Junior's Monster Tank Build

[JuniorMC8704]

Yes, It's me. thanks very much.

Im antsy like my 3 year old right now....tank will be here in a matter of hours!!!

Hey! It IS junior from MR Cant wait to see your tank rollin full force, you have one of the best coral collections i've ever seen!

 

[MarvinsReef]

Yes, It's me. thanks very much.

Im antsy like my 3 year old right now....tank will be here in a matter of hours!!!

sweet... looking forward to seeing this tank in person..

 

[igot2gats]

D-day

Yes, It's me. thanks very much.

Im antsy like my 3 year old right now....tank will be here in a matter of hours!!!

Wahoo! When you need to move that badboy, let me know - I'm there.

 

[ofblong]

thats based on a 36" tall stand...i dont want it any lower than that.

then ya cant complain about not enough room muwhahahahahahaha. Just picking on ya .

 

[JuniorMC8704]

yeah i know, i wanted it 40" tall...

such is life...

now I'm going to do some crazy profilux lighting sometime next year.

for now, ill rock out my 72" aquatinics constellation fixture.

My wife said with a tank that big, shes going to bury me in it.

 

[JuniorMC8704]

ITS HERE!!

 

[Saltysteele]

holy, flirking schnitt!!! :0

i'm sure that's the man himself, on the forklift. i know i wouldn't let anyone else be in charge of that endeavor. with a tank running that kind of cash, i'd stash it in a corner and sleep in front of it until i could get it home :haha:

SahWEET :haha:

 

[JuniorMC8704]

It is I. No way anyone else is driving giant steel spears around my tank...

holy, flirking schnitt!!! :0

i'm sure that's the man himself, on the forklift. i know i wouldn't let anyone else be in charge of that endeavor. with a tank running that kind of cash, i'd stash it in a corner and sleep in front of it until i could get it home :haha:

SahWEET :haha:

 

[Poseidon]

Hey! That is a cute little truck you have there Jr! Can you bring it home??? (The plant where I work has a few 20,000lb trucks, most are 12,000lb versions!)

 

[Poseidon]

I'll bet you have water in that beast in about 2 or 3 days right?

 

[Saltysteele]

i'd have water flowing right now

i wouldn't be able to stand it. i'd sucumb to the pressure :haha:

 

[MarvinsReef]

awesome man....

 

[JuniorMC8704]

lol, that little thing weighs 8500 lbs...

battery powered. 48 car batteries basically...

Hey! That is a cute little truck you have there Jr! Can you bring it home??? (The plant where I work has a few 20,000lb trucks, most are 12,000lb versions!)

 

[JuniorMC8704]

lol, well if anyone wants to donate a few hundred pounds of rock, a big ol sump, and a dozen buckets of salt:bigsmile:

i'd have water flowing right now

i wouldn't be able to stand it. i'd sucumb to the pressure :haha:

 

[ofblong]

oh oh so you want to use the actual sunlight to lite it. THAT WOULD BE SCHWEET. not only would it lower you electric bill you would be using the actual sun to light it . Thought I saw a guy who did that on was it RC?????

 

[jasonstan]

WOW....now that is a beautifull tank. Congrats, can't wait to see some life in there.

 

[JuniorMC8704]

?, no, it will be lit with 14 T5's until early next year when profilux releases their new light fixtures.

oh oh so you want to use the actual sunlight to lite it. THAT WOULD BE SCHWEET. not only would it lower you electric bill you would be using the actual sun to light it . Thought I saw a guy who did that on was it RC?????

 

[ofblong]

?, no, it will be lit with 14 T5's until early next year when profilux releases their new light fixtures.

lol whoops wonder where I got out of your post that you were thinking of those sunlight canopies.....


anywho WHERES MORE PICS? lol.

 

[JuniorMC8704]

Well I am one step closer to getting this beast going. My current holding tanks are in the worst possible spot, and are keeping me from being able to frame out the remaining walls of the new fish room.

The next step was to setup the new frag system, let it run for a bit, and then move all corals and fish in, and take down the old one. I ran into $ issues, and have not been able to order the new frag tanks, but came up with a solution.

I had bought an acrylic 180 from a local reefer that was pretty beat up, which i was going to make a sump from. After changing my mind on that, it was just collecting dust.

This weekend my friend Austin (stunreefer) came over and we cut it down to only 16" tall, remounted the top, and then cut out the top like a eurobrace. I will add a middle support in a couple days, but youll get the idea.

Ordering a buffing kit today or tomorrow, and once its cleaned up, ill get it plumbed and running.

This should allow me to get the 300 going by early April if all goes to plan.

Here is the new frag system. 72" x 24" x 16"

Here is what was taken off.

 

[JuniorMC8704]

Also have about 1000 lbs of rock for the whole system to enjoy.

The tank, sump, and frag tank should be just over 500 gallons so far.