1000gal DT build

[jaxteller007]

Typo refugium is 75 gal, sump is 380

So when we buy/build a house in Nashville you're going to come design/build our tank right? Atlanta isn't that far away LOL. Setup looks great, it's been awesome to follow.

 

[Jon Fishman]

I guess a water-truck with RODI isn't an option..... they'd probably question why you'd want to fill a swimming pool with RODI anyways....

 

[Tajaba]

My god..........This is some next level aquascape...........makes me wanna tear mine down and redo

 

[New Jersey REEF]

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Fish are in !

1st round of fish about 30 in total. Few tangs / clowns/ chromes

I added 4 RANDOM FLOW GENERATORS FOR LOC-LINE and 4 CPR AQUATIC THREADED EDUCTORs

 

[New Jersey REEF]

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Diatoms stages, soon I’ll need lots of clean up crew.

 

[dca22anderson]

Well done!

 

[Don Lidtke]

Impressive seems a bit lite for this build![emoji15]

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Update on the tank.
I’ve added 100 mexican turbo snails and they took care of most diatoms problem.
I’ve noticed that aptasia eating filefish has a taste for snails antennas. Because it’s so many of them it should be okay, time will tell.

I have added 50gallons ATO reservoir to the main system, which should last me for 5-7 days. Daily evaporation is about 7-10 gallons.

Up next I’m planning to add small grow out frag tank to the system, 24x12x12 30 gallons.

Also I took down two qts 40 and 38 gallon and replaced it with one larger QT tank 120gal.

Currently I have 12 yellow tangs waiting to go through quarantine period before adding them to main display. More fishes to come.

 

[crusso1993]

Hey there... Any updates? Anything new and different?

 

[New Jersey REEF]

A few updates:
1st. Ive added 55gallon barrel for ATO. The water evaporation rate is about 10 gallons per day.



2nd I’ve built stand an additional stand for frag tank and couple of reactors.
Grow out frag tank is 48x 12x 12
Plumbing was finished and all my free space is now taken. Lights and power heads for frag tank should arrive in the next few days.


3rd I have finished connecting calcium reactor and 20lbs Co2 tank and now I’m need to tune it up. I started with 1 bubble per sec and 1 drip per second rate.

Also I have removed my QT tanks and replaced it with 120. I set it up as a separate QT system for soft and LPs corals along with bubble tip anemones.





As far as some addition to the live stock. I have 10 yellow tangs in qt waiting to be put in the big tank. Also 1 tomini tang about 4” and tomorrow I’m picking up 5-6” blue tang with 3-4” golden flake angel.

 

[crusso1993]

A few updates:
1st. Ive added 55gallon barrel for ATO. The water evaporation rate is about 10 gallons per day.



2nd I’ve built stand an additional stand for frag tank and couple of reactors.
Grow out frag tank is 48x 12x 12
Plumbing was finished and all my free space is now taken. Lights and power heads for frag tank should arrive in the next few days.


3rd I have finished connecting calcium reactor and 20lbs Co2 tank and now I’m need to tune it up. I started with 1 bubble per sec and 1 drip per second rate.

Also I have removed my QT tanks and replaced it with 120. I set it up as a separate QT system for soft and LPs corals along with bubble tip anemones.





As far as some addition to the live stock. I have 10 yellow tangs in qt waiting to be put in the big tank. Also 1 tomini tang about 4” and tomorrow I’m picking up 5-6” blue tang with 3-4” golden flake angel.

Chugging along and looking good!

 

[New Jersey REEF]

 

[crusso1993]

Any more recent updates?

 

[reeferee]

Awesome setup!

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Any more recent updates?

A few updates here:
Tank is maturing well, 71 days up and running.

I did 2nd small water change, about 170 gallons. Tested water
Alk is at 7.5 (Hannah)

Cal 420 (Red Sea)

Mag 1460 (Red Sea)

I also sent out ICP test to Triton. They just received it Friday so I should be getting back results in a few days

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I have started slowly adding frags of sticks into frag tank. It’s about a week. Good coloration and polyps are out. I will be adding some more frags today. Here are few shots of current frags...

As for algae control, I’m planning to put several Mollys here. Currently I’m working on finishing acclimation for these two mollys

Salinity in this 14gal cube is at 31, goal is to make it 35 by the end of the week.

I went from zero to 31 in about 10 days.

I’m also thinking about adding some zoas into frag tank. I’ll sit on that and think about how I want it to look this week.

As far as hardware updates, I had to relocate one of the ductwork to vent from the back of the tank. That made temperature to be much more stable.

It went from ranging 78.5 to 77.2 over weeks period, to 77.7 to 77.2 over three days period.

Before

After ductwork adjustment, I marked day of installation with x

Also I have ordered backup generator, it’s going to be delivered and installed in the next two weeks. 22kw generator 200amp generac

Slowly finishing basement drywall and flooring next.

 

[crusso1993]

A few updates here:
Tank is maturing well, 71 days up and running.

I did 2nd small water change, about 170 gallons. Tested water
Alk is at 7.5 (Hannah)

Cal 420 (Red Sea)

Mag 1460 (Red Sea)

I also sent out ICP test to Triton. They just received it Friday so I should be getting back results in a few days

—-
I have started slowly adding frags of sticks into frag tank. It’s about a week. Good coloration and polyps are out. I will be adding some more frags today. Here are few shots of current frags...

As for algae control, I’m planning to put several Mollys here. Currently I’m working on finishing acclimation for these two mollys

Salinity in this 14gal cube is at 31, goal is to make it 35 by the end of the week.

I went from zero to 31 in about 10 days.

I’m also thinking about adding some zoas into frag tank. I’ll sit on that and think about how I want it to look this week.

As far as hardware updates, I had to relocate one of the ductwork to vent from the back of the tank. That made temperature to be much more stable.

It went from ranging 78.5 to 77.2 over weeks period, to 77.7 to 77.2 over three days period.

Before

After ductwork adjustment, I marked day of installation with x

Also I have ordered backup generator, it’s going to be delivered and installed in the next two weeks. 22kw generator 200amp generac

Slowly finishing basement drywall and flooring next.

Sounds like everything is moving in a great direction! You certainly dialed in the temp swing. Where do you normally run your Alk?

The frags are looking happy and I'm also digging the generator.

 

[New Jersey REEF]

 

[New Jersey REEF]

I have corrective dosing for I 53ml and B elements 530 ml. Tomorrow I’ll do one more recommended dosage. The rest of the elements, gotta wait, didn’t have them on hand.