(re)Building of an 1100 gallon FOWLR!
 

First a little background on the tank.

Display tank is of Wooden construction with fiberglass coating inside and out. Viewing pane is 3/4" glass.
The sump system was home made, wooden with epoxy paint, over time (about 8 years) they began to rot and leak, very badly. The desision was made to tear it out, and replace with rubbermaid tubs.

The display had crushed coral atop a plenum. I decided this would be the perfect time to tear out and replace with a dsb.

Okay, lets get started! Tank has already been emptied, and sumps tore out. I began rebuilding the aquascaping.

A couple of milk crates act as base. I reinstalled some of the old coral skeletons to give it a more realistice 3d look.

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I then started adding some of the freash live rock as water was avalible to fill the tank. even with a 300gpd RO unit, it takes a while to fill!

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A bit more rock left to add, but its starting to look like something!

I need to drill out a hole for the intake of my closed loop pump. I will be using a dart pump.

Waiting on the electrical work to get finished up so I can start seting up the sumps as well.

More to come soon!

Wow! Looking real nice! Can't wait to for another update!

Good luck!

Man it would be amazing to have your job!

what will you be putting into the tank?

Very nice!!!Makes me wish I had a bigger tank!!!

now that seems like fun

Stock list will be,

Current fish in quarintine,

Durgeon Trigger
Clown Trigger
Stars and stripes puffer
Blue spotted unicorn tang
Lunare wrasse

To be added
2 female bird wrasses
1 male bird wrasse
Queen Angel
Emperoter angel
4 Bicolor angels
3 schooling bannerfish
1 Harliquin tuskfish

i think im the only guy in reef central with a 90 gallon i feel so ashamed,lol

Not much to add yet. Still filling up with water. Rock scaping is pretty much finished.

Plan on plumbing up the closed loop tommorrow, and hope to have the sumps finished up this time next week.

Any new pics? Pics of your fish in QT?

Nice rock work...

I will post some new pics today!

Stay tuned.

Well, I tried to get some shots of the pics in quarintine, didn't turn out to well, but here you go.

Puffer,
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Triggers,

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Tang
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very nice any full tank pics?

i saw this tank a day or two ago , and it is looking really good, cant wait to see it finished jeremy

Updates! Tank is nw full of water. Sumps will be running after the holiday. I picked up 2 bicolor angels and another brown bird wrasse, they are in quarentine now.

Pics,

Full tank shot, sorry for the blurriness, will try to get a better one soon,
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Right side,

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Middle,
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LEft side,

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Close up of rock with some sargassum starting to grow iff it. I think that will look cool once it grows in. I'm sure the blue spot unicorn tang will wipe it out though!
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that is going to be really awesome when its fully stocked

Thanks! I sure hope so!

Looking great, Jeremy. Can't wait to see your fish in there! By the way, how big are your fish in QT?

Durgeon trigger is about 8"
Clown trigger 6"
Unicorn tang 10"
brown bird wrasses 5"
lunare wrasse 6"
stars and stripes puffer 10"
2 bicolor angels 3" ( hoping to grow them up some first!)

i would add

red sea imperator
french
queen
annularis

all angels 8 inch or bigger

dussimier tang
sohal tang
red sea sailfin
3 purple tangs