500 gallon through wall reef heaven

[jim_fitz]

Hello from the UK
and thank you for the kind welcome already

Tank is 2.44m long * 1.22m wide * 0.8m deep
and is my little piece of reef heaven

Brief history - the tank was built in-situ just over 3 years ago
Built an extension on the side of the house to house the filtration

Equipment list includes

6 radion gen 3 pros
2 MP 60s
2 MP 40s
3Kw inline heater

2 nyos 160 skimmers
2 large reactors GFO & carbon pellets

2 vectra l1 return pumps

Will post some pics soon

 

[jim_fitz]

some pics from the build

as you can see our houses are somewhat different

had to sacrifice a parking space for the sump

 

[Hemmdog]

Hello from the UK
and thank you for the kind welcome already

Tank is 2.44m long * 1.22m wide * 0.8m deep
and is my little piece of reef heaven

Brief history - the tank was built in-situ just over 3 years ago
Built an extension on the side of the house to house the filtration

Equipment list includes

6 radion gen 3 pros
2 MP 60s
2 MP 40s
3Kw inline heater

2 nyos 160 skimmers
2 large reactors GFO & carbon pellets

2 vectra l1 return pumps

Will post some pics soon

Awesome equipment list! Looking forward to more pics! Thanks for sharing your adventure.

 

[mch1984]

Looking forward to watching the progression and pictures of this. Who needs parking space?

 

[jim_fitz]

Part of the deal was i had to pay to have the full front garden done to restore it

 

[jim_fitz]

 

[jim_fitz]

Extension was built by a friend in just a few weeks

 

[4FordFamily]

Very cool, cannot wait to see this one as you go! Just finished my "500 gallon" (it's actually 405 gallons with a large sump). Following!

 

[PanchoG]

Very nice, following along.

 

[jim_fitz]

hole knocked through from living room to dining room

 

[fergusk]

Looks awesome. I thought moving my tank in was bad. Nothing compared to that

 

[jim_fitz]

stand finally in place
steel box section fully welded and powder coated

 

[Fudsey]

No center supports???

 

[jim_fitz]

Very cool, cannot wait to see this one as you go! Just finished my "500 gallon" (it's actually 405 gallons with a large sump). Following!

thanks thread will progress a lot quicker than the actual build

 

[jim_fitz]

No center supports???

they were added later though the designer guaranteed they were not needed

 

[jim_fitz]

with added legs
and the pluming going in

 

[Seawitch]

Wow. Just wow.

 

[jim_fitz]

in the last pic you can see the plumbing to one of the two weirs
middle is 32mm return from sump
with 40mm pipes returning
and you can just see the inline heater

 

[jim_fitz]

twin 15mm base in=situ
on poly base
on marine grade ply

 

[jim_fitz]

tank built & had to wait two weeks for the silicone to dry