My 300 gallon Drop Off Reef Tank Build

[TimT]

Hi Grip,

Looks great and love the idea.

Only one small concern.
The submersible pump under the shelf will be a nightmare to service. I would either move it above the lid or use a Korallia blowing down into the first chamber next to the overflows.

My recommendation would be to put some fist sized chunks of live rock in the chambers. Have a Korallia or two blowing water down into the first chamber next to overflows. Put some egg crate on the holes in the last chamber to stop snails, crabs and fish from getting in. That area is a great place to have the bio filtration happening. As an added bonus you could have the korallia's on a computer UPS so that in case of a power failure you don't lose the tank. A computer UPS will run a Korallia for a long time.

Cheers,
Tim

[Gripenfelter]

Originally Posted by TimT

Hi Grip,

Looks great and love the idea.

Only one small concern.
The submersible pump under the shelf will be a nightmare to service. I would either move it above the lid or use a Korallia blowing down into the first chamber next to the overflows.

My recommendation would be to put some fist sized chunks of live rock in the chambers. Have a Korallia or two blowing water down into the first chamber next to overflows. Put some egg crate on the holes in the last chamber to stop snails, crabs and fish from getting in. That area is a great place to have the bio filtration happening. As an added bonus you could have the korallia's on a computer UPS so that in case of a power failure you don't lose the tank. A computer UPS will run a Korallia for a long time.

Cheers,
Tim

Thanks Tim. I'll look into moving the pump above the shelf and hiding it with rock. Thanks again for all your help with the plumbing supplies.

[Gripenfelter]

Even though it's 314 gallons I'm a little scared to add my false perc clowns to it with my black clowns in there. My black clowns are still young and do not host anemones. They just do laps of the entire tank. Hopefully the mirror trick will work otherwise I'll have to fish 2 of them out.
Anyways here are some more pics. Still need to add about 75 lbs more rock for aquascaping and get some more cool rock from Fish Whisperer.
Anyways, turned the lights 90 degrees around for the corals. They are too close to the surface so I don't get a nice spread of light. The lights over the deep end will be length wise.

[The Grizz]

Cool thanks for the more detailed pics of the OF, that is exactly what I thought it was and helps with my design greatly.

[Gripenfelter]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Cool thanks for the more detailed pics of the OF, that is exactly what I thought it was and helps with my design greatly.

Here is an exploded pic:



This is the secondary siphon.


The primary siphon is identical to the secondary except that it doesn't have the tube fitting on the top. The emergency siphon is identical to the primary siphon except that it has it's elbow turned upwards.

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by Gripenfelter

Here is an exploded pic:



This is the secondary siphon.


The primary siphon is identical to the secondary except that it doesn't have the tube fitting on the top. The emergency siphon is identical to the primary siphon except that it has it's elbow turned upwards.

This is so awesome, what program are you using?

Thanks

[Gripenfelter]

Originally Posted by Coleus

This is so awesome, what program are you using?

Thanks

I didn't draw those particular ones but I always use Google Sketchup for 3D renderings. It's free and there are lots of video tutorials on how to use it.

[Skimmerking]

I would add the clowns right away just to get them in there serious thou since they have young and wont be bothered so much