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OzATL's 1000g Display Build Thread
It seems like a very long time since I broke my previous 400g tank down, got rid of all the coral, migrated the fish and moved to our new home in 2012.
I started prepping in 2013 and it took 5 months for the new 1000g display to be built and shipped to the house in the fall last year.... So I'll start a condensed and expedited build thread here to get caught up. This will be an SPS dominant reef like my previous tank. The tank is in the terrace level directly on the concrete slab. Tank dimensions 120x60x32 3 sides starphire glass and dual external overflows sitting on a steel stand. The filtration room is to the right of the display room. Equipment List 1000g Starphire Display 3x1000W 20k Halides 22' of VHO Actinics 20' of Ecoxotic LEDs strips 300g Commercial MRC Sump Custom MRC Pro III Skimmer Commercial MRC 240W UV Dolphin 6250 main return pump Waveline 12000 Secondary controllable pump 80g Refugium 80g Frag/Holding MRC Calcium Reactor MRC Reactor #2 DiNitrator MRC Carbon Reactor MRC GFO Reactor 6-8 Vortech MP60's Apex with 5 EB8's, 3 EB4's, WXM, VDM, PM1, etc, etc All schedule 80 with numerous digital flow meters The blank canvas start....."what will an 11' 1000g tank look like in here?" |
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Tank Delivery!!!!
Now the fun part.
The tank was crated and shipped to a local dock where they couldn't move it due to the size weight. I had to think quickly about how to get a 12' x 6' x 9' crate of glass and steel to the house...... .....you call a flatbed company and convince them everything will be ok. Then you tell the dock folks to push it onto the flatbed, clinch real tight, and hope for the best.... |
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Oh, and there is a 6'x3'x3' long glass sump on top of this as well!
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Challenge
So how do you get a crate off a ridged flatbed built for cars? Great question because at this point below even with straps, pushing, and pulling, it was too heavy to move an inch!
"Hey are those straps long enough to go in the door and out of the window of the brick house?" Tow truck driver "Are you kidding?" Nope. We strapped the tank to the house and I told him to slowly pull the truck forward. To my surprise it started moving! We inched it down and a few minutes later... |
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Getting the display in place
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07/17/2014, 06:10 PM | #13 |
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Very BIG build!
Love the room it is in. Is the plumbing sch. 80 or 40? |
07/17/2014, 06:25 PM | #14 |
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I've seen this in person and I hate to ruin the story, but I'll tell you guys it's absolutely amazing!!
Hopefully I can buy something from you again just to shoot the crap some more and look at the guts. Just assumed it had to be acrylic being so big. Starfire on that size tank??? Wow! |
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WAHOO!!!!!!!!!! About time you got this thread going!
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This tank Falls under the category (classy)
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You sir are living the dream, wow. I love the room it's in.
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170g DT + 300g sump/fuge + 60g algae tank = 530g system. |
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Thanks guys. I'll try to get more up later today.
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1000 watt MH, great choice!!!! what is the MRC Reactor #2 DiNitrator? what kind of Dinitrator?
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OMG!!! I think I'm in love! Haha
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I just went back and re-read how you got this massive GLASS tank into the house with only six people. You sir, are a genius.
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I would assume once the tank was rolled into the house, you used either one or two air conditioning hoysts to raise the tank into position, once the forks of the hoyst system was underneath your massive skate board?
Bye the way, your setup is simply amazing, Randy |
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