially with a tank of that size. I know how I get concerned with 75 gallon when there is any power outages, or even the little quake we had earlier this year. Can't wait to see this thing with some life in it.