280 Gallon Fish Only Build (MUST SEE)

[Dr.Tone]

Hi,
My names Anthony. I have one of the oddest shaped tanks on earth. When i got this sucker i built it into the wall and packed 3 x 400 halides on this baby! Wow is what everybody said. Well it turned out i was saying the same dang thing when i was cleaning it. Wow this is a B!@#h to clean. that being said i bought a new reef tank and am turning this into my fish only with very lilttle live rock (just a couple LR pillars) So with ver liltle live rock i will have a beef skimmer. This tank was a reeftank so i do have a skimmer. its a six foot tall lifereef venturi driven skimmer rater for 1200 gallons so im on the right page with that. I was wondering if anybody had any other suggestions for filtration? this tank was setup with the " Berlin method" (live rock, sand, and a refugium) Now that i dont have all those high power lights it leaves me space to add a display fuge above inside the conopy top. no am left with a big empty sump. i was thinking about filling the fuge section of the sump with a 12' deep sand bed for anaerobic bacteria to colonize and incorporating a fluidized sand bed filter to colonize arobic bacteria. Its either that or use a big wet/dry packed with either bio balls or matale sheets. Im not big into pictures so ive uploaded videos to really show ya guys what im talking about. im open for suggestions. Also i will be posting more videos about my coral system and water recycling system i have designed. i plan to reuse my waste water from the reef and add it to the fishonly. smart i know lol j/k. thanks for looking guys. im looking forward to the info and opinions.

Shark Tank - YouTube

Shark Tank - YouTube

[mf2055]

12 foot deep sand bed? HOLY!

[spartyblaze]

Looking pretty good. I think I'd make a reactor out of the broken skimmer, if I were you.

I'm a little confused on how the system will work together, but that tank is bad a$$ how you have it built into the wall.

[Dr.Tone]

12 inches deep by 12 inches wide lol.1 cubic foot. 12 feet omg hahah. Here are my plans for my filter room. I will have 2 separate systems. fish only and coral. when doing a water changes on the coral system i plan to save to waste water and top off my fish only system after ive drain my waste from the fish only. the water will not be pristine enough for coral but i think it will do great for a fish only system. Ive attached pictures and will be posting a video update later tomorrow.

[tdb320reef]

Interesting - You are very artistic/creative. Good luch with your design I am very interested to see it come together.

Originally Posted by Dr.Tone

12 inches deep by 12 inches wide lol.1 cubic foot. 12 feet omg hahah. Here are my plans for my filter room. I will have 2 separate systems. fish only and coral. when doing a water changes on the coral system i plan to save to waste water and top off my fish only system after ive drain my waste from the fish only. the water will not be pristine enough for coral but i think it will do great for a fish only system. Ive attached pictures and will be posting a video update later tomorrow.

[Dr.Tone]

Thanks. Im looking forward to any replies

[Dr.Tone]

**BUMP** Anybody? Any suggestions on filtration? fluidized sandbed? Hello?

[Jasper]

My only suggestion is you may be able to pull off the f.o. tank with only biopellets if you retro that broken skimmer into a monster reactor

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[muttley000]

I'd go with a large ATS along with a remote DSB.

[Dr.Tone]

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[iyachtuxivm]

I will be interesting to see how your skimmer works. I would use the old skimmer as a biopellet reactor also.

[Dr.Tone]

Thanks mods for moving my thread

[Dr.Tone]

I see your point. I come in peace... we don't want no trouble lol...I got an update for ya guys. I've built my heating system. Its a hot water recirculating led tubing heat exchanger. Ill have a video up tmrw via youtube so you can check it out in full detail :-)

[jamesbellottie]

I like the name of the skimmer " THE FAT BOY 1000 "

[Dr.Tone]

Originally Posted by jamesbellottie

I like the name of the skimmer " THE FAT BOY 1000 "

I figured it suited it well. Thanks