Planning on a 3000L Reef Tank.

[CoMMaNdeR]

Guys I need your help. I have space to put a reef tank in our new house of about 3000L, I can go with a Length up to 15 feet. I have some questions to ask before begining this project and I wish that you give me your advice please.

- What glass thickness should I use for such a big tank?
- What lightning and how many WATTS?
- What type of circulation, do you think the Tunze streams would be fine?

- Which skimmer should I buy?
- Which Caclium Reactor should I buy?
- Which Phosban Reactor should I buy?

If you give me an idea and suggest these items I need I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[tkeracer619]

Sweet, I have been planning one of these for a while. When my wallet can afford the electricity it gets the green light!

The only thing I have sort of decided on that you have listed is the circulation. I will be running several sequence reeflo pumps on a closed loop. I will be using Tunze Rocks to keep the reef free of manmade stuff.

You are going to need a lot of support hardware. This is what I have been looking into.

-Auto start, natural gas generator.
~160G+ fresh SW tank
~130G+ RO storage
~150-200GPD+ RO system.
-Pallet of salt (in case of a serious problem)
-Extra Pumps, ballasts, bulbs, endcaps, etc
-Multiple Reefkeepers or similar controlers
-Room Prep.
-Moisture control
-Electical safety equip

 

[CoMMaNdeR]

Thanks for your information.

This aquarium is going to be build in wall, so I was thinking if I do it of bricks or something like that and do only the Front view Glass. What do you think? Also if I do this how do you seal and cover the inside on bricks? Do you use fibreglass, floor tiles etc ?

If I use closed Loops for circulation I will have always the same current not like the Tunze streams with a multi controller right? Maybe if I have 3 closed loops I can make their pump on a timer so current changes .. What do you think?

 

[kizkiz]

Try posting this in the large reef tank forum..they are kinda experts at this