New Build in France. 300gals 1200L. Peninsula with basement fish room

[carri10]

Hiya.

I’m starting planning for a potential new tank in my new house in Strasbourg, France. It’s going to be approx. 1.5-1.8m long x 100cm wide x 70cm deep. Peninsula style in between two open space rooms.

I know peninsula style gives some challenges in flow and considering using a wave box for standing wave in combination with powerheads

The plan is to have a mixed reef. I’ll use the aquascape to create zones of high light/flow and lower light/flow for SPS and LPS respectively. Not at all sure on fish and inverts yet.

Sandy bottom.

I’ll have a basement sump/fish room with filtration, sump etc.

First question is

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good custom tank manufacture in EU? I live in Strasbourg, France, right on the border with Germany.

Second

For sump. It’ll be in a basement fish room, so I will use food safe plastic containers with bulkheads. For the initial filtration, with this size tank, is it worth using a filter roller, or should I buy bulk floss. I am looking to design maintenance as automatic or as minimum as possible. Obviously, a filter roller is automatic, but is it cost prohibitive at this scale (1200L DT and about 300L Sump)? If I use floss are there any systems that would be recommended, or do I just direct the flow over it in a basic way?

I’ve got a lot more questions on the engineering side at the moment, but ask them as I get more into the project.

Thanks all

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Hiya.

I’m starting planning for a potential new tank in my new house in Strasbourg, France. It’s going to be approx. 1.5-1.8m long x 100cm wide x 70cm deep. Peninsula style in between two open space rooms.

I know peninsula style gives some challenges in flow and considering using a wave box for standing wave in combination with powerheads

The plan is to have a mixed reef. I’ll use the aquascape to create zones of high light/flow and lower light/flow for SPS and LPS respectively. Not at all sure on fish and inverts yet.

Sandy bottom.

I’ll have a basement sump/fish room with filtration, sump etc.

First question is

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good custom tank manufacture in EU? I live in Strasbourg, France, right on the border with Germany.

Second

For sump. It’ll be in a basement fish room, so I will use food safe plastic containers with bulkheads. For the initial filtration, with this size tank, is it worth using a filter roller, or should I buy bulk floss. I am looking to design maintenance as automatic or as minimum as possible. Obviously, a filter roller is automatic, but is it cost prohibitive at this scale (1200L DT and about 300L Sump)? If I use floss are there any systems that would be recommended, or do I just direct the flow over it in a basic way?

I’ve got a lot more questions on the engineering side at the moment, but ask them as I get more into the project.

Thanks all

Best of luck with the new tank!

 

[carri10]

Thanks. A lot to figure out!
looking to get my sump designed first as we redo the house. Any views on the initial filtration, auto roller or bulk floss, would be great!
Thanks
Ian.

 

[Devaji]

I think royal exclusive is right there in Germany. I would reach out I bet they can design a killer sump. I bet its alot cheaper than the stuff they ship to the US.

for return pump look in to abyzz when i was going to do a basement fish room that the pump I was goona go with. not cheap but I do hear great thinking about them.

I believe another German company and prob. could do a pkg deal with the sump.

good luck! peninsula tanks are the best!