Introducing my home 17k gallon reef

[45ZoaGarden]

Beautiful salt water lake! Wish I had one in my basement too! LOL

 

[stanleo]

Thanks for sharing. I'm feeling so much better about my thrifty, little 600g! I'll point my wife to this thread next time expenses come up in our conversation.

600g, how quaint.

 

[Triple.T]

Thanks for sharing, beautiful tank! My tanks about the size of your spillage . This made my day!

 

[Bpp124987]

And dosing 1-2 ml of 3% H2O2 per 10 gallons every 12 hours for 30 days in a reef environment.

@Humblefish, I’ve read the new threads you linked with interest, but didn’t catch the dosage of 1-2ml INTO A REEF ENVIRONMENT. Whoa. What’s the result of that? Treatment of a sick reef in situ?
Would love to hear more, or point me to the correct point in a discussion if you don’t mind terrible

also, nice public aquarium Drew you should invite the reef builders bloggers to tour And film it!

 

[AC1211]

How many total tanks do you have?

 

[Hedgedrew]

How many total tanks do you have?

Running 5 now.

 

[Hedgedrew]

 

[boacvh]

What an amazing tank, thanks for sharing. All I can say its your tank is way to small for tangs!

 

[stanleo]

Do you have a queen angelfish? They are the quintessential reef fish IMO and the first thing I would get if I ever get a tank big enough for one.

 

[Hedgedrew]

Do you have a queen angelfish? They are the quintessential reef fish IMO and the first thing I would get if I ever get a tank big enough for one.

I love them but i wont mix oceans !! Atlantic would be a different display

 

[stanleo]

I love them but i wont mix oceans !! Atlantic would be a different display

Interesting good to know and I like that philosophy.

I love seeing them when I go diving in the Keys. I got this good picture of one last time. As good as my photography skills can do anyway.

 

[dragon99]

What does your feeding routine look like? I'm guessing you import more seafood than a supermarket.

 

[Hedgedrew]

What does your feeding routine look like? I'm guessing you import more seafood than a supermarket.

For now we are using packs of frozen per day. We may start using fresh seafood

 

[mattzang]

awesome tanks and fish collections!

thanks for sharing

 

[Thales]

Finally!

 

[Smarkow]

Curious about the OP
Any particular technical or educational background that helped you design/keep-up with a tank this size?
DIY anything for the tank (or whatever the 17k equiv of DIY is)?
Are you involved in the aquarium trade in any way?
Do you do anything to offset your cost/maintenance (ie growout tanks, propogation)?
What surprised you the most about going from a 1.4k system to this 17k system?

Sorry to pester but would just love to live vicariously through you for a bit

 

[12gallonsofhex]

Thats not a skimmer, THIS is a skimmer!

 

[12gallonsofhex]

@Hedgedrew, what a fantastic build! Glad to know that super tanks like yours are a possibility in the home. Good job, sir.

 

[Hedgedrew]

Curious about the OP
Any particular technical or educational background that helped you design/keep-up with a tank this size?
DIY anything for the tank (or whatever the 17k equiv of DIY is)?
Are you involved in the aquarium trade in any way?
Do you do anything to offset your cost/maintenance (ie growout tanks, propogation)?
What surprised you the most about going from a 1.4k system to this 17k system?

Sorry to pester but would just love to live vicariously through you for a bit

Absolutely no engineer study at all. We hired lots if flow pipe consultants Spent time with joe at aquarium in li. And country critters designed most if it. Its all the same principles but in industrial sizes and applications.

 

[Hedgedrew]

Finally!

Thales. What movie should i watch ?