1200g Woody Horseshoe Reef

VikeBron · #1 02/27/2007, 12:15 AM

Well, here goes. I am helping my brother(waynesworld) finally get his monster u shape tank put together. Below are some pics of where we are so far. He built a 2800+ sq ft addition on his house and had the tank and tank room roughed in then. We will continue to add pics throughout the week on our progress.
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Here is the side of the living room and hallway.

Here is from the hot tub room.

Some of the water movement weapons.

Ok, blast away with ????

carpus · #2 02/27/2007, 12:32 AM

this looks cool. Did you consider having a rounded inside. That way flow wouldn't be so impeded. It would probably need to be custom acrylic tho. Not sure if you're using acrylic or glass.

NICE tunzes!

dsandfort · #3 02/27/2007, 12:32 AM

Hi fellas-

This looks like a really fun project and a very unique design. I have one big ?????

1200 gallon tank with who knows how much in sumps. Hot tub room.

I hope you have given serious consideration to humidity control.
(that was the question).

Oh, Oh...I have another. How are you going to seal the tank? Fiberglass/epoxy? Fiberglass/polyester?

dsandfort · #4 02/27/2007, 12:35 AM

Oops, thought of another.

How do you tune 3 waveboxes to the "frequency" of the tank?

NeveSSL · #5 02/27/2007, 12:39 AM

Wow... I can't wait until this one is done... I live in the same city was WaynesWorld... can't wait to see it!

Brandon

adams0816 · #6 02/27/2007, 12:43 AM

is the hot tub the fuge??LOL

at least you'd have temp control & it has its own jet system & probably even has tables for frags.

VikeBron · #7 02/27/2007, 12:50 AM

Hi Del,
1- There are vents in the fish room behind the tanks. The hot tub room will have humidity controlled fans going outside.
2-He is usins something called Sani Tred. It is used to seal alligator enclosures. After the 1st and 2nd coat of sealant, a liquid rubber sealant is then added.
3- He will only use 2 waveboxes....that means he has an extra, doesn't he...hmmmmmmm

Angela Short · #8 02/27/2007, 09:19 AM

Are you in town helping him Steve? First pics I have seen and all I can say is WOW! That is going to be super cool! I also see some dehumidifiers in one pic. to take care of some humidity problems. Are you all going to just fill it with tap? I couldn't imagin running all RO/DI in that thing, it would take a month!

Also in the rouph in plumbing did he install a drain from the tank to just open a valve for water changes?

waynesworld · #9 02/27/2007, 09:37 AM

Dell Well since it is salt water I that I would go get a tuna fish to tune the tunze. Actually I am not sure how the wave boxes will work we will have to play with them and if one is extra I am sure Steve will make room for one in his new 3,000 gal tank he will be building. You know how big brothers are so size conches to there little brothers. The Humidity will be controlled with a combo of vent to outside, Dehumidifiers and Central air.

Angela Steve is down here and I do have two drains one in the fish room and another in the hot tub room. I will be using the Kati Ani unit for filtering water so I will not have any waste water and be able to recharge the filters.

Angela Short · #10 02/27/2007, 10:27 AM

You will definetly have to host a meet when that thing is finnished!! Its gonna be nice!
Nothing wrong with a little brotherly competition!

triggerfish1976 · #11 02/27/2007, 03:31 PM

Interested to see how those waveboxes are going to work on this tank. Did you check with Roger on the Tunze forum to make sure the frequencies will not negate each other when they hit at the connecting point?

RobTheReefer · #12 02/27/2007, 05:12 PM

He probably/should have bought one wavebox and two "wavebox extentions". That's why you see that Y adapter sitting there. Two of the waveboxes next to each other pushing while the other one on the other side of the tank is off and vice versa.

laomedon · #13 02/27/2007, 05:25 PM

I like that Idea of U shape tank some of the smaller fish may not even think that they are being kept in captivity :-)

NICERICAN4YOU25 · #14 03/06/2007, 11:19 AM

I BE DEF FOLLOWING THIS ONE

72olds455 · #15 03/06/2007, 11:57 AM

Man that is sweet, I'll be tagging along!

clekchau · #16 03/06/2007, 02:25 PM

that is going to be a great view

Shnabbles · #17 03/06/2007, 07:14 PM

nice cant wait to see more pics

bbrantley · #18 03/06/2007, 10:04 PM

Wow, very cool. Go Sani-tred!

Ben

reef fanatic · #19 03/06/2007, 10:13 PM

tagging on to this one, looks schweet from here so far

waynesworld · #20 03/06/2007, 11:02 PM

Well we got the overflows built and Steve had to go home I am now trying to figure out were to mount screws for all the tunze equipment I want to have different options so what I am planning on doing is to drill holes in a 1x4 like 3 or 4 even spaced so I can glue the nylon screws to the board then attach it to the tank and seal it when I seal the tank. The problem is I want to prepare if I want to move it around for flow but don't want 100 screws in the tank sticking out. I am thinking that I will have a rock wall that will cover most of the screws and also camo the pumps some.

cbui2 · #21 03/07/2007, 02:31 AM

man tank now days don't get any bigger, very nice build and of course alot of strong movement, so many corals are goin to be very happy...keep it up looking great

cbui2 · #22 03/17/2007, 01:35 PM

any updates on build, progess, or pics

VikeBron · #23 03/17/2007, 04:13 PM

Wayne is painting the fish room in the back of the tank with waterproof paint as I type. I will be going out there next Sun. for work and to help him some more.

waynesworld · #24 03/17/2007, 07:30 PM

I got fist coat on now have to use extra paint in the paint room before it get to thick.

Sully_z · #25 03/17/2007, 11:29 PM

Now that is wild.