Introducing my home 17k gallon reef

Kasey Grohowski · Dec 17, 2019

Read the first 7 pages, didn't see anyone ask what the dimensions are. So what are they? Also what fish do you have in there? Any sharks by chance? And how much did the whole setup COST?

Hedgedrew · Dec 17, 2019

Kasey Grohowski said:
Read the first 7 pages, didn't see anyone ask what the dimensions are. So what are they? Also what fish do you have in there? Any sharks by chance? And how much did the whole setup COST?

Well i dont talk about costs. Dimensions are 17ft x 16ft x 9.5 high with 2.5 of it below grade No sharks. Going to be live reef.

kschweer · Dec 17, 2019

Do you have any stocking plans yet? Also what do you have in the tank already as far as livestock?

Hedgedrew · Dec 17, 2019

kschweer said:
Do you have any stocking plans yet? Also what do you have in the tank already as far as livestock?

15 gem tangs ,
8 Achilles
6 bandits
40 yellow tangs
15 powder blues
12 large naso tangs
Large scribbled angel
Large black tang
Pair of Christmas emperors
Pair of large annularis
Pair of conspic angels
Blue line hybrid conspic
8 Australian copperbands
Trio of bellus angels
Pair of crosshatch triggers
30 heniochus butterfly
12 pyramid butterflys
6 goldflake angels
Various anthias. Mostly square backs.
4 blue throat triggers.
We await red sea fish. Purples regals etc.

Calebb8133 · Dec 17, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
15 gem tangs ,
8 Achilles
6 bandits
40 yellow tangs
15 powder blues
12 large naso tangs
Large scribbled angel
Large black tang
Pair of Christmas emperors
Pair of large annularis
Pair of conspic angels
Blue line hybrid conspic
8 Australian copperbands
Trio of bellus angels
Pair of crosshatch triggers
30 heniochus butterfly
Various anthias. Mostly square backs.
4 blue throat triggers.
We await red sea fish. Purples regals etc.

Triggers in a reef?

Hedgedrew · Dec 17, 2019

Calebb8133 said:
Triggers in a reef?

Ya. Crosshatch and bluethroats are fine

Calebb8133 · Dec 17, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
Ya. Crosshatch and bluethroats are fine

Oh I didn't know that

JasonK84 · Dec 17, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
15 gem tangs ,
8 Achilles
6 bandits
40 yellow tangs
15 powder blues
12 large naso tangs
Large scribbled angel
Large black tang
Pair of Christmas emperors
Pair of large annularis
Pair of conspic angels
Blue line hybrid conspic
8 Australian copperbands
Trio of bellus angels
Pair of crosshatch triggers
30 heniochus butterfly
12 pyramid butterflys
6 goldflake angels
Various anthias. Mostly square backs.
4 blue throat triggers.
We await red sea fish. Purples regals etc.

What about some Moorish Idols? Any plans of getting any in there?

JasonK84 · Dec 17, 2019

Double post

Hedgedrew · Dec 17, 2019

JasonK84 said:
What about some Moorish Idols? Any plans on getting any of them in there?

Ya. I guess.

jsvand5 · Dec 17, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
15 gem tangs ,
8 Achilles
6 bandits
40 yellow tangs
15 powder blues
12 large naso tangs
Large scribbled angel
Large black tang
Pair of Christmas emperors
Pair of large annularis
Pair of conspic angels
Blue line hybrid conspic
8 Australian copperbands
Trio of bellus angels
Pair of crosshatch triggers
30 heniochus butterfly
12 pyramid butterflys
6 goldflake angels
Various anthias. Mostly square backs.
4 blue throat triggers.
We await red sea fish. Purples regals etc.

Any plans for a pair of Personatus? They would look pretty incredible once they got full size.

Are you planning to pull any fish out when you start corals or just going to see how it goes?looks like a lot of possible coral eaters are in there.

Hedgedrew · Dec 17, 2019

jsvand5 said:
Any plans for a pair of Personatus? They would look pretty incredible once they got full size.

Are you planning to pull any fish out when you start corals or just going to see how it goes?looks like a lot of possible coral eaters are in there.

Corals. Ya well adjust accordingly. No fleshy stuff. If have to we can pull. I have a trio now of adult personatus angels. Not tempted yet to throw them in.

jsvand5 · Dec 17, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
Corals. Ya well adjust accordingly. No fleshy stuff. If have to we can pull. I have a trio now of adult personatus angels. Not tempted yet to throw them in.

I was mainly wondering about the heniochus with the corals. I’ve never had much of an issue with large angels and SPS at least.

Personatus are the most amazing fish on the planet IMO. Hopefully eventually they end up in the big tank.

DS204 · Dec 17, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
Well i dont talk about costs.

You know what I always say - "If you have to ask, you can't afford it!"

drstardust · Dec 18, 2019

Super amazing tank Andrew, can't wait to see the ongoing progress!

MAQuarium · Dec 18, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
It took 4 years. And it probably cost more than double from original estimates. Yes parts of house had to come off but most of fish rooms etc were extentions so it was new space created . Because it was 3 side view we went to best reef architech around. We created little plastic box models with little rock . We use 2 industrial ro di machines that make 10k gallons a day so we filled a few days and then salted up.

First I'd just like to say that this is utterly amazing. Did you or anyone else document this project from the beginning? Or brought a professional production team in to shoot it? I feel like this tank alone would be a highly watched youtube channel. It's just completely jaw dropping. having a tank that I could free dive in has become my new life goal. Do you have another project in mind dow the road?

Hedgedrew · Dec 18, 2019

MAQuarium said:
First I'd just like to say that this is utterly amazing. Did you or anyone else document this project from the beginning? Or brought a professional production team in to shoot it? I feel like this tank alone would be a highly watched youtube channel. It's just completely jaw dropping. having a tank that I could free dive in has become my new life goal. Do you have another project in mind dow the road?

Thx maquarium. There is an original build thread on reef central. Birth of 2 systems totaling 30k gallons. So yes there is a 2500 gallon all reef that needs to be next done next year.

JasonK84 · Dec 18, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
Tomorrow the mobile team of tsm is coming over to house to catch some fish and scrape under microscope. I now think it could be easy peasy fluke outbreak. But i wait till tomorrow

Did you figure out what your dealing with?

MAQuarium · Dec 18, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
Thx maquarium. There is an original build thread on reef central. Birth of 2 systems totaling 30k gallons. So yes there is a 2500 gallon all reef that needs to be next done next year.

Thanks. I'll have to check out that tread. I'm new to these forms. R2R post of this tank is what actually got me on to the form. If you're ever selling tickets I'd love to check it out!