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

traumajeff · Apr 20, 2015

Pigpen said:
This is video of me feeding my favorite food . they love this stuff some much they tore the package open.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlrouBpU0sI&feature=youtu.be

Glad to see you here! Happy to see you're back up and doing well! I followed your FB page during that small leak you had. Careful feeding that stuff... I heard it's high in Hg lol! Great scientific video you posted in regards to those claims!

luamada · Apr 21, 2015

OMG the leak how did that happen???

kandymann · Apr 21, 2015

Bill

Awesome tank and thanks for sharing!!

Is that a catfish I see in your tank?

jsker · Apr 21, 2015

That it, I am taking out the kitchen and living room area for a tank. Forget what the wife thinks. Just kidding, that is beyond awesome. The glass has to be thick? or did you use acrylic?

Bensadork · Apr 21, 2015

I believe he said it was 2.5 inch thick acrylic...some heavy duty stuff

jsker · Apr 21, 2015

Bensadork said:
I believe he said it was 2.5 inch thick acrylic...some heavy duty stuff

thank you

Bensadork · Apr 21, 2015

Bill, thank you for sharing this portion of your home and your life with us. You have an amazing aquarium to say the least. I was wondering if you came across any major hurdles while building such a large setup that you did not anticipate at all? Were there any major differences between your setup and a smaller typical aquarium aside from sheer size of equipment. Were there any pieces of equipment that you did not anticipate needing? Forgive me if anyone else has chimed in with a similar question I just had to ask while it was on my mind.

JFrar · Apr 21, 2015

Pigpen said:
I dive the tank once a week to clean and plat corals .

Thats the dream.... so awesome

jasonandsarah · Apr 21, 2015

I always used to dream of building a house right over a reef with glass floors! This my friend is the next best thing! Your dedication is amazing...

Swissbutcher · Apr 21, 2015

Beautyfull you did a great job!!

Steven C · Apr 21, 2015

The tank is amazing Bill i can wish one day that i may be able to do the same

scardall · Apr 21, 2015

curiuos?? Who Maintains this tank and How much is the yearly cost? I know this asking alot.

zesty · Apr 21, 2015

Awesome to see you here, Bill. I've been following you on FB for a while. I actually just got some LRS food from a friend who stopped by last weekend. So far my fish are liking it.

Your products are top notch and I got to see some in person the other day, well built. It's good to see a product that you can see the money going into the product and not the marketing.

Question for you, sir. I know you tried out an LED light in the past. Do you think LEDs can get to the level it would take to support a reef tank of that size? I know anything "can" be build, but that doesn't mean it should...
I'm just wondering your thoughts on the subject?

bairdimusprime · Apr 21, 2015

glad to see you on board Bill!!
i've followed your tank for years!

A_CoupleClowns · Apr 21, 2015

This is amazing. The pluming room is insane. I have read about your setup before online but it will be really cool following along with your build on R2R!

Looking forward to more! Welcome to R2R!

SpartaReef · Apr 21, 2015

Awesome to seee you here Bill.

64Ivy · Apr 21, 2015

As the owner of a 500g (or what you might call a nano), I'm particularly interested as to your average time spent each day caring for and maintaining this tank.

greg 45 · Apr 21, 2015

A Win Win Situation

I need to thank Bill Wann for going out of his way to help build some quality reactors for my 1200 gallon system. I was struggling after purchasing $6k skimmer and bio pellet reactor . I had my frist system crash. I contacted Bill and was talking about the issue I was having. At that time I wanted to replace the skimmer that was my first purchase. After that I tried natureef system to much time involved setting it up yes it work's but way to involving for me. We talked about a sulfer denitrator 2nd best purchase. Next on the list was the calcium reactor and Bill's controller using Gf signet probes and controller , another plus a reduction in co 2 consumption . I was on the road to stability. My system has never looked better. Next conversation was a whole system controller replacing a top of the line controller that I did not trust. If you want to learn please sit back and ask question you will get a honest answer possibly not what you want to here but the truth. Bill thank you for all the help / I probably owe more in consulting / than my purchases.