I wanted to post a new build thread for a project that has been about three years in the making. We are building our dream house on 25 acres outside San Antonio Tx and from the beginning of my sketches on graph paper I have integrated the design for a large aquarium with a dedicated filtration room. Thankfully my wife is very supportive and after enough flooding floors from unwatched RO's and cleaning skimmers in kitchen sinks she probably wants the fish room as much as me.
The tank is being made by Miracles Aquariums and is a peninsula 84x36x27 and will be located in the library. The filtration will run through the wall and will be located in the adjacent room. They are building the steel stand with wrapped magnetic panels and a separate 36x24x15 frag tank for me as well. The fish room has a large box drain in the floor that I'm planning on using for easy water changes and floor drain under storage tanks as well. The tank is starfire on three sides and eurobraced on top with 3/4 inch glass. What was crazy was they were cheaper that the three other companies I checked out ( including two in my state) even with shipping 2000 miles. The others were quoting me 1/2 glass as well. Anyway, the floor in fish room is epoxy chip and I am planning on using Trusscore panels on the walls in that room. These are structural pvc panels that screw directly to studs and are basically waterproof. I am deciding on a sump now and have gotten quotes from Synergy and Geosreef for 60x24x18 and 72x24x15 respectfully. I really want filter rolls as I am done with socks. I would love to hear any suggestions for anything else available as both options are $4k+ equally equipped. My plan is to run the frag tank drains into a large ( approx 30-40g) refugium that would then drain to main sump ( integrated on Geosreef sump) with a bulkhead at the base that runs to floor drain. I could the simply open ball valve and drain refugium into floor drain and then refill to previous level...10% done. The Synergy is cheaper but would require me to have a separate refugium under frag tank where the Geo's is built in. I've attached pictures of my current waterbox 6025 that I will sell and transfer over to the new tank but I think I will utilize a similar lighting setup as I have here except use two connected arms. I plan on using 4 of the Radion 30's and maybe a Kessil AP900 in the middle for shimmer. Haven't made final decisions on return pumps yet but I think I'll add the Deltec calcium reactor. I have the Deltec 1500 skimmer now which I plan on moving over to the new build and really like their stuff. The house is scheduled for completion in Sept but with lag times on everything I wanted to get started on equipment and deposits on tank now. I would love to hear comments from anyone that has went through something similar if there are some mistakes I can avoid or tips to make things smoother. I will update as we go along and we will see how this ends up.
The tank is being made by Miracles Aquariums and is a peninsula 84x36x27 and will be located in the library. The filtration will run through the wall and will be located in the adjacent room. They are building the steel stand with wrapped magnetic panels and a separate 36x24x15 frag tank for me as well. The fish room has a large box drain in the floor that I'm planning on using for easy water changes and floor drain under storage tanks as well. The tank is starfire on three sides and eurobraced on top with 3/4 inch glass. What was crazy was they were cheaper that the three other companies I checked out ( including two in my state) even with shipping 2000 miles. The others were quoting me 1/2 glass as well. Anyway, the floor in fish room is epoxy chip and I am planning on using Trusscore panels on the walls in that room. These are structural pvc panels that screw directly to studs and are basically waterproof. I am deciding on a sump now and have gotten quotes from Synergy and Geosreef for 60x24x18 and 72x24x15 respectfully. I really want filter rolls as I am done with socks. I would love to hear any suggestions for anything else available as both options are $4k+ equally equipped. My plan is to run the frag tank drains into a large ( approx 30-40g) refugium that would then drain to main sump ( integrated on Geosreef sump) with a bulkhead at the base that runs to floor drain. I could the simply open ball valve and drain refugium into floor drain and then refill to previous level...10% done. The Synergy is cheaper but would require me to have a separate refugium under frag tank where the Geo's is built in. I've attached pictures of my current waterbox 6025 that I will sell and transfer over to the new tank but I think I will utilize a similar lighting setup as I have here except use two connected arms. I plan on using 4 of the Radion 30's and maybe a Kessil AP900 in the middle for shimmer. Haven't made final decisions on return pumps yet but I think I'll add the Deltec calcium reactor. I have the Deltec 1500 skimmer now which I plan on moving over to the new build and really like their stuff. The house is scheduled for completion in Sept but with lag times on everything I wanted to get started on equipment and deposits on tank now. I would love to hear comments from anyone that has went through something similar if there are some mistakes I can avoid or tips to make things smoother. I will update as we go along and we will see how this ends up.
