Interesting project!

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One of long-term customers and yes i do have customers that come back more than once. One of these guys came up to me yesterday and asked me to help him build his new aquarium. Nothing unusual here you may say to yourself. Well why would I be writing about it if there were nothing unusual about this? I will give you a hint he has a Red Tailed Catfish…

You see there are real people out there with passion and there are responsible people out there willing to go that tiny bit further for the love they have for aquatics. This guy wants to build an extension onto his house ie 15 feet by 6 feet by 6 feet which will be approx 15,000 litres…..some body out there has just said wow to themselves am I right….i reckon there’s a few saying the lucky basket! My wife wont even let me get a 54-litre upgrade for our goldfish.

Well I was excited to say the least we talked and joked for 2 hours and went through a hole load of scenarios I showed him stuff on monster fish keeping and he’s got himself a budget of around 10 k together….i really admire guys like this because this is how I started off….the madness of it all is intoxicating I cant wait to see how this runs its course I hope he goes ahead he seems totally up for it…big predator tank you rock and for the god of predators your minions here on earth are hard at work trust me if business picks up Aquatic Village intends to start our own predator project with a 50,000 litre tank but we will see how things go. I will keep u all up to date on this little story…..the pressures on..
J

That sounds AMAZING!
It would be really cool to have a step by step photo diary of the project as it unfolds

lol lucky basket is right, mine wouldnt let me do that, deffo want progress picks and a good write up on this.... wouldnt be davey would it???

Sounds like an excellent project Ian. Keep us posted on the development of that project!
Definitely a lucky basket want to see the trouble I had getting a 180l into the house, not to mention that I had to discard the stand it came with and build a monster cabinet for the tank, a TV and the kids Wii and all their junk too
Tank, stand and lots of extras - less than €100, cabinet to put the tank on - €750 and some fish keepers wonder why the rest of us glare at them with green eyes

Do you have any solid plans yet for your own Monster tank? I spoke to you before about your plans, can’t wait to see that monster in the flesh

Well I for one hope and pray that this project be documented with plenty of picture by picture progress report on this forum

... na shea, unfortunately not me yet but i am 1 of the fortunate ones where the better half has a love for huge fish to and is on my back to start soon... i have the foundations of a garage that never progressed to work off but a smaller build will be 1st for practice

cool iano, can't wait to see to progress and updates

ian if u could taken a photo diary off this would be great it is also unreal to see something like this being done and even better when it is on here in a step by step thanks mate

Sean

15000 that would be a, good size for rtc and friends.any design sorted out for the tank,what type of structure ,materials,filter system ?

....Well its at the design stages at the moment.Basically he is planning on building it to the side of his house then knocking through two viewing windows. So in reality there will be a chimney brest in the centre but either side would be approximately two six by 4ft windows.As for filtration we have been mulling it over but i suggested an undergravel type system modular in design.Basically a deep gravel bed that cannot be dug out by big cats.Under the gravel bed there would be a system of drains for back flushing the gravel for cleaning.An under water modular system for heating so this would allow for even dissapation plus the thermal lifts would help water movement.Undergravel system would be linked to two 60,000 litre pressure filters so in effect they would polish the water the system will be driven by 2 x 20,000 lph pumps. Airation will be provided by a ring main driven by two koi airpumps.The main can be drilled for effect to suit the viewing windows.The tank will be built using mass reinforced concrete and insulated.I suggested fiberglassing the interior. The heating system will probably be a mix of solar and oil fired with a heat exhanger but we will see. Lighting will probably be led. The interior will be Amazonia and built after pressure testing i guess.

MMMM there's a lot involved here so he's gone to mull over it.On the basis that he uses a lot of friend labour he has a budget of around 10 k so i think it will be tight but it should be possible i can get him all the right gear at the right price.So that will save him a bundle....

BLOOMIN HECK THAT SOUNDS IMPRESSIVE!!!!!!
Ian get your camera out and get this photographed from the start to finish, heck if i win the lotto i want to know what i'll be getting when i do the same really you'd be mad not to chronicle this it sounds amazing