Large Display Tank Suggestions???

Originally Posted by Son Of Skyline

SPS...SPS...SPS (in chant mode)..

sorry, last time I checked, my budget was still way under $1,000,000.00

the tank will have a ladder on one side with an access hatch, I will be diving to clean it and might try some coral propagating in it as well, lighting will be 1000W halides, as sumpfinfishe mentioned I have been thinking of installing a large surge tank, I was thinking of at least 400gallons, flow in the tank will be somewhere around 40-50,000 gph. the overflow will be at the rear wall of the tank spaning the whole length, with returns comming out at many points of the overflow. I like the smoke stack idea, I have been thinking of getting some made out of fiberglass, I wont be able to use them as overflows though as the tank will sit flat on the cement floor. My fiberglass guy does the best replicas in the world, he does alot of the displays for the smithsonian institute, he has moulds for almost every large animal on earth including most whales, he is currently working a a mould from a 120' blue whale skeleton he has in his shop on loan from the smithsonian. He gets alot of cool things on loan from museums all over the world, the pirates anchor Im getting is from the 14th century I believe, also a replica of the first deep dive helmet ever made, as well as a couple other helmets that advanced the world of diving. If I had more room and could figure out how to have access to the top of the tank I would love to put a 3' acrylic cylinder in the center of the tank that you could get lowered into, I think that would be neat...