E.J.'s new S. gigantea species tank

E.J. Coral · 05/17/2008, 01:38 PM

Hello All,

A quickly growing anemone and GSMguys build thread inspired me to build a new system dedicated to S. gigantea anemones.

The heart of the system is a 48"x30"x17" 97g acrylic aquarium built by my local (he ships too!!) acrylic tank builder, John
at Advanced Acrylics

I just picked up the tank, and will finish unwrapping it later. For now i have to take a door off to get my stand in

Here is a sneak peak:

Some nice beveled edges:

kar93 · 05/17/2008, 01:45 PM

Very nice, like the beveled edges.

E.J. Coral · 05/17/2008, 01:50 PM

I also had John build me a sump. 33"x15"x17". Both tanks are really nice, can't find a single bubble in any of the seams

E.J. Coral · 05/17/2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kar93
Very nice, like the beveled edges.

I like them as well. That was a pleasant surprise for sure. I was on a tight budget for the tank and sump, but John threw in a lot of extras!!!

kar93 · 05/17/2008, 01:59 PM

Must have been a cool surprise. Looks very well built. What equipment will you be using? I really like the idea of a Gigantea only tank.

GSMguy · 05/17/2008, 04:16 PM

this is going to be Great.

Now if i could only find a gigantea as purdy as yours.

E.J. Coral · 05/17/2008, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kar93
Must have been a cool surprise. Looks very well built. What equipment will you be using? I really like the idea of a Gigantea only tank.

Most of the stuff will be recycled from my 60 or from past tanks.

Lighting: 2x175w 10k XM powered by PFO
1X250w 10k XM powered by Icecap electric
65w LOA floodlight for the refuge section of the sump

I plan on building a Pendant to house all three bulbs. The material will be 1/4" birch. The dimensions will be 48"x24"x7"

For skimming I will be using my Tunze 9010, hopefully with the foam-extractor add-on.

For flow my initial plan was to use the Closed loop on my current tank which includes an Oceans Motions super-squirt and Sequence Dart. However, I decided that the I wanted to try the powerhead route instead, and I will be running 2 Vortech MPW40s. In addition to my return which is a Gen-s Mak4.

The stand is 26" tall .... set up for bed level viewing ... the tank is going next to my bed... Hopefully the top-down view will be nice as well...

E.J. Coral · 05/17/2008, 04:23 PM

What is up with the matching avatars????

kar93 · 05/17/2008, 04:24 PM

Supporting Mike & Angela.

GSMguy · 05/17/2008, 04:25 PM

my builder threw in beveled edges and it was very nice to find

how long till its all set up? what does the sump look like?

chrismunn · 05/17/2008, 04:42 PM

sounds like you've got your stuff in order, now lets get this show on the road all ready!

E.J. Coral · 05/17/2008, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GSMguy
my builder threw in beveled edges and it was very nice to find

how long till its all set up? what does the sump look like?

I posted some pics of the sump already.

The tank will be filled by the weekend hopefully. I have around 105# of mature rock in a bin, and 60 in my cube, so I plan to stock fairly quickly .... probably going to transfer in the first gigantea from my 60 within two weeks. Gonna have to sell/trade some rock too....

chrismunn · 05/18/2008, 07:42 AM

more pics! remind me what a 60g cube and 105#s of rock looks like!

GSMguy · 05/18/2008, 07:54 AM

sorry i meant stand not sump, what does the stand look like

Fluco · 05/19/2008, 08:35 PM

You should try this place

http://indoarowana.com/dggallery.html

E.J. Coral · 05/19/2008, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fluco
You should try this place

http://indoarowana.com/dggallery.html

For what?

GSMguy · 05/19/2008, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by E.J. Coral
For what?

i was wondering the same thing

E.J. Coral · 05/19/2008, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GSMguy
sorry i meant stand not sump, what does the stand look like

Hopefully I'll get some more pics up soon.

Unfortunately the tank builder doesn't make stands, so I had the stand made by some local guy with cheap prices. I decided to take a chance an save a buck.... It has some issues, but after some modification, it will do the job....

GSMguy · 05/20/2008, 09:50 AM

looks great, this tank is going to rule.

SSpiro · 05/20/2008, 10:38 AM

Looks great. Following along

E.J. Coral · 05/25/2008, 01:55 PM

Well, I made some progress. Work/school are killing my time right now ... I barely have enough time to put together the tank, let alone post about it

I finished the plumbing and I am leak testing right now.

kar93 · 05/25/2008, 01:57 PM

Looks good, You might have to take some time off work/school.

E.J. Coral · 05/25/2008, 01:58 PM

I now have two problems"

1. One of my vortechs is defective.
2. I have a small leak. Why don't they make slipxslip sched. 40 bulkheads?????? I hate threaded fittings!!!!

kar93 · 05/25/2008, 02:00 PM

If you post in here about your Vortech:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumd...s=&forumid=501
I'm sure they will solve your problem.
A while ago I saw a thread where one guy just siliconed round his bulkhead, he says it worked fine and he had no leaks at all.

chrismunn · 05/25/2008, 02:50 PM

is the bulkhead leaking at the outter threads (tank), or the inner threads (female pipe threads) ?

05/17/2008, 01:38 PM	#1
E.J. Coral Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 547	E.J.'s new S. gigantea species tank Hello All, A quickly growing anemone and GSMguys build thread inspired me to build a new system dedicated to S. gigantea anemones. The heart of the system is a 48"x30"x17" 97g acrylic aquarium built by my local (he ships too!!) acrylic tank builder, John at Advanced Acrylics I just picked up the tank, and will finish unwrapping it later. For now i have to take a door off to get my stand in Here is a sneak peak: Some nice beveled edges:

05/17/2008, 04:16 PM	#6
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	this is going to be Great. Now if i could only find a gigantea as purdy as yours. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

05/17/2008, 04:25 PM	#10
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	my builder threw in beveled edges and it was very nice to find how long till its all set up? what does the sump look like? __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

05/17/2008, 04:42 PM	#11
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	sounds like you've got your stuff in order, now lets get this show on the road all ready! __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

05/18/2008, 07:42 AM	#13
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	more pics! remind me what a 60g cube and 105#s of rock looks like! __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

05/17/2008, 01:45 PM	#2
kar93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 5,521	Very nice, like the beveled edges.

05/17/2008, 01:50 PM	#3
E.J. Coral Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 547	I also had John build me a sump. 33"x15"x17". Both tanks are really nice, can't find a single bubble in any of the seams

05/17/2008, 01:59 PM	#5
kar93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 5,521	Must have been a cool surprise. Looks very well built. What equipment will you be using? I really like the idea of a Gigantea only tank.

05/17/2008, 04:23 PM	#8
E.J. Coral Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 547	What is up with the matching avatars????

05/17/2008, 04:24 PM	#9
kar93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 5,521	Supporting Mike & Angela.

05/18/2008, 07:54 AM	#14
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	sorry i meant stand not sump, what does the stand look like __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

05/19/2008, 08:35 PM	#15
Fluco Moved On Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	You should try this place http://indoarowana.com/dggallery.html

05/20/2008, 09:50 AM	#19
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	looks great, this tank is going to rule. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

05/20/2008, 10:38 AM	#20
SSpiro Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,942	Looks great. Following along

05/25/2008, 01:55 PM	#21
E.J. Coral Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 547	Well, I made some progress. Work/school are killing my time right now ... I barely have enough time to put together the tank, let alone post about it I finished the plumbing and I am leak testing right now.

05/25/2008, 01:57 PM	#22
kar93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 5,521	Looks good, You might have to take some time off work/school.

05/25/2008, 01:58 PM	#23
E.J. Coral Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 547	I now have two problems" 1. One of my vortechs is defective. 2. I have a small leak. Why don't they make slipxslip sched. 40 bulkheads?????? I hate threaded fittings!!!!

05/25/2008, 02:00 PM	#24
kar93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 5,521	If you post in here about your Vortech: http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumd...s=&forumid=501 I'm sure they will solve your problem. A while ago I saw a thread where one guy just siliconed round his bulkhead, he says it worked fine and he had no leaks at all.

05/25/2008, 02:50 PM	#25
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	is the bulkhead leaking at the outter threads (tank), or the inner threads (female pipe threads) ? __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube