1000 Gallon 3D Hole in the wall

[Harlequin Mania]

I am new in this forum, but i hope to make some friends here from the other part of the world from my sharing of my latest tank build which i am building now .

Idea / concept of setup

After all the years in the hobby reefing from a small 2 ft tank, to a current 6ft tank in my home. It has always been a dream to have a beautiful large reef tank in my dream home surrounded by garden and natural. Luckily , I am able to fulfill this dream in the early stage of life with the support of my family and friends.

The concept of having a dedicated Fish room is something many reef addicts like me always dream of, and the opportunity of turning this crazy idea into a reality strike when we got our new place.

While searching around on the internet for some ideal, and inspiration of my new setup I came about this photo of a 3D wall mount aquarium and it strike me to have a similar concept on my new tank.

So the story begin lol…


Some specification of my new setup


Main Tank : 72" X 48" x 30 " ( 6ft x 4ft x 2.5ft ) - Plexiglas

Sump Tank : 62" x 36" x 24 " - PP

Frag Tank 1 : 36" x 24" 18" - Glass - 12mm

QT / Hospital Tank / Frag Tank :36" x 24" 18" - Glass 12 mm

Refugium Tank :36" x 24" 18" - Glass 12mm

Cryptic Tank : 36" x 24" 18" - Glass 12mm

Frag sump tank 1: 36" x 24" 20" - Glass 12mm

Frag sump tank 2 : 36" x 24" 20" - Glass 12mm


Total Water volume : 4163.82 ( 1041 Gallon )

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Below is my selection of the equipment list for the new setup

 

[revhtree]

Loving this so far and welcome to R2R!

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Loving this so far and welcome to R2R!

Thanks

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Layout of the Fish room

 

[turbo21]

Subscribed

Your main tank is the exact size tank I am looking to have built

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Main tank detail

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Connecting tank rack system

The whole concept of design for the Tank rack A is to enable the isolation of each individual tank in the system to run separately either as a QT / Hospital tank ( If required ) or to run together as a whole .

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Detail of the Frag tank / sump tank system

 

[powers2001]

Huge project, following.

 

[larangcon]

Love the idea, also love the pool sticks in the corner, is this your game room. Also Welcome to R2R

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Love the idea, also love the pool sticks in the corner, is this your game room. Also Welcome to R2R

That is not my current tank.. i share that photo just to show where the initial idea of this setup came from

 

[Harlequin Mania]

During my hunt for a simple Washing basin which should fit for a long term use in a humidity room filled with saltwater, i am looking for alternative materials apart from the stainless steel kitchen washing basin which is commonly available in the market . As such, i think the ideal materials would be plastic which is light , anti rust and cheap i suppose ..

The hunt is not easy, and i have been searching around the local store here and luckily i found this online at aliexpress . Cheap and fit for my purposes for some simple maintenance of cleaning my skimmer cup and hand .

The parcel came in early just in time , but have to do some own DIY piping work i suppose.

 

[edsbeaker]

Subscribed. This is the dream tank I will sadly never have. You are very lucky to have the means and room to build it. Looking forward to following your progress.

 

[Mtwreef]

Awesome following this one

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Time for some new updates

Design rendering of the living room feature wall with the Aquarium.

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Tank Design and concept

I would like to share a little bit about the concept of this tank design. Having survive a few mishap in my reefing days, where there is instances of either your main pump get jam / spoil , tank temperature went up too high or too low or even a power failure we suffer a partial or full tank crash. To avoid all these, i tried to plan this tank system with key reliable equipment all with a back up ( I.e; using two return pump instead of one ect.. )to avoid the Murphy's Law . Together with the aid of monitoring and backup system like the battery pack, cooling fan , computer ect i could get notified before damage is even done to the reef tank.

 

[Harlequin Mania]

After doing a detail study of the whole fish room again, i decided to move back my sump tank back below the main tank to save space .

Revised detail layout of the fish room

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Sump Design

The original Idea / concept of my sump tank design come about when i first saw the Dream Box by Royal Exclusive. Although i like the filter sock and chamber design , i modified the design to replace some filter sock section to bio tower where i could hold cotton wool for first stage of waste removal, the Filter sock will then remove the rest of the debris on the second stage of mechanical filtration . I hope this will also reduce the frequency i need to wash the filter sock.

Dream Box sump by Royal Exclusive above


The second section of the sump i incorporate the biological filtration section using moving bed filter media which consist mainly of K1 and Hex X bio media. I prefer this to static biological media since it self clean and seem to work better than traditional Bio media.

My Sump Design

 

[Harlequin Mania]

Preparation of Rocks

Decided to use Dry Rock this time round instead of live rock for the fear of pets and it is easier to set it in place before water go in. However i will have to live with the " ugly look " until the rock mature .

Some of the rock pics