Saltwater Pond

[saltwater4life]

cool i cant wait to see it set up i'm not sure if this helps but here is a link to a big SW pond

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... did=975020
it's inside but cool

BEST OF LUCK
Nick

 

[blackcloudmedia]

Sorry havent been on in a while. Current tank conditions are freshwater @ 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Im working on a design for a roof that will allow sunlight in but limit heat loss. I think the summer will be less of a problem as the in ground pond was usually 75 degrees in the summer and 50 in the winter.

 

[blackcloudmedia]

Well my project failed at the temperature part of the equation. I did however find that the majority of the uber tanks heat is escaping through the top. If anyone wants to build upon my idea feel free but its past my anticipated budget. The catfish do like the stretching room though

 

[saltwater4life]

so your giving up?
that sucks hope you can find someway to get it to work

 

[blackcloudmedia]

Well I'd need a 6' by 6' sheet of plexiglass to cover the tank.

 

[Anonymous]

i was going to try almost the same thing but i was going to build a pond style sw tank but i planed to make it inside of a greenhouse....

 

[bleedingthought]

Or inside a room in the house. You could make it a "nature" room but still be air conditioned/heated.

 

[_Adrian_]

i was gonna do the same but on a larger scale (8'x4'x4')... but rite now im heavily into home improvements so when the weather turns nice i can sell and move onto to a bigger house

the sad part is that i already have 5 sheets of 1.25" plywood and the 2x4's...
but what really stopped me was that my idea was to fiberglass the whole inside of the "tub" and then sand it all smooth and give it a couple of light coats of marine clear coat. Also the way i thought it out was that at the front acrylic would be siliconed into place and also held in place by a 3" wide and 1/4" thick piece of aluminum around the perimeter of the 1" thick acrylic 8'x4'pane.
but i was thinking ... how the hell was i to move that thing once is built ???
also thought about doing an overflow box at the rear of the tank 8"x8"x96" with 4x2" drains, and 8 power heads on each side of the tank plumbed separattely to recent idea i had to use an irrigation manifold used in sprinkler systems where each power head will have its own controll selenoid which will furthe allow to controll the flow inside the tank

as for lighting...
4 X 1000w 14K MH main lights and 2 x 400W 20K+ MH as actinics
then again i would hate to see the electrical bill

 

[reefman5511]

Check out this guy's outside tank http://www.3reef.com/forums/fish-tank/i ... 40284.html

 

[herpencounter]

Wow! That would be sweet to have a 3600 gallon aquarium .

 

[_Adrian_]

even 1000Gal is big enough... really!!!

the cost of the tank wont be nearly as mucg ass the rest of the stuff needed for the tank !!!
Substrate, live rock, lighting, pumps calcium reactor, protein skimmer...
even on an DIY basis it still would be big $$$

mixing the water would be a lil bit interesting
as far as the pumps ... yowsah !!!
at least 4 reeflow hamerheads !!!

 

[_Adrian_]

and completely forgot about heating/cooling the water !

 

[Raskal311]

2x

 

[Raskal311]

Check out this guy's outside tank http://www.3reef.com/forums/fish-tank/i ... 40284.html

not a guy, she's a women !!!!