I am building my new house and doing 2 vertical 1000 gallon tanks on each side of the fireplace. Here are the details. I am designing and building myself so any input would be appreciated. I will be doing mostly cichlid but community tank with other fish
- 18" footing with #5 rebar also #5bar 8" o.c. through footing into walls
- 10' tall by 48"x48" interior
- using 48"x96" 2" thick acrylic
- walls are 8x8x166 block with #5 (5/8") rebar every 8" horizontal and vertical
- walls filled solid with 3000 psi concrete
- header solid concrete with 4 #5 bars horizontal
- has it own room in between for pumps and access with ladder and walkway, behind 7' fireplace
- was going to use hydrostatic concrete inside with reinforced mesh then black pond armor
- angle iron to hold acrylic on outside with 1/2" redheads into solid block
- was going to have auto fillers with own reverse osmosis
- water chiller of 200' pipe in refrig
- access room has own HVAC system, mini split
- 2 above ground ground sand pool filters each 3000 GPH
- 2 backup fine filters 500 GPH
- underwater LED lights
- I have 2 2" pipes to exterior