DIY Concrete Aquarium 5,000 gallon - Anderson Family Reef

[jsker]

Wow!!

 

[dca22anderson]

The big tangs making their rounds…

 

[dca22anderson]

All the big Tangs swimming around tonight…

 

[Yanos]

Dave, the glass so round not finished yet???

 

[dca22anderson]

Dave, the glass so round not finished yet???

Not yet, been spending time doing filtration preparation for the big sump swap and riding a ton of mountain bikes…

I guess with no leaks I should finish off that too… soon!!

 

[Bpp124987]

Tell us about the mountain bikes!

I crashed mine last thanksgiving and swapped out for a gravel bike and have been thrilled. It’s cool to crank uphill on a carbon road bike with fat tires.

 

[Mschmidt]

Tell us about the mountain bikes!

I crashed mine last thanksgiving and swapped out for a gravel bike and have been thrilled. It’s cool to crank uphill on a carbon road bike with fat tires.

I came to gravel from road. it's a great hobby.

Not yet, been spending time doing filtration preparation for the big sump swap and riding a ton of mountain bikes…

I guess with no leaks I should finish off that too… soon!!

bikes are fun too.

 

[dca22anderson]

Tell us about the mountain bikes!

I crashed mine last thanksgiving and swapped out for a gravel bike and have been thrilled. It’s cool to crank uphill on a carbon road bike with fat tires.

I help coach my daughters high school mountain bike team. We ride with the kids 3-4 times a week right now getting ready for race season. It’s the best!!

My wife also just bought us gravel bikes for a 100 mile MS ride from Logan, Utah to Preston, Idaho and back… that was hard and fun too!

I hear you! Great work out and fun times too!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Chemiclean treatment for the next two days… wish me luck!

Skimmer clean and needle wheel pump swap. (It kept overheating and shutting off)

Building a 10 filter sock holder with bubble trap insert for the new 500 gallon 4’x8’ sump…

 

[Bpp124987]

Man aren’t all those filter socks going to be annoying? I can’t go back to socks after using roller mat

 

[Rabidsquirrel]

Man aren’t all those filter socks going to be annoying? I can’t go back to socks after using roller mat

Yeah, but then he has to build a Reefmat that can handle queen sheets.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I get why roller mats are popular and the top choice. But from an economic and wasteful stand point, I find it unsustainable. The idea of cleaning and re-using filter socks might be somewhat laborsome but so much cheaper and better in the long run.

Having such a large tank, you're already accepting the fact that it's going to require a lot of your time in routine maintenanceand cleaning. What's cleaning another 10 filter socks amongst everything else?

Now, make me a roller mat that can automatically clean itself and I will change my opinion.
 

 

[dca22anderson]

Man aren’t all those filter socks going to be annoying? I can’t go back to socks after using roller mat

I think I am going to make the filter sock tray an insert so I can pull it out and drop something else in there if I want to change it to a roller mat or a drum filter one day... right now I'm just looking to add a bubble trap and the ability to do some mechanical filtration to polish the water when it's needed...

Yeah, but then he has to build a Reefmat that can handle queen sheets.

True! I would need a pretty big roll of filter floss and a quick moving motor

I get why roller mats are popular and the top choice. But from an economic and wasteful stand point, I find it unsustainable. The idea of cleaning and re-using filter socks might be somewhat laborsome but so much cheaper and better in the long run.

Having such a large tank, you're already accepting the fact that it's going to require a lot of your time in routine maintenanceand cleaning. What's cleaning another 10 filter socks amongst everything else?

Now, make me a roller mat that can automatically clean itself and I will change my opinion.
 

Good point! I am having a hard time keeping up with the maintenance as it is with all the other things we have going right now.

A rotary drum filter is the closest to a self cleaning roller mat that I know of... used in koi ponds a lot...

 

[Bpp124987]

Rotary drum filter. Do it!

 

[dca22anderson]

Rotary drum filter. Do it!

That was on my list of things I paid BW for and never got!

Need a good SW option... not sure I want to take the time to engineer and build a big one for the tank...

That is my first choice for sure!! Love that idea!!

Know of any good salt water options that don't break the bank?

 

[Bpp124987]

That was on my list of things I paid BW for and never got!

Need a good SW option... not sure I want to take the time to engineer and build a big one for the tank...

That is my first choice for sure!! Love that idea!!

Know of any good salt water options that don't break the bank?

I definitely want you to engineer and build one

What ever happened with that lawsuit?

 

[dca22anderson]

I definitely want you to engineer and build one

What ever happened with that lawsuit?

LOL!

There are folks working on it individually with many folks hanging in the background ready to move forward as soon as some progress is made…

 

[McPuff]

Somebody had a really good thread with a rotary drum filter on a reef tank. I can't remember if it was here or RC though... well a quick search has revealed it was, in fact, on this site.

Rotary Drum Filter for a Reef Tank?

Ok, so... here's the thing... A couple of years ago I was planning a koi pond... life happened at that ain't going to happen any time soon. I did however fall in love with reefing and currently have a 90g reef tank. In my quest for a koi pond, I've made a some-might-say impulse purchase and...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[ss88]

My new RDF. Only solution IMO.There are a few companies that make them in Europe as all HDPE or titanium.

 

[TheWB]

Somebody had a really good thread with a rotary drum filter on a reef tank. I can't remember if it was here or RC though... well a quick search has revealed it was, in fact, on this site.

Rotary Drum Filter for a Reef Tank?

Ok, so... here's the thing... A couple of years ago I was planning a koi pond... life happened at that ain't going to happen any time soon. I did however fall in love with reefing and currently have a 90g reef tank. In my quest for a koi pond, I've made a some-might-say impulse purchase and...

www.reef2reef.com

There’s an RDF in this thread as well.

Large Build - Blitzkragz' 12ft 375g rimless peninsula with rotary drum filter build

I have been in the process of what I guess you could call a "Dream Build" for a couple months. My wife wanted to take the kids to Orlando over the holiday, Disney is great and all but one of the main attractions I knew I wanted to see was World Wide Corals. The guys at WWC were super awesome...

www.reef2reef.com