DIY Concrete Aquarium 5,000 gallon - Anderson Family Reef

[dca22anderson]

One of my favorite fish on planet earth is on its way from LA…

Thanks Aaron D for hooking this up, Matthew R for the fish and Joseph C and the crew at Unique Corals for helping to relocate him to Utah!!

SUPER STOKED!!

 

[bradreef]

One of my favorite fish on planet earth is on its way from LA…

Thanks Aaron D for hooking this up, Matthew R for the fish and Joseph C and the crew at Unique Corals for helping to relocate him to Utah!!

SUPER STOKED!!

The tail looks like a sohal?

 

[dca22anderson]

The tail looks like a sohal?

I have a huge Sohal but I don't have one of these...

 

[jeremym]

One of my favorite fish on planet earth is on its way from LA…

Thanks Aaron D for hooking this up, Matthew R for the fish and Joseph C and the crew at Unique Corals for helping to relocate him to Utah!!

SUPER STOKED!!

Naso?

 

[dca22anderson]

Naso?

Achilles Tang… over 6 years old from another hobbiest

 

[VanDalsenReef]

A youtuber with a 300, and now downsizing?

 

[jeremym]

Achilles Tang… over 6 years old from another hobbiest

Nice! They're a beautiful fish.

 

[dca22anderson]

Achilles Tang Arrival!

Super stoked!!

 

[Formulator]

This is an incredible build! Thank you for sharing it with us. My wife and I will be starting a new home build in the next 6-12 months and I’m ideating/dreaming of a very large built-in like this. I figure it would make things easier and potentially cheaper to work my build into the initial home design and work with the home architect and builders to get it done, rather than doing it after the house is built. Do you mind sharing an approximate ballpark number of what this build cost you, not including livestock? You can PM me if you prefer to be modest in public. Thanks again and great work!

 

[dca22anderson]

This is an incredible build! Thank you for sharing it with us. My wife and I will be starting a new home build in the next 6-12 months and I’m ideating/dreaming of a very large built-in like this. I figure it would make things easier and potentially cheaper to work my build into the initial home design and work with the home architect and builders to get it done, rather than doing it after the house is built. Do you mind sharing an approximate ballpark number of what this build cost you, not including livestock? You can PM me if you prefer to be modest in public. Thanks again and great work!

Thanks for checking it out!

I would highly recommend building it into the design from the beginning. That makes it way easier without doubling up work and a whole bunch of other things.

I had to work with higher materials costs because of our current inflation. I did everything DIY so that saved me a ton of money. I kept all receipts in a folder but have not gone back and added them up.

Building this DIY two years ago, my best ballpark guess on just materials at the time, would be a used 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera S.

LOL!

 

[Formulator]

Thanks for checking it out!

I would highly recommend building it into the design from the beginning. That makes it way easier without doubling up work and a whole bunch of other things.

I had to work with higher materials costs because of our current inflation. I did everything DIY so that saved me a ton of money. I kept all receipts in a folder but have not gone back and added them up.

Building this DIY two years ago, my best ballpark guess on just materials at the time, would be a used 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera S.

LOL!

Thank you! Not actually as terribly expensive as I imagined. Funny, the car you mentioned is on my wish list as well, but my wife will make me choose one or the other for now…

 

[Andrews_aquarium]

I’d choose this tank over a Porsche any day!

 

[dca22anderson]

I’d choose this tank over a Porsche any day!

Me too LOL

 

[dca22anderson]

Front and side evening blue view… fish are getting quite large and corals are filling in…

 

[Bpp124987]

Zomg

 

[dca22anderson]

Found this Mata Tang over 10 years old on the local for sale ads. He’s a beast and came with a domino damsel that’s the size of a bluegill (had to take them both)!!

They are in the 500 gallon sumps getting used to the system… the seller hadn’t added anything to his tank for over 6 years…

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Found this Mata Tang over 10 years old on the local for sale ads. He’s a beast and came with a domino damsel that’s the size of a bluegill (had to take them both)!!

They are in the 500 gallon sumps getting used to the system… the seller hadn’t added anything to his tank for over 6 years…

That tang is huge!

 

[Fudsey]

Nice rescue ! !

 

[Daveobrien]

Two Amazing Fish!

He’s a beast and came with a domino damsel that’s the size of a bluegill

And what an amazing description - size of a bluegill

 

[Andrews_aquarium]

Is that the tank the tang was living in?!?