The biggest tank to date
 

Hey all, I just wanted to share with you guys on a major project we just started for one of our good clients.

Not even sure how we got to this point:lol: but a lot off work has been put into it!

the stand before we started
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...pso6fqzzhg.jpg


then the heavy lifting started
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...pslavpf5uv.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...pssfed6lzn.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...pskos7xreo.jpg

that was that for the bottom glass

putting the body of the the tank want way easier :lol:
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psxcfdky6s.jpg

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psn9yjbyjz.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psok99ikjz.jpg


now just waiting on the welders to fabricate the upper braces and than his sumps and his underneath reef tank can be place and plumbed in

i will update with more pictures when we get back from a build out in vancouver next week, can wait until this beast is done lol


Thanks Dave

How many gallons?

Right next to the main breaker box is the perfect spot for it too :lol:

just under 1800 gallons

What could go wrong?? :)

I have never said we are the sharpest tools in the shed lol we just build tanks:mrgreen:

Ok that is a mother of a tank be interesting to see 3 things how you are going to move that beast, how many sumps it has and what it will look like setup.

BTW how thick is the glass on the bottom and sides

Oh I'm sure it'll be fine, probably. Maybe.

I'll throw in an extra prayer into my prayer reactor for them.

Seriously, that thing is EPIC! We *need* to see a build thread on this sucker!

What are the dimensions? Did I miss that?

So what's he going to do when he pops a breaker?

the tank is 120x96x36 about 1795 gallons

lol the tank is not moving, it is staying where it is now

as for sumps, there will be two large sumps and a rock tank under the stand


plumbing and setup will start when we get back from vancouver later next week, it should be fun lol


this bad boy has been order
SRO-9000EXT Light Commercial Protein Skimmer
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psxsc7ziqy.jpg


i can't wait to see this skimmer, i may order one for myself for my future tank build

thats epic !

you forgot to flip it over and paint the bottom :mrgreen:

In the pics it looks like the tank is like 18" off the ceiling - is it? Looks like low ceiling in the basement. I'm wondering how he's going to clean 36" deep with that little space above - I'd like a video of the performance actually. :D Is it going to be a reef tank or FOWLR? Is this person a member here? I'd really like to watch the progression!

:lol: Wow, .. I .. I am weirdly torn between jealousy and a sort of relief that it's not MY build.

Good luck with everything, can't wait to see it up and running!

i think there was like 22 inches from tank to ceiling, we had too talk him out of going too 42 inches high when we started with the first plans lol

no unfortunately he is not a member on this forum but this will be his sixth tank from us, i do visit him quite a bit so i might be able to keep some updates on how this tank progress

We just started to work on his terrarium for him as will

the size is 72x24x36 starts like this
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps7bgyg9ky.jpg

hope to look like the one i did last week but better lol
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psb6daefhy.jpg

and these are some of the little guys we have ordered in for him so far
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psuwd45ype.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psa3vdj6os.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps2vicn3cb.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...psph0lzbex.jpg

Holy crap! Good job talking him out of that! :lol: Tell him to get on here and post pics! :D

Makes my tank look small. Looks great Dave.

Wow. That thing huge!! Would be cool to see it filled