Custom L tank

[DakotahSteel]

I was scrolling through instagram and I came upon the custom tank of my dreams. L shaped tank with a drop off in what I would call the tall portion of the L. I would say 6-8 feet tall and probably just as wide. Problem is before I could follow the profile Instagram’s refreshed and I seem to have lost it forever. Would anyone know what tank that might have been or whose it was? It was on par with an Andrew Sandler tank but it wasn’t him this I’m sure of.

Any help would be amazing

 

[JumboShrimp]

Is there a "finder's Fee"? Lol! Wishing you success-- share the photo with us if you get it.

 

[DakotahSteel]

Is there a "finder's Fee"? Lol! Wishing you success-- share the photo with us if you get it.

If I find it I’ll post it

 

[Justfebreezeit]

Aquaviking has a big tank

 

[DakotahSteel]

Aquaviking has a big tank

Like that but it was an L shaped in the guys living room/kitchen

 

[Justfebreezeit]

Like that but it was an L shaped in the guys living room/kitchen

I'll keep an eye out

 

[DakotahSteel]

I'll keep an eye out

Found it!!

 

[DakotahSteel]

Is there a "finder's Fee"? Lol! Wishing you success-- share the photo with us if you get it.

Found it!! Check the post above this

 

[JumboShrimp]

Wow... very dramatic. I doubt I could have "pictured" it accurately without the "picture." Lol.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Are you thinking to go with glass, or acrylic?

 

[jhadaway]

I understand the shipping can be more than the tank. They have to ship on the stand. That is a serious project. Lighting and flow will be a challenge but look at that beast. What an awesome tank. Headphones and a glass of red in front of that baby for hours. Id love to see a build thread. Good luck!

 

[DakotahSteel]

Are you thinking to go with glass, or acrylic?

Not sure yet… I’m probably 12-18 months out before starting this so I’m in the planning stages. Honestly my biggest concern is moving stuff from my 1000S over and how in the hell do you mount corals in the bottom half lol

 

[JumboShrimp]

Right? You can't just 'kind-of-sort-of' climb inside a specialized tank like that to work. You might have to invent your own custom (extra long) tongs, and maybe look down through a glass coral viewing box (like at an LFS coral farm) with all flow turned off, when gluing your placements.

 

[jon93]

Man I love the drop off tanks then the fact that this one is an L is just awesome

 

[NCsalt]

Can’t imagine trying to do anything in the bottom half without going all the way into the tank.

 

[ThisIsTheWay]

That's a pretty crazy looking tank. Just the shape itself makes it so unique. That being said, I don't see any "fun" way to clean or do maintenance at the bottom of that tank.
I think ideally you'd want the dropoff section to be large enough you could leave open areas for you to stand in for occasional more intensive cleaning or coral maintenance in the deep end.

If I had a tank like that it'd probably make the most sense to leave a couple spots towards each end of the deep side to stand in the tank. Then have a secondary tank plumbed into the system to hold corals you want to place in the deep end. This would allow new corals to acclimate and you could keep an eye on them and make sure they will do well before going into the main display. Then once you've collected a decent amount for the deep end, do a tank dive and move them all at once to the deep areas.

Basically, plan for having to occasionally get all the way in, stash corals you want until you have a bunch, and then do a dive and mount them all at once.

 

[DakotahSteel]

That's a pretty crazy looking tank. Just the shape itself makes it so unique. That being said, I don't see any "fun" way to clean or do maintenance at the bottom of that tank.
I think ideally you'd want the dropoff section to be large enough you could leave open areas for you to stand in for occasional more intensive cleaning or coral maintenance in the deep end.

If I had a tank like that it'd probably make the most sense to leave a couple spots towards each end of the deep side to stand in the tank. Then have a secondary tank plumbed into the system to hold corals you want to place in the deep end. This would allow new corals to acclimate and you could keep an eye on them and make sure they will do well before going into the main display. Then once you've collected a decent amount for the deep end, do a tank dive and move them all at once to the deep areas.

Basically, plan for having to occasionally get all the way in, stash corals you want until you have a bunch, and then do a dive and mount them all at once.

That's kind of where my head was at as well. It would be cool to truly place corals where they would live on a reef and have "zones" but the placement would suck. I can see it now placing some frags and getting out of the water only for an angry clown fish to remove them and toss them