My new water box 336g

[parkinsn]

I have long awaited this water box having been out of the SW game for some years now. Time for a build thread. A lot has changed in several years. Here we go, hopefully I don't miss anything in my list.

Tank specs;
72"L x 40"W x 27"H Penisula style 3 sides veiewable, low iron / starfire.

Sump specs;
72" x 24" x 18" (chambers and water depth TBD)

General equipment;
1 x Neptune Apex
2 x Neptune EB832
3 x Neptune DOS
2 x Neptune DDR
1 x Neptune AFS
1 x NeptuneFS100
1 x NeptuneTrident
1 x Neptune ATK
1 x Neptune FMM
1 x Neptune FMK
1 x Neptune LDK
1 x Neptune MPR
2 x Neptune Solenoid
2 x Neptune Optic sensors
1 x Neptune Breakout
3 x BRS 600w titanium heaters with 2 inkbird controllers
1 x Pentair 80w Smart HO UV
1 x Bubble King Supermarin 250 (maybe, UPS has lost this at the moment)
1 x 200GPD BRS 7 Stage RO/DI
4 x Brightwell "lego blocks" with microbacter 7

Flow;
2 x Vortech MP60QD
2 x Vortech MP40QD
1 x Vortech Battery back up
2 x WAV with 1 Link
1 x Maxpect Gyre XF350
2 x Neptune COR 20

Lighting;
3 x Neptune SKY
2 x Giesemann Stellar 4 x 39W T5HO
1 x Netune GRO Refugium light

My overall plan is to have the tank about a 12" from the wall with the exteral overflow on the wall side, bean animal overflow 1" drains (perhaps 1-1/4"). It is going to separate my "theater" room and my other hobby (warhammer) / office area of the basement. All of the vortechs will be on the 40" overflow side, 2 x MP60 at the top, 2 x MP40 closer to the bottom, returns from the sump will also be on this side. The Gyre will be on the opposite 40" viewable end, and the 2 WAV will be mounted in the middle of the 72" side for directional flow 2 and 4 foot mark depding on aquascape. The wall side backs on to my laundry / furnace room. All the water change storage, ATO storage, QT, and future frag tank will be located in that room.

Not sure what Im going to do with the Giesemann lights, I will probably have to mod them. The SKY wont fit beteewn them nicely. So, I will either put them end to end on the 72" side, 4 bulbs on each 72" side. Or stager them between the SKY on the 40" side. I'd hate to not use them, they're brand new in box and have been sitting in my basement waiting for me to get a water box.

As much as it pains me to say this, I love the look of sand so much, it will be a bare bottom tank. Some wrasse, and other other sand dwellers will have to be sacrificed out of my wish list of fish. I do like me some wrasse, luckily lots of species don't need sand. Needless to say, with the bare bottom and rediculous flow SPS is my end game. Having said that, I also have about 400lbs of Marco rock, epoxy and glue in transit that I will smash up and create an HNSA aquascape.

Sorry to all the folks that were hoping to see pics, I will get them up in the coming weeks as I move some things around and start building the stand.

Advice and thoughts always welcome. I have never done a peninsula tank. I would like to avoid a closed loop, so hopefully my flow ideas will be effective for the end game. Peninsula folks please chime in on mistakes and what you would have done different.

Thanks Scott.

 

[Pico bam]

Woah 40" wide wow excited to see the tank. I'm seting up a 270g soon and I do think think its big enough. 3.5' wide is really something I thought 3' was wide.

 

[Vlad990]

Sounds like an incredible setup! I've had my eye on a waterbox for a while now but the wife wont let me pull the trigger just yet Got any livestock ideas yet?

 

[parkinsn]

Sounds like an incredible setup! I've had my eye on a waterbox for a while now but the wife wont let me pull the trigger just yet Got any livestock ideas yet?

Thanks.
Below is my dream list. Tang police alert! It will depend on the aquascape. I have done all of the below with sucess in the same tank, except the Sohal. That was in a 280g 72" x 30" x 30" Length would be more ideal than width for the tangs, but we'll see.
2 clowns, to get it going,
Yellow tang
Purple tang
Sohal tang
Achilles tang
Powderblue tang
Blonde Naso tang
Anthias group 6+
Flame angle
Coral Beauty
Helfirch fire fish
Splendid Dotty back
Hawkfish, flame, long nose and geometric
2-4 wrasse

 

[TX_Punisher]

Is this a custom Waterbox built tank?

 

[parkinsn]

Is this a custom Waterbox built tank?

No, it is not. My local guys at Concept Aquatics are building it for me.

 

[parkinsn]

Weekend project finished. I will put the middle supports in once the sump is placed. Hopefully get it painted in the next few days. My supervisor with her Christmas bow tie on to make sure it's all up to code. It's pretty solid!

 

[TX_Punisher]

No, it is not. My local guys at Concept Aquatics are building it for me.

Rhode Island perhaps?

 

[parkinsn]

Rhode Island perhaps?

No, I'm up in Calgary, Canada.

 

[i_am_mclovin]

Hah when you said waterbox I thought you meant the aquarium manufacturer by the same name.

 

[parkinsn]

Hah when you said waterbox I thought you meant the aquarium manufacturer by the same name.

Haha. Nope, just a big Ole box of water.

 

[i_am_mclovin]

Haha. Nope, just a big Ole box of water.

Love the dimensions. Hoping to do a custom 72x36x26 for my next tank. I really want to try a tank with a lot of room front to back so I can make rock islands with sandy areas etc.

 

[parkinsn]

Love the dimensions. Hoping to do a custom 72x36x26 for my next tank. I really want to try a tank with a lot of room front to back so I can make rock islands with sandy areas etc.

Thanks. Yeah that's my plan. My rock will be here shortly and I can get to smashing and building. My guy had a piece 28" so I'm 28" tall now.

 

[parkinsn]

A little bit of skimmer p*rn for you reef junkies

 

[parkinsn]

Small update, still waiting on glass, hopefully I get that soon. In the meantime I got my controller borad built, complete with back lit color changing LED, and started mounting things. Few more to add but I'll do that once I have the glass in place. I need to have the mixing station, ATO and QT in place for cord lenghts and possible module mounts. I have a 3rd DOS for auto water changes, not sure if I'll have room on the board, or if I want out in the living room at all. Vortech batter back ups will have to be mounted on the back side in the sump/laundry room.

 

[Dave Cureton]

Following along. Love the tank dimensions!

 

[parkinsn]

Havent had a chance to update this in a bit. My glass finally came on the 21st. He came back on Monday to clean it all up, and brought the sump and mixing tank as well. In hindsight, I wish I would have got him to do clear silicone on the short side viewing corners, the black is looks good, but I think clear would have looked better, oh well, live and learn. Working on my rock work now, get some pics up later tonight after its finished. Then on to plumbing.

 

[parkinsn]

Got my rock 90% done. I will be adding some more ledges and some smaller structures on the bottom once I get placed in the tank. The pics don't really do it any justice, I will see if I can get a video once its in the tank. Ended up using 16 sticks of epoxy, and about 18oz of thick super glue. I'll be happy when all this construction is done so I can do a dump run. Don't judge my messy garage haha.

 

[parkinsn]

Here is a link to the video of the rock in the tank, still want to add some more ledges and small caves on the bottom.

 

[parkinsn]

Progressing along. Plumbing is done for now, I will get the reactors and UV in at a later date. Started filling her up!! Tomorrows project will be getting the electrical tied to the panel. I have 2 dedicated 20amp and 2 15amp circuits, then I can start mounting gear and getting things plugged in.

I had the 3 holes in ond the front drilled for easy water changes. The line goes around the room into the floor drain after it picks up the mixing tank, the ATO tank, and the QT.

Bean animal, the emergency is to the left out of the picture.

Dual Return pumps.

Continuation to the floor drain.

Mixing tank under the display. 72"x24"18" split down the middle. One side will be for the auto WC via a DOS, the other side will be a pre mixed salt for WC and to top up the auto side. Plumbed to the floor drain line through the wall.

I had the 2 sections drilled for a stand pipe. The RO/DI will be controlled with solenoids, or me doing it manually. Not sure about the rest of you, but I have been known to leave the RO on and flooded a few floors in my aquaruim career. Hopefully the overflow to the floor drain will solve my future stupidity.

The future QT tank 24" x16"x18" with, again, a stand pipe in it. My plan is to have the auto WC "waste" water to be put into here to continually rotate the QT water. I will have an ATO to this as well.

ATO storage tank 36"x12"18" with the plumbing from the QT that sits above it and yet another stand pipe... Both tied to the floor drain. This will also have a solenoid and optical sensors to keep it full.