JaysLittleOcean Piece of the Reef.

Actually my aquarium oddly enough runs very cool by design. Even with everything running at maximum I can easily drop below 75 without the use of a chiller. The dual 300 watt Eheim Heaters are controlled through the Neptune Systems Apex Controller. I actually just raised it to stay at 77.2 recently. I will get a graph shortly.

 

So I took some time to sit in front of my aquarium as things has been running quite nicely and I really haven't done anything except a water change recently and all my parameters looks great. My wife comes down stairs and asks me what's wrong? I say nothing. She says common you have that look when your not fully satisfied with something. I replied that I love tinkering with the aquarium, its like a constantly changing puzzle. But this puzzle is almost complete and.... She stops me and says you want a bigger aquarium. I said yes this aquarium is beautiful but its not my dream aquarium. I was hoping for something around the 500 - 700 gallon display with maybe 1,000 gallons total system size and something I built from the ground up. But I also don't want to tear this one down just yet because it has so much potential. She said, why don't you do both. Plan for the 1,000 gallon plus system. Take your time, and make it exactly the way you want and play with this one in the time being. I love this woman and this is one of the many reasons I married her. So this aquarium build will continue but I am also going to mix in plans for a 1,000 gallon system!

 

good stuff!!! i personally love my tunze pumps, powerful and silent

 

I really can't complain about Tunze Pumps as well They have been running like champs for me.

 

well, it sounds like you are a lucky man! Being supportive of our significant other's hobby is so important but WOW - honey why not keep a 1,000 gallon system goes above and beyond supportive Looking forward to that coming to fruition.

 

Well let me start right off at saying I have never done this before and I could purchase an aquarium manufactured by a professional aquarium company but I don't want to do that. I want to build everything from scratch and have the pleasure (or misery if it bursts a seem) of saying that this was something I built from the ground up. So with that being said who on within the community has every built an aquarium? I have always preferred glass aquariums but in this case I am also considering acrylic. Any thoughts or suggestions. I'm looking to go 60 inches wide x 60 inches deep x 24 inches tall. That should give me roughly 374 gallons in the display alone.

Full Thread Can Be Found Below:
http://www.3reef.com/threads/looking-to-build-my-first-large-aquarium.158321/

 

I can't think of anyone at this moment that has built the tank themselves.

 

Here is my thinking on it. At some point in time someone had to build an aquarium for the first time. So if they can do it, why can't I?

 

Water Qiality Test from the Past Week.

 

Two things come to mind. 1) how are you going to keep it square while it dries. 2) do you intend to clamp to keep the joints tight?