Stampede Toyota & Red Coral 400g Build

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Keri

That's so awesome....I'm the kind of person who would choose a dealership with a tank over one without....or a restaurant....or a dentists' office...

LOL, yeah I'd probly be the same

A couple years ago I chose a local restaurant with two huge cylindrical tanks full of salmon/rockfish/etc. The food was no hell but the view was fantastic!

[Carmen]

Excellent Opportunity Kevin!! So glad you could share it with us all!

[i have crabs]

id like to donate one "SHOW SIZE" speckled grouper

[Delphinus]

Neat!!

[Trigger Man]

Originally Posted by christyf5

LOL, yeah I'd probly be the same

A couple years ago I chose a local restaurant with two huge cylindrical tanks full of salmon/rockfish/etc. The food was no hell but the view was fantastic!

great to know I'm not the only one like that. Fish tanks (preferably saltwater) and those reward points cards get me every time.

Oh ya, back on topic, great for you guys Kevin and Doug, I guess I'm gonna have to check out that toyota dealership when the tank is all setup.

[ColinD]

Originally Posted by christyf5

LOL, yeah I'd probly be the same

A couple years ago I chose a local restaurant with two huge cylindrical tanks full of salmon/rockfish/etc. The food was no hell but the view was fantastic!

Hopefully it wasn't The Landing, I was the Chef there from Oct 03 to Aug 05

Cool Tank build guys, just down the road from work so I will be watching the progress.

Colin

[Red Coral Aquariums]

Thank You all for the encouragement and the kind words.

Originally Posted by Myka

Can't wait for pics!! Any thoughts on stocking options?

With the 126" length large angels and large tangs (Sohol, Archilles, etc).

Originally Posted by Keri

That's so awesome....I'm the kind of person who would choose a dealership with a tank over one without....or a restaurant....or a dentists' office...

I cannot agree more Keri. Red Coral has the maintenance contract and maintenance was a major factor with Ownership and staff at Stampede Toyota and our maintenance staff is second to none. Now on the other hand I have seen restaurants, dealerships, and business that have aquariums that are maintained poorly which I believe reflect on THEIR products and service as a whole.

Originally Posted by i have crabs

id like to donate one "SHOW SIZE" speckled grouper

Thank you for the offer but the grouper might be a little aggressive as ST wishes might include Anthias and Clowns.


The projected opening date for Stampede Toyota is April 2009 so we must have everything set up, the tank cycled and viewable by then.

- A little more about the setup.
The tank will be viewable from 3 sides with an overflow built on one complete end. A "herbie" setup will nearly eliminate noise. Feeding and lights will be on timers.
Cycle- To help the cycle along we will be using cured live rock and adding around 200 gallons of water from fish bank tanks from the store. The live rock will have sat in this water for 6 weeks or more before placement into the tank.
Due to the tanks minimal depth Red Coral will be making PVC structures to place the live rock down the middle of the tank as it is viewable on both large sides.

The stand has been constructed (trigger coatings) and delivered and set up. Information about the stand (from the trigger coatings mouth) and pictures will be put up this evening Jan 25th.

Kevin

[untamed]

I'm very curious to know what "oversized" skimmer you think is required. Are you going to try to fit this skimmer under the tank? That will be a trick.

[Red Coral Aquariums]

Originally Posted by untamed

I'm very curious to know what "oversized" skimmer you think is required. Are you going to try to fit this skimmer under the tank? That will be a trick.

At Red Coral we carry Hydor Skimmers and since we sell and service them and they wholesale out of Calgary we felt it would be our best option.
Performer 3000
26 in height
16.5x21.5 in footprint
793 gal heavy stocking
1057 gal normal stocking
3 recirc pumps
1 feed pump

With the inside of the sump at 17" and the possibility of going 21" inside and inside height of stand at 38.5" and also since the sump is dedicated to the P Skimmer we should have lots of room for maintenance. Any suggestions would be helpful. We do not want to carry a skimmer that there could be a possibility of not having readily available parts for and don't really have the room or financing to hold an additional one.

Kevin

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Red Coral Aquariums

With the 126" length large angels and large tangs (Sohol, Archilles, etc).

Awesome!!! That would be my choice as well! Good luck with the Achilles.