The Behemoth Tank

[Themuleous]

Thats a crazy tank Tom, thanks for sharing the update, looks quality and actually very natural (no offence intended, I forget you do this for a living!), like you cut a square out from a river and put it in a tank.

It certainly is huuuuuge!

Sam

 

[lljdma06]

That is just big, really big. It's amazing, though. You've told us your fish list, and the tank looks like empty. Where are the fish? But again, that's probably because the tank is big.

That's a great scape, too. It looks like a museum or public aquarium tank. Are all the plants and animals part of the same biotope? You may have already addressed this and I apologize if you have answered that question already.

Makes me want to be rich, Tom, really, really rich.

llj

 

[Themuleous]

Makes me want to be rich, Tom, really, really rich.

Ditto!

 

[PaulasPets]

Wow thats one hell of a tank I'd love to see some pictures of the sump/filtering.

Paula

 

[madcaow]

madness!

 

[plantbrain]

Wow thats one hell of a tank I'd love to see some pictures of the sump/filtering.

Paula

See below.
That's just the mech filters.
They have 100micron ,50, 5, 1 micron sizing so we can polish the water anytime down to 1 micron for events etc.
The sump is about 200 gal, 700 Gallon RO tank, 1000gph RO filter, about 3000gph right now.
6ft Fluidized bed filter. 2 ADA beetle 50's, 2 3/4" mazzii venturis, 500w/UV's etc.


I will be doing some Los Angeles Zoo exhibit work actually, The Vampire SA fish will be one and the tiger fish as well. Hopefullly, a nice predator series of several tanks over the the next few years.

This is a very high exporsure tank, many famous designers see this and say it's their favorite thing is the house. Lots of high profile folks.

The fish are added once the client settles in on scape, which he finally has and I still have a few things let to do and wait for the plants to grow in, such a naked tank right now.

I want to add some nice rock since he removes some nice wood I had and add a large upward curving piece on the right side to balance the left.

The stocking will start after this weekend.

Then we cannot keep playing with the tank and have to let it do it's thing and grow in.

Over time I think the foreground will be mainly Erios, Dowoni, Crypt parva, Hair grass.
We will see.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[CBBP]

you have such an awesome job. is the tank in a wall and then all its equip. behind it or what? I mean like.. can you give us a lay ou of where the filter is in respect to the tank?

 

[plantbrain]

It's built into the wall, but it's not really that way either.
the doors open up for max access to the tank to work on it.
There are 2 side and back doors to crawl in for work in the rear/sides.
The filter room is off to the side and there's a refrig/freeze and sink etc for the food and maintenace junk.
The overflows have dual redundant 2" PVC drains and dual 2" PVC drain pipes for water changes.
I can drain the tank is less than 30 minutues, filling takes about 1-1.5 hour with a full RO tank.

So a typical water change will take about 2 hours and you can clean things, add CO2 tanks, filter media, prune, scrub glass etc while this is going on.

It's not as bad as you might think.
Still, it is 4 feet deep (122cm).



Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[mikster]

Beats getting a home cinema if you ask me.

 

[plantbrain]

There is one(home theater) with much nicers seats upstairs. Seats about 30.

There is also a 50" LCD TV in this room on the other wall, but it will not get much use.
The client does not watch much, nor do I.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[DarkEntity]

Thats tropical aquarium for the super rich, it is bloody lovely, but for us mere mortals way way beyond anything we will ever touch

 

[plantbrain]

I'm not super rich but I get to see it.

Fish are going to be added here this week coming up.
I have told the client not to add anything till things settle down, algae is fine, planting is 100% done etc.
He keeps messing with it but does not mind waiting till everything is in good shape, he cares about the livestock a great deal so that is a key thing.
It is for myself as well.


Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[zig]

That tank is pretty bright if that shot is take without a tripod, light balance between the flash and the tank is pretty perfect, usually=very bright light source from tank...........

Any way you can post bigger pics Tom?

 

[tetraman]

What fish? 3,000 neon tetras? That would be super-duper sweetness!!!

 

[CBBP]

I can't wait to see those dicus and angles and neons.. any plants for anyother fish or jsut those three? >> wold be a ncie tank for huge clown loaches no?

Hey PB... how do you get into suck a job? and how do you get clients etc. etc.? PM if you you want.. if you even want to answer.