My 300 gallon Drop Off Reef Tank Build

[-=James=-]

Sick build. Cant wait to see how it turns out.

PS: Gripenfelter, you were from Calgary right? I recognized the name. Zeus was a sick dog!

[Gripenfelter]

Originally Posted by -=James=-

Sick build. Cant wait to see how it turns out.

PS: Gripenfelter, you were from Calgary right? I recognized the name. Zeus was a sick dog!

I'm from Winnipeg but I'm a moderator on a few car forums in Calgary.

Thanks dude. Dec 7 was the 1 yr anniversary of his murder.

[-=James=-]

Originally Posted by Gripenfelter

I'm from Winnipeg but I'm a moderator on a few car forums in Calgary.

Thanks dude. Dec 7 was the 1 yr anniversary of his murder.

Sorry to hear man. Good luck with the new tank though!!

[Gripenfelter]

Got delayed a little bit. Been working on a deck so the new pup can go do his business in the dog run. Pup comes in 3 weeks. Anyways, plumbing for closed loop system is done. Water test completed. No leaks. So the next step is adding sand and rock then finish hooking up the sump.

[lockrookie]

just got a bit od a concern as far as your closed loop goes..... you donthaveany shut off valves incase of pump problems that cansee... you unhook that thing and drainyour tank... unless i just dont see it.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by lockrookie

just got a bit od a concern as far as your closed loop goes..... you donthaveany shut off valves incase of pump problems that cansee... you unhook that thing and drainyour tank... unless i just dont see it.

I think I see a check valve in each line. But I wouldn't trust a check valve either. But at least it would take a long time to drain the tank out with a leaky check valve.

[Gripenfelter]

I have ball valves on each outlet plus one on the drain. Those aren't check valves. They are quick disconnects. I'll snap a pic tonight.

[Gripenfelter]

[Gripenfelter]

I went a different way for the sump. Instead of one big tank I decided to go with 3 smaller ones. It allows me to isolate a certain chamber if there is an issue or if I want to change something later.



Got my RO system up and running. Filling sump as we speak.

QUESTION:

A local aquarium builder told me it would be better to fill in the section under the drop off completely with sand, worms, and crabs and make a deep sand bed as opposed to filling it with some rocks and running a pump in there to circulate water.

Opinions?

In other words fill in this section with deep sand (imagine a piece of glass across the top):

[ashr]

very cool idea, cant wait to see it done!