[GoBigOrGoHome]

Thought I'd post pictures of a new build my uncle and I are working on. Take some guesses at how many gallons it is!
Me in front of the basement viewing window

Top down view from the pool room with my uncle inside

Me standing in front of the skimmer holding the collection cup

Me inside the tank

Outer rim of the tank from the pool room

[Danh]

Heck yeah! I've wanted to do something like that with a room above it where you see it as a pond. Make it like a little rainforest up there. Just in my dreams though... I guess you're doing SW though, right?

I'd say that's about 9,000US gal.

[Loubard]

Damn!! Nice spot for a tank! How are you going to treat the concrete to hold water? And for salt water the tank is to deep for corals etc so I guess this is going to be a shark/ray tank?

I would say this is about 20.000 gallons.

[GoBigOrGoHome]

Danh: This will in fact be something of a rainforest above, with palms, bananas, and citrus trees in planters, hopefully along with some pitcher plants and a Titan arum(Amorphophallus titanum). We will build an extra planter near the tank for mangroves which will be attached to the tank, in which we'll probably place some kind of moray eel to reside amongst the roots of the mangroves.

Loubard: The concrete will be smoothed and then treated with a deep blue-colored epoxy, the kind that people use to seal warehouse and garage floors. It can take a beating and is non-toxic. This tank will be centered around 6 bamboo sharks and a few rays, but the goal is to be able to keep some corals in the upper 3-4 feet of water. It will be lit by 4x1000w and 8x400w halides, so corals that high will be feasible. The only question is can we have enough coral in there that the few butterflies and angels we keep cant eat faster than they can grow. I've got a plan for this which perhaps I'll fill you in on later.


I'm not going to say anything about the capacity yet. I wanna see some more guesses!

This post has been edited by GoBigOrGoHome: 06 July 2009 - 05:01 PM

[Danh]

AWww.... I guess 9,000g from 14'x8'x10'


So you also have to keep birds in the "rain forest." Like a Macaw or toucan or something. To make my dream come true at least.

[Loubard]

Sound very awesome mate! Please keep us updated on the progress.

[Chad]

Sweet Mother Mary of God.

[Infblue]

WOW that's beyond impressive! your rain forest setup sounds sweet!! i know it's probably gonna be a while, but i can't wait to see it up and running!

i'm gonna guess around 10,000 US gal

[GoBigOrGoHome]

Hoping for Winter of 2010 to have it operational and lightly stocked. building the filter at the moment. We'll add six shark purses and hope they all hatch. If not, we'll keep goin till we have 6 bamboo sharks. We'll raise them to a decent size as this tank will be quite active and a little rambunctious at times, so we want these fish to thrive and thus we'll give them a head start. And yes, the filter is large enough to raise 6 bamboo sharks.

[Danh]

So how big is it????