JK47's 225 Gallon Show Tank!

[Rockbass6]

Yeah I know what you mean, its just that alot of people, I'm not meaning you, but they are scared to go saltwater for whatever reason. Its expensive and hard or whatever, but you can get live rock used for $2 a pound on craigslist, a hydrometer, a measuring cup. Mixing salt isn't hard. I have both setups,whatever you choose though its a very nice tank, so it doesn't quite matter what goes in there. lol I actually pamper my fw fish more than my salt!!! haha
Good luck geos are pretty cool, expecially when they grow up!
and yea try those guys over at reefcentral, they should have a club or a classified section listed for your area where you can post those up.

 

[JK47]

UPDATE

So I got the tank moved into my new house today. Because of the plumping throught the bottom of the tank, I can't fill it up yet. I need to fix that somehow before I can fill it.

I need advice on the following:
1) What is the safest, cheapest and easiest way to plug these holes that WILL NOT fail, I am new to big acrylic. I would like input from those who have actually done this.



2) I have a crawl space under my dining room. Will this tank be too heavy for the floor? I ran the calulation found at the below link and the tank weight comes out to 2,217 LBS.

http://boonedocks.net/fishtank/ftweb.php

Water Type Freshwater
Material Acrylic
Tank Overhead Shape Rectangular
Length 72.00 in.
Width 24.00 in.
Height 30.00 in.
Wall-thickness 0.50 in.
Volume 224.42 gal (US)
Tank Material Weight 193.34 lbf
Water Volume 210.10 gal (US)
Water Weight 1748.27 lbf
Substrate Type Sand
Average Substrate Depth 3.00 in.
Substrate Weight 276.09 lbf
Approximate Total Weight 2217.69 lbf
Room Air Temperature 70.00 °F
Water Temperature 80.00 °F
Heating Capability Required 153.62 W
Approx. Total Fish Length 144.00 in.
Mass Required for 1 PPM 793.00 mg

The tank:



The view from my kitchen (yes I know, the hanging light has to go, priorities...)


Any takers???

 

[JK47]

Yeah I know what you mean, its just that alot of people, I'm not meaning you, but they are scared to go saltwater for whatever reason. Its expensive and hard or whatever, but you can get live rock used for $2 a pound on craigslist, a hydrometer, a measuring cup. Mixing salt isn't hard. I have both setups,whatever you choose though its a very nice tank, so it doesn't quite matter what goes in there. lol I actually pamper my fw fish more than my salt!!! haha
Good luck geos are pretty cool, expecially when they grow up!
and yea try those guys over at reefcentral, they should have a club or a classified section listed for your area where you can post those up.

Thanks man! Yeah I must admit, I am just not interested in changing to SW right now. When I can have more than one tank I want to go salt but I just don't want to start over with the only tank I have, especially if I don't know if it will make me happy. The tank I have been dreaming of will make me happy so I am going after that right now. One of my good friends ended up taking the fish. I would rather be able to hang out with him and see them than get $20 in store credit...

 

[Dan F]

UPDATE

So I got the tank moved into my new house today. Because of the plumping throught the bottom of the tank, I can't fill it up yet. I need to fix that somehow before I can fill it.

I need advice on the following:
1) What is the safest, cheapest and easiest way to plug these holes that WILL NOT fail, I am new to big acrylic. I would like input from those who have actually done this.
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2) I have a crawl space under my dining room. Will this tank be too heavy for the floor? I ran the calulation found at the below link and the tank weight comes out to 2,217 LBS.

http://boonedocks.net/fishtank/ftweb.php

Water Type Freshwater
Material Acrylic
Tank Overhead Shape Rectangular
Length 72.00 in.
Width 24.00 in.
Height 30.00 in.
Wall-thickness 0.50 in.
Volume 224.42 gal (US)
Tank Material Weight 193.34 lbf
Water Volume 210.10 gal (US)
Water Weight 1748.27 lbf
Substrate Type Sand
Average Substrate Depth 3.00 in.
Substrate Weight 276.09 lbf
Approximate Total Weight 2217.69 lbf
Room Air Temperature 70.00 °F
Water Temperature 80.00 °F
Heating Capability Required 153.62 W
Approx. Total Fish Length 144.00 in.
Mass Required for 1 PPM 793.00 mg

The tank:
View attachment 376530


The view from my kitchen (yes I know, the hanging light has to go, priorities...)
View attachment 376533

Any takers???

Sweet tank! I like the dimensions, same as my 300 but 2' shorter.

There are a couple ways you could go about plugging those holes, but you might consider using them. If you want to do it permanently you could get some acrylic cement and glue some little squares of acrylic (at least 1/4") over the holes. The other thing you could do is install bulkheads and then glue a capped piece of PVC in it (this will only work if you have a fairly deep substrate to hide them).

Post some pictures when it's full!

 

[swede]

as far as weight bearing goes, just make sure the tank is running against the joists, crossing over them and not running alongside them. this MAY mean you need to use another wall. but this is going to decrease possibilities in the floor bowing. as far as the plumbing goes, i do not have experience in plugging something like that.... i'm guessing it went to the sump? the bad thing about it is that its on the bottom, but the good thing is you can easily cover it with substrate to hide whatever you do to plug the hole. do you think a kitchen sink drain plug would fit the hole? what is the diameter? what i was thinking is plus the hole with the sink plug, then seal it with a bead of silicone. If you had a tight fit, and the substrate weighing it down ALONG with the silicone or other sealant, i think it MAY work...... but i'm totally coming up with this on the go like macgyver, so take what i say with a grain of salt.

 

[swede]

BTW, what are you going to stock? are you looking for suggestions?

 

[Denominator]

So you're converting the original tank to your own fresh water tank right?
I just want to reccomend that a sump would be nice!

Hey If you want, I have a 55gallon diy sump for free if you want it come pick it up. All you need for it is bio balls and a pump.

 

[Zeppelin3k]

Looks great. Just wondering how much you would let that canister go for?

 

[JK47]

Sweet tank! I like the dimensions, same as my 300 but 2' shorter.

There are a couple ways you could go about plugging those holes, but you might consider using them. If you want to do it permanently you could get some acrylic cement and glue some little squares of acrylic (at least 1/4") over the holes. The other thing you could do is install bulkheads and then glue a capped piece of PVC in it (this will only work if you have a fairly deep substrate to hide them).

Post some pictures when it's full!

What up Dan! I don't want a cap sticking up in the middle of my tank. The holes are 2" I think. They are for 1.5" bulkheads. I have the bulkheads so if I were to install them and then cap it off underneath the tank with a 4"-6" of PVC and a cap cemented, would that hold the weight and water pressure? The bulkead were hooked up to soft hose running to a Ocean Clear filter via an external pump and it held up to the weight/pressure.

That way in the future if I decide to plumb it I can just cut off the cap and hard line it. I like what your saying about keeping it because maybe I can work out a DIY drain for WC's.

 

[JK47]

as far as weight bearing goes, just make sure the tank is running against the joists, crossing over them and not running alongside them. this MAY mean you need to use another wall. but this is going to decrease possibilities in the floor bowing. as far as the plumbing goes, i do not have experience in plugging something like that.... i'm guessing it went to the sump? the bad thing about it is that its on the bottom, but the good thing is you can easily cover it with substrate to hide whatever you do to plug the hole. do you think a kitchen sink drain plug would fit the hole? what is the diameter? what i was thinking is plus the hole with the sink plug, then seal it with a bead of silicone. If you had a tight fit, and the substrate weighing it down ALONG with the silicone or other sealant, i think it MAY work...... but i'm totally coming up with this on the go like macgyver, so take what i say with a grain of salt.

This is a VERY stupid question but how to I tell what direction the floor joists go? Are there rules for building that dictate the direction?

BTW, what are you going to stock? are you looking for suggestions?

I am pretty dead set on an Amazon community but really have only decided a couple of species so far. My L240 pleco's, black ghost knife, sev's, a few red head geo's, school of torpedo barbs (not amazonian, I know, just like them) nothing major so far. I am just looking for allot of activity.