New Aquarium for St Jude Children's Hospital (800+G)

Is there a drain in the sump to accommodate an overflow situation?

I have a bulkhead at the top rim of my sump that is open to a plumbing drain(sink).
 
Spazz if their we're a "Nobel Reef Prize".. You would be the first winner. You really outdid yourself on this project. And it's for such a great reason. The kids are going to flip over it and look foreward to their trip to the Dr. Great job man!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11137492#post11137492 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AcroSteve
Is there a drain in the sump to accommodate an overflow situation?

I have a bulkhead at the top rim of my sump that is open to a plumbing drain(sink).
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there is a recess of 4" in the floor so it will act as a collection cannel for any water that is spilled. there is a 3" drain in that part of the floor for the spilled water to go into.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11138432#post11138432 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefez
Spazz if their we're a "Nobel Reef Prize".. You would be the first winner. You really outdid yourself on this project. And it's for such a great reason. The kids are going to flip over it and look foreward to their trip to the Dr. Great job man!
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thanks for the compliment. but i cant take all the credit for this. barrott was a big contributor of help to this project. we spent many of days up to our elbows in water and pipes. without barrott this project would have never happened. he is the one who got the ball rolling and then let me do my thing.
i think in the near future barrott will have some very exciting pictures to post here.
there is some fish going into the tank right now. it just takes time for him to get the pictures posted here.
 
I'm getting the "picture diary" together for Public Relations to OK so I can post. In the meantime myself and a couple club members will be diving tomorrow! I'll have probably 3 people in the tank getting corals placed. Then the rest of us will be transporting, cleaning, and organizing. Thanks everyone for your interest and acolades. I appreciate it and I know that all the St Jude staff and contributors appreciate it too. Now that the RC thread has gotten a lot of attention here at the hospital I have more and more people talking to me about it. Just yesterday a man from Radiological Sciences asked what the bucket was for (we were walking in from the garage that morning) and when I told him it was for the tank he immediately knew all about it!
Richard brought over fish and inverts along with some coral Thursday. We get them in and had half the construction crew clammoring for a spot to watch. The coolest thing sofar, about 12 green chromis (each 3" long, 1.5"tall, and 1/4" thick) schooling! They make a lap and on the way back around, when you stand at the end of the tank it looks like the tuna documentary's with the way they "fly" straight at you. Really amazing to watch. But God help you if you reach in there to place a coral. One of them, I call him "Jaws," has a taste for forearms!
 
This thread is awesome!! What you guys are doing for the kids is great... :)

If whoever is in charge of this project could shoot me a PM, I have a few questions...here in Richmond, we have a Childrens Hospital and a project like this might be pretty cool...

Anyone have a thread with pics of the other 2 tanks already running at St. Judes?

Great work guys...keep them pics rolling...
 
Beware of zip ties

Beware of zip ties

Great job...the rockwork looks great. I realize it's a bit late but I'd be a bit weary of using zipties on vertical surfaces. After about 1.5 to 2 years, they start getting brittle and failing...at least that's my experience...and that of Burger's Zoo in the Netherlands. They had to restructure their huge exhibit with Twaron. I've had to make countless unnecessary dives to repair rockslides and broken colonies in our display. The really thick zipties have a much lower failure rate IME. The skinnky ones have almost all failed.

It looks like the use of zipties was sparing in this display...I'm hoping they might be shored up by the other rock structures.

Best of luck
 
Re: Beware of zip ties

Re: Beware of zip ties

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11164081#post11164081 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Conky

It looks like the use of zipties was sparing in this display...I'm hoping they might be shored up by the other rock structures.

Best of luck
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They are not the only source of support. They are basically there to make sure they stay on the acrylic rods.
 
Update time! A group from WTMRAC joined Barrett yesterday to add fish, finish rock and place corals.

Enjoy!!!

At the beginning of the day. Still another shelf to build on the right and just a few fish in.

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Barrett organizing

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Discussing the plan

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Larry acclimating fish
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Let me out of here!

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Free!

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It's a Keaton fish!!!!!

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Cleaning the front so we can see

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Keaton is starting to place corals with Barrett looking on

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Perfect!!

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Brrrrrrrrr!!!!! We had to keep an eye on Keaton to pull him out if his lips turned blue.

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Barrett directing

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No ... put it over there

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Starting to build the other shelf

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Amy and Barrett giving Keaton the okay

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Keaton up for more coral to place

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Taking a break and warming up

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Getting ready to get back in

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Keaton's ready to go

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Back to work!

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Keaton! You've been in there too long!

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Back out and dry ... admiring his work from the outside

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