Riceboy's new 82.7 one piece eurobrace starfire build
 

Well its time for a new build and upgrade :lol: you've read it, its going to be a 1 piece starfire eurobrace tank and fully polished with three sides starfire and back of the tank will be black, and black silconed. After talking to most shops and other tank builders in town I have decided to go with CONCEPT AQUARIUMS since he gave me a smoking deal on the tank that no one even came close too :biggrin:. After talking to CONCEPT AQUARIUMS and telling him what i wanted this is the idea he had come up with:

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...rsonepeice.jpg

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...erightside.jpg

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...epeiceback.jpg

CONCEPT AQUARIUMS had integrated a wavebox design onto either sides of the overflow and all i need to do is place my vortechs in there and there should be no powerheads visible in my tank :lol:( which was the main thing i emphasized while talking to him). But instead of having a cube tank i had caved into getting this tank, which would be great for my yellow tang and blue tang to swim in :lol:. there will be 2 drain holes in the overflow and the middle hole will be used as an emergency drain if either one of the holes were to ever get clogged. The return on the tank will be on either sides of the tank as you can see in the pics.

CONCEPT AQUARIUMS had also designed a baller sump for me as well. When i brought him my design he knew it wasn't going to work so had compiled this up and i must say its a very well thought out design.

heres CONCEPT'S sump design:

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...ictorsump1.jpg

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...victorsump.jpg

I am very excited to get my tank and will be in a process of building a bonsai rock sculpture once i get my new tank set up.

Can't see the pics,but it sounds like a sweet setup.

+1

there sorry just fixed the images i think let me know if you have any problems seeing the pics, i will be posting pics of the tank once i get it. Hopefully in the next 2 weeks :lol:

Wow....looks cool. This should be an interesting to follow.

When is the glass work done?

hopefully in 2 weeks just need to give CONCEPT AQUARIUMS the dimensions of my skimmer and return pumps so he can adjust the sump accordingly. I must say the wave box integration is one of the smartest ideas i've ever seen and will keep all powerheads, good thing he came up with it cause i sure wouldn't have thought of it lol

Looking forward to see this tank. Especially with how the wave box will turn out

So how do you prevent your fish from entering the power head chambers? They would never get out if they made it in there.

i'll be using eggcrate in front of the holes

Take my question with a grain of salt as no disrespect meant....

I am wondering... what is the attraction to bonsai? I have seen a few in pics and have never really cared for the look. Just does not look natural to me.

Nice! Wow one piece euro, you must be rich :)

Seriously tho, ConceptAquariums is tearing it up these days! Who are these guys? Are they man or machine??

By the way thanks again for the baking soda!

lol non taken at all. i just like how its not just one pile of live rocks but has many branches and holes a fish can swim in and out, and this look is amazing but to each their own right.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dLSVgS5AxB..._aquascape.jpg

http://glassbox-design.com/wp-conten...-Reef-Tank.jpg

lol i wish i was rich just got into a car accident yesterday so moneys a bit tight but at the price ConceptAquariums quoted me there was no way i was going to turn down that deal lol. plus i think he's an android just a genious when he came up with the design on my tank and sump lol. no worries about the baking soda lol

The first example is really nice. I guess I have only seen a couple bad examples.

Good luck!

Kien you can only post about them with ALLCAPS. Come on!

ALLCAPS aside, if your model is any indication she's gonna be a beaut!

lol thanks lastlight can't wait for the tank.

Check out the pictures of Lobsterboys tank.
Similar set up, but on a 150gallon tank

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...=47211&page=74

Looking forward to this one Victor, great idea for the build cant wait to see it actually complete!

Thanks levi, by the way ur chalices are doing awesome the red planet is growing and stinging the **** out of my sps lol

Very cool design, tank and sump. I look forward to seeing pic's of the actual goods.

Very cool design, my next tank will be with Concept Aquarium for sure. Nice guy to deal with

ah you guys are making me blush!:redface:

Victor here is a sneak a peek at the one piece for you, hope you like it. it's off of my iphone so not the best pic's:sorry:
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0057.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0058.jpg

damn now your just teasing me with the pics :lol:

Nice piece of glasswork, are those bevelled edges with polishing?

Hmmmm, when the time comes you might have to quote me also. Well done!!!

my god...I just had an accident in my pants :redface:

this is a BALLIN' design. I have seen the vortech wave box idea on nano reef implemented via a custom acrylic box that slipped into the back of a standard Solana cube but i never heard much about it after the build.

If i am interpreting the design correctly are you using 4 mp10 pumps (ie one for each of the holes)?

If so i have an idea for you instead of ugly egg-crate (considering you spent so much time making it beautiful!) Have an acrylic pro make you a grill that will slide into that hole snuggly.

question about flow though - does forcing the pump output through those tight diameter holes (in relation to pump diameter) mean you will lose the wide flow capability of the vortech units? Or do the vortechs only generate flow through the front of the unit and intake water through the sides? Or does it not matter given the wave box design?

Very nice,

I also wonder about the vortech's in the hidden holes would you not loose the undertow capability of them?

Regardless I can't wait to see this going

as it sits right now the plan is just to have two vortechs, the bottom holes are to allow water to enter back into the chamber. I may end up taken the abs plastic to a shop and have them cnc some nice grills where the holes are but need to weight that against cost lol

Wow.. All I have to add is, if you put a canopy on that tank I am going to come over and kick you in the nads! :D

Lol no canopy that's for sure lol. Lol if you didn't live so close to me I wouldn't have taken that seriously lol. Don't want you to surprise kick me in the nads when I'm at sobeys grabbing baking soda :lol:

Strike at his IT band. He's helpless after that.

well just an update i will be getting a bubble magnus 180 skimmer so my current skimmer is for sale lol, and will be getting my tank in the second week of january
:lol:

Looks like a great tank!

done and done lol
 

Victor here is a little update for you before we drop off your tank tomorrow :lol:
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0069.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0071.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0072.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0071.jpg

here is what the over flow and mp40 cover looks like
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0076.jpg

now the sump,:redface: turned out bigger than the drawings made it look
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0075.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0074.jpg

it is just off my crappy i-phone but hope you will enjoy them

thanks

ps i think i mess up the filter sock holder made it too small might have to redo another one for you but will have to check if the filter sock fits first.

Holy **** now I can't wait to get that baby up and running. :lol:

That tank is a beauty alright! Nice build!

Very nice tank!, am I missing something, I can't find anywhere where it mentions the dimensions.

Whoa...
Just whoa.

It's 3'x2'x22"

Wow Dave, after seeing these pics i'm really glad your building my tank at the end of the month.