Reef Tank on a Sail Boat

[billsreef]

Mid deck over the electrical panel :eek1:

 

[crazzyreefer]

Yea it was one of those things that I knew would cost a lot of money to fix, and a lot of time to re-do, but there is a vary limited amount of large pilot house sail boats made let alone on this coast. I factored all of this in prior to purchases. The up side I am changing the power to 240v and the boat will have the interior that I want.

 

[crazzyreefer]

The Enterprise NCC-1701D had an aquarium in the Captain's ready room, so why not?

I rebuilt that ship back in 1985 when it ran aground, didn't see the fish tank. however I did see a few dead bodies come out of the forward holds tho.

 

[crazzyreefer]

Wrong ship.... USS Navel Enterprise not the Star Trek Enterprise.

 

[sellmecorals]

Do it

 

[jccaclimber]

Also non many ideas (although am an engineer). I'm tagging along for any pictures that come into this thread.

 

[ReefingWerewolf]

I guess the project got ditched so cool.

 

[screamingibis]

I'm picturing in my mind a tank on some sort of gyroscope contraption.

 

[sellmecorals]

I would rather invest in some sort of holding tank that can be elevated to hold wild species briefly while sailing

 

[m0nkie]

That is exactly my feeling also, its why my boat is named "Never Again II"

:lolspin: what happened to Never Again I? :lolspin:

hope OP comes through and finishes this project.. very very fascinating..

this thread truely demonstrates how poor I am.. :uhoh2:

 

[power boat jim]

:lolspin: what happened to Never Again I? :lolspin:

hope OP comes through and finishes this project.. very very fascinating..

this thread truely demonstrates how poor I am.. :uhoh2:

Traded it for Never again II of course.

 

[jccaclimber]

^Never is dangerous like that. It has a way of translating to "Guaranteed that I will".

 

[power boat jim]

^Never is dangerous like that. It has a way of translating to "Guaranteed that I will".

That was kinda the point of the name.:beer:

 

[G4546]

Traded it for Never again II of course.

A honest lol to come from that statement. Thank you Jim.

 

[power boat jim]

A honest lol to come from that statement. Thank you Jim.

Glad I could be of some service

 

[codyreed29]

My advice would be to have the tank completely sealed with a rubber gasket and clamped acrylic top. Also having steal 90 degree metal on all four corners. You could put a chimney on the tank to give you air like 2 inch pipe. What about filtration and lighting is this going to be lit by the sun if so. You run into maintence such algea on the glass and cooling heating issues alone are your biggest challenge everything else is doable with a 10k budget. I would do a lot of research on boats with reefs.

 

[Cdogsailr]

Fantastic thread, lots of great discussion! Really admire your determination to take on this good challenge. I had often wished for something similar on my boat. Having lived aboard and cruising for over twenty years what comes to mind as the biggest challenge is shock loading in a pounding sea. I think you can overcome heeling and rolling but the shock load when the bow drops off a steep sea can impart significant and sudden g force. I strongly believe you should have a marine structural engineer run some calcs on the potential shock loads that can be exerted. All your other tanks on board are designed for this but they accommodate this flex and load in there design.
Best wishes and happy sails! ~~_/) ~~