Hi all Thought I would start off a tank build for a fish only to document the build and get some help and advice from the professionals 
Ok so some years ago i built myself a 2000mm a 1000mm x 800mm fish only system and I loved it. kids, time, money and damp forced me to shut this down.
Lock down came and I got bored wanted to try build a drop off reef tank .. the drop off part was for my son so he could enjoy the fish at eye level
I've enjoyed this tank it’s had its ups and downs and 2 big wipe outs from power issues..
Fast forward to today all been well we have a new house to in around 4 months so plenty of time to plan !!
The tank will be more than 2000ltrs but other than that I don't know lol
The tank will be housed in a garage that's attached to the house.. the room I have to play with is 2.39m wide and 4.17 long
Glass I’d like to stick to 15mm so that's going to restrict max high.. I need to check with work " we use glass" but think the max length we can get is 3m long
Frame will be made from steel.. i do have access to the 80x40 aluminium frames you see a lot of tanks on these days but since I use it at work, I'm shocked they hold the weight of tanks ! so may just go steel work.
Frame & tank will be cladded or maybe enclosed as i want the garage "man cave" to look as good as the other rooms in the house.
There is a 2nd garaged attached but much smaller i did think about having filtration in there but I may have to go with traditional sumps!
issues .. with the drop off tank I've had issue with algae and browning of the water mainly due to the heavy bio load this MUST improve for this tank
Questions ..
How am I going to deal with the heavy bio load and 2000+ltr of water ( huge racked sump with algae maybe )
Lighting .. thinking of going down the old school MH lights .. we have huge solar set up and the tax man will help with the Elec bill not sure what cheap led are out there for a fish only
Flow I am thinking old school again I've been looking on here and these used closed loop for flow but may need some help designing
I currently have
1 x reeflow hammerhead/barracuda
1 x reeflow dart water
1 X MP40
2 X large vortech L2 pumps
Skimmers
2 x skimz monzter SM253 rated at 3000ltr each
This is what I’m thinking
Ok so some years ago i built myself a 2000mm a 1000mm x 800mm fish only system and I loved it. kids, time, money and damp forced me to shut this down.
Lock down came and I got bored wanted to try build a drop off reef tank .. the drop off part was for my son so he could enjoy the fish at eye level
I've enjoyed this tank it’s had its ups and downs and 2 big wipe outs from power issues..
Fast forward to today all been well we have a new house to in around 4 months so plenty of time to plan !!
The tank will be more than 2000ltrs but other than that I don't know lol
The tank will be housed in a garage that's attached to the house.. the room I have to play with is 2.39m wide and 4.17 long
Glass I’d like to stick to 15mm so that's going to restrict max high.. I need to check with work " we use glass" but think the max length we can get is 3m long
Frame will be made from steel.. i do have access to the 80x40 aluminium frames you see a lot of tanks on these days but since I use it at work, I'm shocked they hold the weight of tanks ! so may just go steel work.
Frame & tank will be cladded or maybe enclosed as i want the garage "man cave" to look as good as the other rooms in the house.
There is a 2nd garaged attached but much smaller i did think about having filtration in there but I may have to go with traditional sumps!
issues .. with the drop off tank I've had issue with algae and browning of the water mainly due to the heavy bio load this MUST improve for this tank
Questions ..
How am I going to deal with the heavy bio load and 2000+ltr of water ( huge racked sump with algae maybe )
Lighting .. thinking of going down the old school MH lights .. we have huge solar set up and the tax man will help with the Elec bill
not sure what cheap led are out there for a fish only Flow I am thinking old school again I've been looking on here and these used closed loop for flow but may need some help designing
I currently have
1 x reeflow hammerhead/barracuda
1 x reeflow dart water
1 X MP40
2 X large vortech L2 pumps
Skimmers
2 x skimz monzter SM253 rated at 3000ltr each
This is what I’m thinking
