Still having fun...300 gallon in wall reef

[Bruder]

Some beautiful corals you have ready to stock that baby with! I'll be following this one!

 

[mflamb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13973903#post13973903 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlassReef
Well, looks like you're up to your eye brows! Great job, so far. You've been doing some very clean work.

I really like your overflow design! You gonna use the whole 1000lbs of sand?

If you don't mind - let me know how you like the AquaSurf. Oh, and tell me as soon as you get your AC-III on line - I'll send you a copy of my little prog. It'll do real-time graphs now.

Thanks Tom. As for the sand, I had 1200 lbs in the 390, about 5-8 inches deep. Depth varied in different areas. I'm going to cut a 2" pvc pipe into 3" lengths and stand them up all over the bottom of the tank and then put 2 layers of eggcrate. The purpose is to keep the rock from sinking to the bottom of the sandbed. I'll add enough sand to cover the pvc/eggcrate structure.
I've read everything that I can find about setting up the Aquasurf for various effects, and I've spoken with Bruce, Chris, and Stephen about how they use their Aquasurf in preparation of programming mine. I "plan" to use 2 to create a small wave and 2 to provide random flow. I'll see how that works out.

 

[bdub]

Looking great Mike

Can't wait to see it in operation

Brian

 

[DB06]

Following......

 

[mflamb]

Hung some doors today.

 

[doomicon]

Nice! What are the dimensions of the fish room?

 

[Pacific Reefs]

Nice work on the doors. Man I am excited for you. I can't even work on my own tank without following your thread....good stuff.

 

[Lowredranger]

Great looking tank can wait to you get it all filled up. I finally got a quote from the local marineland rep and it ended up being quite a bit higher than the glasscages so my 280g is scheduled for delivery Jan 30th.

Good luck with the build and i will be keeping very close attention.

Jason

 

[porthios]

very nice. i really dig those marineland tanks. tagging along..

 

[mflamb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13980103#post13980103 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by doomicon
Nice! What are the dimensions of the fish room?

It's almost a fishroom...14'x5'. I still have the RO/DI, mixing barrels, water change system in the garage.

 

[GlassReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13981772#post13981772 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mflamb
It's almost a fishroom...14'x5'. I still have the RO/DI, mixing barrels, water change system in the garage.

So you'll have the things that take up the most space (other than the tank) in the garage - cool. You'll have enough room left for a wet bar, etc. Seriously, you're doing some major construction there, and a very good job of it!

 

[mflamb]

Thanks Tom. Since the water system in the garage is already plumbed undergound and works very well I decided to keep it that way and save the space for other stuff.

 

[reefrubble]

Looking Good Mike . Your doing a great job . You big tank guys , have some killer set ups .



Ted

 

[mflamb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13985575#post13985575 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefrubble
Looking Good Mike . Your doing a great job . You big tank guys , have some killer set ups .
Ted

Thanks Ted. I'm hosting the March TBRC meeting. Come check it out.

 

[mflamb]

John at FAOIS had these sweet internal overflow boxes made for me. The eggcrate is removeable for easy cleaning.

They are blue acrylic. My cheap camera doesn't do color justice.

 

[thor32766]

wow love the work so far. Those overflow boxes are sweet!!!!

 

[Pacific Reefs]

Nice construction on those overflows. I really like how you can remove the eggcrate.

 

[GlassReef]

Those boxes look really practical, Mike - and very well made! How will they be attached to the tank - or did I miss that?

 

[mflamb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14004532#post14004532 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlassReef
Those boxes look really practical, Mike - and very well made! How will they be attached to the tank - or did I miss that?

I used the holes in the tank to mark the boxes for holes to be drilled. Bulkheads with the help of a little silicone will hold the boxes to the insides of the tank.

 

[mflamb]

A few pieces to work with.