DIY Concrete Aquarium 5,000 gallon - Anderson Family Reef

[dca22anderson]

darn. Can you dump like five more cbbs in

I'd like to but they would all have to go through QT and I don't think the one in there will last long enough to try that. Each night I go up to the overlook and try and net him out... I'll keep trying...

 

[dca22anderson]

Working on connecting the two - 200 gallon sumps in the next few days and maybe even the 500 gallon for water changes…

Still need to do some wire management once I get the semi permanent gear in place.

 

[tritonpower]

Here is a side view of the tank and some close ups of some of the bigs…

Amazing to watch this build and to see it today. Where are all the cardinals hiding?

 

[tritonpower]

A shoal/school of 30+ chromis would be pretty cool.

I agree. Check out Keiji Oda on facebook. He has a huge tank with 100 chromis. It is beautiful to see.

 

[mehaffydr]

Tank is lookin good you have made a lot of progress since I was out there.

 

[flagg37]

Tank is lookin good you have made a lot of progress since I was out there.

I know right? I don’t know how he has time to do it all. I’ve made nearly no progress on my build in almost a year.

 

[dca22anderson]

Amazing to watch this build and to see it today. Where are all the cardinals hiding?

They are breeding behind the tall back rock wall. I left 8” between the crates and the wall and the crates are hollow for the most part so they are loving some peace and quiet back there…

I agree. Check out Keiji Oda on facebook. He has a huge tank with 100 chromis. It is beautiful to see.

I love the look of that tank!! And I will load up on chromis once the filtration is dialed in

Tank is lookin good you have made a lot of progress since I was out there.

I try and do a decent sized project each week with it and after a few weeks we are getting somewhere!!

I know right? I don’t know how he has time to do it all. I’ve made nearly no progress on my build in almost a year.

It’s my Saturday thing… I do big projects on Saturday’s (and sometimes weeknights if they are smaller) after my daughters Mountainbike races and in between my son’s football games… I love it so I always try and make time for the build…

 

[dca22anderson]

Here are some Bigs swimming around in there!! I need to dive in and clean the glass and straighten up a few corals today. That glass is embarrassing!!

 

[OSUASCReefer]

What is the big tang in the first pic with the yellow on its fins?

 

[dca22anderson]

What is the big tang in the first pic with the yellow on its fins?

He’s a yellowfin surgeonfish…

 

[dca22anderson]

So one of the Hammerhead Gold return pumps now pulls water from both bins and the top 2” bulkhead try’s to keep the water levels the same in both sumps returning water to the new sump…

Still have some cord management to handle but the plumbing works and is rocking!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Top down feeding today

 

[dca22anderson]

Side view feeding today

 

[748S911]

Hookamax, seemed like a good one…

I’m gonna need one too! Loving your progress, reef is looking amazing!

 

[dca22anderson]

9/1/22
**4530 gallons with second sump total active water best guess** (still need to add the 500 gallon bin and 500 gallon water change barrel)

Ca - 440 Sal - 66.9oz to 480

Alk - 11.2 Sal

Mg - 1420 Sal

Salt - 1.0255

Nitrate - 50 Red Sea

Dosed half bottle Lugols
Dosing 300ml of Nopox nightly

Needs a dive and a good clean this weekend!!

 

[noopsyche]

your video can not be post a comment. Record the whole process is great!

 

[najer]

How is the copperband situation?
Looking great.

 

[dca22anderson]

How is the copperband situation?
Looking great.

Lost the one that was getting beat up. Tried for nights to net him out but he stopped coming up to the top by the standing platform... Kind of bummed but I will look for pairs in the future.

 

[najer]

Lost the one that was getting beat up. Tried for nights to net him out but he stopped coming up to the top by the standing platform... Kind of bummed but I will look for pairs in the future.

It did look thin, sorry you lost it but let's hope that that is the worst of any aggression out of the way.

 

[flagg37]

9/1/22
**4530 gallons with second sump total active water best guess** (still need to add the 500 gallon bin and 500 gallon water change barrel)

Ca - 440 Sal - 66.9oz to 480

Alk - 11.2 Sal

Mg - 1420 Sal

Salt - 1.0255

Nitrate - 50 Red Sea

Dosed half bottle Lugols
Dosing 300ml of Nopox nightly

Needs a dive and a good clean this weekend!!

Imagine the money to be made for the guy who invents algae resistant glass.