starting a 375g 96x30x30 tank

[xinumaster]

The tank will seat directly on top of the solid hardwood floor. I don't see how the wood would expand or contract specially when the woods are nailed on a 3/4" plywood and the plywood is nailed on a concrete slab. If the woods underneath the tank breaks it might be just fine for me cause no body would notice or see it anyway.

 

[woodwrangler]

Laminate floors have minimal expansion/contraction movement, as it is a manufactured product. Solid hardwood will have movement, but the weight of the tank will not effect the wood movement, it will simply move under the tank. Don't get freaked out, cause the minimal movement will not effect the tank or the floor one bit.

As for the weight, yes the tank will weigh 4500 lbs, but if you actually break down the weight of the tank spread out over the surface area, it is only something like 2 pounds/square inch. Even the softest woods can easily handle a load of 2 psi.

Just make sure the stand/tank is nice and level to properly distribute the weight.

 

[Sparkss]

looking good Perry.. we gonna race to see who gets their tank setup first ?

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

looking and sounding good so far xinu, good luck and keep us updated with picture's...

 

[manofcoral]

I had a BIG PROBLEM WITH PERGO FLOORING! When I had a major flood the corrners of the flooring started curling up and some of the joints started to buckel. My wife will never forgive me. Just though you should know.
Paul<><

 

[xinumaster]

The solid hardware floor was acclimated in my house for a week before it was installed. So far I don't see any curling up since it was installed last october. Not sure how it would stand in the summer heat though.

Here is the picture of the KORALLIN C-3002 calcium reactor that I will be using. It supposed to be able to handle 800g tank.

 

[invincible569]

xinu, are you sure thats a 3002? I had a 3002 and it was double the height of that.

 

[xinumaster]

Your right, dia is more than 6" so it must be C-4002, good for 1600g tank.

 

[alien9168]

WOW!...

THis looks interesting!

Any plans for aquascaping yet? ... i know its a little soon to be asking

 

[xinumaster]

I don't have the tank yet. I'm expecting the tank would be finished by early february.

 

[Sparkss]

Ahhh, thought you were going to have it sooner... looks like it is coming together for you though..

 

[xinumaster]

I'm planning to purchase a sequence barracuda for my project. Do you guys have any experience with this pump? How quiet is this pump?

 

[benf]

I had one before switching to the Hammerhead...not bad at all, little more noise than the dart.

 

[Baggerhog]

Barracuda

Barracuda

Everything looks great so far. I have a Barracuda running two tanks i have plumbed though my basement. There is 12 feet of head and it does a great job for both tanks. It is running a 150 reef and a 92 fowler tank.

 

[xinumaster]

The tank will be setup in my formal living room. I'm concern about the noise level of this pump. How loud is your barracuda?

 

[xinumaster]

It's been six weeks now and my tank and cabinet/canopy still not delivered. It's been one week delayed already. Hopefully, it'll be ready for delivery next week. So, as not to bore you all, here is a picture of the 6 buckets of RC that I bought from f&s for $31.99 each. shipping was so cheap $16 for all six buckets. My salt supply for 2yrs.

 

[Sparkss]

we bought 4 bucket the first of the year for our setup.. and if they last through July I will be tickled . Between the skimmer that will look to hold approx 60g and the 2 sumps at 150g each (although luckily we don't fill the sumps or fuge all the way up, so not really anywhere near 300g worth) we will have about 550g (that is minus rocks, sand, etc). That is almost all 4 of our buckets right there ,just to get everything up and running, forget about water changes .

 

[Goldleaf Reef]

Floor looks great, yes this hobby is expensive. Ive put about 2 g's into my fish room in the basement, and I haven't even ordered the tank. had to erect walls run, electric service, panelling, tile drain etc..

I would try my best to keep water from getting under the floor, did you use a sealer,around the base boards ?

 

[orientalexpress]

wow ,the going to look awsome.good job perry.what ever u do,don't try to add up all the money u spend to far.it's so depressing.gl bud

 

[xinumaster]

Goldleaf,
Thanks for the comment. I didn't seal the baseboard nor the floor but I'm planning to put a pond liner against the wall and on the floor to protect from saltwater spills. But you're right I should have painted the wall with epoxy type of paint same stuff that Sparkss did on his project. Here is the box of the pon liner.

Lapsan,
I know what you mean. Wait and see what I have to buy my wife just to hide my reef speading spree.

Perry