Flying Dutch 700 gallon in wall tank-living room/home office divider - Build Thread

[ksjcorpus]

great build so far ............ keep plugging away. sorry to hear about the mishap with the fish

[wilsonline]

what you`re planning to use in display tank DT: acrylic or glass? Awesome and huge project! can`t wait to see more pics.

[Euler Kernighan]

Originally Posted by wilsonline

what you`re planning to use in display tank DT: acrylic or glass? Awesome and huge project! can`t wait to see more pics.

Hi Wilson,

I'm going to use starfire glass. sorry for delay...

Stay tunned! this thread is opening again!

[Euler Kernighan]

Well, here goes, finaly an update again. It's been so long since my last update in this thread (I got realy sad after the big disaster). I don't know where to begin or what to say. It has become so much more than just some reef talk and I want to keep it that way. ...and, so, here's an outline:

MY WIFE AND I, WE ARE SO PREGNANT, ow my gosh, that's is my first time - it'll be a little princess, my princess!

Here is my princess, just waiting for "the day":


Lavinia we're waiting for you baby girl, just take your time my love:




ok, I known, I know, life has changed considerably in the last few months and maybe you think: "reef goals are just not all that important anymore". But let me tell you something - I talked to my wife about our new priorities, and she yelled at me "DO NOT GIVE UP ON YOUR PROJECT, just resize it!"

[Euler Kernighan]

well, let me show the "new project":






with that said, here is "the change of scope":


1) all the stuff marked with a "X" were removed from this project, that means:

- return tank, frag and refugium tanks selled;

- all steel and wood to recycle guys;

- unfortunatelly, sump goes underneath the main tank (ow my gosh, please, please, pity my knees...);

- quarantine tank and its sump goes to my laundry room (there is a lot of space overthere) and will need another gabinet.




2) main tank:


- size remains the same: 98 (long) x 30 (width) x 25 (height)

- I decide to make a coast-to-coast overflow - it is seems to be an excelent idea in opposite to one corner overflow.

- undeaneath the gabinet as much space as possible without vertical braces - as I said I hate to be in my knees (it is very painful to me 'cause I got hit 3 times practicing skating when I's youger)


3) main sump:


- new dimensions are: 65 (long) x 28 (wide) x 18 (height)

- 5 sessions for:

a) two filter socks that are used to pre-filter the water flowing into the overflow area;

b) heaters area;

c) skimmer area;

d) reactors and frags area.

e) return area.

I'm assuming I'm not going to use a refugium, let's see what happening.



As in as:


- main tank: all in glass with polished and beveled edges, starfire for front panel, regular one to everything else - made by myself;

- sump: all in regular glass - made by myself

- overflow box: coast-to-coast approach, using beananimal overflow - made by my self.

- stand: powder coated steel frame contructed out of 6" I beams; projected to support 1,8 tons (ohh my gosh)



I'd like to hear from you any suggestion about this new setup, circulation, illumination and every else.

[d3hree]

congratulations on the pregnancy Euler! A baby and a large reef tank will mean you will never have any money ever again!

New, scaled down system sounds good.

[Robb in Austin]

Yes, congrats on the new frag!

[rpjaws74]

still should be awesome thread! good luck

[kinggeorge818]

Congratulations on the baby and the tank... I love the thoroughly thought out ideas!

[syedjilani]

Sorry Man,

It's quite long now you asked me about LEDs.

To be frank. i am Metal Halide guy. even my new built I choose MH. T5s and LEDs ar good for additional lighting but if you think that your live stock with depend on LEDs or T5 than for get it....

T5 can give you good result but if you are using Zeovit complete product.

Originally Posted by Euler Kernighan

thanks SyedJilani, stay tuned!

by the way, awesome setup, uh?! just a question, have you considered to move to LED?

I'm trying to decide between MH+T5, all T5, LED, but it is very hard to choose...

[tgunn]

Congrats on the soon new arrival! Tip: Try and get something going before the baby arrives. When my daughter was an infant she spent hours calmly watching the tank. Worked better than a pacifier!

[Vlado4x4]

Originally Posted by Euler Kernighan

MY WIFE AND I, WE ARE SO PREGNANT, ow my gosh, that's is my first time - it'll be a little princess, my princess!

she yelled at me "DO NOT GIVE UP ON YOUR PROJECT, just resize it!"

First of all ... CONGRATULATIONS on the new born !! I have 3 kids myself and the last one is a 3 month baby girl, so i know exactly what is coming LOL

Let me congratulate your wife also, cause she did exactly what my wife said to me ... amazing reaction from here.

All the best and keep the pics coming !!

[Euler Kernighan]

Originally Posted by d3hree

congratulations on the pregnancy Euler! A baby and a large reef tank will mean you will never have any money ever again!

New, scaled down system sounds good.

Originally Posted by Robb in Austin

Yes, congrats on the new frag!

Originally Posted by rpjaws74

still should be awesome thread! good luck

Originally Posted by tgunn

Congrats on the soon new arrival! Tip: Try and get something going before the baby arrives. When my daughter was an infant she spent hours calmly watching the tank. Worked better than a pacifier!

Originally Posted by Vlado4x4

First of all ... CONGRATULATIONS on the new born !! I have 3 kids myself and the last one is a 3 month baby girl, so i know exactly what is coming LOL

Let me congratulate your wife also, cause she did exactly what my wife said to me ... amazing reaction from here.

All the best and keep the pics coming !!

hey guys,

thank you for all your support and kind comments - it's amazing how you can make true friends here at ReefCentral!

[Euler Kernighan]

let me show you guys the "new tank" - back view (office side):






front view (living room side):





I'm trying to improve my skills on sketchup, using kerkythea for rendering... well I don't know the right materials yet, but I'm trying to do my best!


@Matt,

watch out!!! maybe in 10 years I can create some illustrations like you, uh?

[Euler Kernighan]

ok, it's time to show some progress, right? having decided to continue with this project and move QT an its sump to the laundry, I had to make the new cabinet and at this time I decide to go with marine plywood lined with plastic laminate.

here are some pics:

building:




another view:




with counter top:






white plastic laminate (not the good side):




another view:





good side up and a sheet of plastic laminate (before gluing):







with doors:

[Euler Kernighan]

another pics:

[Euler Kernighan]

another pics:

[Robb in Austin]

Looking good!

[d3hree]

@Matt,

watch out!!! maybe in 10 years I can create some illustrations like you, uh?

Ha...practice practice and more practice Euler and you may be right!

Build is coming on nicely!

[bellis31]

Wow looks like your off to a nice restart on the tank, you have awesome skills.

Congrats on the new baby!

[adam1980]

congrats Euler, Lavinia will love the aquarium. And what a great wife to let you keep it, a lot would have said different. Trust me tho when Lavinia is crying you will be loving that tank. Becouse all you will have to do is hold her in front of it and she will quite right down. Babys love saltwater aquariums. Best of luck and im glad your back at this thread.

[reefjunkie42]

looks good bud, more pics i hope

[Toomnymods]

Originally Posted by syedjilani

Sorry Man,

It's quite long now you asked me about LEDs.

To be frank. i am Metal Halide guy. even my new built I choose MH. T5s and LEDs ar good for additional lighting but if you think that your live stock with depend on LEDs or T5 than for get it....

T5 can give you good result but if you are using Zeovit complete product.

I disagree. I had one of the best bulbs 14k phoenix hqi's for well over 1.5yrs and 2 months ago i decided to give the AI SOL super blues a try and low and behold my coloration of my corals are brighter and more pronounced.. everything in the tank "glows" like it's a limited edition coral now. With halides / vho actinics all i had where drab colorations on everything.
Energy savings is right at 55-60bucks per month savings over my old 800-900 watt of hqi's and vho's now i barely even have the whites up to 65% on all 3 of my ai sols and blues blasting at 100% and probably not even using 160 watts total on three of the units. Heat what heat?? no heat in my room whatso ever anymore, dont need a chiller anymore either.
Thier are no disadvantages to led's only advantages..

[Euler Kernighan]

Originally Posted by bellis31

Wow looks like your off to a nice restart on the tank, you have awesome skills.

Congrats on the new baby!

Thanks you Bellis, I'm trying to do my best on this!

[Euler Kernighan]

Originally Posted by adam1980

congrats Euler, Lavinia will love the aquarium. And what a great wife to let you keep it, a lot would have said different. Trust me tho when Lavinia is crying you will be loving that tank. Becouse all you will have to do is hold her in front of it and she will quite right down. Babys love saltwater aquariums. Best of luck and im glad your back at this thread.

hey Adam, thanks for the nice words! and I noted down hold her in front of the tank - that's will go to my book "Reef Aquariums and Babies"