I guess it's time to feed the wolves....
I'm far enough along with my build that I thought I'd start a build thread to document the process. I've been at it for a year already, but with the mandatory overtime I've put in, and with my wife only being home on weekends with her career, I'm maybe 50 hours into it with my available time. Overtime has been over for a few months now, so most of the work has been done then. I'm far enough that the posts will eventually catch up with my progress and we'll be in real time. This build is the complete opposite of the club norm. No coral, no hippo tang and clownfish, no traditional tank. Maybe one person out there will think it's cool besides me, and I hope that by the end of the build, it will be deemed “meeting worthy” by you guys.
System Outline: The system is 1000 gallons and consists of two 500 gallon round poly tanks connected to a central filtration system. The filtration is in an adjacent room and has two loops, a closed loop with the protein skimmer and bio-reactor, and an open loop with the bead filter and UV sterilizer. Coupled in between the two in a sulfur denitrator that will be put online at a later date, but is included in the flow diagram. Details of each part of the filtration will follow in later posts.
It is a dedicated fish room to house my sharks and have the ability to add more, such as another species. The reason for the two large tanks is one, I have room for it. Two, it will allow me to keep multiple breeding groups of the same species without issues. I am looking to have coral catsharks and epaulettes in one tank, and possibly epaulettes and gray bamboos in the other. Initially only one tank will be setup, and the other will be ready to fill when the need arises. I know sharks is a subject mixed feelings here, so let's just keep it about the build.
I'm far enough along with my build that I thought I'd start a build thread to document the process. I've been at it for a year already, but with the mandatory overtime I've put in, and with my wife only being home on weekends with her career, I'm maybe 50 hours into it with my available time. Overtime has been over for a few months now, so most of the work has been done then. I'm far enough that the posts will eventually catch up with my progress and we'll be in real time. This build is the complete opposite of the club norm. No coral, no hippo tang and clownfish, no traditional tank. Maybe one person out there will think it's cool besides me, and I hope that by the end of the build, it will be deemed “meeting worthy” by you guys.
System Outline: The system is 1000 gallons and consists of two 500 gallon round poly tanks connected to a central filtration system. The filtration is in an adjacent room and has two loops, a closed loop with the protein skimmer and bio-reactor, and an open loop with the bead filter and UV sterilizer. Coupled in between the two in a sulfur denitrator that will be put online at a later date, but is included in the flow diagram. Details of each part of the filtration will follow in later posts.
It is a dedicated fish room to house my sharks and have the ability to add more, such as another species. The reason for the two large tanks is one, I have room for it. Two, it will allow me to keep multiple breeding groups of the same species without issues. I am looking to have coral catsharks and epaulettes in one tank, and possibly epaulettes and gray bamboos in the other. Initially only one tank will be setup, and the other will be ready to fill when the need arises. I know sharks is a subject mixed feelings here, so let's just keep it about the build.
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My son would deem any shark system as meeting worthy; especially if there was a pair of Port Jackson Horn Sharks.
p.s. I think my skimmer would fit in that collection cup! Very cool!
