The ins and outs of my 20,000 gallon reef tank .

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Welcome to REEF2REEF!! What an awesome tank!! Pork fish are my favorite caribbean fish. Unbelievable job on the plumbing and those skimmers..........WOW!
 

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I think what is more impressive than Bill's tank, is Bill himself! Everything Bill does he does with his own two hands. Built the whole system himself. That's mind boggling . I applaud and respect you deeply Bill.

This, quite a task man. Thanks for letting us live a part of it here on R2R!
 

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Bill,

Im glad to see you here. I remember you starting this tank and documenting it on reef central about 10 years or so ago but turned away from what was rumored due to everyone asking about cost. Is there any place that has the original build documented? I loved reading your thread then, and was sad that you never returned. Id love to see what the construction was like originally...

Tony
 

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I love the fact that you have a columbian shark in there. One of my favorite fish !!! Here's a pic of one of mine

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There really are no words to do justice to this creation! Thanks so much for sharing it with R2R. I hope you continue posting about it here, because I would love to keep track of this one.
 
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My electic bill is between 1200 and 1500 a month . I am just getting started so I will be post pictures from the very beginning .stay tuned for more .
 

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This tank is amazing for a home aquarium, I am new to the hobby and never expected to see something like this in someone's home. It must cost a fortune to run, I assume the water temp stays quite stable due to the volume?
 

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Welcome Bill! I've followed your build for a while now, im always so amazed when i look at your tank and the fact you built everything yourself is just mind boggling. I would have no idea where to even start
 
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These are all pictures from when the tank drained . you can see the six inch pipe that burst .
 
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[video]https://www.facebook.com/100000347589990/videos/vb.100000347589990/862751283746450/?type=3&theater[/video]
 
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Ok , so this is my first attempt to post a video , let me know how this goes . it slinked to my fb page since that is where the video is at .
 
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