1900 Gallon Tank Ideas

[420Coupe]

I've opted to keep the somewhat every 10" 4x4 placement since my sump/reserve tank below will need the added support to be able to hold the extra water incase of power outage etc. Also definitely have a house drain close by but was hoping water changes were going to be closer to a monthly/bimonthly basis due to larger amount of water, which in my head is more dilution.

Although since i will be using the 12' rows as my sump/reserve tank i was wondering if i could just add more filtration below have an entire 12' row be mechanical, another 12' chemical (carbon), and another 12' row of biological, as this will allow for plenty of room/time for the water to be filtered. Or is this just an over kill ?

Regardless i feel the same way about metal which is why you only see wood.

 

[sashimimaster]

I think 10" spacing is going to be very tight. Just to reach in there will be a PITA. You would have to build your sump into the stand and if for some reason it leaks or you need to remove it you'll have to cut it up. You probably only need around 36 support posts.

 

[jshep105]

Wow that looks awesome. I wish i could get a 1900G tank haha. You should think about how you are going to do water changes efficiently. Also leave room to be able to access the sump for maintenance. Judging by the sketch, there does not seem to be enough. Good luck


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[420Coupe]

I think 10" spacing is going to be very tight. Just to reach in there will be a PITA. You would have to build your sump into the stand and if for some reason it leaks or you need to remove it you'll have to cut it up. You probably only need around 36 support posts.

i was doing around 10lbs per gallon of water, somewhat including sand + live rocks/coral in tank lets say roughly ~1800gallon tank so lets say 18,000 lbs why not round up and make it 20,000lbs to be on the safe side.

 

[420Coupe]

Wow that looks awesome. I wish i could get a 1900G tank haha. You should think about how you are going to do water changes efficiently. Also leave room to be able to access the sump for maintenance. Judging by the sketch, there does not seem to be enough. Good luck


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haha thanks thats what im trying to take into consideration right now is the regular scheduled maintenance needed as well as filtration system. Hopefully i wont need that many water changes as i am trying for a SW tank and dont want to be paying for SALT that often LOL

 

[sashimimaster]

Ok so with each post supporting 400lbs you only need 50 of them. That's a lot less than you show in your sketch. So your factor of safety is huge. You should be fine with a lot bigger spacing.

 

[420Coupe]

Ok so with each post supporting 400lbs you only need 50 of them. That's a lot less than you show in your sketch. So your factor of safety is huge. You should be fine with a lot bigger spacing.

ok redoing the plans now, there was about 70 supporting in the sketch.

 

[420Coupe]

once again total redesign LOL at least i've not started construction and still getting everything perfect in 'theory' before i attempt it. On to the pictures.


Bottom

Top before plywood bottom

Top with plywood as bottom of tank

Sides

Isometric View

 

[420Coupe]

If you see above you can see the reservoir tank i've designed to filter the water from 1 end to the next, still debating whether or not to use the entire 12' span for each type of filtration. Suggestions would greatly be appreciated on the best way to keep from having to do frequent water changes as I'd like to keep the Salt/Water Price relatively low month to month.

 

[Egon]

Holy over constructed Batman! Wow. Where's the sump going to go? Oh, your going to serpentine the sump through all that lumber? Cool! At least your still in the drawing stage and we can talk you out of some of this
Edit: I didn't realize this was SW, I'm going to stop commenting on filtration. I know nothing about SW filtration.