Polywise's 300 glass reef with equipment room

[ReefKeeper64]

Thanks for sharing those details. I feel for you and sorry to hear that happened to you. This makes me think I need to review my own plans for my next build because I don't have the kind of redundancy you have in the plans currently and I need to fix that.

Haha, I told the wifey about your story and she asked asked me what 'redundancy' on a reef tank actually means. I explained but didn't mention that I'm going to spend a little more money to provide for that. It will be worth it just for piece of mind.

Thanks

 

[polywise]

took some pictures of my tank last night

 

[polywise]

some more..

 

[polywise]

pictures

 

[polywise]

I went to the Frag Farmers Market again this year.. I set up a small tank with some frags that I grew.. I had a great time, and had a chance to talk with many people, including a bunch of folks from RC...

 

[polywise]

I felt that I sold a pretty good bunch of frags at the Frag Farmers Market..

I took this video this week, and it looks like I did not take anything out of this for the show..

https://youtu.be/mII7Ay19fcQ

 

[polywise]

it's been a year since my last update..

I had depressing summer/fall

I did my regular scheduled VHO and MH bulb change (same bulb types) on my display and frag systems, and for some reason the coral in the frag system did not like the change. My display tank, however, had no issues (both are plumbed on the same system).

Over the coarse of 3-4 months most of the fussy coral only in the frag system gradually went pale, and died. Not sure what was happening, I did have a alk dip just before the bulb change, but could not point to that as the culprit. The only thing here is that the frag tank is shallow and the coral are pretty close to the water line. Maybe the alk dip in combo with fresh bulbs triggered stress in the coral.

Seeing this happen, and I could not get to the bottom of the issue really frustrated me so much to the point that I was about to throw in the towel and shut down the frag tank. I had lost about 1/2 the system
Late fall, I condensed the coral to the front 1/2 of the tank, and powered down the lighting on the back 1/2 and took a wait and see if I could get things stabilized. It's been about 4 months and the remaining coral have been showing good signs of stability and growth. Looks like I am going the right direction...
(for now - hopefully)

 

[albano]

Quit going to car shows and worry more about the tanks!

 

[polywise]

I hear ya ....
hope to see you over the summer at a few...

 

[polywise]

March 2019 update

Past summer, I had a issue with my 300DD display tank. One of the corner seams started to visually look white like the silicone was starting to fail. I thought it was just me looking into things too much. I kept a eye on it for a few months, but one day, the area I was keeping an eye on started to put out a bead of sweat every few seconds. HOLY CRAP !!!.


I took down the tank

 

[Brother D]

Sorry to read that you had to take it down. It was a stunner.

 

[polywise]

fistcatdog66,

Thanks... I'll get the ball rolling again, but probably not as elaborate.

 

[Aquaticchaos]

That's a bummer, out of curiosity how old is the tank? Can it not be repaired?



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[polywise]

Aquaticchaos,

I bought it 2010-ish
and for me 300 gallons is a boat load of water, I don't really trust a repair.

 

[polywise]

fall 2019 update

fall 2019 update

I've been pretty busy in other areas of my life, and have decided to shut down and sell off the hardware from my system.

Prop tank has been on auto pilot for over the last year... growing out a few frags that I got back from a friend who had some frags of my coral in their tank.
I have a pal who is going to take the frags.

I'm going to be putting put up a FOR SALE thread for the prop tank, sump, equipment & live rock


It's time for me to take a break from the hobby it's been a good ride 2003-2019

 

[albano]

Sorry to hear that Jim... if I didn't have 1000g in various tanks, I'd get that system from you!
Still doing the car shows?

 

[polywise]

Hi Alfie,
Been out and about a few times this year with the car.. but, issue is work has been very consuming not too much free time during daylight hours.

 

[polywise]

before I break the system apart anyone interested in this as a whole?
$2,500.00

food grade polymer sump 220 gallon
700 pounds live rock
MTC pro-cal reactor with PH probe
Deltec AP1004 skimmer
hammerhead pump
50 gallon water change setup

https://youtu.be/fFEJ5MPOKYQ

let me know

 

[albano]

What are the sump dimensions? I think that it’s a little bigger than mine, but one of mine has a small leak, might be easier to just replace it...

 

[polywise]

Hi Alphie,
sump is similar to yours but the larger version.

Sump
47.5"x 42" x29"
The plumbing is on the 42" length lower side wall.
2-2" threaded bulk heads
1-1" threaded bulkhead for drain