600 gallon Acrylic Reef

[Gwalker]

WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE WHEN IT GROWS UP If 600 is a baby we must be talking thousands. Now that I want to see.

Well is this what you were wanting to see. Its my next project, a 12,000 gallon saltwater FO exhibit. There's a orange 5 gallon bucket under the exhibit for a size reference. Not meant to steal any of Paul's thunder, he's still the king of residential reefs!!!!!

G

[MyMonkey]

Hope that tank does not get Hair Algae Gary.

[captbunzo]

Where is that tank, Gary?

[mdiddy7s]

I am impressed that you are able to keep a store and do these kinds of projects. Where is this tank located? Is it going to be a public facility? is it the zoo? I thought that I remembered you saying something about another project with them.
Mike D

[pwhitby]

Gary,,,,,,,,,,,tut tut.....I told you....I absolutely have to have the biggest tank.

Those are good pics..........makes me jealous

P.

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by Gwalker
Well is this what you were wanting to see. Its my next project, a 12,000 gallon saltwater FO exhibit. There's a orange 5 gallon bucket under the exhibit for a size reference. Not meant to steal any of Paul's thunder, he's still the king of residential reefs!!!!!

G

OMG.... That is awesome...

Shawn

[pwhitby]

GARY....this is MY THREAD! LOL

Seriously,its for projects like this that I chose Gary for help on the design and manufacture of my tank. After doing 12,000g sytems my little 600g is nothing.

I have seen a number of tanks Gary has done, they are superb.

Gary, show some of the shark exhibits.

Paul.

[pwhitby]

Originally posted by Gwalker
Not meant to steal any of Paul's thunder, he's still the king of residential reefs!!!!!

G

Residential reef...I think thats the name for my new tank.

p.

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by pwhitby
Residential reef...I think thats the name for my new tank.

p.

Hmm, maybe Columbus, Ohio can have the Asnatlas Residential Reef

Shawn

[Russ Braaten]

Originally posted by pwhitby
....I told you....I absolutely have to have the biggest tank.

P.

Paul, It looks like Asnatlas already has a 600 reef tank. He beat you to it. Looks like you need to increase the size of your overflows to have a 610 reef so your ego can be intact. hahahaha

[pwhitby]

I think Im beating Shawn (Asnatlas), at least on time anyway. I believe that his tank arrives this weekend coming. He and I have talked many times.

P.

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by pwhitby
I think Im beating Shawn (Asnatlas), at least on time anyway. I believe that his tank arrives this weekend coming. He and I have talked many times.

P.

I am hoping to have my tank the last wk of Nov... I already have my stand built and with in the next wk I am hoping to have alot of things done in the fish room...

So is this race to see who gets water in the tank first ...

Shawn

[pwhitby]

nah....you will win that one. Im in no rush to get this done. The earliest I envision having water in would be christmas.

Have to get the stand built first.

How much rock are you planning on Shawn? My thoughts are minimal rock volume to give more space for fish to swim. I plan on building platforms to support the rockwork.

Paul.

[sixxer]

Originally posted by pwhitby
nah....you will win that one. Im in no rush to get this done. The earliest I envision having water in would be christmas.

Have to get the stand built first.

How much rock are you planning on Shawn? My thoughts are minimal rock volume to give more space for fish to swim. I plan on building platforms to support the rockwork.

Paul.

Can I join the 600 club? My 96x48x30 shipped out today!

pwhitby: I agree with your thoughts on rock, less rock and more open space for the fish to cruise, and also provides more growth for the corals. I like the idea of building preliminary rock formations out of PVC and then covering the PVC with your rock. I saw a real nice example of this in the Reef Discussion forum, a large DIY plywood tank.

[sixxer]

Check out the photos near the bottom of this thread, it shows the PVC before and after Live Rock.

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=686757

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by pwhitby
nah....you will win that one. Im in no rush to get this done. The earliest I envision having water in would be christmas.

Have to get the stand built first.

How much rock are you planning on Shawn? My thoughts are minimal rock volume to give more space for fish to swim. I plan on building platforms to support the rockwork.

Paul.

I was just playing about the racing thing, I would not want you to rush as I am not going to rush myself... I kinda have a time like layed out, but if things get delayed (and prob will) then they get delayed... I was thinking about 400 - 500lbs of base rock... I ordered about 525lbs from Capt Jer at reeferrocks.com I was not planning on using all of that in the 600gal... I also have close to 600lbs of LR cooking in tanks as well that I will be placing into 600gal and 220gal (FOWLR) and the rest into the sump / ref... The way I am planning on doing my rock work I don't think PVC racks would work too good... Once I get the tank and play with the rocks, if the picture I have in my head does not work / look good then I have a backup plan and that involved some racks...

I am also debating a faux sandbed (epoxy with sand) or just cuttingboard, or maybe a small amount of sand in the display tank as I am going to have a DSB in the ref...

Shawn

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by sixxer
Can I join the 600 club? My 96x48x30 shipped out today!

pwhitby: I agree with your thoughts on rock, less rock and more open space for the fish to cruise, and also provides more growth for the corals. I like the idea of building preliminary rock formations out of PVC and then covering the PVC with your rock. I saw a real nice example of this in the Reef Discussion forum, a large DIY plywood tank.

LOL

Ohio = 2

Oklahoma = 1

Shawn

[Travis L. Stevens]

asnatlas, sixxer, what are your fish stocking lists going to be?

[pwhitby]

Uhhhhhh we seem to be forgetting gary's 12,000g......on that basis

Oklahoma 21
Ohio 2.

LOL

[Travis L. Stevens]

Should we include the one he finished working on at Bass Pro Shop in Broken Arrow?

[sixxer]

Originally posted by pwhitby
Uhhhhhh we seem to be forgetting gary's 12,000g......on that basis

Oklahoma 21
Ohio 2.

LOL

Is that a 12000 gallon reef? How did I miss that tank!!!!!!

[pwhitby]

Hey Sixxer...welcome to the Residential reefers

Thanks for the link. I like that concept, but still a little too open for my liking. I plan on a couple large areas of rock, but the inside will be open, the back will be open as well....that way fish can move through those areas. Kind of like Steve Weasts tank.

P.

[pwhitby]

Actually, its a FO. Its going in to a local store.

P.

[Travis L. Stevens]

But Alabama's 6 MILLION gallon FOWLR has both of our states combined beat.

[sixxer]

Steve Weasts tank is amazing, always inspiring to go and look at his photos.

I am still deciding on my formations at this point. My tank is being set-up as a room-divider viewable from 3 sides, so lots of angles to take into account during aquascaping.