And so it begins... 1300 gallon setup

[glamit]

hey guys,
i am in the works of building a U shaped 1300 gallon tank, dimensions are 14ft by 9ft by 9ft (32"wide and 30"tall). It will house 6 SR and 9 BBXB. So far just the stands are bolted together but i will post up some more pictures as more work is finished. I'm super excited and would like to share this process with you guys until the finished product.

 

[chen88]

VERY nice!....glass or acrylic?

 

[m_class2g]

holy crap!! a lot of huge tanks appearing these days! cant wait to see that things stocked!

 

[chen88]

holy crap!! a lot of huge tanks appearing these days! cant wait to see that things stocked!

I would like to say I started the train rolling late last year! Lol. Now I'm going to have the smallest if these new tanks! Lol

 

[letsgofishn]

That's going to be one crazy setup!! Good on you

 

[oshiet]

Wow... Speachless to say the least! Can't wait to see more pics.
Guess you had a hellova time getting the thing levelled?

This really depresses me. I had plans for a 1000 gallon build, but its being put on the back burner.

 

[James Sananikone]

Very impressive ! Good luck with the project.

 

[Joey]

wow!

 

[DaiDee]

Probably acrylic no? Would be more structurally sound with acrylic compared to glass. Not that there's a problem with glass if it's all perfectly level.

 

[glamit]

hey guys,
thanks for all your inputs, the tank is going to be built with glass, and there will be 2 sumps running. I am not going to be working on the tank until next week so hopefully there will be a few more pictures next week.

 

[chen88]

I wished I had the space to be putting a tank that size....always good to be able to max out a tank to the house...

good luck and hope that you have a great learning experience building your dream!

 

[mbkato]

hi! glen i cant hardly wait to see this tank is up and running and see your cvmaju collection.

 

[Marowana420]

wow... pls take some videos after it up and stocked

 

[glamit]

hey guys,
back at it this week, heres a few photos of what we got done so far this week.

 

[glamit]

I wished I had the space to be putting a tank that size....always good to be able to max out a tank to the house...

good luck and hope that you have a great learning experience building your dream!

hey chen,

your right it's a huge learning experience, there's so much i still havent decided on yet. by the way how did those titanium heaters work out for you? how many do you think i should run for this tank?

Also has anybody heard of Hydronic Heating Coil for Sumps? using natural gas instead of electricity from a boiler? I heard it is very beneficial but i have never seen this type of set-up b4

 

[DaiDee]

hey chen,

your right it's a huge learning experience, there's so much i still havent decided on yet. by the way how did those titanium heaters work out for you? how many do you think i should run for this tank?

Also has anybody heard of Hydronic Heating Coil for Sumps? using natural gas instead of electricity from a boiler? I heard it is very beneficial but i have never seen this type of set-up b4

oshiet is the man to talk to about heating coils....

 

[glamit]

more pictures

just going to let everything dry for the week, hopefully i'll be all done by the end of the month

 

[bluebasearoilove]

wow thats cool ... but how does that work ? u shaped tank ? wouldnt they get kinda confused ? how thick is the glass you're using ?

 

[chen88]

hey chen,

your right it's a huge learning experience, there's so much i still havent decided on yet. by the way how did those titanium heaters work out for you? how many do you think i should run for this tank?

Also has anybody heard of Hydronic Heating Coil for Sumps? using natural gas instead of electricity from a boiler? I heard it is very beneficial but i have never seen this type of set-up b4

didn't see this post....My titanium heaters hasn't been turned on yet! LOL...I got the blueline titanium with a ranco controller. My two inline reeflo snapper 18 pumps are heating up my water to 83-88 (88 when both pumps are running) so I have not turned on my heater!...

 

[Paul]

That is very cool and I do see why you want to do it, but why wouldn't you want to finish the basement walls and ceiling first?