My 748 Gal A.G.E. Aquaillumination SOL lit Texas Dream Tank Build! - Page 14

asmodeus · 02/29/2012, 02:30 PM

WOW that is al I can say otherthen EH living in Canada lol looks amazing man. well done

Southsid_reefer · 02/29/2012, 05:38 PM

this tank is nice. i bet you have problems trying to go to sleep now. with something that amazing in your bedroom

AJT · 02/29/2012, 06:51 PM

I have been out of town on business, nice cyno outbreak & calcium drop. I got it under control & everybody is healthy. I will update this weekend when I have some time. I'm still catching up at work.

Subfloor is concrete slab for 2 story house with tension cables inside. Yes I am still freaking out a little on the weight.

I have a 3 car garage with 4 cars in it. I have a lift with my vet on top & viper under. A 69 camaro pace car in fron & wifes slk in her slot. 4 X 3500 lbs =14,000 plus 1 ton lift & all the other crap in it. So I figure 1 car over another is about 9000 lbs & I have had no problems.

I have a friend that is an engineer & designs natural gas pump stations & he felt I had no problems.

Tangs seem to get ick even when nothing new is introduced. My big tangs are 12 yrs old & get ick about 1-2 times a year. Garlic in their food for a couple weeks & it is gone.

Thanks for looking at thread

AJT · 02/29/2012, 07:31 PM

BTW

I have hundreds of baby snails.

I saw the eggs & figured they wouldn't hatch but they started showing up about 10 days after the eggs disappeared.

pentrix2 · 02/29/2012, 07:57 PM

Just by looking at your tank now I wish I was a fish in that tank. A very well planned tank build and quality equipment too!!

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful tank with us all.

Pen

mytosis_matth · 03/01/2012, 02:07 AM

I was just browsing around the RC forums looking for nothing in particular and I stumbled onto this thread...then read all 14 pages in one sitting. This thread is a spectacular clinic on what many years of study, planning, and progression in the hobby can turn out. I'm 28 and probably decades away from being able to do something like this top-notch setup (if ever), but it's ultra-inspiring all the same.
Thanks for taking the time to keep everyone on RC constantly updated on the tank's progress, especially since you're already spending so much time with planning, executing, tweaking, re-planning, etc. on your new megatank!
Now I'm going to subscribe to the thread so that I can keep up post-by-post so that I don't have to read 300+ posts in one setting to get current, hahaha.

jt48 · 03/01/2012, 04:27 PM

Being that you have access to the rear of the tank and it's 48" width, do you have any mp40 or mp60's on rear wall facing front? Curious as to how the flow would affect the swaying of corals if the Mp was not behind a reef structure.

AJT · 03/05/2012, 06:54 PM

2 MP 60s on each side & 2 40s in the rear. I get pretty good current but not enough sway. I need to make some adjustments but have not had time.

I have a job & own a daycare that my daughter/retired wife runs with around 75 kids. I maintain my house, mothers house,daughters house, & a 4,000 ft daycare with 6 bathrooms.

I have been running in all directions the past 1-2 months & tank has been left alone.

AJT · 04/15/2012, 03:06 PM

It has been a while since I posted. Tank is doing well. Finally got calcium reactor dialed in.

Here is a couple pics.

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AJT · 04/15/2012, 03:09 PM

dahenley · 04/15/2012, 03:10 PM

how is the heat issue doing? are you still running high temperatures, or is the chiller and exhaust fan keeping up? or have you done other things??

also, i see you have some dirty sand. is that due to lack of flow, or just a dark spot in the picture?

AJT · 04/15/2012, 03:11 PM

I have a little cyno starting & going to dose it this week then do a 25% water change.
Hooked up new R/O filter from Buckeye this morning & washed out about 50 filter bags on the patio.

Never enough time to complete everything you want to get done.

AJT · 04/15/2012, 03:16 PM

The dirty sand (black things) is a million little snails. They are breeding like crazy. If I do not wipe the glass down with a magnet for 2 days, the glass is covered in baby snails. The black things on the sand bed are 3 different hatchings.

I have not messed with the heat much lately & have not checked it with laser temp probe. I installed a second monster exaust fan & there a bunch of air being tanken out.

Look at almost any picture & you can see them on the rocks & sandbed.

Added: 6 chromis, Blue throat trigger, clam,

LOU A VILLE · 04/15/2012, 04:23 PM

Beautiful tank, Definately following along!

david00061 · 04/15/2012, 04:37 PM

looke real good. lots of growth too

AJT · 04/15/2012, 04:58 PM

I need to get a new lens for some good pics. Everything seems to be growing real good under the leds.

Thanks everyone.

RotaryGeek · 04/15/2012, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJT

I have been out of town on business, nice cyno outbreak & calcium drop. I got it under control & everybody is healthy. I will update this weekend when I have some time. I'm still catching up at work.

Subfloor is concrete slab for 2 story house with tension cables inside. Yes I am still freaking out a little on the weight.

I have a 3 car garage with 4 cars in it. I have a lift with my vet on top & viper under. A 69 camaro pace car in fron & wifes slk in her slot. 4 X 3500 lbs =14,000 plus 1 ton lift & all the other crap in it. So I figure 1 car over another is about 9000 lbs & I have had no problems.

I have a friend that is an engineer & designs natural gas pump stations & he felt I had no problems.

Tangs seem to get ick even when nothing new is introduced. My big tangs are 12 yrs old & get ick about 1-2 times a year. Garlic in their food for a couple weeks & it is gone.

Thanks for looking at thread

Ok you can't brag about the cars without posting pics. Some of us reefers are car guys too.

AJT · 04/15/2012, 05:22 PM

"Ok you can't brag about the cars without posting pics. Some of us reefers are car guys too."

Rereading that, sounds like I am full of myself! Must have been drinking & typing~

here ya go,

bullitr · 04/15/2012, 08:39 PM

And Zr1 will have snake for breakfast.lol

Love the build.

laredo300c · 04/15/2012, 10:30 PM

Wow, awesome build, dream tank

AJT · 04/16/2012, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bullitr

And Zr1 will have snake for breakfast.lol

Don't think so!! Not this snake!!

Love the build.

AJT · 04/16/2012, 08:10 AM

Thanks Laredo300cc!

rb1685 · 04/17/2012, 11:03 AM

I'm in Houston too. Would love to see this tank in person sometime. Subscribed.

fasteddie99 · 04/17/2012, 11:32 AM

lol great comeback! The picture says it all

Love the tank too!

AJT · 04/17/2012, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fasteddie99

lol great comeback! The picture says it all

Love the tank too!

Thanks, all in good fun. Just like tanks, with cars there is always somebody faster, bigger, etc..

all in good fun... Vetts hate the license plate!

02/29/2012, 02:30 PM	#326
asmodeus SKIMMER WHORE Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada Posts: 1,564	WOW that is al I can say otherthen EH living in Canada lol looks amazing man. well done __________________ Doesn't matter how much you have been reading, until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think. Moved from the WEST to the EAST

02/29/2012, 06:51 PM	#328
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	I have been out of town on business, nice cyno outbreak & calcium drop. I got it under control & everybody is healthy. I will update this weekend when I have some time. I'm still catching up at work. Subfloor is concrete slab for 2 story house with tension cables inside. Yes I am still freaking out a little on the weight. I have a 3 car garage with 4 cars in it. I have a lift with my vet on top & viper under. A 69 camaro pace car in fron & wifes slk in her slot. 4 X 3500 lbs =14,000 plus 1 ton lift & all the other crap in it. So I figure 1 car over another is about 9000 lbs & I have had no problems. I have a friend that is an engineer & designs natural gas pump stations & he felt I had no problems. Tangs seem to get ick even when nothing new is introduced. My big tangs are 12 yrs old & get ick about 1-2 times a year. Garlic in their food for a couple weeks & it is gone. Thanks for looking at thread __________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros

02/29/2012, 07:31 PM	#329
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	BTW I have hundreds of baby snails. I saw the eggs & figured they wouldn't hatch but they started showing up about 10 days after the eggs disappeared. __________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros

03/01/2012, 04:27 PM	#332
jt48 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Richboro Pa 18954 Posts: 762	Being that you have access to the rear of the tank and it's 48" width, do you have any mp40 or mp60's on rear wall facing front? Curious as to how the flow would affect the swaying of corals if the Mp was not behind a reef structure. __________________ My 900 Gallon System Setup. 75% of 344 DT to 125 to 60 refugium to two 40 breeders to 150 sump. 25% of 344 DT to 135 to a 75 to 150 sump. Filtration includes passive filtration pads, skimmer, ca

03/05/2012, 06:54 PM	#333
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	2 MP 60s on each side & 2 40s in the rear. I get pretty good current but not enough sway. I need to make some adjustments but have not had time. I have a job & own a daycare that my daughter/retired wife runs with around 75 kids. I maintain my house, mothers house,daughters house, & a 4,000 ft daycare with 6 bathrooms. I have been running in all directions the past 1-2 months & tank has been left alone. __________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros

02/29/2012, 05:38 PM	#327
Southsid_reefer Moved On Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 465	this tank is nice. i bet you have problems trying to go to sleep now. with something that amazing in your bedroom

02/29/2012, 07:57 PM	#330
pentrix2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 557	Just by looking at your tank now I wish I was a fish in that tank. A very well planned tank build and quality equipment too!! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful tank with us all. Pen

03/01/2012, 02:07 AM	#331
mytosis_matth Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Muncie, IN, USA Posts: 65	I was just browsing around the RC forums looking for nothing in particular and I stumbled onto this thread...then read all 14 pages in one sitting. This thread is a spectacular clinic on what many years of study, planning, and progression in the hobby can turn out. I'm 28 and probably decades away from being able to do something like this top-notch setup (if ever), but it's ultra-inspiring all the same. Thanks for taking the time to keep everyone on RC constantly updated on the tank's progress, especially since you're already spending so much time with planning, executing, tweaking, re-planning, etc. on your new megatank! Now I'm going to subscribe to the thread so that I can keep up post-by-post so that I don't have to read 300+ posts in one setting to get current, hahaha.

04/15/2012, 03:06 PM	#334
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	It has been a while since I posted. Tank is doing well. Finally got calcium reactor dialed in. Here is a couple pics. \ __________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros Last edited by AJT; 04/15/2012 at 04:01 PM.

04/15/2012, 03:09 PM	#335
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	__________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros

04/15/2012, 03:10 PM	#336
dahenley Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lubbock, Tx Posts: 3,165	how is the heat issue doing? are you still running high temperatures, or is the chiller and exhaust fan keeping up? or have you done other things?? also, i see you have some dirty sand. is that due to lack of flow, or just a dark spot in the picture? __________________ Its not just my tank, its OUR tank!!! :-) 240display, reef in progress Current Tank Info: 240 display, a few frags here and there. lots of fish, and lots of watching. (230 big screen getting re-sealed and going to add to the gallonage) My wife has no clue how addicted i really am.....

04/15/2012, 03:11 PM	#337
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	I have a little cyno starting & going to dose it this week then do a 25% water change. Hooked up new R/O filter from Buckeye this morning & washed out about 50 filter bags on the patio. Never enough time to complete everything you want to get done. __________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros

04/15/2012, 03:16 PM	#338
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	The dirty sand (black things) is a million little snails. They are breeding like crazy. If I do not wipe the glass down with a magnet for 2 days, the glass is covered in baby snails. The black things on the sand bed are 3 different hatchings. I have not messed with the heat much lately & have not checked it with laser temp probe. I installed a second monster exaust fan & there a bunch of air being tanken out. Look at almost any picture & you can see them on the rocks & sandbed. Added: 6 chromis, Blue throat trigger, clam, __________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros

04/15/2012, 04:23 PM	#339
LOU A VILLE Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Louisville, Ky Posts: 127	Beautiful tank, Definately following along!

04/15/2012, 04:37 PM	#340
david00061 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: st joseph Missouri Posts: 2,341	looke real good. lots of growth too __________________ Current tank A.G.E. 500 gallon Two frag tanks 48"x20"x12" 12 EcoTech Radion XR30w LED Lights 2 mp60's 4 mp40's, GEO 818 calcium reactor SRO XP 8000 external skimmer

04/15/2012, 04:58 PM	#341
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	I need to get a new lens for some good pics. Everything seems to be growing real good under the leds. Thanks everyone. __________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros

04/15/2012, 05:22 PM	#343
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	"Ok you can't brag about the cars without posting pics. Some of us reefers are car guys too." Rereading that, sounds like I am full of myself! Must have been drinking & typing~ here ya go, __________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros

04/15/2012, 08:39 PM	#344
bullitr broke but happy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: stevenson ranch, ca Posts: 14,053	And Zr1 will have snake for breakfast.lol Love the build. __________________ Lawrence SFVR member 435 gallon display in wall see through no more hyposalinity... Current Tank Info: 96x36x29 inwall

04/15/2012, 10:30 PM	#345
laredo300c Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: laredo tx Posts: 646	Wow, awesome build, dream tank

04/16/2012, 08:10 AM	#347
AJT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 856	Thanks Laredo300cc! __________________ " You get what you pay for" Now lit with 12 G3 Pros & Reef Link! Current Tank Info: 380 Gallon, Lit by 12 G3 Pros

04/17/2012, 11:03 AM	#348
rb1685 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Katy, TX Posts: 8	I'm in Houston too. Would love to see this tank in person sometime. Subscribed.

04/17/2012, 11:32 AM	#349
fasteddie99 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Delaware Posts: 1,028	lol great comeback! The picture says it all Love the tank too! __________________ 125 gal LED lighting Super Reef Octopus XP-3000 SSS Current Tank Info: 125

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