It's finally finished, the 1000 gallon lagoon/sump/fuge?

AW2 said:

For small schooling fish, I'd have gone with 15 - 20 Purple Firefish.
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Problem with that is they keep real close to the substrate and rock work. As the tank is a look down only, you prob wouldn't see them much. Open water schoolers eg chromis and anthias would be better.
 
WOW i am very impressed! looks great! I think that would be an awesome show tank . . . like a top view tank! haha your giving me ideas to throw at my dad for my room lol! looks very good!

Nick
 
the nice thing is that it wide enough that you can really see the fish well. i have some snails and hermits as well as a sifter goby and a dragon(not sure of the name) but you can occaisionally see him scooting along the bottom. planted some culerpa today. hoping to cover the bottom with it. also had a copperband but he was lost to my skimmer pump today.
 
huskerreef said:
would gladly share any ideas if someone is thinking about something similar. it was realatively simple.
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It won't be happening anytime soon, but you've given me the best way to have a massive tank, so one day I'll make one. Do let us know how the stingray does with the other critters in the tank. If I set up a big one, I would want to be sure everything is fully compatible.

How long did it take to make and how difficult was it? Also, is that made with a pond liner?

RN
 
took about 7 hour to make the frame work, 2x12's 12" on center with 2x4 uprights and 3/4" plywood. a 1" layer of foam board insulation and a rubber pond liner. there are 2 mag 36 pump to the upstairs 240 room divider. the stone work is not really stone but a new foam look alike and was real easy to work with. the total hieght is 44" with a water depth of 24"
 
I've seen many new and innovative ideas and creations here on RC and hands down this it the best one yet!!! Very impressive. Creating a super functional sump/refugium that is large enough and beautiful enough to enjoy and view as a separate display is just "brilliant"!
My hats off to you!!!
I would love to do something like that! You've got my 'wheels' turning now.
Thanks for sharing this great creation with us.
 
That stone is foam???? That looks awesome.

I was going to ask you for a more detailed description of how you built it as I'm going to be starting contruction of a 10' x 8' x 4' pond, in my basement, very soon.

I cant believe that's foam. Where did you find it?
 
Doesn't this create a huge amount of evaporation and if so how od you manage it ? Beautiful set-up by the way. I may do the same but have a lot of sandy area for sharks and rays ! Then you get two cool concepts in one.
 
for humidity i run a dehumidifier 24/7, from Home Depot. I also installed a bathroom type cieling vent fan that runs 24/7 as well. Humidity is not an issue. temp in the room runs about 80. I add top off water about every other week, roughly 30 gallons. My salinity stays the same between top offs. the fake stone was bought from a local brick/block dealer here in omaha, not sure who made it but could find out if anybody wants some. After you build something you always look back and re-think ideas and a front viewing panel would be nice but my concern was leaks and 1000+ gallons of water on my floor. all that being said you can really see the inhabitants well and i do have a colt coral, green star polyp and sebae anemone and can view them along the island quite well. the majority of it is sand with a island on the one end, still waiting for the ray to show up. thought about a shark but think he'll eat the chromis over time and since they can be shy i feel i wouldn't get as much joy out one. there is 350# of live and lace rock and 900# of aragonite
 
huskerreef said:
for humidity i run a dehumidifier 24/7, from Home Depot. I also installed a bathroom type cieling vent fan that runs 24/7 as well. Humidity is not an issue. temp in the room runs about 80. I add top off water about every other week, roughly 30 gallons. My salinity stays the same between top offs. the fake stone was bought from a local brick/block dealer here in omaha, not sure who made it but could find out if anybody wants some. After you build something you always look back and re-think ideas and a front viewing panel would be nice but my concern was leaks and 1000+ gallons of water on my floor. all that being said you can really see the inhabitants well and i do have a colt coral, green star polyp and sebae anemone and can view them along the island quite well. the majority of it is sand with a island on the one end, still waiting for the ray to show up. thought about a shark but think he'll eat the chromis over time and since they can be shy i feel i wouldn't get as much joy out one. there is 350# of live and lace rock and 900# of aragonite
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The ray won't bother any other fish?

Do you think it would be easier to view from above if you had lighting far above the water or some sort of submersible lighting, so it's lit from the bottom?

Where do you get such large amounts of sand too? Every local place I've ever looked carries just the expensive bags of something like 20 pounds of live sand, but not just aragonite sand or any other kind of fine sand.

RN
 
I'd slap on some fins and a mask and hop right in.

What a fantastic idea. I think this could become the new trend in reef aquarium sumps.

Fantasic job, it really looks beautiful!

Mike
 
not sure what the ray will do to the other fish, hopefully leave them alone. i went to the lfs and told them what i was doing and sold me 40# cheap if i went in on a pallet with him and ordered 10- 5gallon pails of reef crystal, total on sand and salt $980 and i still have some salt left over for water changes
 
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