600 gallon Acrylic Reef

[pwhitby]

Travis.....you are supposed to pulling for the home team.

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by 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

Thanks for the link that is a really cool setup... I love the rock work...

Shawn

[Travis L. Stevens]

Originally posted by pwhitby
Travis.....you are supposed to pulling for the home team.

Okay....I have a 29g Reef...

[pwhitby]

Another option is to drill the rock and use acrylic rods pushed through to create the structures you want. Alternatively, zip-tieing rock together works pretty well.

[sixxer]

Paul,

I don't know if I missed it, but what is your planned "Fish List" at this point?

[captbunzo]

What store is that 12,000 gallon tank going in? Is that more for Bass Pro shop?

[Russ Braaten]

Paul,

If you are concerned about having less rock and less filtration because of it, you can use rubble in the sump to get a lot of surface area for bio filtration.

You know how people used to use bioballs in their overflows or sumps? On my sump I have all the water flow into a chamber that is full of rubble and it is designed so all the water flows through the rubble and not just over it.

My biofiltration has worked superbly even after an accidental super bio-load.

Your overflow boxes would be great places to fill with rock. They are huge and not seen so why not use that space.

My rubble box is full of tube worms and pods.

Russ

[pwhitby]

Russ,

I plan on a barrel of rocks in the garage area where all the sumps/refugium/frag tank will be. Exactly as you said.

Sixxer....

My Fish List:
this will be what I have and what I would like to add.

Already have:
Regal Tang
Whitecheek-Powder brown
Yellow Tang
Clown Tang
Purple Tang
SaIlfin Tang
10 Damsels (varying blues and yellows)
Mandarin
Six Line Wrasse
4 Line Wrasse
Yellow Wrasse
Mated Percs
mated tomatoes
bluethroat trigger

Would like to add:
4 Purple tangs
4 yellow tangs
30 green chromis
2 snowflake eels

That should pretty much do it I think.

[sixxer]

Great list, especially your choice of tangs.

[pwhitby]

I already have tangs I like most......I may add a naso for balance....


My "already have" list are fish in my 225g and my frag tank...these will all be moved to their new abode.

[Gwalker]

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

Don't be too jealous Paul. Just think of the cost and the huge electric bill that goes with these size tanks!!

Gary, show some of the shark exhibits.

Here's a couple from where I used to work @ Shark Reef Aquarium in Vegas. The first one I took while diving in the 1.2 million gallon shark exhibit. (I think to qualify to be a really big tank you have to have a . in the gallonage) Its one the public never sees, a view from the shark's point of view. The second is a shot of me feeding a stingray. It was taken before the opening for a publicity advertisement. This shot didn't make the cut but I'm glad I got a copy.

I am impressed that you are able to keep a store and do these kinds of projects.

On big projects there is usually several companies involved. One to do the fabrication, one for life support installation, one for panel installation and one for maintenance. I usually do one or more and sometimes all of the above. The companies I work with require if at all possible someone with public aquarium experience and preferably large exhibit installation experience.

What store is that 12,000 gallon tank going in? Is that more for Bass Pro shop?

Yes it is. It is going into a new restaurant in the store. It opens in February so be sure to check it out.

G

[Travis L. Stevens]

Paul, you need one of these in your 600g tank.

[Gwalker]

Paul, you need one of these in your 600g tank.

That's a Bathynomus giganteus, a deep water isopod found in the gulf. We had some at the Dallas Aquarium. Thats the one sea creature that gives me the creeps!! Imagine filling your refugium with those isopods!!

G

[pwhitby]

Travis......that is one ugly animal.

P.

[Travis L. Stevens]

Originally posted by Gwalker
That's a Bathynomus giganteus, a deep water isopod found in the gulf. We had some at the Dallas Aquarium. Thats the one sea creature that gives me the creeps!! Imagine filling your refugium with those isopods!!

G

That is EXACTLY what it is. Imagine it latching on to your face! Oh wait, that was the movie Alien...

[drjrose]

Originally posted by pwhitby
Travis......that is one ugly animal.

Yea, but how would it taste with soy sauce and wasabi? mmmmmm...........isopods

[pwhitby]

A leg for everyone...

[MyMonkey]

That is sweet. Where can I get one?

[aleiodubua]

Kinda looks like a mutant Rollie Pollie....Am I right?

[hiflykitty]

aleiodubua--- you are right. roly polies are isopods. actually, they are one of the few examples of land isopods. the vast majority of isopods live in the ocean. just my 2 cents.

[MyMonkey]

That's one smart Kitty.

[pwhitby]

the fact remains.......its still an ugly creature

[poke75]

Would my manderine try to eat it?!

[asnatlas]

Originally posted by poke75
Would my manderine try to eat it?!

LOL I think it would try to eat your Mandarin...

Shawn

[padixon2]

i shall call him George and love him and squeeze him and pet him....