Aaron's 1,000+ gallon reef build

[mch1984]

My daughter was jumping at the chance to get in the tank. So I had her clean all the loose sand off the bottom. Then had her wave off all the “dust” on the rocks. She loved it.

Looks like she is having a great time, stone looks good as well.

 

[Garia666]

Hehehe man So much water you can scubadive in your own reef! You live the dream ;)

 

[MCooper]

HOLY SH%*

 

[CoralWealth]

this is awesome!

 

[MimicOcto8]

Thanks guys!

 

[Redfoxtang]

Wish I could snorkel in my own reef!!Awesome man congrats!

 

[ngoodermuth]

Very cool! Your daughter looks like the perfect helper :) Can't wait to see it stocked!

 

[Dsnakes]

That stone looks great!

 

[norfolkgarden]

WOW ! Every bit of it!

Congrats on an awesome build and a fun family project!

 

[MimicOcto8]

Not much progress but got most of the windows “stoned” in. Don’t mind Khaleesi (my female boxer) she was dying for my attention today.

 

[geekengineer]

she's looking like 'are you going to not pay attention to me anymore now that you got this tank'? :)

 

[lexaus]

Can Not wait...........Looking for your update

 

[Keepswiming]

Nice work! I might have a large foxface for this if your interested.

 

[MimicOcto8]

Nice work! I might have a large foxface for this if your interested.

Yes I am!

 

[Keepswiming]

Yes I am!

My family has had him for years and he is to large for any of my 4 tanks lol! I was going to sell him but I would much rather see him in this, maybe you have a coral for trade? I am going to breakdown my moms tank next weekend and will need to relocate him. PM me your number and I'll send you the photo that I have of him.

 

[MimicOcto8]

My family has had him for years and he is to large for any of my 4 tanks lol! I was going to sell him but I would much rather see him in this, maybe you have a coral for trade? I am going to breakdown my moms tank next weekend and will need to relocate him. PM me your number and I'll send you the photo that I have of him.

Shot you a pm

 

[Crested]

You may have answered this already, but as far as livestock goes, is there any special fish or "showpiece" you're thinking about?

 

[MimicOcto8]

You may have answered this already, but as far as livestock goes, is there any special fish or "showpiece" you're thinking about?

Yes. My dream fish is an Achilles tang.

 

[MimicOcto8]

I’m About 98% done with the outside cosmetics of the tank. For the top rim I decided to use trex planks. They’re water proof and can be removed easily if I ever have to change out a vortech (the wires for the vortechs run under the trex). Plus they add a good color which will all tie in with the color of the couch (still searching for the couch). I still need to tile the tops of the corners but that’ll happen next week. The skimmer on the left is just being stored there. Tried to get her up and running this week but she had a few leaks.
Oh and that American flag blanket is just there to block out the sun that sneaks through the blinds. I’m 36 days in to my cycle. Technically the cycle has finished but I’m going a bit longer just to be safe. Hopefully I’ll be adding a few fish (6 or so tangs and a school of chromis) early next month.

 

[mch1984]

Going to keep the Plastic lid on or is that temporary?