Parsons Aquarium

Display Tank

Specifications:

Shape: Rectangle (with notch in back right corner)

Volume: ~275 gallons

Length: 88" overall (73.5" left back & 14.5" right back)

Width: 25" overall (17" front right & 8" back right)

Height: 34" (bottom 2" to be hidden behind trimwork)

Material: 1" high-visibility low-iron glass (or ¾" if deemed more appropriate)

Overflow Box: 16"W x 5"D x 33"H

Sump System

Main Sump Specifications:

Shape: Rectangle (it won't reach the notched section of the back wall)

Volume: ~90 Total Gallons (~75 Gallons Usable)

Length: 60"

Width: 20"

Height: 20"

Material: ½" Acrylic

Goal is to have a large night-cycled refugium / pod farm (to support the grazers).

Water-Change Reservoir:

Shape: Square (to left of sump / aquarium stand)

Volume: ~75 Gallons

Length: 24"

Width: 24"

Height: 34"

Material: ½" Acrylic

Featuring a hidden top-fill for salt (underneath the floor of the left shelving unit).

Equipment

Specifications:

Main Pump: TBD (keep a spare in storage for redundancy)

Wave-Makers: TBD

Power-Heads: TBD

Main Lighting: 4x - Radion XR30 G6 Pro LED Light Fixture - EcoTech Marine

Spot Lighting: 1x - A500X Controllable LED Aquarium Light - Tuna Blue - Kessil (For Targeting The Giant Clam)

Refugium Lighting: TBD

Heater/Chiller: TBD - Set Point: 76º

Physical Filter System: TBD

Protein Skimmer: TBD

Activated Carbon: TBD

GFO Reactor: TBD

UV Filtration: TBD

ATO: TBD

Paramaters Testing: Apex System

Auto-Dosing: Apex System

RODI System: TBD

Water-Change System: Mixing Pump, Heater, Parameter-Testing, & Auto-Dosing (to ensure a perfect match with main system)

Fresh Air System: TBD (fans to bring fresh air from outside - heated/cooled to the appropriate temperature - to ensure oxygen circulation - and to vent out humidity)

Architecture & Construction

Wall Opening:

Width: 138"

Height: 81.5"

Depth Left: 28.5"

Rear Width (Left): 98"

Depth Right: 20.5"

Rear Width (Right): 40"

Rear Wall Protrusion: 8"

Ceiling Height: ~93" (Note: ~11.5" of dropped-ductwork)

*Aquarium image (including fish, corals, rockwork) is representative only - not actual plan.

Cabinetry:

Aquarium will sit 34” high (off the ground) - and the bottom 2" will be hidden by trimwork (ie: tank will sit lower than 36" shelf-height, but will appear "in-line" with it)
25” (wide) to the left & right of the aquarium will be for additional built-ins
Four cabinet doors under the aquarium (with one additional door to the right and left)
Above the aquarium will be three 15” (tall) (hydraulically-assisted) vertically-opening cabinet doors that will overlap the top edge of the aquarium to hide the waterline).
13” (deep) shelving units will flank the aquarium on the left & right from the 36” shelf-height up to the top of the wall opening.
The cabinetry faces & shelving should all line up flush on the front side and sit ~2.5" deep into the wall opening. Tank will sit ~3.5" deep into wall opening.

Rockwork Topography

My main goal for the rockwork / aquascape is to create ideal habitats for all inhabitants (caves, overhangs, arches, swim-throughs, bolt holes, burrows, open swimming space, etc), with the ability to handle many levels of flow intensity and lighting intensity (for various coral needs), and with lots of sight-breaks (a must, given the variety of fish in this tank). As such, I believe a NSA aquascape with a focus on habitats is the best approach. Also, since the tank is fully set into a wall there is only a single front-facing viewing angle. As such, the rockwork should be organized in such a way as to minimize desirable habitats being placed in "fully hidden spaces" and, to the broadest extent possible, maximize the view-ability of the inhabitants, while leveraging the best practices for husbandry and maintenance.

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