Deep Down Florida 600 Gallon In-Wall Build

[bmanzie]

So I did exactly just that. I taped off a section to resemble my tank in the garage and laid out my rock in the position that I thought would be best. Cam out really good, then I had a friend (Stylo) who made a suggestion that I thought was a good idea.
He also said that it would be very difficult to line up the rock exactly how I had it on the garage floor.
He was right.
In any case, I have all the rock already in the tank now. I am just tweaking it to have the look I am going for.

 

[Biggar]

Those fish look tiny in there. ( ; Thats a serious tank

 

[bmanzie]

I feel tiny in there lol

 

[nivram]

So I did exactly just that. I taped off a section to resemble my tank in the garage and laid out my rock in the position that I thought would be best. Cam out really good, then I had a friend (Stylo) who made a suggestion that I thought was a good idea.
He also said that it would be very difficult to line up the rock exactly how I had it on the garage floor.
He was right.
In any case, I have all the rock already in the tank now. I am just tweaking it to have the look I am going for.

Bill I did something similar. But I then drilled thru the rocks once I had them how I wanted and used fiberglass rods to peg them together.

This made it easier to reassemble the rocks in my tank. I was also able to make small ledges and caves doing this too.

 

[bmanzie]

Thank you for the suggestion Marvin.

 

[bmanzie]

Well I think I now have the look I was going for. It took a lot of trial and error but I got the trench look I was going for.
What you don't see is most of my old rock sitting in my sump to seed the new rock..

 

[AquamanE]

much better Bill- Love it.

 

[nivram]

I like all the caves and pass thrus. Lots of room for corals too

 

[bmanzie]

Thank you!
It really is a lot bigger looking than it shows on the picture.

 

[Ryanaquarium]

Look good once it's filled with corals the shape will be awesome.

 

[bmanzie]

Thank you. The corals will come slowly but it will come. Need to tweak the lighting situation and then I should be ready.
I have my eye on some more fish first.
I took a quick video to share.
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/...A-3244-443E-BCA3-0D4426396913_zpssr0xbpzu.mp4

 

[bmanzie]

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[DRThompson]

Just watched the video, looks great Bill!!

 

[jonnyu]

Tank looks awesome. Rock work so much better. So do you have a QT system in place ?

 

[mrx66699]

Looks good .....

 

[bmanzie]

Thanks everyone, still finding myself making changes.
Jonnyu, I don't have a quarantine system in place just yet but I think that will be coming soon.

 

[jonnyu]

Thanks everyone, still finding myself making changes.
Jonnyu, I don't have a quarantine system in place just yet but I think that will be coming soon.

I would talk to dave, as he is really good with that. Since I have been treating all new arrivals with chloroquine no outbreaks in the display tank. I ended up taking all corals out of the main tank and treated the whole tank. Anything you can do to keep a outbreak from happening is well worth it.

 

[bmanzie]

Good advice, I will work towards having one somehow.

 

[bigswaug]

Looks really good!

 

[bmanzie]

Thank you very much.