480g sps shallows + 1000g build

[Skindog]

Man that is one mad tank bro, are you going bare bottom like the Eastwood tanks?

 

[Skindog]

My bad, just saw the rest of the thread, glad it’s not a bare bottom

 

[BigJohnny]

Epic.........is it slab under those wood floors or did you do some serious reinforcing?

Any idea on a fish stocking list?

Btw, as much I get the b+ c+ combo, it's a shame you aren't experimenting more with all those fixtures! The bulb combos are endless : )

What are you going to do about humidity?

 

[Recklessryan904]

Man that is one mad tank bro, are you going bare bottom like the Eastwood tanks?

I fell in love with these dimensions after watching a video on their tank . I’ve never been a fan of barebottom . I love a natural looking tank .

 

[Skindog]

I fell in love with these dimensions after watching a video on their tank . I’ve never been a fan of barebottom . I love a

I fell in love with these dimensions after watching a video on their tank . I’ve never been a fan of barebottom . I love a natural looking tank .

100% agree mate, that’s the way I’ve always been, always think bare bottom is cheating lol

 

[Javier Leon]

Please keep us posted with more pics

 

[Javier Leon]

Please keep us posted with more, I will love to see the final results to get ideas, my future build I wil Love something big like yours

 

[Recklessryan904]

Epic.........is it slab under those wood floors or did you do some serious reinforcing?

Any idea on a fish stocking list?

Btw, as much I get the b+ c+ combo, it's a shame you aren't experimenting more with all those fixtures! The bulb combos are endless : )

What are you going to do about humidity?

It’s actually tile we just put down before the tank went in . I’m sure I’ll end up throwing a few different bulbs in there once the tank is running . As of fish , I left a lot of open swimming room because i Plan to have a heavy fish load.

Stocking list
- chocolate tang
- orange shoulder tang
-blonde naso
- maucileps tang
-purple tang
- blue throat trigger (male )
- swallowtail angel pair
- Hawaian flame wrasse
- scott’s Fairy wrasse
-yellow flanked fairy wrasse
- school of lyretail anthis
- school of blue/green chromis

That’s the main ones off the top of my head but I’m sure their will be more as time goes on .

 

[Recklessryan904]

Please keep us posted with more, I will love to see the final results to get ideas, my future build I wil Love something big like yours

I plan to keep you guys posted every step into this tank . This weekend the tank should be getting filled and almost ready to get going !

 

[CoralWealth]

How are you liking it , are you getting amazing color and growth ?

Knock on wood, everything is growing great right now and coloring up great too. The reef brites give it an extra pop too. I actually changed to 6 blue plus and 2 coral plus like a month ago as I like the more blue look and if anything, my corals pop more now and the growth and PE is still really good.

 

[PatrickM]

Truly incredible!
Following along for this one

 

[Recklessryan904]

The RODI unit came in so I plan to get started on filling the tank today and finish the plumbing in the next 2 days . I’m loving the blue pipe and schedule 80 fitting from BRS

 

[Recklessryan904]

The last pieces of the plumbing finally came . 1 1/2 schedule 80 fittings and blue pipes for the drains .

 

[ca1ore]

Interesting that there are no cross braces.

 

[Lukas75]

Love it! I might be late to come the party but I run a combination of T-5 and Kessil a360s on my little 75 and I love it. Whatever you decide to do it looks great!

 

[FredsNJReef]

This. Is. Epic.
Can't wait to see the progress!!!

 

[Recklessryan904]

Interesting that there are no cross braces.

I specifically didn’t want cross braces for lighting purposes . The only way I can get away with that is overbuilding the tank 1 inch thick All the way around including the eurobrace around the top .

 

[Recklessryan904]

This. Is. Epic.
Can't wait to see the progress!!!

Thank you ! I made a lot of progress today so be prepared for more pics soon . Also the tank is filling as we speak

 

[Sipec]

This looks interesting. Following

 

[ca1ore]

I specifically didn’t want cross braces for lighting purposes . The only way I can get away with that is overbuilding the tank 1 inch thick All the way around including the eurobrace around the top .

I had mine 'overbuilt' to 1" but the builder still felt braces were necessary; though it is 6" taller so that may account for the difference. 48" depth is nice; I went 36" with my 8 footer but wished I could have done more. Who built the tank for you?

I'm firmly in the open aquascape camp these days. More fish ..... more better.