Beginnings of a 220Uk gallon reeftank

[Navarre]

My new tank has finally arrived and ready for collection.

I probbly wont get it in the house until the new year now but during this time i have still got lots to do.
Primarily the design of filtration and circulation etc.

The design i have done below shows that i will be using 2 sumps, the 1st one is a mineral mud/macro algae sump connected to a rubblezone sump with a crypto zone inserted.

The return pump is a Newjet 3000. I have designed 2 closed loop systems that will push a powerful flow up from the base directly at the liverock. In the rear corner will eventually be 2 tunze stream units on a variable wave maker. This will create a flow of between 6,000-24,000ltrs per hour turn over fromthe tunze alone

The 3rd sump area is an RO water top which will automatically handle evaporation as this will be a factor with a possible 3x 400w halides over the tank.

The piccy is still the priliminary deisng stage and might yet change significantly but its here to sound out any queries or observations i might have overlooked. (its also good for anyone who might be interested in marines and is not sure how to set up a large tank.

 

[fufanu360]

wow very cool!! musta cost u a million bucks!

u msut keep us updated man

 

[Discomafia]

Good job, keep us updated. Must have cost you a bomb, a 220 UK gallon reef tank. What are your plans for the tank? FO, FOWL, ... ??? And how big are your sumps?

 

[Aussie_Star]

Thats crazy, 220 gallons , my mum wouldnt be happy if i turned up with that lol

 

[DeadlyAlliance]

Nice, please post some pics as soon as you get it setup.

 

[Navarre]

Well the tank has infally arrived! After a few heartstopping moments we eventually got it in the van My god its heavy! 10mm glass all around with 20mm glass base! believe me its something i hope to never do again!

Its being taken to a friends workshop tonight to be drilled in preparations for the sumps and closed loop systems.

Here is a piccy of the tank still in the van with my 5 year old son as a size comparison!

 

[Paul_MTS]

Very impressive, good luck getting it through the house my 200 gallon was doing summer saults to get it into place, lucky I didn't have the double base on the side i was lifting

Have fun!!

 

[Sanj]

Even with the little man in the picture, I still cant quite get the size in perspective, It looks smaller than i would think...I mean I am looking at mine and then looking at this...think it is because it is not length ways?

Wait to see it in place

84"...phwoarr...would make anyone giddy!!

 

[fufanu360]

it only has 10mm glass!!!!!!!!! i would have like something more towars 1/2 inch, or 5/8 inch glass for that big of a tank, good thing it has a thick bottom, but still!

 

[Navarre]

Its only 24" high with 3 brace bars across the length of the tank. It has been tried and tested as a reef setup already so i know it can take the pressure.

I still cant quite get the size in perspective,

If it helps put it into perspective, the end of the tank is almost touching the drivers seat of the van

 

[fufanu360]

ohhh, never saw the big ol' brace across it )

 

[smithrc]

wow - what sort of flow rate will it be?
(and what pumps are you planning on using?)

 

[Stryker]

wow - what sort of flow rate will it be?
(and what pumps are you planning on using?)

Think thats covered in his post at the top of this thread.

EDIT: "only 24" deep", you bragging or something? My FW tank is 'only' 24" deep, well 24 of water + 2. and may I say what a pain in the backside that is for maintenance, esp if you've no access to the rear side.

 

[andywg]

The only thing I would say is to make sure you're happy with the flowrate before getting it drilled, (not easy to add more afterwards by the look of the picture). since as we all know, in reefs, too much flow is almost never enough (isn't the target area around 20-30 times the tank volume per hour?)

Then again, having done the maths, you should (with the three pumps and the tunze system) have around 20-30,000 litres per hour, around 20-30 times tank volume.

Hmm, very nice. Only thing that would worry me would be making sure that the flow rate hits all parts of the liverock. Have you thought about using that system you designed for someone else (sorry, I forget the name now) by having pipes run along under almost all the live rock with smallish holes drilled in them to force the water all round the LR?

Also, have you thought about sound deadening? I can see two pumps that are likely to be very powerful and out of the water. (Mine made a hell of a racket out of the water and was soon placed inside).

One last thought, the floor! I know you've probably already thought of this but in large tanks it should always be one of the first things considered.

Other than that I can think of nothing you won't already have. I wish you the best of luck, and patience of the highest order. It's always too tempting to rush the end (and that's when all my troubles happen ) )

 

[smithrc]

wow - what sort of flow rate will it be?
(and what pumps are you planning on using?)

Think thats covered in his post at the top of this thread.

EDIT: "only 24" deep", you bragging or something? My FW tank is 'only' 24" deep, well 24 of water + 2. and may I say what a pain in the backside that is for maintenance, esp if you've no access to the rear side.

/me opens his eyes and concentrates on not being distracted by the pretty picture

oh yeah