Aaron's 1,000+ gallon reef build

[MimicOcto8]

The moment is here! [emoji2962]

Yeah no kidding! I’m nervous as heck too. So far no leaks tho

 

[mch1984]

Yeah no kidding! I’m nervous as heck too. So far no leaks tho

I can’t imagine how nervous I would be filling that up after all the work

 

[JDnKY]

Haha! I totally wasn’t thinking and when I woke up the next day and looked at that 2x4 and did this

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. I used a forstner bit and drilled through most of it till I could break it in half. Lol maybe 1 too many beers

that night.

Picked up the first 275 gallons of water last night. 4 more runs to go. I’ll do one run a day. Just to make sure all is going smoothly between each 275gallons

Sweet! Gonna be a loooong 4 more days I bet. Hope everything goes smoothly for you.

 

[Neo Jeo]

Really cool man! Looking forward to the build!!!

You should insulate your garage door panels. Just a tip

 

[Janci]

Picked up the first 275 gallons of water last night. 4 more runs to go. I’ll do one run a day. Just to make sure all is going smoothly between each 275gallons

That last picture shows well that 275 gallons is not that much at all...
Great to see the rock wet.

 

[allsunday]

following.

 

[geekengineer]

holy cow.. 1000 gallons I can't even imagine. ;Jawdrop I guess that's one way to keep your cars out of the garage.

 

[Garia666]

So a 1000 gal, you planning to get an orca? Like seaworld?

 

[MimicOcto8]

Really cool man! Looking forward to the build!!!

You should insulate your garage door panels. Just a tip

Yeah the garage door panel is the last thing in there that needs insulating. It’s in my list. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Dsnakes]

Incredible! I can’t wait to see more. I can already picture it with stone overlay.

Have you thought about adding another dimension to it like a couple mangroves? Definitely have the space for them

 

[MimicOcto8]

Incredible! I can’t wait to see more. I can already picture it with stone overlay.

Have you thought about adding another dimension to it like a couple mangroves? Definitely have the space for them

Thank you. Yeah I’m looking forward to getting the outside stone on there. Going to wait a little while though. Give any leaks time to become visible before I cover the wood.
Yes I have thought of some other stuff but not going to work on those ideas just yet.

 

[Kaysneezye]

Following

 

[Deftones2015]

Wow! This is simply amazing! What kind of corals are you going to add? You could get some pretty amazing sps colonies to grow in there.

 

[MimicOcto8]

Mixed reef is what I like

 

[BantyRooster97]

Very cool! Can't wait to see it full of fish

 

[Rostato]

Following because this a very bold move! I love it.

 

[dbraun15]

Great job! I must have missed it...where are you getting your water from? Looking forward to seeing it full and thriving!

 

[MimicOcto8]

Following because this a very bold move! I love it.

Bold how?

 

[MimicOcto8]

Great job! I must have missed it...where are you getting your water from? Looking forward to seeing it full and thriving!

A local University that has access to natural sea water

 

[MimicOcto8]

My girls enjoying the next 275 gallons going in. We now have 550 gallons in.