King's Landing Aquarium

sfsuphysics · Aug 5, 2013

You really need to park a car next to the tank to get a feel for what a 15' long tank is, from the picture I was guessing in the 8' range, then I scrolled up a bit to see how large it was... yeowch man... so when's the tank tour?

tr1gger · Aug 5, 2013

sfsuphysics said:
You really need to park a car next to the tank to get a feel for what a 15' long tank is.

Could charge people to snorkel in that bad boy!

rygh · Aug 5, 2013

h20player101 said:
RYGH: IIRC, we went with 6 - 2" overflows, if that is not enough...

Probably. That is roughly 6X what I had, and your tank is about 5X mine.
But before getting worried, I have very little head on my drains. Roughly two feet. Which is obviously a big issue.
It all depends on actual return flow, head, and how many of those pipes run in full siphon.

sfsuphysics · Aug 5, 2013

DC pumps return pumps will be your friend, especially if you're worried about too much flow, as Ron Popeil would say, set it and forget it!

jellygeee · Aug 5, 2013

Holy guacamole... that is a big and long tank. Echoing what Mike said" Tank Tour..." hint hint Following this thread now.

Kensington Reefer · Aug 5, 2013

I have an A. fowleri that might like to swim in there.

gimmito · Aug 6, 2013

Swwwwwwweeeeeetttttt !

h20player101 · Aug 6, 2013

Still working on the fish list, but I already have a Sohal that is going in there. I also have 4 purple tangs in a 240 right now that I am transferring, I want to have a large group of purple and yellow tangs. The following is the dream list of basically every fish I would like to have. Not sure exactly what is going in the display tank, seagrass tank, and cryptic tank. Since I won't be putting any large fish in for awhile, I can continue to dream!
Sohal Tangs (Acanthurus sohal)
Tennenti Tangs (Acanthurus Tennenti)
Powder Blue Tangs (Acanthurus Leucosternon)
Orange Shoulder Tangs (Acanthurus Olivaceus)
Achilles Tangs (Acanthurus achilles)
Sailfin Desjardni Tangs (Zebrasoma Desjardinii)
Yellow Tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens)
Purple Tangs (Zebrasoma xanthurus)
Blue Tang Yellow Belly (Paracanthurus hepatic)
White Tail Bristletooth Tang (Ctenochaetus flavicauda)
Squaretail Bristletooth Tang (Ctenochaetus truncatus)
Kole Yellow Eye Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus)
Resplendent Pygmy Angelfish (Centropyge resplendens)
Potters Pygmy Angelfish (Centropyge potteri)
Bellus Angelfish (Genicanthus bellus)
Goldflake Angelfish (Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus)
Watanabei Angelfish (Genicanthus watanabei)
Yellowtail Reef Basslet (Liopropoma mitratum)
Chalk Bass (Serranus tortugarum)
Gold Assessor Basslet (Assessor flavissimus)
Bartletts Fairy Anthias (Pseudanthias bartlettorum)
Evansi Anthias (Microlabrichthys evansi)
Banggai Cardinal Fish (Pterapogon Kauderni)
Spotted Mandarin (Synchiropus picturatus)
Green Mandarin Goby's (Pterosynchiropus splendidus)
Red Mandarin Goby's (Pterosychiropus splendidus Sp.)
Red Scooter Dragonet Blenny's (Synchiropus stellatus)
Fingered Dragonet (Dactylopus dactylopus)
Starry Blenny's (Salarias ramosus)
Barnacle Blenny (Acanthemblemaria macrospilus)
Canary Blenny (Meiacanthus oualanensis)
Ember Blenny (Cirripectes stigmaticus)
Green Canary Blenny (Meiacanthus tongaensis)
Harptail Blenny (Meiacanthus mossambicus)
Linear Blenny (Ecsenius lineatus)
Midas Blenny (Ecsenius midas)
Sailfin/Algae Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
Caribbean Sailfin Blenny (Emblemaria pandionis)
Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura)
Black Combtooth Blenny (Ecsenius namiyei)
Red Sea Mimic Blenny (Ecsenius gravieri)
Leopard Blenny (Exallias brevis)
Tribal Blenny
Firefish, Helfrichi (Nemateleotris helfrichi)
Firefish, Purple (Nemateleotris decora)
Purple Tilefish (Hoplolatilus purpureus)
Bluehead Tilefish (Hoplolatilus starcki)
Filamented Dartfish (Ptereleotris hanae)
Flashing Tilefish (Hoplolatilus chlupatyi)
Skunk Tilefish (Hoplolatilus marcosi)
Curious Wormfish (Gunnelichthys curiosus)
Blue Gudgeon Dartfish (Ptereleotris heteroptera)
Blue Reef Chromis (Chromis cyaneus)
Dracula Goby (Stonogobiops dracula)
Diagonal Bar Prawn Goby (Amblyeleotris diagonals)
Orange Spotted Goby (Amblyeleotris guttata)
Hi Fin Red Banded Goby (Stonogobiops nematodes)
Orange Stripe Prawn Goby (Amblyeleotris randalli)
Orangemarked Goby (Amblygobius decussatus)
Pinkbar Goby (Amblyeleotris aurora)
Wheeler's Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris wheeleri)
Yasha White Ray Shrimp Goby (Stonogobiops yasha)
Yellow Prawn Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)
Bluespotted Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus pavoninoides)
Randall's Goby (Amblyeleotris randelli)
Tomiyama Shrimp Goby (Tomiyamichthys oni)
Tiger Jawfish (Opistognathus sp.)
Blue Spot Jawfish (Opistognathus rosenblatti)
Pearly Jawfish (Opistognathus auriferous)
Geometric Flame Hawkfish (Plectranthias species)
Multiple Wrasse
Six Line Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)
Kuiter's Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon kuiteri)
Macropharyngodon geoffroyi
Macropharyngodon meleagris
Macropharyngodon bipartitus
Cleaner Common Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
Anampses lennardi
Anampses femininus
Anampses lineatus
Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus)
Exquisite Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus) Vanuatu
Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis)
Golden Rhomboidalis Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis)
Hoeven's Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)

h20player101 · Aug 6, 2013

rygh · Aug 6, 2013

That is quite a list of fish! Local pet stores will be very happy.

Not sure you will ever see the small timid gobies and firefish in a tank that size with all the big fish
Nice clean looking stand. Presumably the plan is to anchor it to the wall, since there are no obvious lateral support.

Kensington Reefer · Aug 6, 2013

You need a bigger tank already. You should use that one for the refugium.

That tank is gonna be mind blowing?
Enjoying the ride.

monkeybiz · Aug 6, 2013

That thing is mind blowing. I made sure to ask my girlfriend where I should put my 20 gallon tank because I didn't want to have to move it later on... And a month later she thinks it'll look better in a different spot... Hope this doesn't happen to you, by the looks of that tank, it'd probably be easier to lift and move the house around the tank than move the tank itself. can't wait to see it filled!

Kmooresf · Aug 6, 2013

So cool! Good luck on the installation. Hope it's fun, and smooth for ya.

denzil · Aug 9, 2013

Very cool! Love the progress updates!

h20player101 · Aug 19, 2013

h20player101 · Aug 19, 2013

...I will fix this in a bit...

tr1gger · Aug 19, 2013

Wow. I don't even know what to say. Everything about that tank is huge!

Here is a slideshow for those interested while he fixes his post.

monkeybiz · Aug 19, 2013

that thing is crazy!

goldielocke76 · Aug 19, 2013

Makes my 210 feel like a little 10 gallon pico... holy moly O.O

I now have a severe case of tank envy. You'll never be able to move LMAO. How would you ever get that tank out?

Can't wait until it's up and going. What awesome dimensions!

sfsuphysics · Aug 19, 2013

Good god, man you know you've gone crazy large when you have to build a frame inside the house so you can hook a winch to it to lift the damn thing!

But gotta say there's a time and a place for getting club members to "raise a barn" but getting pros to do it when you get that big is so much nicer

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