Hi everyone,
I’ve been reefing for years, but I’ve finally decided to design and build out a truly custom system. So… I’d like to start my first build thread in the hopes of this community joining me on this journey. I’ll try to do it in blog format with updates at least every few days.
The system will not be huge, but I live in a small, 26th floor apartment in Shanghai, so much bigger than I’m planning and I would have serious issues getting it into my home.
The concept drawings will be finished in the coming days, and I hope to take delivery and install around Christmas. Amazing Christmas present to myself, right! But the delivery timing is still not fully agreed.
Because I need to do everything in metric for my design, I’ll start posting with metric, but let me know if you prefer imperial units.
For my first post, I’ll share the specs of the main display tank.
The display tank will be a custom made tank; 1 m x 1 m length and width, and it will be 62 cm tall. The tank will be made of 15 mm ultra clear glass, and the silicone will be transparent. As you can tell from the dimensions, the form factor will be square from a top down view, with access to the sump from 3 sides (a square peninsula of sorts). It will sport a single, backpack style slim form factor overflow in the center of the back wall, with two return lines.
Total display volume will be 620 L or 164 g. I did consider a 1.2 m form factor, and actually marked up both the 1 m and 1.2 m form factors on the floor and wall; the 1.2 m just seemed too big and heavy for my apartment.
Stay tuned in the coming days for details on the stand, sump, refugium, lighting, and all other specs.
After all, it wouldn’t be as much fun if I shared all the details in one post.
Adam
I’ve been reefing for years, but I’ve finally decided to design and build out a truly custom system. So… I’d like to start my first build thread in the hopes of this community joining me on this journey. I’ll try to do it in blog format with updates at least every few days.
The system will not be huge, but I live in a small, 26th floor apartment in Shanghai, so much bigger than I’m planning and I would have serious issues getting it into my home.
The concept drawings will be finished in the coming days, and I hope to take delivery and install around Christmas. Amazing Christmas present to myself, right! But the delivery timing is still not fully agreed.
Because I need to do everything in metric for my design, I’ll start posting with metric, but let me know if you prefer imperial units.
For my first post, I’ll share the specs of the main display tank.
The display tank will be a custom made tank; 1 m x 1 m length and width, and it will be 62 cm tall. The tank will be made of 15 mm ultra clear glass, and the silicone will be transparent. As you can tell from the dimensions, the form factor will be square from a top down view, with access to the sump from 3 sides (a square peninsula of sorts). It will sport a single, backpack style slim form factor overflow in the center of the back wall, with two return lines.
Total display volume will be 620 L or 164 g. I did consider a 1.2 m form factor, and actually marked up both the 1 m and 1.2 m form factors on the floor and wall; the 1.2 m just seemed too big and heavy for my apartment.
Stay tuned in the coming days for details on the stand, sump, refugium, lighting, and all other specs.
After all, it wouldn’t be as much fun if I shared all the details in one post.
Adam