Hi everybody. I have been unvited by my employer to set up a large reef system at work but am having some difficulty with finding a location that will allow for a fish room. I'm pretty excited about this build because it is in a residential school with lots of interested young people around. I would love to hear people's experiences with maintaining a 300-500 gallon tank with all the equipment being located under the display. Is this even possible?
no fish room. how can I make this work?
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ArmanS
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Tons of people do not have a fish room and make it work. What kind of tank are you doing? Mixed Reef? FOWLR? SPS?
It's very manageable just much easier if you had a fish room or even a closet to house equipment.
If you are unable to have a fish room or a remote area for your equipment, since you are doing a 300-500g tank you should have at least a 8'x36" foot print. That is fairly large. You can have a 4' sump, and 4' for everything else, chiller, carx, etc.
Check out the large tank builds and you will find plenty that do not have fish rooms.
It's very manageable just much easier if you had a fish room or even a closet to house equipment.
If you are unable to have a fish room or a remote area for your equipment, since you are doing a 300-500g tank you should have at least a 8'x36" foot print. That is fairly large. You can have a 4' sump, and 4' for everything else, chiller, carx, etc.
Check out the large tank builds and you will find plenty that do not have fish rooms.
champion6sigma
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I just saw episode of tanked today. There are millions of people who have the sump under the dt on that size . Or larger . The kids will love it when it's done . Good luck.
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ArmanS, this will be a mixed reef. My hope was that if I could get the filtration and all related equipment at workbench level, it would be much easier to keep students engaged in maintenance. Since I need to keep this a self-contained unit, I'm going to look at elevating the display tank another 12 to 24 inches since this will be in a lobby. It will also give me a little bit more headroom under the display.
I ran a 300g for several years with all the equipment in the stand. I've seen a 450 square tank run the same way fine as well. Extra height in the stand will make a huge difference.
If you're trying to put all the equipment at workbench level, then perhaps if the lobby is big enough, you can "build" a fishroom behind the tank and stick it out into the room a bit, like a large armoire.
If you're trying to put all the equipment at workbench level, then perhaps if the lobby is big enough, you can "build" a fishroom behind the tank and stick it out into the room a bit, like a large armoire.
