Doctor64776's 400gallon Show 700gallon System

Untamed... Great thread there WOW such a very very nice system... Yes so similar from the plumbing aspect, Paul is great help and originally 3 darts was not plan but after speaking so much with Paul he reallly convinced me Let me know how yours works out?
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Thanks, I'll do that.
 
Hello,

Yes actually I have made a bit of progress... I was a little side tracked by Tilelaying, Grouting and all the rock for the Facade of the room but was finally able to start work on the Overflows and the Back of the tank

I built the overflows from Plywood that then had Acrylic overflow slotted gates siliconed to the top... then this entire fixture I covered in the BrewCoat Epoxy... I then took 12 cans of the Black Pond foam and decorated the back of the tank... 2 days later I gobbed more BrewCoat all over the dryed and hardened foam... then while it was wet I sprinkled coral chunks, shells, rubble and argonite sand all over the back... now as it has dried it has the texture and appearance of rock... I am hoping that with time as coralline covers this it will be perfect :)

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Wow ..It sounds like it is coming along perfect. Everything is looking great..

I am thinking about building a wood tank in a couple months. I am realizing by the time I buy the 2 pieces of acrylic, fiberglass, epoxy, and wood I probably won’t be saving much money. I want mine to be a room divider and be seen from both sides. I do love making things and that might be the fun in it alone. How do you feel with your tank construction, now that you are so far along? I am sure it was worth it because you made it yourself, but do you have any other advice or input?

Thanks,
Eric
 
Well, IF I ever were to do it again I would just BUY the Best Starphire tank on the market... I did this to gain experience... and yes that I have gained ALOT :) To accomplish that which I have read about sooo much here, when I am fully completed I can say, "I built this" But it has taken just about as much $$$ as to have bought a non StarPhire tank plus about 6 months...

Am I happy I did it this way? YES
Having completed the "Experience" would I do it again? NO

I am sooo excited though :) it is almost time to start actually assembling everything :)
 
Doctor, are the overflows going to be seen from the viewing room? Why did you not go with a standard overflow setup?
 
hey doc looking good there, I probably got little bit more time no more than a month and all should done with cabinets and light racks, especially rack got something real nice as soon I finished will be posting up, also love your background, seen you made a lot of progress lately and everything seems to be working fine for you..
 
IBASSFSH... The angled overflows cannot be seen from the viewing room... unless you get on your knees and look up :) also I felt that the angled approach looked less ummm.. manmade than something squared off and now that it is set in place on the stand I am very happy with it.... If I did this again Though I think that I would have to go with the External overflow design that I have seen here in one of the other plywood tank builds...



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Thank You :) Yes I have been lurking in your thread also... alot of amazing equipment there.. WOW! and as I read the techniques you will employ for your sumps, plumbing ect. ect I am amazed at how proficient your design concepts are for never having had a reef? Did you have all that much invested in your other non reef tanks? or have you just read ALOT?
 
thanks, and nope just did a lot of reading and cant seem to sleep with so many things going here on RC. started beginning of the year and still reading, so far I have some plumbing concept and equipments only, my friend will give me some pointers on reefkeeping and maintenance. what I did was put every systems here and combined them from different builds to accomplished what I have that's all, and never even owed a goldfish before, lol.
 
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