my 500 gallon reef tank

[madkeenreefer]

Hi Steve,
Looking good love your fish selection so far,
I would have one thing to suggest to you and that would be to put some more vertical supports into your stand in the corners at to aid sure your tank does not delaminate at the ends.
check link for pic
www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1567110&highlight=stand+calculato r

[steve the plumb]

I did add more vertical posts but you don't see them in the pics.I added them after I placed the tank on the stand.There is a post every 6 to 8 inches.


The BRS reactor is sitting in my overflow because I have no sump as of yet.I have 37 fish and no filtration other than water movement and gfo plus carbon and water change,Yes I do things backwards.

Rafal is very good he is helping me with the lights.I need to build I light rack.I plan on making an l shaped bracket that I can raise or lower.My welder is going to come to my house to finish the railings in the front of my home so when he finally gets his butt over here I can get him to build me 2 brackets.Lets see when that will happen.

List of fish:
2 x hippo tangs
1 x sailfin tang
1 x unicorn tang (vlamengi)
1 x chocolate tang
1 x yellow tang
1 x clown tang
1 x long nose hawk fish
1 x x mas wrasse
1 x 6 line wrasse
1 x convict blenny
1 x bi color blenny
2 x golden midas blenny
1 x valienti puffer
1 x toby puffer
10 x green chromis
1 x antheis
1 x cleaner shrimp
1 x female blue throat trigger
1 x male blue throat trigger
2 x regular clown fish
1 x black clown fish
1 x fox face
1 x rabbit fish
1 x powder blue tang
1 x goby (forget what species

[Myka]

Welcome to CanReef!

That is a great looking tank, lots of work! Being a carpenter though, your framing scares the **** out of me. That tank will have over 4000 lbs of water in it!

[abcha0s]

The video still isn't working. I'm not sure how anyone else could access it?

I'm confused though. You said you took the PAR measurements outside of the tank. I'm pretty sure that the optical characteristics of air and water are completely different?

Maybe I'm just confused about the testing methodology. If you are testing through the air and not water, can you explain the relevance of 26 inches and how this would translate to an equivelant measurement in a tank?

Looking forward to the video.

Thanks

- Brad

[steve the plumb]

Originally Posted by Myka

Welcome to CanReef!

That is a great looking tank, lots of work! Being a carpenter though, your framing scares the **** out of me. That tank will have over 4000 lbs of water in it!

The frame is pretty strong believe it or not.I added 2 x 4 every 6 inches and I glued them and screwed them.What you saw was pics I took while I was building it but after I placed the tank on the top I went and added even more 2x4 and added more cross braces.I didn't take pics because I was working inside the stand and it was kind of a pain because for every 2 x 4 I had to go in the stand measure go out cut the wood and then go back in and screw and glue it.I can empty my stand and take pictures of the inside to show you.The plywood alone is pretty dam strong.I doubt this stand will collapse.I would be in big trouble this is why I went overboard.