|
02/02/2021, 07:32 AM | #176 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,735
|
Karim, do you still have a holding system or will you be starting fresh on this system? I remember that the original greenhouse holding system didn't make it but curious if you started another one? Any idea on the build timeframe going forward? It's very cool to see this come to fruition!
|
03/13/2021, 11:29 AM | #177 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Naperville, IL
Posts: 484
|
I don't think I've ever seen such an engineered residential reef project. Incredible.
__________________
-Andrew Current Tank Info: ~30 lbs of LR w/ 15 lbs of substrate. An azure damsel, six-lined wrasse, and black blenny. Zoanthids and shrooms. |
04/29/2021, 07:54 PM | #178 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 165
|
How’s this going? Checking in
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
05/08/2021, 02:09 PM | #179 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Los angeles
Posts: 14
|
Man this is insane,
|
06/13/2021, 08:38 PM | #180 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
Quote:
I hope I can restart with a little seeding from those colonies.
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
|
06/13/2021, 08:40 PM | #181 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
Making some progress finally. Plumbing is almost all in and we should be pouring concrete this week
https://brightreefgardens.imgur.com/all/#1
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape Last edited by karimwassef; 06/13/2021 at 09:29 PM. |
06/13/2021, 08:48 PM | #182 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
The thermal pex shows the reef extent - 8' x 16' x [ 4' (below) + 27" (above) ]
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape Last edited by karimwassef; 06/13/2021 at 09:27 PM. |
06/13/2021, 09:26 PM | #183 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
I have to admit.. the 4 x 4" drains look intimidating in real life.
The math is right to support the flow, but they look massive.
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
06/14/2021, 02:09 PM | #184 |
seeker of knowledge
Join Date: May 2007
Location: NW OKC
Posts: 3,276
|
The most unique build
congrats on the progress
__________________
--Lynn The challenge is the fun. |
06/14/2021, 03:17 PM | #185 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 165
|
Looking great!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
06/16/2021, 07:24 AM | #186 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
thanks! if you can't see the full page, try this link instead
https://imgur.com/user/BrightReefGardens
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
06/22/2021, 06:21 PM | #187 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 71
|
Have the recent power issues in TX caused any issues? Has it caused you to make any alterations in case of more outages?
__________________
All tanks currently empty :( |
06/24/2021, 04:05 PM | #188 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
Quote:
We have natural gas, so that's the backup. It's possible to lose both but more unlikely. The last backup to the backup would be a solar battery bank that drives a DC power bus for critical life support components.
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
|
06/24/2021, 04:08 PM | #189 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
quick update. We poured on Tuesday 22/2021! The concrete is in.
It is ugly, but being fixed up now. https://imgur.com/gallery/s9pLXaB Next is plumbing for the pool, then all around foam insulation and filling in the dirt around it before the patio work begins. After that - the epoxy shell. Once the epoxy, plumbing and patio are done, the pool part will be complete. Then the reef glass comes in play and the reef/pool sections become separate.
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape Last edited by karimwassef; 06/24/2021 at 09:57 PM. |
06/25/2021, 06:21 AM | #190 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
If anyone is in DFW and can help with the PVC plumbing, let me know! 1000’ of PVC.
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
06/25/2021, 02:54 PM | #191 |
seeker of knowledge
Join Date: May 2007
Location: NW OKC
Posts: 3,276
|
amazing progress since first reading your posts about planning.
congrats... look forward to next steps
__________________
--Lynn The challenge is the fun. |
06/28/2021, 06:26 PM | #192 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: TX
Posts: 1,090
|
Quote:
Oh man I wish I was! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
__________________
Steve My Tanks 50x30 ABS Tub & a 48x24 frag tank at the moment Steve's Reef 265 Build In Progress |
|
07/01/2021, 06:22 AM | #193 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
Slow progress but still moving forward
I’m thinking through a problem and thought I’d throw it out to the collective thinking here to see if there’s a simple solution. The main reef section is 8’ x 16’ x 4’ (before the additional glass height). With the raised glass I gain another 27”. So around 6000 gallons. The sump is 8’ x 8’ x 4’ but will probably max out at 3’ of water so 1500 gallons. The surge of s 8’ x 8’ x 2’ so 1000 gallons. And there’s a side algae scrubber, etc… For the main reef, I need about 2’ of the 4’ pool depth and the rest is extra unneeded depth (serves no viewing purpose but costs in terms of salt and upkeep). So I need to displace it with something that is easy and cheap. I need 2000 gallons of “filler”. My first thought was very large gravel. But my wife pointed out that if/when we move, we will have to revert the space to the lap pool it is now (for resale purposes). So removing 2000 gallons of gravel seems much. I thought of waterproof sand bags but it’s the same issue of tons of heavy medium. Can’t use PVC pipe because it’s too expensive and is hollow (I need to displace water volume). I can seal the pipe but that would make it into a boat. I could add sand to make it neutrally buoyant but that’s a lot of work and more cost… Cinder blocks have weight but are mostly hollow. I thought of bags of ping pong balls in waterproof bags with sand to weight them down… Clearly a rabbit hole of possible ideas. I think there’s a simple solution that is neutrally buoyant, cheap and easy to put in and take out… I’m just missing it. Thought I’d tease the wildlife here … ideas?
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
07/02/2021, 04:44 PM | #194 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Miller Place, NY
Posts: 7,206
|
https://esyntactic.com/products-solu...y-solutions-2/
Havin fun I see. Nice to see a dream come true. You will have to come back to NY when finished, unless I get to Texas again.
__________________
250 gallon mixed reef, 2 Reefbreeder's Photon V 2, Deepwater BLDC 12, DAS EX-3 Skimmer, MTC mini cal, 2-3/4" Sea Swirls, Aquacontroller & 6 Tunze pumps. |
07/02/2021, 08:06 PM | #195 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
thanks Vinny! Nice to hear from you. I'm looking forward to getting back to LI and sharing my progress... and/or learnings!
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
07/02/2021, 09:29 PM | #196 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
Progress… more on the Imgur
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
07/04/2021, 07:41 AM | #197 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: rosemead
Posts: 391
|
When I first read the beginning of this thread, I thought someone was dreaming. It’s now becoming a reality; flowing more power to you for your progress. It’s going to look amazing when completed!
|
07/04/2021, 11:04 AM | #198 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 71
|
Quote:
__________________
All tanks currently empty :( |
|
07/05/2021, 12:17 AM | #199 |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
I was thinking waterproof bags filled with water… durability is the concern though.
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
07/05/2021, 12:18 AM | #200 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 11,033
|
Quote:
__________________
Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape |
|
|
|