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

[Bax]

That's some chiller!

 

[jnarowe]

looks like a heat pump.

 

[818]

Post pics of tank man!

 

[bstone]

Here are some new pictures! Hope you enjoy! :rollface:

 

[bstone]

And some more!! :rollface:

 

[bstone]

I guess a few more!! :rollface: :rollface:

Goldflake in the sump, looking forward to his new home SOON!!

Never Camera Shy!!!

 

[jnarowe]

wow. great pics!

corals look sweet and those vlamingi are awesome. how many gal. is the display?


I have been debating about a vlamingi but feel that a 24" fish is really quite arge for my tank size

 

[jnarowe]

oh, and the naso is sweet too. nice colors!

 

[bstone]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8213621#post8213621 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
wow. great pics!

corals look sweet and those vlamingi are awesome. how many gal. is the display?


I have been debating about a vlamingi but feel that a 24" fish is really quite arge for my tank size

The dispplay is about 700 gallons, 120Lx48Dx30H. I have a lot of swimming room, none of that biuld a wall in my tank philosophy. The whole tank has all 4 walls open for swimming!

I just have one vlamingi. But right now I have 9 tangs, with one more to add.

Thanks for the comments!!!

 

[withoutaclue]

I have been following this thread for a long time now and this is truely amazing. Awesome Awesome Awesome, thats about all I can say. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gws294]

Ditto, thanks for your hard work. Great result.

How difficult is it to manage (clean, physically move stuff, etc.) a tank of this shear size?

 

[jnarowe]

only 1 vlamingi? maybe I confused two fish or the shots were from different angles? It looks like the bottom shot is a vlamingi, and the one 2 shots above is a different vlamingi...must be the same fish.

I have discussed this with some notable reefers and they all say that the more fish in the system the more difficult it is to maintain good coral color. I asked Steve Weast about it and he said he recently removed several fish including a vlamingi for that reason.

 

[240-Reefer]

That is sweet man!! Great to see you again.

 

[Goldleaf Reef]

Please post more info about the chiller

Please post more info about the chiller

It looks like a heat pump to me, how did you modify it to work for your application...

 

[adddo]

Awsome.. simply stunning!

 

[swannking]

Looks like you have some cyano on the sandbed. I have a similar problem with my 450g tank. Sand-shifting gobies help a lot. May want to consider.

 

[chopsuey]

Tank looks amazing. :eek1:

Can you post some updated pics of the surrounding wall from the viewing pane. I want to see how you finsihed the wall around the display tank.

 

[bstone]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8214104#post8214104 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gws294
Ditto, thanks for your hard work. Great result.

How difficult is it to manage (clean, physically move stuff, etc.) a tank of this shear size?

Its not that bad, for the most part it is mostly automated. Except for once a month water changes, and bi-weekly glass scraping of algae (which I hate the most). The rest of the maintenance is not a problem and takes no time; changing carbon, cleaning skimmers, and feeding fish type things...

 

[bstone]

Re: Please post more info about the chiller

Re: Please post more info about the chiller

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8216009#post8216009 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goldleaf Reef
It looks like a heat pump to me, how did you modify it to work for your application...

Here is a link to the manufacture of the chiller:

http://tradewindchillers.com/index.html

 

[bstone]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8216193#post8216193 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by adddo
Awsome.. simply stunning!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8215416#post8215416 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 240-Reefer
That is sweet man!! Great to see you again.

Thanks for the comments!!!! :rollface: