360 Gallon In-Wall (~450 Gallon System) & Fish Room Build

[Sticks And Stones]

Where did you get shelf rock?

The shelf rock came from Marco Rocks.

What did Advanced Acrylics quote you for that sump, if you don't mind me asking? I'm considering Crystal Reef Aquatics. I'm looking for basically that same dimension.

It's this sump: https://advancedacrylics.com/products/ref-pvcs-154-new-item-pvc-hybrid-acrylic-sump

What are the dimensions?

60" x 24" x 16"

 

[doodguy]

Hi All,

After many years of saltwater/reefkeeping experience, and several years of dreaming of a large reef system, the time has come for me to build that dream. I have gathered so much from reading others build threads, the great advice offered by others and watching people's systems grow and mature. In this thread, I hope to share my journey with you and would appreciate all the helpful input and advice you'd like to share.

The livestock will be primarily SPS (all will start as frags), a school or two of anthias, a select few tangs and a few other splashes of interest (All TBD later).

The currently planned equipment:

Main Tank: A 360 gallon (86"L x 32"D x 30"H) acrylic tank built by American Aquariums
Sump: 100 gallon pvc/acrylic hybrid sump built by Advanced Acrylics
Lighting: Orphek Atlantik V4 fixtures (x4)
Skimmer: Initially a MRC MR-2R with 12" Riser (this may change later)
Heaters: 500 Watt Finnex Titanium Heaters (x3)
Flow: Maxpect Gyre XF280 (x2)
Return/Filtration Pumps: Several Jebao DC Pumps (in redundancy)
Controller: GHL Profilux 4
Dosing: GHL Doser 2.1 (x2)
ATO/AWC System: Genesis Renew/Storm PRO
Misc: GHL KH Director, GHL Flow Sensors, GEO Reef Calcium and Kalk Reactors

To get started, here are a couple pictures of the basement fish room and tank location. The tank should arrive this Tuesday...

What brand storage container is that?

 

[AC1211]

Any fish ideas maybe a sohal Tang based setup?

 

[Sticks And Stones]

What brand storage container is that?

I assume you're referring to the water storage. Those are Ace Roto-Mold containers.

Any fish ideas maybe a sohal Tang based setup?

Yes, still finalizing that though. I will have a few tangs in this tank, but probably not a Sohal. A Vlamingi and Clown Tang are on the current short list for the larger guys.

 

[AC1211]

I assume you're referring to the water storage. Those are Ace Roto-Mold containers.



Yes, still finalizing that though. I will have a few tangs in this tank, but probably not a Sohal. A Vlamingi and Clown Tang are on the current short list for the larger guys.

I love tangs too bad I have a 60. Clown tangs are like slightly less aggressive and much cheaper sohals. A poor mans sohal if you will. Good choice

 

[doodguy]

I assume you're referring to the water storage. Those are Ace Roto-Mold containers.



Yes, still finalizing that though. I will have a few tangs in this tank, but probably not a Sohal. A Vlamingi and Clown Tang are on the current short list for the larger guys.

Like from Ace Hardware???

 

[Sticks And Stones]

Like from Ace Hardware???

They came from tanksforless.com.

 

[Deiblerj]

Oh this is going to be a fun one to follow

 

[Sticks And Stones]

Hello Again All!

I've been playing around with the aquascape for about a week now and finally settled on this...







My goal was to have several distributed flats of shelf rock throughout the tank for mounting coral. The pieces are held together using e-Marco 400 - excellent stuff by the way!

Next on the to-do list are plumbing, RO/DI mounting, then the mixing station...

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Awesome project! Looking forward to seeing the progress!!!

 

[Thaxxx]

Your aquascape looks great! But it won't be long before those rocks will be covered with coral, and all you will notice is you have no room to put coral because the rock is already too close to the surface. No room for growth. Maybe it's the angle of your pictures, but many of them look very close to the surface. Just a thought.

 

[Sticks And Stones]

Oh this is going to be a fun one to follow

Awesome project! Looking forward to seeing the progress!!!

Thanks. Happy to have you following.

Your aquascape looks great! But it won't be long before those rocks will be covered with coral, and all you will notice is you have no room to put coral because the rock is already too close to the surface. No room for growth. Maybe it's the angle of your pictures, but many of them look very close to the surface. Just a thought.

Thanks. Good points, but I do think the photos might be deceiving. The highest rock is roughly 10" below the top and most are only about half the height or slightly below that.

 

[Alexreefer]

Wow looks great. Where do you plan to get your plumbing parts from?

 

[Mehul]

This is the dream, cant wait to build my own when I buy a house, cant wait to see the build. Pictures!Pictures!Pictures!Pictures!

 

[revhtree]

Looking good!

 

[Sticks And Stones]

Wow looks great. Where do you plan to get your plumbing parts from?

Thanks. At this point, I have most of the plumbing parts - most have come from Bulk Reef Supply, The Uniseal Warehouse, Supply House, and Home Depot/Lowes.

This is the dream, cant wait to build my own when I buy a house, cant wait to see the build. Pictures!Pictures!Pictures!Pictures!

Looking good!

Thanks.

 

[robmiller2]

Really love that aquascape!!!

 

[lakai]

While waiting on some aluminum extrusion for the light rack, I built a short stand for the sump and put the sump in the fish room. Unfortunately, this picture doesn't really do it justice. It's 60 x 24 x 16.

Advanced Acrylics ? Looking to get the same one with a few modifications. How long did it take may I ask ?

 

[Sticks And Stones]

Really love that aquascape!!!

Thanks.

Advanced Acrylics ? Looking to get the same one with a few modifications. How long did it take may I ask ?

It took about 6 weeks.

 

[crusso1993]

Hey there... Any updates? Anything new and different?