PNY's 1000 liter

Pny · Jun 22, 2014

Pny submitted a new Showcase Item:

PNY's 1000 liter

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Introduction
I've been in the marine aquarium hobby for about six years. Being an engineer at heart, designing and building equipment for my tank is an integral part of my hobby. Here's a presentation of my 1000 liter (275 gallons) marine aquarium. (Before continue reading, please note that english is not my native language)

This is the FOWLR that wants to be a reef tank!
This tank was setup about 6 years ago as my very first marine / reef tank. After realizing that my time and economy did not let me run this large tank as a full blown reef tank its been running as a FOWLR for most of its time. This is the FOWLR thats wants to be a reef tank!

The aquarium is running on a modern version of the Berlin method, ie filtering is handled by live rock and an efficient skimmer, combined with more modern methods of phosphate absorption and dosage of carbon source. The aquarium was set up in July 2008 and is still in operation today (June 2014).

Aquarium
The aquarium is a 980 liter (260 US gallons) glass tank, 200 x 70 x 70 cm, in 12mm glas with black background and black silicon. Before turning this aquarium into a saltwater tank a few years ago, the aquarium was running as a "High-Tech" heavily planted fresh water tank for about 6 years. I reused the tank, the DIY stand, HQI lights (now replaced with LED) and UV-filter from that setup.

Tank stand (DIY)
The aquarium stand is a wooden stand with doors from IKEA. These doors are very resistant and still look very nice ten years after I built it! The tank base is about 1 meter above the floor so it provides plenty of room for my sump and equipment inside the stand. I also like the idea of being able to look straight into the tank in standing position. The stand is isolated with sound proofing foam. Two fans ventilates the stand.

Sump (DIY)
The sump is a 380 liter tank measuring 115 x 54 x 60 cm in 10mm glas with black background and bottom and black silicon. The sump is placed inside the stand under the display tank. The sump is partitioned into four sections. The sump holds about 100 liter fresh water for top off. The desgin allow water to flow back into the fresh water reserve instead of out on the floor in case of a failure of the equipment controlling the ATO. The return pump has its own section at the right side of the sump and the skimmer has its own section above the fresh water reservoir. A water change section holds about 100 liter water and...
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Pny · Jun 22, 2014

Thanks for selecting my tank to the "showcase".

Here is my other thread about this tank previous to having the showcase (please use that thread in the first place).
http://www.3reef.com/threads/pnys-1000-liter-lots-of-diy.154060/

Todd_Sails · Jul 23, 2014

Realy nice set up, love the DIY's too.

With that reactor, and those LED's, any plans for more coral? (Sorry if you already mentioned that in your discussion.)

Pny · Jul 28, 2014

Todd_Sails said: ↑

Realy nice set up, love the DIY's too.

With that reactor, and those LED's, any plans for more coral? (Sorry if you already mentioned that in your discussion.)
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Thanks! I wish I could have more corals one day, but currently taking care of my two kids (born 2011 and 2012) I simply don't have the time or economy to run this tank as a full reef setup. I also have my other 200 liter reef cube for keeping corals. ;-)

Bucsfan · Aug 12, 2014

Do you have any problems with your tangs living together, especially the purple guy?

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