Hello all,
Just wanted to start a thread to share the progress of my System.
Its a plywood fiberglass/epoxy tank 525 gal, with a 370g fiberglass/epoxy sump.
It has 3/4" laminated Starphire front and (1) side panes.
Pretty much everything is DIY Including the tank, sump, skimmer, reactor , reseviour and canopy...oh and the fish room..
Youll have to bear with me as im a little computer illiterate, and have yet to learn to use my webspace to post all the construction.
The tank is 100"x 48" x 30", but the veiwable depth is 40" as there is a 8" wide full length external overflow that serves as the back of the tanks perimeter brace.
I havent got many pics of the face or side yet, being only about 4 months young, there isnt a whole lot to see...but ill post a few when i can get some more updated and uploaded.
But, heres a few of behind the scenes.
Heres the back of the tank and overflows, there are two 4-way Om`s on closed loops, each fed with its own Sequence SEQ-23 (6000gph) that run back up through the overflows to keep em tidy and out of my way:
Heres one of a Quad Beckett skimmer....thats been a serious project of its own..lol.
One of the sump, its kinda hard to get a good pic, its in pretty cramped quarters :
One of the water change reseviour/mixing tank 215g. :
The canopy is all Aluminum using 2" square tubing and sheet, it slides through the fishroom wall into my shop when i need to work on the tank.
It has 3 x 400 w 10k ushio`s, 440w of uri and 03 actinic, and 4x 65 w of 50/50 pc.
Here it is semi-retracted:
I have a few hundred other pics of each piece`s construction, lol so ill have to get a photo bucket account to show you.
All in all its been a fun and humbling project, and pretty daunting with so much DIY, it was one done in sync with a good freind Jamie cross and his DIY system, and it helped to build 2 at once.
We have banged heads together through this whole 2 yr ordeal, and doing that made the project a little more feasable.
It sure helped to have different views, and was interesting how they both came out in the end.
Feel free to post any questions you all may have, and ill update with more photo`s.
Cheers,
Marc.
Just wanted to start a thread to share the progress of my System.
Its a plywood fiberglass/epoxy tank 525 gal, with a 370g fiberglass/epoxy sump.
It has 3/4" laminated Starphire front and (1) side panes.
Pretty much everything is DIY Including the tank, sump, skimmer, reactor , reseviour and canopy...oh and the fish room..
Youll have to bear with me as im a little computer illiterate, and have yet to learn to use my webspace to post all the construction.
The tank is 100"x 48" x 30", but the veiwable depth is 40" as there is a 8" wide full length external overflow that serves as the back of the tanks perimeter brace.
I havent got many pics of the face or side yet, being only about 4 months young, there isnt a whole lot to see...but ill post a few when i can get some more updated and uploaded.
But, heres a few of behind the scenes.
Heres the back of the tank and overflows, there are two 4-way Om`s on closed loops, each fed with its own Sequence SEQ-23 (6000gph) that run back up through the overflows to keep em tidy and out of my way:
Heres one of a Quad Beckett skimmer....thats been a serious project of its own..lol.
One of the sump, its kinda hard to get a good pic, its in pretty cramped quarters :
One of the water change reseviour/mixing tank 215g. :
The canopy is all Aluminum using 2" square tubing and sheet, it slides through the fishroom wall into my shop when i need to work on the tank.
It has 3 x 400 w 10k ushio`s, 440w of uri and 03 actinic, and 4x 65 w of 50/50 pc.
Here it is semi-retracted:
I have a few hundred other pics of each piece`s construction, lol so ill have to get a photo bucket account to show you.
All in all its been a fun and humbling project, and pretty daunting with so much DIY, it was one done in sync with a good freind Jamie cross and his DIY system, and it helped to build 2 at once.
We have banged heads together through this whole 2 yr ordeal, and doing that made the project a little more feasable.
It sure helped to have different views, and was interesting how they both came out in the end.
Feel free to post any questions you all may have, and ill update with more photo`s.
Cheers,
Marc.
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