1100 Gallon rubber reef install (graphic intense)
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We have a crew that will be visiting the tank once a week for 3 months. After that, the client is responsible for maintenance. They can either hire us for the service or find another one. They actually put on their trunks and go for a dip in tanks this big to scrub it. The sculptures are pretty easy to clean. A scrub brush takes diatoms and algae right off, almost easier than the acrylic.
The rubber reef sculptures are fabricated outside of the tank. They are dropped into the tank with a forklift, fitted into place, and then shipped out. We make the tanks, make the reefs, make the cabinets, install, fill it with water, put the fish in (weeks later), and clean it.
I'm a reefer through and through, but I still like the way some of our tanks look. I'll never own one myself, but they are still pretty sharp for fish-only showcases.
I'll have more pics as we go!
The rubber reef sculptures are fabricated outside of the tank. They are dropped into the tank with a forklift, fitted into place, and then shipped out. We make the tanks, make the reefs, make the cabinets, install, fill it with water, put the fish in (weeks later), and clean it.
I'm a reefer through and through, but I still like the way some of our tanks look. I'll never own one myself, but they are still pretty sharp for fish-only showcases.
I'll have more pics as we go!
I am glad. The attraction to me is the complexity of the living reeftank. The delicate balance of it.ScottC":2kz0d86t said:
You would not caught me own one of these tank even if I am dead. If somebody give me one after I am dead, I craw out of my coffin just to get rid of it.
Minh Nguyen
Wow! I would love a huge tank like that, but I won't ever want to go 6.5 ft. tall. What a pain to go swimming to move that damn hermit that got stuck upside down on a rock!
Any idea what he wants in it?
Where is the “fish room”? behind it? Looks like a really clean area. Brand new house?
Any idea what he wants in it?
Where is the “fish room”? behind it? Looks like a really clean area. Brand new house?
The 275 FO I maintain at work is kind of a maintenance nightmare, but not this bad. It's 4' deep, and there's about 1' of clearance above it. The corals are removable with long tongs, and they only need to be scrubbed biweekly. Rather than jumping in, I use a telescoping rod with an acrylic scrub pad to scrape the green algae off. I use a magnet for the brown algae. It uses a wet/dry filter also, and I'm glad for it. It may produce nitrates but it's a heck of lot cheaper than buying LR and sand for all that water... Total cost was 4500 plus fish ( around 750$), so I hope "a buck thirty" doesn't mean 130,000! Yikes!
'buck thirty' got to mean 130,000.00
I know that set-up got to cost more that 13,000.00 because my 450 g tank cost more than that. I essentially did everything except the tank, pumps and lights. It cost me 5000 to put capenetry around it.
130,000.00 seem like way over price to me, but then I don't have money to burn.
I guess Scott and his company need to make a living.
Minh Nguyen
I know that set-up got to cost more that 13,000.00 because my 450 g tank cost more than that. I essentially did everything except the tank, pumps and lights. It cost me 5000 to put capenetry around it.
130,000.00 seem like way over price to me, but then I don't have money to burn.
I guess Scott and his company need to make a living.
Minh Nguyen
Got to admit, I got a bit of a chuckle out of this one.
Only in America baby!
But anyhow, if this will put a smile on at least one face (and not just mine), then it's worth it... as long as it's not my $$.
But seriously, nice work Scott. Pretty impressive engineering. Just glad I'm not the one scrubbing the uh corals, heh.
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Only in America baby!
But anyhow, if this will put a smile on at least one face (and not just mine), then it's worth it... as long as it's not my $$.
But seriously, nice work Scott. Pretty impressive engineering. Just glad I'm not the one scrubbing the uh corals, heh.
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$130,000 for the tank, plumbing, equipment, 3 months maintenance. Fish not included.
$600,000 to have a ~3000 sq.ft. basement built onto the $10M ocean front house (above sealevel) to house the equipment (and our stuff doesn't take up that much space). That job was done by their own contractor.
+ plumbing contractors to run the pipe from the tank location to the pump room, about a run of 30 feet (with about a million turns)
+ electrical contractors to run a dedicated panel for the system in the new basement.
We don't do the plumbing or electrical in the house. It take the responsibility of floods and fires off of our hands. The client is responsible to have all that work done and pressure tested to 50 psi by the time we get to the site. We connect the tank to one side of the plumbing and all the equipment to the other, and do our own plumbing with the equipment.
The "master" plumber they hired was a total screwball. He still has leaks all over the place and never tested the pipes he ran, and never bothered to inform anyone of this. The client fired the guy yesterday and we're seeking back pay from his company for holding us up. This tank was supposed to be running by Christmas, but due to poor pvc joints on the plumber's part we're hoping for sometime next week. So let this be a lesson... use primer AND glue on ALL of your pvc joints!!!
$600,000 to have a ~3000 sq.ft. basement built onto the $10M ocean front house (above sealevel) to house the equipment (and our stuff doesn't take up that much space). That job was done by their own contractor.
+ plumbing contractors to run the pipe from the tank location to the pump room, about a run of 30 feet (with about a million turns)
+ electrical contractors to run a dedicated panel for the system in the new basement.
We don't do the plumbing or electrical in the house. It take the responsibility of floods and fires off of our hands. The client is responsible to have all that work done and pressure tested to 50 psi by the time we get to the site. We connect the tank to one side of the plumbing and all the equipment to the other, and do our own plumbing with the equipment.
The "master" plumber they hired was a total screwball. He still has leaks all over the place and never tested the pipes he ran, and never bothered to inform anyone of this. The client fired the guy yesterday and we're seeking back pay from his company for holding us up. This tank was supposed to be running by Christmas, but due to poor pvc joints on the plumber's part we're hoping for sometime next week. So let this be a lesson... use primer AND glue on ALL of your pvc joints!!!
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