Scubadawg's 187 Gallon Tank Journal - Edmonton
 

Tank Dimensions and Equipment - Photos to follow

60" x 24" x 29.5" High 5/8" glass thickness
Sapphire glass on front and sides (Chinese low iron glass - aka Starphire)
30" Weir on back, black background - 2 -3/4" returns
34" x 12" x 5" Coast to Coast Overflow
All polished edges and eurobraced with sapphire glass

Tank was customed ordered made and purchased from Aquagiant

Steel stand was made by Greg aka Grizz

Countertop (Ikea)

Sump - 75 gallon with 4 chambers

Skimmer - Deltec 2060 SC (Aquagiant)

Plumbing parts (Bulk Reef Supply)

Vertex Puratek Ro/DI (Red Coral Edmonton)

Sedra 20000 Return Pump (Red Coral Edmonton)

2 - Sicce Voyager HP 10 Powerheads

Sicce Wave Surfer Pump Controller

Apex System and Lab Grade pH Probe & Lab Grade ORP Probe (Modular LED)

2 - 60" Sunbrite F Led (Reef Supplies Canada)

2 - Eheim Jager 250W Heaters

BRS Carbon/GFO Reactor

Tank assembly - David from Aquagiant allowed me to help assemble the tank

This is the tank before silicon

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...rnal/Tank1.jpg

Polished Edges on glass

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...l/TankEdge.jpg

Assembled tank with black background

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...rnal/Tank2.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...rnal/Tank3.jpg

Coast to Coast Overflow 34" x 12" x 5" - 3 - 1.5" Schedule 80 bulkheads

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...l/TankC2C1.jpg

7 Tubes of GE SC 1200 Black Silicon later

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...l/TankC2C2.jpg

Equipment:

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...urnal/rodi.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...urnal/Wave.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/.../Sunbrite1.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/.../Sunbrite2.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...nal/Return.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...l/Plumbing.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...nal/Heater.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ournal/Gfo.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...urnal/Apex.jpg

Awesome equipments :D

I was just wondering why didn't you get MPs instead of sicce?

This is the space where the tank will go

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...rnal/Space.jpg

Steel Stand made by Grizz

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...nal/Stand1.jpg

Ikea Countertop siliconed to the stand

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...nal/Stand2.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...nal/Stand3.jpg

Tank set in place

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ankinSpace.jpg

Tank is sitting on 4 sample pieces of Formica in each corner instead of foam, bottom glass is free floating in center of tank

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...urnal/base.jpg

Waiting for a Bulk Reef Supply order for more plumbing parts, then I will post photos of the plumbling assembly

I got these from a Canreef member for a good price, so I'll try these out first, if I don't like them, then I'll go with Tunze Turbelle Stream II Controllable Pump - Model 6205 that will be controlled by the Apex.

Where did you get your PVC fittings from? I like the black/grey fittings!

Wao!! Awesome tank and equipment! definitely tagging along and looking forward to see this tank setup and thriving!!

All the plumbing parts are schedule 80 from Bulk Reef Supply, I have some more plumbing parts coming in the next couple of days, so I can do my plumbing build, majority is threaded so everthing can come apart, if neccesary, with minimal pieces glued. I will end up with extra pieces, which is going into my 90 gallon build. I will posting my 90 gallon QT build after the 187 gallon begins the cycle.

I'm jealous of all the sch. 80 plumbing. :mrgreen:

Going to look awesome once everything is together. What are your full plans with the extra counter space?