Onsite Reef Aquarium Builds?

[Karliefish]

Hi everyone,
I am getting ready to start my dream retirement project - my new 350 Gallon SPS reef aquarium. I do have slight wrinkle in my dream that has to do with getting a aquarium delivered and installed in my home. Here’s the situation....I have a home on the western side of North Carolina up in the blue ridge mountains on a lake. The home is built on a slight slope and this is where I am really concerned. There is no way to bring a 8 foot aquarium through the house, downstairs to the lower level where it will be placed. I have considered bringing a crane in and having the finished aquarium lifted-up over the home to the back lower side of the house. Even then its going to be a tight space to work with and there will still be a slope to have to deal with. So my question is, does anybody know of any reputable quality custom aquarium builders that will build an aquarium onsite?

 

[tehmadreefer]

Depends on how deep your pockets are. Money buys anything.

 

[DanConnor]

I don't have an answer to the actual question, but pretty sure that is the most expensive option. If you post some pictures of the house/site people might see options...

 

[Karliefish]

Depends on how deep your pockets are. Money buys anything.

I recognize that it will be more expensive, but unless seriously look at this option I’m either going to skip all together or go with something a lot smaller. So it might be worth the cost to me.

 

[JumboShrimp]

I think I saw a recent Top Shelf Aquatics (Winter Park FL) on-site build here on R2R recently. Don't know how far they travel-- but extremely reputable.

 

[Karliefish]

I think I saw a recent Top Shelf Aquatics (Winter Park FL) on-site build here on R2R recently. Don't know how far they travel-- but extremely reputable.

Ok thanks.....that’s a start!!!!

 

[Gablami]

Check out this thread by @aquavista99. I can’t even imagine how much this cost though.

Monster Build - AV99's custom 600g Reef Savvy on site build-Lots of pictures

It has been a few years in the making, but when my wife and I decided to move to our forever house in the Summer of 2013, we encountered a small problem...the only way I could fit my dream reef aquarium into our new house was to build the entire project on site in my basement. Somehow I was able...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Karliefish]

Check out this thread by @aquavista99. I can’t even imagine how much this cost though.

Monster Build - AV99's custom 600g Reef Savvy on site build-Lots of pictures

It has been a few years in the making, but when my wife and I decided to move to our forever house in the Summer of 2013, we encountered a small problem...the only way I could fit my dream reef aquarium into our new house was to build the entire project on site in my basement. Somehow I was able...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks Gablami for the suggestion.....sadly Reef Savvy has been incredibly slow in replying to emails - quite frustrating. I guess they are still to busy work on 600g tanks!

 

[JumboShrimp]

Curious: On the custom 600, what is a “double Phantom bottom”... is that another way of saying Euro braced on the bottom?

 

[tehmadreefer]

1200 Gallon Lagoon Build Thread

Hi everyone! We have finally had the time to put together a proper build thread for our 1200 gallon lagoon tank. Im sure most of you have been waiting for this! It's been a long time coming and we gotta say the tank right now is doing incredible to say the least. Now if you haven't seen...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Gablami]

Thanks Gablami for the suggestion.....sadly Reef Savvy has been incredibly slow in replying to emails - quite frustrating. I guess they are still to busy work on 600g tanks!

If you’re ready to throw down that sort of money, it shouldn’t be that hard to find a reputable custom builder to consider it.