Finaly I get my big tank!!

[Saltywater]

My 96"x 36" x 30" acrylic 449 gal display thank has been ordered. It should be here around 01/30/06. I can't wait till it is setup so I can transfer my old tank over. I also ordered a 43" metal stand wrapped in Oak and a 24" high Canopy. The wood is going to be stained with a Red Mahogany stain. Total system will hold 568 gal.

 

[Black71gp]

awesome keep us updated.....

 

[Carl_in_Florida]

I'm onboard

 

[Wryknow]

I love your tank dimensions! Did you consider going with a glass tank instead? What was the deciding factor for you?

 

[Saltywater]

Thanks, I think it will look great in the dinning room. It will be the first thing you see when you enter the house. I considered both glass and acrylic. There where many deciding factor.
1.) Acrylic is a lot liter than glass.
2.) The Acrylic tank will have cleaner lines.
3.) No silicone seams to worry about.
4.) no green tint to the acrylic.
5.) Price was right

 

[Saltywater]

Her is my equipment list so far.

Life Support
36" x 20" x 20" Precision Marine Acrylic Sump
Blueline 70 HD pump to run the circulation.
Sequence Hammer head to run Gamma 40 watt UV, EuroReef CS 8-3+RC Skimmer,1/3hp and 1/4hp Arctica Titanium Chillers and a 55 gal refugium.
2 6000 Tunze streams
2 Seio M620

Lighting
3 x 250 watt German Metal halides w/20k HQI Bulbs
Moonlights
Actinic lighting will be added later.

Live rock and Sand
340 lbs of Fiji and Marshall Island Premium Rock
120 lbs of Live sand

 

[law086]

I'm interested to see how it works out with only three MH's.

Will you have front and rear access to the tank?

 

[Saltywater]

I will have very limited rear access to the tank. The lighting setup was designed by a local Aquarium Company that specializes in installing custom aquariums. They are doing the installation and the setup and transferring the old tank contents into the new tank.

 

[zaireguy]

wow can`t wait to see it

 

[Saltywater]

It has been awhile since I last posted here. So I figured I would post an update. The tank and stand should be here this week. Then I just have to schedule the install.

All the additional electrical work was completed this week. Now I am just waiting for the tank and stand to be delivered.

 

[Fade]

I just got my 96-36-30.

I hope you will have as much fun with yours as I am with mine.

 

[deansreef]

sweet tanks

 

[Saltywater]

Fade32,

Sweet looking tank. I hope I do to. I can't wait till it gets here.

 

[Saltywater]

I just found out last night that my tank is not going to ship for two more weeks. But it should be installed the week of Valentine's day.

 

[Saltywater]

Well after many delays my tank is finally shipping on 03/15/06. I can't wait till they have it installed and everything transferred into it.

One of the guys that are going to install the tank was over last night to see what was going to be needed to do the install. He said that they are going to fill the new tank with tap water and not RO/DI water. I have a very big concern about this because everything in the old tank will be transferred to the new tank the sameday it is setup. Also our tap water is very high in phosphates. To prevent the tank from cycling the new tank will have over 500lbs of cured LR and about 120lbs of LS.

There are several issues why everything needs to be completed the sameday.

1.) 90% of the equipment from the old tank is being used on the new tank.
2.) The old tank is sold and is to be removed by the same people setting up the new tank.

Is there any draw backs to them using plain tap water? I would prefer to use RO/DI water if I had the space to store that much water.

 

[pondfrog]

You've invested this much in the tank DO NOT fill it with tap water for any reason other than to leak test it.
Insist on waiting for the RO/DI and get a temp system for your livestock or find someone in the area who will truck in large amounts of RO/ID water for you. Will a local store hold your stuff for you for a few days?

You could buy 10 garbage cans and start filling them now.......
Sounds crazy but if it's the only option.........I probably would do it!!

 

[Saltywater]

I would have to ask a couple of the LFS if they could hold my stuff. Because I don't think any one of them would have enough empty space. See below for a picture of the right side of the current tank. There are also 17 fish and 11 shrimp. That would need to be housed somewhere else.

 

[Family Reefer]

DONT DO THE TAP WATER !!!!!!!!!!

Go to AirwaterandIce.com "I think" I will double check. Buy a RO/DI Filter and start making the water !!!! Fill up some 50 Gallon Trash Bins and do it that way. It would take only a few days to do it and you will be very thankful. The water here is terrible......Trust me. You will lose thousands of dollars and see lots of your aquatic friends be very ill and more then likely die. Also you should use all the water from your current tank which would make up 25% of your new one.....That will also be very helpful in making it a smooth transaction.

If the people who are installing your tank want to put TAP water in the new one I would be really concerned about them doing anything for you. You might want to look into having someone else do the job. "NorthTampaTang" on the boards does this kinda thing and is great.......His name is Wes touch base with him and see what he would charge you.

Either way I am sure it will be beautiful and wish you the best of luck with your new addition........................

David

 

[jnarowe]

Allow me to chime in here...I have been filling my tank for about 20 days now and I still have a few more to go. I have been holding rock in a rubbermaid tub for months waiting for this tank to get done. Under NO circumstances should you use tap water. That will be the start of a very unpleasant exerience!!

I got two 96 gallon rolling trash cans from I believe Home Depot and they work great for water production plus they can be easily moved. They were used to move the rock when I bought the tank and now they are my pure water and SW holding tanks.

Please find a way to either get a bunch of pure water or store your livestock while the new tank fills.

 

[bjmycroft]

So only a few days until your tank arrives! Excited Yet? Im ordering my Dream Tank on Monday so im really enjoying reading peoples threads who are about to get their biggie!

Good luck for the 15th when its delivered!

-Bob