the new 17,000 gallon reefzilla thread

[spazz]

Originally Posted by tashier

That is going to be awsome. You are seriously going to be swimming in the tank to do any maintenance. Is it in the basement?

the tank is 8 feet deep. bill will have to dive into the tank to clean the acrylic panes and to do sand sifting and cleaning we normally do from outside the tank with a siphon hose.
the tank is sitting on the ground level of the house. there is a basement below the tank. the view you see there is from the living room. there will be no TV's or any other electronics in the room. it will strictly be a living room with an ocean view.

[reeftanktime]

Spazz, you have been and will continue to be busy.
Thanks for documenting this system for all of us.
Do you think I could use a VOLCANO on my nano?

[spazz]

Originally Posted by reeftanktime

Spazz, you have been and will continue to be busy.
Thanks for documenting this system for all of us.
Do you think I could use a VOLCANO on my nano?

sure! how big of a nano ocean do you want to skim??? 50,000 or 100,000 gallons?

[clekchau]

all i can say is "wow"

[nyfireman3097]

I thought this was energys tank then I realized that there was a extra 0 at the end of the 1700 I thought I saw WOW is a understatment

[clekchau]

what kind of tang is fred? he is huge.

[zoa afficionado]

Awesome thread, thanks spazz

[rppvt]

Spazz, just thinking Bill might want to line the space above the tank with Wonderboard and tile or something REAL waterproof,
in order to keep the splashing from cannonballs, etc. from rotting the framing
and/or drywall one would usually use.
I can't wait to see this thing finished. Sorry there's not going to be natural sun lighting, or has he changed his mind on that?
Awesome stuff all around.

[nyvp]

great new pics thanks scott

[AdamG]

How big are those open areas? and what is the reasone why he did not go one large open area? did the acrylic need to be too thick then???

[Sandbed]

THats AWSOME! Almost floor to ceiling tank. This is going to be very impressive. Thanks for keeping the pics coming.

I think, if i remember right, he went with 2 plexi panels instead of 1 because of cost, and the fact that the begger panel would have to be placed during construction. Tooo big to get threw the house after completion.

Please correct me if i'm wrong.

[TallDude]

How much live rock is going into this monster?

[spazz]

Originally Posted by TallDude

How much live rock is going into this monster?

20,000 to 25,000 lbs of rock and about 8,000 to 10,000 lbs of sand is what the general plan is right now. the problem we are having right now is finding the sand. its hard to find that much sea flor grade sand and then it will be one heck of a job to clean it all. i think bill plans to rent a plastic cement mixer and then just let the water run into the mixer to clean out all the dust from the sand. it will make for one heck of a mess. ha ha ha

[woz9683]

If I remember correctly, the things Sandbed mentioned about the panels are correct. Installability of the panels, cost, and also distortion. I think the size Bill chose is one of the absolute largest sheets that is actually a standard size, Spartech or whoever actually has a mold that big lying around. To go with a single panel it would have meant a custom form (maybe 10X the cost of the two separate panels?). The distortion factor is the one other thing Sandbed didn't mention, the two panels are already 3 inches thick, and if you get much thicker than that the only clear view you would have is straight in, any angles would look fuzzy.

[YLChik]

WOW that is just a lot of rock!!!!!!!
how many sources do you have to get it from and what type or mix is he going with?