Commercial tank build...

congrats my friend my blessing to your new family and for a successful business looking forward to see new photos!
 
rkesling said:
So....did you use PVC Foam Board or PVC sheeting? Big difference I think. Tanks look great but if they are really the PVC Foam Board, that could be a problem. Isn't the foam board made for non load bearing construction?
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My guess is that he used the PVC material manufactured by a company call Azek. It is most often used for sidding in residental construction great product but yes just like acrylic it will flex over time. I make my sump containments out of this material, great stuff. you might need to make top supports to keep the top side from bowing out due to the constant water pressure.

good luck!
 
Bio-nut said:
My guess is that he used the PVC material manufactured by a company call Azek. It is most often used for sidding in residental construction great product but yes just like acrylic it will flex over time. I make my sump containments out of this material, great stuff. you might need to make top supports to keep the top side from bowing out due to the constant water pressure.

good luck!
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It is actually known as sintra or komacel. It is used in the sign industry. Seams can be glued with CA (cyanoacrylate), superglue.
 
I think he said he used weld on 4 and the material is PVC board. If you guys read the full post, the same questions won't be asked over and over. The tanks and sumps look great. Good luck with the business and the little one!
 
Nice build!! We are also setting up a 300 g sps/lps frag system. Our buid is under this forum cac986. We are still trying to figure out our lighting, protein skimmer and ca++ reactor. Do you have any suggestions on what type of protein skimmer and ca++ reactor to use. I have a 300 g sps display tank, so I have a good idea what works, but it doesn't need to look good. They just need to be functional. Best of luck!
 
Any updates? I like the tanks you made. Could you put clear acrylic on one side for viewing? Would the acrylic "weld" to the PVC board?
 
i willl have some updates for you guys in a couple of days. this being a father thing takes up alot of time.lol

tanks have been running with water for about 5 months, but due to some $$$ issues the project has been coming together kinda slow. but things have been getting better so in about a month or so everything should be finished up.

the first tank is my sps grow out tank which is lit by 2-36in tek t5 6bulb fixtures with ati blue. plus and atil coral plus.

this tank was going really good. till i had a crash and had to toss close to 400 pieces.
so tank is empty for now. im going to let it ride empty for a bit before i start stocking it again.im thinking the cause of the crash was the eggcrate from home depot. which i later found out by using a left over piece inside of another tank and the egg create started to release an oil substance into the water.( so be sure to throughly rinse the crate guys)..

give me a couple days and i will post some pics
 
egg crate leaches phospates also.. ATS, i love it, going on my next prop build for sure. try acrylic and just drill it, also you would be surprised how often you have corals that dont need that perfect hole size. arcylic works great because it doesnt leach and you can custom form it. also i find it much easier to clean. granted you pay more
 
Southsid_reefer said:
i willl have some updates for you guys in a couple of days. this being a father thing takes up alot of time.lol

tanks have been running with water for about 5 months, but due to some $$$ issues the project has been coming together kinda slow. but things have been getting better so in about a month or so everything should be finished up.

the first tank is my sps grow out tank which is lit by 2-36in tek t5 6bulb fixtures with ati blue. plus and atil coral plus.

this tank was going really good. till i had a crash and had to toss close to 400 pieces.
so tank is empty for now. im going to let it ride empty for a bit before i start stocking it again.im thinking the cause of the crash was the eggcrate from home depot. which i later found out by using a left over piece inside of another tank and the egg create started to release an oil substance into the water.( so be sure to throughly rinse the crate guys)..

give me a couple days and i will post some pics
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man that sucks. I have noticed whenever I use egg crate from lowes or home depot in my tanks I get a hair algae bloom. Remove it and it's all gone. I wonder if the black egg crate leaches phosphates? I know my LFS uses it and sees no algae growth on it. I never tried acrylic but am having fun building with it.
 
reeftanknewbie said:
man that sucks. I have noticed whenever I use egg crate from lowes or home depot in my tanks I get a hair algae bloom. Remove it and it's all gone. I wonder if the black egg crate leaches phosphates? I know my LFS uses it and sees no algae growth on it. I never tried acrylic but am having fun building with it.
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Ive seen a rather large system in person that uses only black egg crate that had one entire vat filled with black eggcrate covered in hair algae. Im not so certain anymore about the anecdotal evidence suggesting black egg crate is somehow different than the white in that it wont promote algal growth.

I say acrylic is the only surefire plastic we know off that readily available.
 
Southsid_reefer said:
Well as some of you may know, I have started my own business and things are really starting to take off. So we need to setup more systems to supply more stock.

I started my build 2 weeks ago on 3 tanks made of 3/4 PVC foam board that I purchased from Faulkner Plastic. I purchased 3-8x4 foot sheets and had them cut to to size to make Tanks that are 74x24x10. I screwed the tanks together with stainless steel screws (they don't come in contact with the water) and then sealed. Tanks were also braced on the inside with 1in pieces to make an extra seal. We tested them today and all three passed, no leaks

We also build all 3 stands out of 2x4 and painted them with satin black waterproofing stain. They look great. Tomorrow we will continue to run all the electrical and move the 2-60 gallon frag tanks to the other side of the garage( that's going to be fun)
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Haven't made up my mind on lighting but I would like to setup up LEDs on all tanks but that would be pricey, so for now I may just go with a some MH on light movers on each tank.

Tanks will be setup with a auto water change system.

more updates to come.....

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nice job
 
1DeR9_3Hy said:
Ive seen a rather large system in person that uses only black egg crate that had one entire vat filled with black eggcrate covered in hair algae. Im not so certain anymore about the anecdotal evidence suggesting black egg crate is somehow different than the white in that it wont promote algal growth.

I say acrylic is the only surefire plastic we know off that readily available.
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was just at a frag swap over the weekend and heard the same thing from other reefers.
 
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