650 Gallon Triton Reef

CapAquaATX · Mar 7, 2018

Hey ya’ll,

Thought you might appreciate a ~650 gallon bowfront Triton reef. Completely redid the filtration and went full Triton in July of 2016. It currently consumes 72mL of Core 7 daily.

Lighting: Orphek
Flow: MP60 x 4, Panta Rhei ECM 63

Denisk · Mar 8, 2018

Beautiful!!!

Want2BS8ed · Mar 8, 2018

Nice! Like how the stand blends in... says the individual who has yet to skin his steel stand! LOL

CapAquaATX · Mar 8, 2018

Yeah the stand is drywalled in and I have very little to do under the tank (access panel around the side in the hallway). Filtration room is remotely located about 30 feet from the aquarium by the garage.

A_game43 · Mar 8, 2018

Very Nice!

vic5hands · Mar 8, 2018

Really nice

Tim@Triton · Mar 9, 2018

Very nice system well done to you!

Reefer40b · Mar 9, 2018

650 gal?? Man those pictures sure make that tank look small... to me it looks like a 175 bow.. beautiful though!

joseserrano · Mar 9, 2018

More pics?

CapAquaATX · Mar 9, 2018

What do you want to see? Livestock closeups, filtration, etc?

Want2BS8ed · Mar 9, 2018

CapAquaATX said:
What do you want to see? Livestock closeups, filtration, etc?

I'm a nerd... filtration. The guy that owns my LFS often accuses me of keeping fish and corals just to make sure my equipment is working!

joseserrano · Mar 9, 2018

CapAquaATX said:
What do you want to see? Livestock closeups, filtration, etc?

All of the above

AtlCPA · Mar 9, 2018

you should replace your stock tank member pick with your beautiful reef. Also tell us more about your tri

Want2BS8ed said:
I'm a nerd... filtration. The guy that owns my LFS often accuses me of keeping fish and corals just to make sure my equipment is working!

Ha, that's hilarious

CapAquaATX · Mar 10, 2018

Stock tank member pic? That’s a different one I did. I’ll work on getting some more pics of this one. I have filtration from when it was first setup... and I’ll show you how it started

CapAquaATX · Mar 10, 2018

So when I was brought in this is the tank room I had to take down. Consultation the guy asked what I would charge to maintain his aquarium, I responded that I was afraid his house was going to burn down tomorrow.

CapAquaATX · Mar 10, 2018

We found cords actively smoldering, mold, decay, got shocked more times than I can count, and the cherry on top... mosquitos had bred inside the tank room and were voracious.

Want2BS8ed · Mar 10, 2018

Oh wow... I wonder how much Tin that ICP test would show!! LOL

Monroereef · Mar 10, 2018

CapAquaATX said:
Hey ya’ll,

Thought you might appreciate a ~650 gallon bowfront Triton reef. Completely redid the filtration and went full Triton in July of 2016. It currently consumes 72mL of Core 7 daily.

Lighting: Orphek
Flow: MP60 x 4, Panta Rhei ECM 63

Beautiful. What are the dimensions of the tank? How many Orphek are you running?

CapAquaATX · Mar 12, 2018

Tank's dimensions are:

96x48x36 and was initially installed in September of 2011. My customer took over maintenance after our initial installation and I took back over in July of 2016. The tank was actually pretty beautiful and dosed with BRS 2 part and all the Red Sea Coral Energy supplements. Initial Triton testing showed high levels of Selenium, crazy high Calcium (doser issue), but everything else was in range.

He's got 12 Orphek fixtures over the tank currently.

So the pictures above resulted in 6 truck loads of random crap coming out of the tank room. I ripped out literally every piece of equipment, setup a temporary sump in his living room, and handed the room off to a contractor. It took a little over 2 months to get completely back in the room but the result:

-Floor completely redone and sealed
-Electrical completely redone with GFCI protection and the appropriate circuits
-Drywall completely ripped out and replaced with concrete board
-Walls painted with marine grade paint
-I didn't like the window unit AC and the return vent from the ceiling was cut off from the main house until he completes a future renovation turning the garage into a movie theater. We opted for a portable LG A/C unit that has worked great keeping the room climate controlled and dry.

With the coming filtration photos I also installed a brand new Aqualogic 1.5 HP outdoor chiller with a flow cutoff. It's controlled via the APEX and a hydroponic relay.