DIY Concrete Aquarium 5,000 gallon - Anderson Family Reef

[Rcfins13]

Binge read this whole thread this past weekend.

So awesome to see what you've done to what you are trying to accomplish. Can't wait to see the finished tank!!

Now if only you can get your gear.

 

[dca22anderson]

Binge read this whole thread this past weekend.

So awesome to see what you've done to what you are trying to accomplish. Can't wait to see the finished tank!!

Now if only you can get your gear.

Thanks for checking it out! So fun to build. Glad you are along for the ride!

 

[dca22anderson]

Got the lights hung up tonight, couldn’t wait!! I’ll need to adjust them to be right over the reef for the perfect coverage… they are super bright!!

 

[Pandashark]

(how do you delete posts LOL)

 

[Pandashark]

Binging your build and 80 pages in I realized we were coming up to the present, I got emotional haha! I was already thinking you were a saint being patient waiting, and then I read 13.5k...are you the Pope? I can't imagine putting up with that!! I hope that works out for you. I'm just in the process of buying and moving a 1k tank, thanks for making me feel a little bit less crazy

 

[Tonycass12]

If I did’t already have them I would just use unistrut, superstrut, and find some rollers that work well with that. Best, Dave

If those rollers you have don't work out unistrut actually makes rollers for the strut and couplers that make the transitions heavy duty. Ive used them in a few industrial applications at work.

Love following the build cant wait to see what the tank looks like will all the lights on!

 

[dca22anderson]

Binging your build and 80 pages in I realized we were coming up to the present, I got emotional haha! I was already thinking you were a saint being patient waiting, and then I read 13.5k...are you the Pope? I can't imagine putting up with that!! I hope that works out for you. I'm just in the process of buying and moving a 1k tank, thanks for making me feel a little bit less crazy

If I would have had the filtration gear I would have never put the koi in the show! I’d be 4 months into a saltwater cycle. I think that has been one of the mistakes that has caused some extra work on top of an already giant task.

Thinking about that makes me a little upset about my selection of the filtration provider.

Lol, we are all a little crazy trying to tame a little piece of the ocean in our homes!!

Thanks for checking it out!!

If those rollers you have don't work out unistrut actually makes rollers for the strut and couplers that make the transitions heavy duty. Ive used them in a few industrial applications at work.

Love following the build cant wait to see what the tank looks like will all the lights on!

Thanks for the recommendation. These rollers will work and are working fine but you are right I think the unistrut option would have been smoother!! With the rack weighted down with all the lights it seems to slide a little better so I’m ok with it…

Lights are almost all on, I’ll add some of the 6’ XHOs from the holding system once we are ready to start adding the corals. We are almost there!!

Next up is koi removal, tank clean, new RODI & salt added! Stoked!!

 

[dca22anderson]

All ReefBrite XHO’s (less 2 - 6’ers on the holding system)

 

[dca22anderson]

All 9 - 10k cannons no blue

 

[dca22anderson]

All blues plus 3 - 10k cannons

 

[ScottB]

Wow those whites really are powerful. The combo looks great though. Doubt there will be any shortage of PAR in there, which is really saying something.

 

[dca22anderson]

I’ll do a full lights video here shortly. It looks amazing with both full throttle!!

 

[Cell]

 

[dca22anderson]

I asked my son Travis last night to fish out the koi today so he hooked into his first one and it cut the line on the reef rock stack going under the arch... ‍

Said the hook was on the bottom of the tank and he did’t want Wilbur (the sturgeon) to eat it so he needed to dive in and grab it. He's my fishing buddy so I trust his judgement.

Well we had our first swimmer in the tank today... waiting for the update now but he’s in there swimming around while I am at work. (his girlfriend Maddy and my wife are spotting him & recording it so that should be fun to see!!)

I'll post that as soon as I can too!

 

[dca22anderson]

He’s 6’ tall that boy of mine for reference.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I hope that he finds it before the sturgeon does. It sounds like you are just about ready to get the fish out and the salt in, right?

 

[dca22anderson]

I hope that he finds it before the sturgeon does. It sounds like you are just about ready to get the fish out and the salt in, right?

He found it and yes we need to get the FW out and the SW in!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Kids afraid of the cold water 67 degrees right now… LOL

 

[Daveobrien]

Kids afraid of the cold water 67 degrees right now… LOL

You'd think he'd at least clean the glass while he was in there...

 

[dca22anderson]

You'd think he'd at least clean the glass while he was in there...

Yeah true!! I’ll have to send him back in!!