1850+ Gallon system build

aww_420 · May 12, 2020

1850+ gallon system build thread.

System:

1340 gallon in wall Acrylic tank by Fish Gallery
1.5” thick acrylic
117” Long 55” Tall 48” Deep

8FT 300 gallon Acrylic sump

Reef Octo Skimmer SRO-9000EXT with Jaebo DC Feed pump

3 JEBAO DCP18000 return pumps

Lighting:
5 Aqua Illumination Vegas
4 reefbrite actinic strips 48”

6 Rossmont M power heads

Apex Wifi system and ATO

(3) 1000 watt heaters
(3) 500 watt heaters

UV sterilizer

90g/day RODI

1 sicce 16.0 pump for reactors

200g water changing cylinder

55g LR container

40 breeder for QT

JEBAO 4 channel doser for coral colors and carbon dosing

Skimz MBR157 macro Reactor

Fish list

9” Sailfin tang
8”Passer Angel
8”Powder Blue tang
8”Clown Trigger
6”Blue face Angel
6”Imperator Angel
8”Fox Face
7”Regal Tang
6”Chocolate Tang
7”Dogface Puffer
4 large Blue Chromies
12” engineer Goby
6” Volitan lion
14” Guinea Fowl moray eel
18” Yellow head Moray eel
9” Snowflake eel
6” Purple tang
XL long spine urchin
3” Maroon Clown

Corals and Others livestock

Large finger leathers
Miscellaneous mushroom
Xenia
10 BTA nems. Widow and rainbow mix
Random zoas and cloves

The Plan

Display area and tank: Minimal rock work. Maybe 3 islands. Mostly Fish with some soft corals. Leathers, shrooms, nems, Xenia etc.

Sump and filter room:

Acrylic covers for tank and sump

Plastic sheeting on the ceiling for moisture barrier

Exhaust vent to exterior

Hvac Return air vent for drying

72QT/day de-Humidifier

in room utility sink

Sump
1st section: 1 of 5 tank drain lines at low flow to 55g LR container for absorption of oxygen then to section 1 Deep sand bed and Fuge for Anoxic denitrification

2nd section: 10” Bubble trap for the remaining drains

3rd section: section 2 overflows into (6) 7” filter socks. Which leads to Several bubble traps

4th section: return pumps, media reactors pump, Carbon and element dosing, ATO and probes

If anyone has any experience or advice. I’m all ears

I am most of the way through this project and will post pictures of all the progress so far.

AlexG · May 12, 2020

Sounds like an a really nice looking display. Have you considered going with a radiant heating solution? My system is ~1700 gallons and radiant heating is the way to go to not only save money but also avoid electrical heater disasters due to heater failures. I can speak for everyone in saying that we are looking forward to seeing some pictures. I would be interested to see how your tank and fish room is laid out to see the space where humidity controls are being installed.

Smarkow · May 13, 2020

Would love to see all those softies in some islands made of branching rock - the branches can give shape and some isolation to the different zoas and shrooms as they spread and make space for all the fish to swim through!

Looking forward to whatever you come up with!

ca1ore · May 13, 2020

Rossmont seem kind of wimpy for a tank that size (even for softies). How do you plan to attach them?

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

ca1ore said:
Rossmont seem kind of wimpy for a tank that size (even for softies). How do you plan to attach them?

Yeah the magnets are wimpy for the 1-1/2” acrylic but I would be mounting them From inside the over flow. That’s only 3/4” acrylic. They may not even be needed after I finish the closed loop system.

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

Smarkow said:
Would love to see all those softies in some islands made of branching rock - the branches can give shape and some isolation to the different zoas and shrooms as they spread and make space for all the fish to swim through!

Looking forward to whatever you come up with!

Thanks. I have a little bit of shelf rock in going to incorporate into the islands. Ive never. Even a fan on branch honestly. Looking to do something like this but with a shorter more cave like island in the center.

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

Current set up and future plans

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

The day the sump arrived. Gave it a good rinse and water test

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

Water in and ready to house the fish until the tank is up and running.

Temporary stand won’t be there for long. The sump will actually be lower to the ground and about 3 feet to the left.

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

13 boxes and buckets of salt arrived on the same day while I was at work. Even on the security camera you could see the Fed ex guy wasn’t very happy lol

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

300lbs of LR looked awfully small in there. Got another 300lbs waiting.

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

Broke down the old tank and started the demo.

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

Started to plastic the ceiling and the cabinets and sink going in.

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

Skimmer on its way home

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

Fish arrived safe and sound

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

Fish are in and happy

aww_420 · May 13, 2020

Cut out framing had begun.

aww_420 · May 14, 2020

AlexG said:
Sounds like an a really nice looking display. Have you considered going with a radiant heating solution? My system is ~1700 gallons and radiant heating is the way to go to not only save money but also avoid electrical heater disasters due to heater failures. I can speak for everyone in saying that we are looking forward to seeing some pictures. I would be interested to see how your tank and fish room is laid out to see the space where humidity controls are being installed.

radiant heat is absolutely on the menu. The sump/fish room will be shared by the utilities so the water heater and HVAC system are all in the same room. Should make it easy enough to supply a simple pex radiant heat loop. But luckily it’s very warm in that room as is. For example it’s been 40 degrees F outside but for the 300 gallon sump I have 2 500w heaters that hold steady at 78 Degrees without barely turning on. Same for the 300 gallon rubber maid tub.
Also made some covers for the sump and display and putting it an exhaust air exchanger to control evaporation.