Anderson Family Reef - Concrete Aquarium 5,000 gallon DIY

[chefjpaul]

This is awesome

 

[dca22anderson]

 

[dca22anderson]

Nothing is glued yet on the CL so I can still change it up if I need to

 

[dca22anderson]

So the tank came with a chip in it... fix was to make that the Closed Loop intake...

 

[ReefguyEric]

WOW what a build so far

 

[dca22anderson]

Closed loop pretty simple, each outlet controllable

 

[Humongous]

Looking good so far!

 

[Achilles Torben]

First picture reduze 5 percent of the flow
Second picture reduce 10 percent of the flow

 

[jdpeters]

Your son is in the planning stages I like his method

 

[vetteguy53081]

1200 ?
And im trying to secure a 600g if I ever find a shipper from VA.
This is a monster and I will be following to see how this progresses. Congrats on both the acquisition and I'm sure excitement !!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Kid testing the 720:

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Love that, good progress! Keep these videos coming

 

[dca22anderson]

Had a chance to install my custom overflow from Elite Aquatics this weekend, and picked up some new rock I need to season up a bit!!

 

[dca22anderson]

 

[dca22anderson]

 

[dca22anderson]

Bulkheads needed to be slip to slip 2” for this design so I had to go with sch 40, 3 of them...

 

[New Jersey REEF]

I’m surprised you didn’t go schedule 80 for bulkheads
Great progress !

 

[Ruben's Reef]

Awesome build !!! Following along...

 

[dca22anderson]

I’m surprised you didn’t go schedule 80 for bulkheads
Great progress !

Wanted to but they don't make (or I couldn't find) Sch 80 Slip to Slip bulkheads in 2". Also with it being at the top of the tank I can easily drop the water level a few inches if I ever need to mess with them. Thanks for checking it out!

 

[dca22anderson]

Awesome build !!! Following along...

Thanks for taking a look!