DIY Concrete Aquarium 5,000 gallon - Anderson Family Reef

[dca22anderson]

Nothing to see here… just some clownfish boxing!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Built a platform to hold all the reactors today above the sump. Sulfur Denitrator, CaRx, and dosing Lanthanum Chloride to the Reef Octopus 300 little skimmer… little temporary without my long term sump but it’s coming together…

 

[Sean Clark]

What sulfur media did you go with? I have been having a hard time finding beeds and a lot of the prills have clay in them as a binder; though the clay may not even be a real issue.

 

[dca22anderson]

What sulfur media did you go with? I have been having a hard time finding beeds and a lot of the prills have clay in them as a binder; though the clay may not even be a real issue.

I ordered it from Deltec, I couldn’t find any either… it’s hard to find these days

 

[Fudsey]

What sulfur media did you go with? I have been having a hard time finding beeds and a lot of the prills have clay in them as a binder; though the clay may not even be a real issue.

Pure Sulfur Prills for Plants, Crops & Fish Tanks (99.5% Purity)

Pure Sulfur prills contain 100% sulfur (the purest source) and contains no fillers or additives. The result: higher quality plants, crops, and flowers with more vigorous growth and increased yields.

purechemco.com

 

[dca22anderson]

Pure Sulfur Prills for Plants, Crops & Fish Tanks (99.5% Purity)

Pure Sulfur prills contain 100% sulfur (the purest source) and contains no fillers or additives. The result: higher quality plants, crops, and flowers with more vigorous growth and increased yields.

purechemco.com

Love that option! Basically the same stuff…

 

[dca22anderson]

Finished the reactor/utility platform…

 

[Bpp124987]

nice. These are sitting behind the tank?

 

[dca22anderson]

nice. These are sitting behind the tank?

Yes In the fish room behind the tank…

 

[dca22anderson]

Christmas Eve Full Tank Video! Reef On Friends!!

 

[dca22anderson]

I love this stuff!!

 

[Crazy35111]

Love the build!

 

[dca22anderson]

Blue lights December review…

 

[dca22anderson]

Made the frag tank platform today. 50” x 30” base cantilevered over the 500 gallon sump. Tank is going to be a 48” x 24” x 16”. Holds about 80 gallons.

 

[dca22anderson]

From this dream…

to this reality this year!

Set some goals friends and work hard to reach them!! I love this stuff!! Happy New Year reefing friends!!

 

[flagg37]

Feeder is rocking!!

This is what you need to automate for feeding.

 

[flagg37]

Love to have you visit again!! Come on over anytime!! I’ve made some good progress since your last visit!!

I just checked; it’s about 8 hours to drive from Denver to SLC.

 

[dca22anderson]

I just checked; it’s about 8 hours to drive from Denver to SLC.

If you make it down this way, reach out, I would love to show you the system anytime!

 

[dca22anderson]

Nov 26, 2022

Jan 1, 2023

Working on dropping my Po4 with lanthanum chloride dripping into my skimmer. Here is what the skimmate looks like pulling out the phosphate:

Getting there slowly! Seeing some SPS come back to life in the system during this transition to under .05 Po4!!

 

[dca22anderson]

The green heavy skimmate at the bottom of the cup is normal... The light gray fluffy stuff is what collects when I am dripping Lanthanum.

This is run through a secondary skimmer currently. Helps me keep a closer eye on how it's going!