New All Glass 1700ltr setup. (457gal)

[BFT]

G'day,

Thought I might post a few pics of my Setup I started a couple of months ago.

Building everything myself except for the tank itself.

Specs:

Tank: 3040mm x 755mm x 755mm (10ft x 2.5ft x 2.5ft)
1732ltrs or 457gal

Filtration: 2x Fluval FX5 Cannister's
4x 1200lph internals (not bought yet)

Heating: 2x Eheim Jagger 300watt heaters.

Lighting: 4x 150watt metal halide pendants

Substrate: 200kg of 2mm Black gravel

Stand: Custom made steel (40mm x 40mm x 3mm SHS)
Welded up by my old man and myself, will have cupboards to match my kitchen (2k metalic brown with a gold flick, and Stainless steel handles), and a hood to match, minus the stainless handles!

Anyway, enough yabbering from me, here are some photo's of the progress.

Tank at the tank builders, almost cured and ready fo me to take home.

This is the tank in it's postion sitting on the custom trolley we made to make it easily movable whilst we were still building the stand.

Few photo's of my old man welding up the stand. (Thanks Dad!)

Getting closer

Almost there

Time to lift the 300kg tank up onto it's new home, took 6 blokes to lift it up onto the 900mm high stand.

Few of the boys that helped out. (Thanks boy's, couldn't of done it with out you!)

Moving it all back into it's postion with a Pallet Jack.

These are some photo's of the filter media & the lights.

Lights

This is what the cupboards will look like, really bad picture, but they are a mettalic brown with a gold flick 2k paint (just like your car's paint)

Last photo, this is the tank with one of the filters hooked up and a 1 of the heaters in it's rough postion.

Thats it for the moment.

I'm hanging the light fixtures this weekend, so I will update this post again probably Sunday night with a few photo's of how that went.

I'm hoping to wash the gravel and rocks in the next couple of week's, then I can finally add water!

I should mention that all of this has been our wedding present. Would never of been able to afford it without the generosity of our friends.

Cheers
Dan

 

[hbluehunter]

AWESOME setup!!! I wish i had wedding presents like that!!

 

[Bsixxx]

damn thats really nice


what do you plan on stocking it with?

 

[BFT]

Stocking, hmm. Thats a sore point at the moment.

I was wanting to put some cichlids in there, but the powers to be doesn't like that idea, they swim to fast according to her. Not relaxing, so as I was lucky enough to have a wife who enjoys my hobby and lets me endulge in it to this degree I have to admit I folded, and we are going to be stocking it with a truck load of tropical fish. ie: tetra's and the likes. Lightly planted it should look pretty damn cool with huge schools of neons, angels etc..

 

[Coutl]

that big of tank and your doing community fish lmao

 

[ani-mal-lvr]

And what an impressive community it will be.
Congrats on the setup!!!!
Lookin forward to this beast of a tank filled with tropicals!!!
Think Puntius Denisonii a really big shoal!!!! Also dont be forgeting a few plecs.

 

[rkc772]

it seems that your house was built to have that 10ft tank, just right of that space.

very nice and clean!

 

[BFT]

coutl: Whats wrong with community fish? I'll never have to worry about them outgrowing the tank, or the need to "suicide" a fish because it's to big.

ani-mal-lvr: Yeah, i think it should look pretty awsome once it's finished to.
those "Puntius Denisonii" are a really nice looking fish, will definately have to look into them.

rkc772: That comment about the house being built for the tank is actually spot on. We built the house last year with the tank in mind, reinforced the concrete slab a little extra under where it sits, ran a completely seperate electricity circuit to the tank etc. Some people say we built the house around the tank.

Cheers
Dan

 

[sma]

that tank looks great

 

[rkc772]

wow... true indeed... so every outlet is set up for high wattage and high amps. just amazing.

when i get my next house... i will built it ground zero.. (i hope houses won't be on the $500th-up anymore... ) and have a space dedicated like what you did. it makes me more comfortable knowing it is built for my tank.

post some more pictures... you're going to do a community tank right? wow! that would be just beautiful!!! planted i suppose? with all the light i see. this will be an awesome planted tank with community fish in it. keep us posted!