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mattjoly85
07/22/2013, 12:34 AM
the tank is 120 by 36 wide by 36 tall.

so heres some pics of the build.
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/3DD6C429-6D8B-494E-B15C-17B8DF83930A-14805-0000073692B89D6A.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/3DD6C429-6D8B-494E-B15C-17B8DF83930A-14805-0000073692B89D6A.jpg.html)
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/5828556C-0D28-42D5-B024-B9D9F247CA25-14805-00000736A023C1DF.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/5828556C-0D28-42D5-B024-B9D9F247CA25-14805-00000736A023C1DF.jpg.html)

heres me inside the tank

http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/EA11AD3A-2355-48CD-A9E5-3F1173EF661F-14805-00000736B20FC93A.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/EA11AD3A-2355-48CD-A9E5-3F1173EF661F-14805-00000736B20FC93A.jpg.html)

http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/8A314D14-1D26-491D-B484-91929BE910AA-14805-00000736C3547947.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/8A314D14-1D26-491D-B484-91929BE910AA-14805-00000736C3547947.jpg.html)

the sump i got from an older setup.
i didnt like all the baffles so i cut them out.
its pretty much just shy of 180 gallons.
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/74402974-D1DE-4A6F-A2D7-91EB17F70A57-14805-00000736D0D8A9A5.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/74402974-D1DE-4A6F-A2D7-91EB17F70A57-14805-00000736D0D8A9A5.jpg.html)

heres some pics of the drains dry fitted.
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/7AA44D8B-77F0-425D-926D-90D538AFE97A-14805-00000736ED8E91FF.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/7AA44D8B-77F0-425D-926D-90D538AFE97A-14805-00000736ED8E91FF.jpg.html)
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/98F30D78-C9CA-4969-B131-E62B97F60F2C-14805-00000736E586FE4B.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/98F30D78-C9CA-4969-B131-E62B97F60F2C-14805-00000736E586FE4B.jpg.html)

more pics to come.

mattjoly85
08/18/2013, 07:32 PM
update me filling it to make sure it holds.<BR><A href="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/BC2C52FA-997F-4A85-BAF2-341C0F7394C0-35981-00001194E220752B.jpg.html" target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/BC2C52FA-997F-4A85-BAF2-341C0F7394C0-35981-00001194E220752B.jpg"></A><BR>the final drains into my sump<BR><A href="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/F5531FA6-10E7-4334-AE4B-82072463DBF7-35981-00001194D2C79CED.jpg.html" target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/F5531FA6-10E7-4334-AE4B-82072463DBF7-35981-00001194D2C79CED.jpg"></A><BR><A href="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/0B6743EA-4ADD-4FBE-BD42-95779B46FC93-35981-00001194BB5FAB1B.jpg.html" target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/0B6743EA-4ADD-4FBE-BD42-95779B46FC93-35981-00001194BB5FAB1B.jpg"></A><BR>the water change out put<BR><A href="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/871C4DF2-2A52-42DC-A8C1-400BD8D12BE6-35981-00001194CC796F28.jpg.html" target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/871C4DF2-2A52-42DC-A8C1-400BD8D12BE6-35981-00001194CC796F28.jpg"></A><BR>behind the tank<BR>still got to clean it up. but you get the idea<BR><A href="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/B88B9AA7-65FE-4CD6-84CE-9FA93378FF71-35981-00001194C657E307.jpg.html" target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/B88B9AA7-65FE-4CD6-84CE-9FA93378FF71-35981-00001194C657E307.jpg"></A><BR><A href="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/4A2F45B9-575F-4BF5-963D-793A1B93860C-35981-00001194C0F1BFA0.jpg.html" target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/4A2F45B9-575F-4BF5-963D-793A1B93860C-35981-00001194C0F1BFA0.jpg"></A><BR><A href="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/C5203F2B-233D-425C-B692-F0EC0421A4EF-35981-00001194AB8278E8.jpg.html" target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/C5203F2B-233D-425C-B692-F0EC0421A4EF-35981-00001194AB8278E8.jpg"></A><BR><A href="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/78EEE004-5B13-456F-AC64-A604954D5B5E-35981-00001194A4C87A26.jpg.html" target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/78EEE004-5B13-456F-AC64-A604954D5B5E-35981-00001194A4C87A26.jpg"></A><BR>how it looks from the front for now.<BR><A href="http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/AC45A952-180F-413D-885F-E7E6A1DF861B-35981-00001194B55F2136.jpg.html" target=_blank><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/AC45A952-180F-413D-885F-E7E6A1DF861B-35981-00001194B55F2136.jpg"></A><BR>hopefully do a full water test on all the plumbing tmw.

Wmich2008
08/18/2013, 08:30 PM
I love the demensions, you are going to have tons of room for aquascaping. What are your plans for the tank?

mattjoly85
08/18/2013, 09:34 PM
mixed reef.
what i have so far for fish.
in other tanks waiting.
12 inch atlantic blue tang
12 inch vlaminigi tang
10 inch red sea sailfin tang
10 inch Black surgeon (Acanthurus gahhm)
10 one spot foxface
6 inch one spot foxface
2 10 inch decorated rabbitfish
4 inch eibli angel
8 inch checkerboard wrasse
5 inch longnose butterfly
4.5 inch whitetail tang
4 inch purple tang
3 inch sixline wrasse
3 inch true perc clownfish
lots of lps and sps
and a small zoa garden

RJT
08/19/2013, 12:00 AM
Thats a huge tank. You have 2 of my favorite fish -whitetail tang and checkerboard wrasse.

Nice plumbing. What return pumps and skimmer are you using?

R.W.
08/19/2013, 12:12 PM
Love these dimensions! That is a monster atlantic blue tang!

mattjoly85
09/17/2013, 08:53 PM
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/d0196952d10ea6a1d2571354d875f89c.jpg
Little bit of an update

mattjoly85
11/30/2013, 12:53 PM
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/Nov302013005.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/Nov302013005.jpg.html)
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/Nov302013004.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/Nov302013004.jpg.html)
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/Nov302013003.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/Nov302013003.jpg.html)
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/Nov302013002.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/Nov302013002.jpg.html)
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muttley000
11/30/2013, 03:52 PM
Wow! Do you have an equipment list anywhere? Any more details on the tank build itself (thickness, silicone used, etc?)

mattjoly85
11/30/2013, 05:44 PM
havent got a skimmer yet.
but i was thinking of "SRO-9000EXT Commercial Protein Skimmer"
the lights are custom 100 watt quad color leds ranging from 395nm-480nm 15 of them.
and 24 39 watt t5s
10X300 jager heaters.
1000 pounds of dry rock.
coralife salt as 200 gallon waters change every week.
3 DC return pumps (pumping out 2640 gallons per hour)
400 pounds of sand


as for the glass.
19mm or 3/4" Float with polished edges
Black silcone
Dual Overflows (Beanie)
180 gallons Ultra Red Refuge (Red and Blue leds for maximum sponge growth)
300 gallon Refuge with White and yellow leds
2 60" by 24" by 12"H mangrove systems with 6 inchs of sand.
2 90 gallons cryptic refuges
in the works is 140 gallon rumble tank that well house the skimmer

also in the fish room is a 3 48" coral QT tanks
9X 36" fish QT tanks

2X300 gallon water storage tanks

mattjoly85
01/03/2014, 11:19 PM
http://youtu.be/9ivCK_eLLk4
short video

mattjoly85
03/06/2014, 01:58 PM
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/IMAG0088_1.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/IMAG0088_1.jpg.html)

leveldrummer
03/06/2014, 03:39 PM
When building a tank this size, you put a bead of silicone down on the bottom panel, then you plac the side panel on top, with the size and weight of the side panel, what stops it from just pressing all the silicone out of the joint? or at least pressing enough out so the joint isnt strong?

mattjoly85
03/06/2014, 07:47 PM
When building a tank this size, you put a bead of silicone down on the bottom panel, then you plac the side panel on top, with the size and weight of the side panel, what stops it from just pressing all the silicone out of the joint? or at least pressing enough out so the joint isnt strong?

we put the bottom panel down, then we place the side panel beside the bottom. as the bottom is a floating bottom.
my tank was built with a double bottom. if that clears it up for ya. there are also. rubber spacer in between each panel for a 1/16 gap for silicone. this cuase a better seal with the silicone.

mattjoly85
03/14/2014, 01:18 PM
http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g373/mattjoly85/10footer.jpg (http://s1098.photobucket.com/user/mattjoly85/media/10footer.jpg.html)
i think i finally like the right side.
might add more rock. not to sure yet.

Newbie Aquarist
03/14/2014, 01:49 PM
Nice build you have. Are you still skimmerless?

mattjoly85
03/14/2014, 04:54 PM
yeah. only because i still cant pick a skimmer i like yet.
im leaning towards SRO-9000EXT Commercial Protein Skimmer

RayL
03/14/2014, 09:54 PM
This is an awesome sized tank. Would you mind going Into a little more detail about your refugiums, what is in them? How they are plumbed into the system? What the goal of them is? Anything else you can share

mattjoly85
03/15/2014, 10:58 AM
This is an awesome sized tank. Would you mind going Into a little more detail about your refugiums, what is in them? How they are plumbed into the system? What the goal of them is? Anything else you can share

Each refugium is a little different.
the first one is right off my main drains and get plumb right back into my main drain.
the one is going to be high flow mangroves.

the second refugium is roughly 5 time turn over an hour.
its going to be mostly rock and sponges.
This one is plumbed into my main sumps center what house my reactors and more rock.

third refugium is going to be low flow with macroalgaes. what is plumb into my drains.

whole point is more filtration, more biodiversity, more food for all.

in the planning stage right now i might add a butterfly tank in my fish room.

RayL
03/15/2014, 12:05 PM
Each refugium is a little different.
the first one is right off my main drains and get plumb right back into my main drain.
the one is going to be high flow mangroves.

the second refugium is roughly 5 time turn over an hour.
its going to be mostly rock and sponges.
This one is plumbed into my main sumps center what house my reactors and more rock.

third refugium is going to be low flow with macroalgaes. what is plumb into my drains.

whole point is more filtration, more biodiversity, more food for all.

in the planning stage right now i might add a butterfly tank in my fish room.

Thank you for the descriptions, regarding the second fuge with sponges and rocks. Is the plan to use this as filtration or is the plan to grow sponges as food for the fish?

mattjoly85
03/15/2014, 12:53 PM
Thank you for the descriptions, regarding the second fuge with sponges and rocks. Is the plan to use this as filtration or is the plan to grow sponges as food for the fish?

i like the look of sponges and i want to have a sponge garden. The added benefit of filtration.

RayL
03/15/2014, 11:45 PM
Thank you for the replies. Good luck with the build

mattjoly85
03/23/2014, 06:52 PM
https://youtu.be/ZeHU6if55Pk
Short video on how the aquarium looks today

Newbie Aquarist
03/24/2014, 12:07 AM
Great video. You didn't mention the Achilles in the fish list. How big is he?

Centralreefs
03/24/2014, 12:20 AM
Nice build that things a beast!

mattjoly85
03/24/2014, 02:55 PM
Great video. You didn't mention the Achilles in the fish list. How big is he?

some thing i like to be a surprize.
hes about 8" give or take 1/2" lol
hes boss of the left side. the sailfin is the boss of the right side. The atlantic blue tang is king overall.

mattjoly85
06/05/2014, 01:31 PM
Guess its time to update.

Finally got around to cleaning out my sump.
Drained it out and vacuumed it up.
Took roughly 12 hours.
All started about july last year when i decided i didn't have to wash out old sand.
Made my water blackish for a day. The fish where fine.
All my rocks in my sump start getting a brown fuzz on them and i kept getting odd cyano out breaks in my sump.
I also had a nice 1/2 inch layer of just detritus in the bottom of the sump and any time i moved anything in there the whole system would be cloudy for a day or two.
So after i cleaned it all out and did a big 500 Gallon water change the tank is looking awesome.

Ill get picture up soon.

After a year of searching for a skimmer. I think i finally found one i like.

VS3-72 skimmer by life reef
http://www.lifereef.com/venturi.html

muttley000
06/05/2014, 06:54 PM
After a year of searching for a skimmer. I think i finally found one i like.

VS3-72 skimmer by life reef
http://www.lifereef.com/venturi.html

I am sold on the same one when I have all 1000 gallons or so of my system going!