EternityBC's 450g 12 feet of floating fun

[Ken]

Nice build, who did you get to move that huge tank its awesome? regards ken

[eternitybc]

I think the scale is starting to sink in It took over 1/2 hour just to wipe the glass down!

Tank is by Concept Aquariums in Calgary.

Originally Posted by Ken

Nice build, who did you get to move that huge tank its awesome? regards ken

RedPath Relocations
It took me weeks to find a moving company that either didn't just laugh, not understand the scale, or want like 4K to move it. I ended up steering toward industrial and corporate moving companies. Thankfully I came across Tim at RedPath and he was great! Would highly recommend them.

Here is a night shot, one LED should be enough right...

[lastlight]

Can't wait to see more I love the ridiculous amount of pre-tank effort going into this thing. I was expecting to see steel beams. Those LVLs must weigh a TON! Nice work so far.

That could be the most over-built, built-in bookshelf ever if you decide to move.

[Piscez]

Top notch work so far, looks amazing! Inspiring.....

[msjboy]

What is your lighting...I see some large tanks use extra tilted leds ( egRadion)or t5 for lighting the undersides of the rock work/corals which is shadowed. Also for flow, do you think that is enough with 4 mp60/40s? check out the reef builders guy jake who uses powerful vectra pumps and wave boxes..https://reefbuilders.com/2020/05/14/...flow-aquarium/. ..he claims strong flow that is directional is more important than random flow (which is good for moving the poop to desired area for suction).

[eternitybc]

Originally Posted by msjboy

What is your lighting.

I have 10 XR15s and 2 XR30s. I will try that to begin with and if that’s not enough I will grab three of the 4 foot T5 retrofit kits. That would add another 800 watts of T5.

Originally Posted by msjboy

. Also for flow, do you think that is enough with 4 mp60/40s?

So far I’m planning on putting two eductors on the return side which should flow around 2K / h. Also on each side will be a MP40 & 60. I will try and favour sending more water to the overflow side. Along the back I have 4 gyres spaced out with the thought of adding more if needed. That should give a nice rolling motion front to back.
I ran a closed loop before and wasn’t thrilled with it, it made changing the flow a huge ordeal, plus had a bulkhead gasket leak and vowed never to have holes drilled far below the water line again
I really like the gyres flow though, they’re a pain to clean but I’m planning on keeping spare assembles then just swap the parts and tossing them in vinegar.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by eternitybc

I have 10 XR15s and 2 XR30s. I will try that to begin with and if that’s not enough I will grab three of the 4 foot T5 retrofit kits. That would add another 800 watts of T5.

So far I’m planning on putting two eductors on the return side which should flow around 2K / h. Also on each side will be a MP40 & 60. I will try and favour sending more water to the overflow side. Along the back I have 4 gyres spaced out with the thought of adding more if needed. That should give a nice rolling motion front to back.
I ran a closed loop before and wasn’t thrilled with it, it made changing the flow a huge ordeal, plus had a bulkhead gasket leak and vowed never to have holes drilled far below the water line again
I really like the gyres flow though, they’re a pain to clean but I’m planning on keeping spare assembles then just swap the parts and tossing them in vinegar.

Looks amazing! Wow!

My experience so far with a Gyre XF350 is that after a few months, it has become quite loud. No matter how much I clean it, the sound is noticeable in my living room. I previously had an older MP40 which I could hear but was quieter.

[eternitybc]

Thanks for all the encouragement everyone!

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Looks amazing! Wow!

My experience so far with a Gyre XF350 is that after a few months, it has become quite loud. No matter how much I clean it, the sound is noticeable in my living room. I previously had an older MP40 which I could hear but was quieter.

I have 3 running right now in the 150 but it has a bunch of loud external pumps that might be drowning it out. I will have to watch out for that as the idea is to keep it almost silent. I may have to look at other pumps if it becomes a problem.

Slowly amassing all the gear.


I'm super psyched about the skimmer

[eternitybc]

Originally Posted by lastlight

That could be the most over-built, built-in bookshelf ever if you decide to move.

I thought the same thing, I could always just enclose the bottom and have wall to wall cabinets you could park a truck on!