578 gal Fish Only Tank build!

[civicdemon]

looks like a great build to come,

 

[Smite]

Whoa! Nice build!

 

[805reef]

Huge tank! Awesome. You sure that size sump will be enough? Mine is a little bigger than 80 and barely big enough to hold when power is off. I guess it depends how you design the sump

 

[Reefer6]

578g will have at least 5000 lbs of total weight on the stand and flooring. Have you checked to see if that's okay?


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lol that's a lot of weight, maybe should reinforce the foundation hah. This is going to be such a sweet tank!

 

[Reefer6]

What are your thinking in terms of fish?!? Butterfly and Angel tank... with a small school of porkfish or blueline snapper. That's what I would do

 

[lowbudget]

Congrats that sump going to be small

 

[ERIC1975]

Huge tank! Awesome. You sure that size sump will be enough? Mine is a little bigger than 80 and barely big enough to hold when power is off. I guess it depends how you design the sump

Congrats that sump going to be small

Hmmm based on my calculation it should be enough room to hold excess water. I will have a check valve in the return lines so in case if power failure if the check valve works like it supposed to... there should be no water coming back to the sump ( I pray that it works
The only excess water coming back to the sump is the top 1 inch or so from the tank thru the overflow. Taking into account the thickness of the 3/4 in acrylic I should only have roughly 15 gal of water coming back down from the tank. Plus another 4-5 gallons or so from the drain pipe and the overflow box.

 

[ERIC1975]

What are your thinking in terms of fish?!? Butterfly and Angel tank... with a small school of porkfish or blueline snapper. That's what I would do

Here's my list so far
1) Clown trigger
2) small school of Moorish Idol
3) Emperator angel
4) lion fish
5) Blue spot stingray
6) princess parrotfish

 

[lowbudget]

never count on check valves

 

[mmarro22]

Here's my list so far
1) Clown trigger
2) small school of Moorish Idol
3) Emperator angel
4) lion fish
5) Blue spot stingray
6) princess parrotfish

I got a princess parrot i think quoi though bad a$$ chilling in my sump. I tried 2 in my display then 3 and it was a no go $100 eats like a pig and instead of the traditional pink marks it has orange. Very pretty. Js

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[ERIC1975]

I got a princess parrot i think quoi though bad a$$ chilling in my sump. I tried 2 in my display then 3 and it was a no go $100 eats like a pig and instead of the traditional pink marks it has orange. Very pretty. Js

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Text me some pics please

 

[Titanwerx]

Oooh! This is going to be fun to watch. Keep the pictures coming, Definitely following!


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[mmarro22]

Text me some pics please

I saved over your number with another Eric by accident

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[SC50964]

Hmmm based on my calculation it should be enough room to hold excess water. I will have a check valve in the return lines so in case if power failure if the check valve works like it supposed to... there should be no water coming back to the sump ( I pray that it works
The only excess water coming back to the sump is the top 1 inch or so from the tank thru the overflow. Taking into account the thickness of the 3/4 in acrylic I should only have roughly 15 gal of water coming back down from the tank. Plus another 4-5 gallons or so from the drain pipe and the overflow box.

I hope your calculation is right. You also need to consider the amount of water going back up to the DT. I didn't want to risk anything so I got a custom 166g sump from AA.


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[mark.a.smith405]

Eric why not get rid of the mid wall so you could utilize the space below for a sump? If this is anything like your reefs / pond its gonna be sweet!

 

[ERIC1975]

Eric why not get rid of the mid wall so you could utilize the space below for a sump? If this is anything like your reefs / pond its gonna be sweet!

Because I don't want to do any permanent changes to the house not to mention I would need an electrician to come and re-wire the outlets.

 

[ERIC1975]

Okay got a little of time off today so I got the staining done. Moulding will be done after tank is delivered tomorrow. I use 1/2" R-tech foam insulation sheet as underlayment

 

[805reef]

tank delivery tomorrow?

exciting!

 

[ERIC1975]

Yup! Yup! Almost got delayed but just got confirmation this morning that it will be here tomorrow!

 

[lowbudget]

o my o my...