JohnPaulGross
New member
Hi. First of all I would like to say that I just got a new email and reefcentral username, so this is a new thread and new username, but I have been using reefcentral for years. To see the basic plans and design phase of the project I have inserted a link to my original forum that was under my old username.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2293131
That forum also has most of the before photos for the project, my current 72 gallon bowfront was in front of the wall that has since been removed for the tank. I am going to explain the process, but I think it will be easier to post chronological photos with small descriptions and explain later.
Feel free to ask any questions about anything and I will do my best to explain what I am doing and why.
The 1300 gallon number is the volume of the combined system of tanks described below, other than the last two, all of the other tanks I am building.
Main Display Tank: 84" x 48" x 42"T 733 gallons
Mangrove Tank: 48" x 36" x 30"T 224 gallons
Freshwater Top-off: 12" x 24" x 24"T 30 gallons
Water Change Tank: 40" x 24" x 20"T 80 gallons
Skimmer Sump: 54" x 24" x 20"T 90 gallons
Pump Feed Tank: 36" x 12" x 18"T 33 gallons
Pump Sump Tank: 48" x 12" x 18"T 50 gallons
Refugium (Bowfront): 48" x 12-18" x 24"T 72 gallons
So according to my calculations, that would make the entire system about 1300 gallons.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2293131
That forum also has most of the before photos for the project, my current 72 gallon bowfront was in front of the wall that has since been removed for the tank. I am going to explain the process, but I think it will be easier to post chronological photos with small descriptions and explain later.
Feel free to ask any questions about anything and I will do my best to explain what I am doing and why.
The 1300 gallon number is the volume of the combined system of tanks described below, other than the last two, all of the other tanks I am building.
Main Display Tank: 84" x 48" x 42"T 733 gallons
Mangrove Tank: 48" x 36" x 30"T 224 gallons
Freshwater Top-off: 12" x 24" x 24"T 30 gallons
Water Change Tank: 40" x 24" x 20"T 80 gallons
Skimmer Sump: 54" x 24" x 20"T 90 gallons
Pump Feed Tank: 36" x 12" x 18"T 33 gallons
Pump Sump Tank: 48" x 12" x 18"T 50 gallons
Refugium (Bowfront): 48" x 12-18" x 24"T 72 gallons
So according to my calculations, that would make the entire system about 1300 gallons.
