DLO's reef

[DLO]

DLO's 1400

Here are a few pics I took of my reef today .
the display is 1400 gallons with a total system volume of about 1900 gallons

 

[Paul_N]

What are the measurements of that beast, Love the woodwork, did you do it yourself?

 

[sleeper]

WOW. That is a nice display, I second the comment on the woodwork, very nice.

 

[Cuda]

Now that is a work of Art!

 

[MarvinsReef]

1400g... wOw!!!! amazing... what are the dimensions?

 

[DLO]

I had the woodwork done , but built the aquarium myself . The front part is 136"x48" and 34" tall . The middle 5 feet goes back another 4 feet so its 8' from the glass to the back wall .
Its a welded steel frame with phenolic lined plywood inside of the steel . Then I lined that with 45mil pond liner .
Heres a pic of it during construction before I put the glass in.

 

[nayrgaijin]

Oh I didn't know you posted that !

I never saw a pic when it was unfilled. Looks like you don't have enough lighting in that pic haha

 

[DLO]

. Looks like you don't have enough lighting in that pic haha

Yeah , now that I have coral in it I have 3 100 watt bulbs instead of just the one .

 

[macawmagic]

Holy cow!!! I thought most of those corals were small, but then i was looking at the caps and was like wait a second! and then the picture and dimesnions...those colony's must be pretty big actually!

How big is the leather in the middle?

 

[killingseed2000]

wow, very nice, great work.

 

[TCK Corals]

nice tank

 

[ohioreefer]

Stunning! I love the idea of the 5' offset in the middle. I can't imagine how it looks in person, with 8 ft of depth in the middle. Aquascaping posibilites must be endless....lol.:wink:

 

[J&O'sdad]

What in the world do you use for water movement. Can we get pictures of the fish room completed please?

 

[stunreefer]

Love the depth, fantastic!

More pics! :D

 

[inactive]

Not bad.

 

[snk713]

love the open room

 

[DLO]

I will try to take some new pictures tonight and get some posted . All water movement is via 3 hammerhead pumps , 2 on closed loops and 1 on the return . I used 4 spa jets for each pump with 4 on the left wall , 4 on the right wall and 4 way back on the back wall .

 

[roshi719]

Wow, that is one h*lluva nano :wink:

 

[J&O'sdad]

Do you use an ocean motion or anything on the closed loop.

 

[DLO]

Nope, no fancy stuff , just the spa jets so I could aim them where I wanted .