Go Big OR Go Home! Construction of a 1000 gallon System!!

Brian:

Since your tank is 48" front to back... how far above the tank are the bottom of the lumen arc reflectors to get good coverage.

I have limited room above the tank (about 20" mount all the lighting hardware and reflectors), which would leave a max of 8" between the bottom of the reflectors and top of my tank. At what height are you getting adequate spread ?

I have to committ to the stand soon, and the stand height will depend a lot on what space I need for the lights. I only have a total of 84" of working room from the floor to the cieling, and the tank is 30". So have the split the remaining between the stand and the room for the lights.

sanjay.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6996092#post6996092 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sanjay
Brian:

Since your tank is 48" front to back... how far above the tank are the bottom of the lumen arc reflectors to get good coverage.

I have limited room above the tank (about 20" mount all the lighting hardware and reflectors), which would leave a max of 8" between the bottom of the reflectors and top of my tank. At what height are you getting adequate spread ?

I have to committ to the stand soon, and the stand height will depend a lot on what space I need for the lights. I only have a total of 84" of working room from the floor to the cieling, and the tank is 30". So have the split the remaining between the stand and the room for the lights.

sanjay.
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Hi Sanjay,

Thanks Again for stopping by last month w/ Jeremy. I enjoyed our conversations, and I look forward to seeing the progress on your new system.

I have not turned my MH's on yet, I have just been using my VHO's while curing my rock. I'm about 99% done aquascaping. Anyway, I have 5 Lumen Arcs spread across the 120" tank, along with VHO's on the front and back side of the tank. The Lumen Arcs are centered over the tank, and the VHO's are about 4" off the reflectors (front and back). Each Lumen Arc is about 4" from eachother. I plan on starting out at about 6" above the water level. With a maximum of about 8" above the water level. I feel that with the distance between each reflector that the heigth of 6 - 8 inches would be optimal. I am not as concerned about getting light completely covering the depth of the tank because most of my high light demand corals will be towards the center of the tank. But, as soon as I put MH bulbs in I will let you know. I hope this helps with your dicision on heigth.. :)
 
Thanks Brian. I was thinking 8" would be enough. I know its enough for the 42" front to back tank at Penn State. I was just curious as to what it does over a 48". I wont be using any supplemental lights.

I too will be arranging the rock after the lights are on, so I can arrange according to the spread that I get.


I'll keep you posted.

sanjay.
 
Thanks Brian. I was thinking 8" would be enough. I know its enough for the 42" front to back tank at Penn State. I was just curious as to what it does over a 48". I wont be using any supplemental lights.

I too will be arranging the rock after the lights are on, so I can arrange according to the spread that I get.


I'll keep you posted.

sanjay.
 
Beautiful tank :thumbsup: Since I don't want to search through the whole thread, I have two questions, what are the demensions? And what do you plan to make the tank? Reef, FOWLR?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7002103#post7002103 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lord Voldemort
Beautiful tank :thumbsup: Since I don't want to search through the whole thread, I have two questions, what are the demensions? And what do you plan to make the tank? Reef, FOWLR?
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Was not very hard to find as the info was in his first post of this thread... Since he is talking about a coral propagation tank I would venture to say that it will be a reef...

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=5955623#post5955623 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bstone
Well, I always went by the philosophy of "Go Big OR Go Home"!

I have decided to do just that with my new tank. The whole system will be approximately 1000 gallons. With a main display tank at L-120, W-48, H-30. I will have 3 sumps, one for equipment, one for coral propagation, and one refugium. The tank has been planned and designed for the last year with help from some good, and experienced friends in the business. The tank will be an in-wall, with a very "large" fish room. The tank is going in my family room wall that is two stories tall. So, it will look awesome with the design I have planned.

I decided to get my tank from Derek at Miracles Aquariums, and what a pleasure it has been so far dealing with them. I have complete confidence in the quality tank I will be getting from them. The tank is already under construction, and Derek has sent me some pictures. It should be ready in a few weeks.

I have already started construction on the new fish room and tank stand. I torn down all the drywall and ran my own electrical. So, I have added all the 120 and 240 volt outlets that I could possible need. I have also designed a stand that will hold the 4 tons of weight. The stand was designed and engineered to withstand the weight, and then some!! And, yes I am on a slab. I plan on going with the same lay-out of stand/plywood/self-leveling cement/and stro-foam. I have done this in the past with my current tank with great success. I have enclosed a few pictures for viewing.
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Fantastic job-a true inspiration and very well thought out!
One quick question-I can't tell from any of the posts or the pictures how you get from the last sump back to the tank. Do you run tubing around the wall? along the ceiling? back along the floor over near sump #1 and then back in the tank?
I really like the idea of not having the sump under the tank. Much easier to work on everything out in the open.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7003052#post7003052 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tasmanian
Fantastic job-a true inspiration and very well thought out!
One quick question-I can't tell from any of the posts or the pictures how you get from the last sump back to the tank. Do you run tubing around the wall? along the ceiling? back along the floor over near sump #1 and then back in the tank?
I really like the idea of not having the sump under the tank. Much easier to work on everything out in the open.
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Thanks for the comments! There is a 2" line from sump 3 that runs on the floor to the tank. It then goes up the back and splits to the 5 1" sea swirls. The 2" pipe on the floor will have a wood step/ramp over it to prevent people from hitting it.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6842463#post6842463 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bstone
I added 3 more 2" lines from sump 1 to sump 2, and 2 more 2" lines from sump 2 to sump 3. So, I now have a total of four (4) 2" lines from each sump (1 to 2 and then 2 to 3). I can now turn the recirc. pumps on full throtle and the sumps can flow evenly (just about)! I am real happy with the flow I am getting to my 5 sea swirls. I figure I am getting about 3500 - 4000 GPH across my tank. I can't wait to add the Tunze Streams to the tank. But that will have to wait until the money tree grows a little more!

I have added salt to the system, a grand total of 6 buckets of Tropic Marin Salt!! I have one skimmer running, and all my rock from my old tank is in sump #3, and I have about 6" of sand in sump #2.

Here are some pictures of the system in action!

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I saw these tanks in another thread. How are they working out for ya. :)

-alien
 
alien9168

I really like the tanks a lot. They are working out very well!!



Chip Douglas

I discussed this a few pages ago, but I have a very high cfm fan in the ceiling that is controlled by humidity. I have a supply and return from my home HVAC unit. I also have a window AC unit, that blows out to the garage, thats in my fish room. As a last resort I have a dehumidifier..
 
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