My new toy (eye candy)

[fishmon]

This is going on a 1000 gallon tank I'm setting up fowalr (fish only w/ artificial live rock).....I know, not my idea at all! Anyway this is the skimmer AP1003 going on a 72x17x29 sump

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[LtPiper]

1000 gallon tank. I could use that for a pool.

 

[fishmon]

The tank is 10'x4'x4', you could put 8-6102's on one end and use it like one of those endless pools where you swim in place.
Heres a pic of the tank

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[MattG]

Boy Jim you sure have aged since i saw you last! Looks like its going to be one heck of a setup.

 

[jmccown]

I swear that will be my next tank. I think I'd rather it be 12-14' long and spare the height - 4' is just too tall. My current tank is 3' high and man is it a booger to clean. So where's the skimmer going? Under the tank? Is it an external unit?

 

[fishmon]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12397566#post12397566 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jmccown
I swear that will be my next tank. I think I'd rather it be 12-14' long and spare the height - 4' is just too tall. My current tank is 3' high and man is it a booger to clean. So where's the skimmer going? Under the tank? Is it an external unit?

I'm gonna hate cleaning this thing. I TOTALLY agree on the shorter and longer idea! Booger is an understatement on this tank. Skimmer is going under the tank and it is external. This guy bought this tank from another company and wasn't happy with them so he called me to set it up, all I had to work with was a tank, stand and a bunch of artificial rock and fake coral. Fitting a sump to handle 10-12000gph flow through, 2 pumps, a freshwater holding/mixing tank, 1hp chiller, ballasts, 150watt uv sterilizer, ozone generator, this monster skimmer, 3stage freshwater filter, floor drain, electrical, and controller and a few other bits and pieces in a 116"x40"x36" space with a 29"x32" opening to get into the thing. Its gonna be fun!

 

[carb850]

Wow

 

[stevebeaver]

how big is your sump going to be?

 

[jmccown]

I'd love to build that setup. Sounds like a challenge. Where is that at? Was the tank built by glasscages?

 

[spinnerbayt]

Dang! I'd love to be building that one in my new game room.

 

[fishmon]

Tenecor built the tank, its in the new Days Inn being built by the huntington mall in barboursville. I don't like the way they build their overflows so I have to change some stuff on that too. The sump is ~150 gallons.

 

[coralreefer]

What a cute little skimmer :lol:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12397781#post12397781 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishmon
Fitting a sump to handle 10-12000gph flow through, 2 pumps, a freshwater holding/mixing tank, 1hp chiller, ballasts, 150watt uv sterilizer, ozone generator, this monster skimmer, 3stage freshwater filter, floor drain, electrical, and controller and a few other bits and pieces in a 116"x40"x36" space with a 29"x32" opening to get into the thing. Its gonna be fun!

That sounds as bad as Fannin's tank.

 

[LtPiper]

So is that gonna be the pool?

 

[fishmon]

Actually its the HOLIDAY INN! Man that was probably as bad as someone calling me Petland.

 

[LtPiper]

You just forgot the Holi part LOL

 

[radone]

That's alright Jim didn't you say you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night :lol:

 

[jmccown]

any updates on the install?

 

[fishmon]

starting next week....i'll post pics

 

[gsergent]

HAVE MERCY!!!

 

[fishmon]

Updated pics.. first is the custom sump and freshwater/mixing tank thats my dad.

[/IMG] Next is most of the filtration in a room

[/IMG] Next is an updated pic of the cabinet/canopy, the hole in the middle is a removeable section so I can access the front a back of the tank that matches the columns on either side

[/IMG] next is the carpenter standing by his work

[/IMG] and the last is the hole I have to fit all this crap through (yes it actually fits)

[/IMG] check out the venting he custom made along the baseboard.