Looking at going big

[bronzewhaler22]

Looking at building a large tank I think it is about 950g, Wondering on any thoughts about stocking, food, filtration, lighting and clean up crew

 

[IKD]

What dimensions are you looking at? what space setup do you have in mind (in wall, fish room space, etc.)? Bigger is great, but the costs for equipment and maintenance go along with it.

 

[bronzewhaler22]

It is more pond than tank dimensions will be 240cm Long 115cm wide 160 high

 

[IKD]

So in-ground type situation? Sounds really cool. Do you have any drawings?

 

[bronzewhaler22]

Off ground done basic drawings more for design but it is based of king of diy 2000g

 

[AlexG]

Are you looking to keep this as a full reef, FOWLER, species specific tank? Its important to know what you are looking to keep as that will change how a system is built out.

 

[bronzewhaler22]

Looking at fowlr as reef would be beyond my budget

 

[AlexG]

Looking at fowlr as reef would be beyond my budget

Any species of fish sparking your interest? Tangs, angels, puffers, triggers, groupers, eels, wrasses, other species? Planning out a tentative stocking list is important to get an idea for filtration. If you plan on keeping fish that consume large amounts of food like puffers, triggers, groupers, eels then filtration sizing and type will be impacted versus a tank with just tangs, butterflies, angels, or even a tank with all small species like damesls, chromis, psudochromis.

 

[bronzewhaler22]

mainly eels, sharks, groupers, snappers possible triggers

 

[AlexG]

In this case over sized filtration would be needed due to the type of heavy eating fish you want to keep. A large/oversize skimmer and a xl-large refugium to export nutrients via algae can be considered. Depending on the species of triggers you want to have they might not be compatible with sharks as sharks should not be kept with species that nip fins.

 

[bronzewhaler22]

Cool will probably rather sharks over triggers so what do you think about heating

 

[McPuff]

I'd say use a hot water loop for sure. Or control the temperature in the room itself.

 

[StoneReef]

I'd say use a hot water loop for sure. Or control the temperature in the room itself.

Yes I would heat the room if possible. Of course have heaters for back up but budget wise I’d go with a heated room.

 

[AlexG]

Cool will probably rather sharks over triggers so what do you think about heating

Radiant heating system that utilizes a heat exchanger. I use a pex coil with redundant temp controllers to maintain my systems heat. Controlling the room temp is an option but it would need to have both heating and cooling capacity and would take some time to raise the water temp to where it needs to be compared to just heating the water directly which will raise the air temp in the room that holds the tank. Humidity control will also need to be considered based on the space housing the tank and your climate.

 

[bronzewhaler22]

Ok will think about that is probably cheaper than heating the tank