Brand New MONSTER TANKS Forum!

Daniel@R2R · Aug 30, 2018

Hey Reef2Reef! We're excited to announce that we've got a brand new forum created for MONSTER TANKS!!! This will be a place for those MASSIVE reef tank builds/tank journals of 400+ gallons!

So if you have your own 400+ gallon system, or if you just love to gawk and drool over what might be a dream for you someday, then you'll love to check out the tanks we're going to see in this forum! So be sure to check it out and follow along as we track these amazing HUGE systems!

CLICK HERE to check out this brand new forum!

Got a MONSTER TANK that you wanna start a build thread/tank journal for? Then CLICK HERE to start your new build thread!

Let's see those MONSTER TANKS!!

Daniel@R2R · Aug 30, 2018

Also, anyone who has a 400+ gallon build thread already going, we can move it to the new forum for you. Just message one of Team R2R for help with that. :D

KJ · Aug 30, 2018

@revhtree ?:D

kschweer · Aug 30, 2018

Very cool!!!

dragon99 · Aug 30, 2018

Oh great, and here I was just aspiring to move up to the large tank forum. THE MAN keeps moving the goal post!

vetteguy53081 · Aug 31, 2018

Good to see this. I am a believer and have 360g but also looking for a larger tank. Maybe some for sale on here too????? I'm actively seeking even bigger for right price.
Here is my largest of 4 tanks :

Waters · Aug 31, 2018

These tanks make mine look like a sump :(;)

qldbulldog · Aug 31, 2018

Following

fijiphil · Sep 1, 2018

Well, we're not really hobbyists but for your entertainment, here's the behind the scenes look at the life support Room for our 4 x 750 gallon tanks. Being in a remote area we keep things according to the KISS principal.

We run each tank through a 100 gallon sump. Flow from the return pumps and loop pumps run back via Oceans Motion flow directors and O mni nozzles.
Each tank has coast to coast weir overflow.
Bean Animal returns from overflow box to sumps
Each sump has 2 banks of filter socks 200 and 100 micron.
AquaC EV-2000 protein skimmer per sump
Marine Pure medium for bacteria habitat
Tanks turn over 8 to 10 times per hour.
Dosing 3 part Balling method via Profilux controllers and GHL Dosing pumps.
'Storm' automatic top off
'Renew' automatic water change (20% monthly)
200 watt UV system per tank
Orphek LED Lighting via wifi controller

Muttley000 · Sep 1, 2018

Waters said:
These tanks make mine look like a sump :(;)

My sump is 270 gallons, but the largest tank connected to it is only 90 gallons!

Even though I have 500 gallons total volume, I don't feel like this is where my build belongs until my big plywood project kicks off!

Waters · Sep 1, 2018

Muttley000 said:
My sump is 270 gallons, but the largest tank connected to it is only 90 gallons!

Even though I have 500 gallons total volume, I don't feel like this is where my build belongs until my big plywood project kicks off!

Lol, nice....if you have 500 gallons of total volume then you belong here :) Me on the other hand only has roughly 135 gallons total so I am just an observer.

Blue Tang Clan · Sep 14, 2018

I like the idea of the new forum, but one of the drawbacks is that there is a much smaller group of people looking at these threads, so there is far less feedback and discussion with fellow reefers.

Is it possible to keep a thread in the General Members section and have it somehow be tagged in the Monster category too? It feels very limiting now, but having duplicate/parallel threads would be silly. Can a Monster tank thread show up somewhere else too?

vetteguy53081 · Sep 14, 2018

Blue Tang Clan said:
I like the idea of the new forum, but one of the drawbacks is that there is a much smaller group of people looking at these threads, so there is far less feedback and discussion with fellow reefers.

Is it possible to keep a thread in the General Members section and have it somehow be tagged in the Monster category too? It feels very limiting now, but having duplicate/parallel threads would be silly. Can a Monster tank thread show up somewhere else too?

I understand what you are saying but Do realize many of us also pay focal point to smaller tanks and offer advise for such and I even collaborate with an individual who has a 3 gallon Pico tank. A saltwater tank is a saltwater tank.