Dude honestly I watched this channel before all this. You did this setup perfect the lighting and layout unreal. Dream setup I bet it’s crazy looking at it you did the best setup I have seen.
Bro you're so amazing!!!! So can't wait to visit!!! I can't even put into words how awesome this is!!!! You blessed this hobbie something serious!! Can't thank you enough!!
It looks amazing! Those safety steps - I was wondering if you could slide them back and forth until you explained they are guarding the plumbing. Congrats on getting this part running.
I think they make some versions with casters that can quickly lock down, but these are meant to live over top of the plumbing. We use some light aluminum platforms all over this place that we can just grab and move.
Build greenhouse, build warehouse, hope all of the glue holds during rush hour. At the tidal gardens. Its been a long time to see this, but this is a reupload from the first new tanks in 2019.
Hi Than. Thank you for sharing once again. It is endlessly fascinating to see our hobby, Times XXX to farm level, and then discuss the same issues. You are relatable and addictive, in a positive way. With you it’s the “little things, and nuances” that are most interesting
Than, regarding that filter sock section. It’s awesome BTW. I have one similar but just smaller and I’ve had a small fish wash up “on top” of the filter sock silencers and died. Couldn’t get enough water before I found it. If you see a lot start to go down the drain and end up in the first chamber. It may be a good idea to put an acrylic baffle or a strip of gutter guard before they get sucked into the filter sock silencer section so they don’t get washed up there and die. Will likely save a lot of fish.
NICE! Been watching you since the early greenhouse days. You've really set the bar high lately! Just wondering why with as much invested why not e redundant return pump?...even the best can fail.
Good question! Unlike a regular home aquarium, the plumbing here goes hundreds of feet so in order to duplicate that it would cost five figures per system and add a lot more congestion. We decided instead to have a backup pump ready to go in case one fails.
Yes and no. I had two units but I had to send them back for technical reasons (which have been fixed). I haven't played with them since but might again in the future.
Very nice system, easily the best builds on youtube. Curious though, how do you drill the glass for the bulkheads on the bottom? I wanted to do this for the main filtration intake on my tank but settled for increasing the substrate depth and runnning a short pvc elbow back to the back wall and then 90 up into the hang-on-back. I have a demo of it on my channel. Can you make a recommendation on what glass cutting equipment to buy? Thank you Sir!
Any chance you could explain how the “closed loop” system works, why the pipes go through the bottom of the tank instead of the side, and just what the benefits are vs tanks with an overflow? Thanks!
Awesome. Curious why some tanks have the closed loop outlets (inlets?) facing toward the center of the tank, while other tanks have them facing the walls of the tank...? Experiment? Different corals? Maybe I missed where you explained that...
Those are all temporary. For right now I just wanted to make sure the water doesn't go straight up like a fountain. We can plumb pretty much anything into there once we see how the corals respond.
Hi, one more time, thanks for sharing such valuable info and beautiful setup! Regarding roll paper filter, you expressed your worries about the water flow.. but compare a large paper as large as the sump, twice time up and down, and compare it to your socks.. I don't think there's here an issue. And the fact it is new technology shouldn't scare you, you have quite way more complex system setup else where on the line I'm sure. You could setup also both system during limited time to make sure transition is safe, roll paper then socks. Talking about high tech.. what about ozon? Benefit validated? Unexpected issue? ;-)
Hey Than, just wondering if you've tried Ozone laundry for socks? I'm looking at upgrading my machine and ozone is now available in domestic models. I figured you'd be the person most likely to be nerdy enough to try it
I haven't. I use as little detergent as possible when cleaning socks. Maybe a tiny bit of bleach on the first wash and then nothing in the second wash.
We have a couple Sky fixtures as well as some other brands. They are fine too but we mostly use Radions to keep things more or less consistent from the farming tanks to these.
@@tidalgardens I’ve just gone back and fourth with a friend over witch is better and they swear that Neptune is way superior because spread etc, however I disagree and use the same gen five pro’s from like 2020 but the aluminum / smooth finish on the radion I find to be nicer the Neptune housing is very cheap feeling to me however this is just my opinion there both the best lights on the market right now I just think there equivalent
Than, you remind me of the guy in Breaking Bad that owns the chicken shop, I just don’t get how there is this much 💰 in corals lol. Honestly though this is very well done 👍
Given the theme of no expenses spared why not cut an oversized trough/linear floor drain into the slab to conceal the pipe - eliminating the trip hazard. There already looks to be a circular floor drain adjacent.
There is a radiant floor heating system so no cutting into the concrete anymore. Any of the underground would have had to have been planned 3 years ago and installed before the floor was poured.
I had some know it all on facebook say "no way that you (tidal gardens) are ONLY gonna use Radions and the only reason you use them is because they make the coral look pretty and they give big discounts to places like you".... Do you are Do you plan to add any supplemental lighting like T5's etc to what you have here????? Not sure if he was just a troll because he seemed pretty sour about Ecotech and was in their group page.....
No plans to add T5, but I like T5's. In this new building I would not be able to handle the extra heat. It is well-insulated so any heat I generate I have to AC out.
