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 & top 2" to be hidden behind trimwork)

Material: ¾" high-visibility low-iron glass

Overflow Box: 12.6"W x 6.4"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

Main System Specifications:

Main Pump: 1x - DCP-20000 SINE Pump - Jecod (with a spare in storage for redundancy)

Power-Heads: 2x - Maxspect 350xf Gyre Pumps (Cloud-Sync'd)

Main Lighting: 3x - 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) - PENDING

Refugium Lighting: 1x - Prime 16 Fuge Light - Aqua Illumination (night-cycled program)

Heaters: 2x - 600W Titanium Aquarium Heater w/Helio Controller Redundancy Bundle - Bulk Reef Supply (ie: 4x 300W elements for a total = 1200W output) - Set Points: 77º

Chiller: 1x - TK 2000 (heater/chiller combo) - Seachill - Set Point: 77º

Physical Filter System: 2x - Long 100 Micron Socks

Protein Skimmer: 1x - Curve 9+ - Bubble Magus

Activated Carbon: 1x - Sigma2 Media Reactor - AquaReady (using 2 Cups - Premium ROX 0.8 Carbon - Bulk Reef Supply)

GFO Reactor: TBD (None So Far)

UV Filtration: 1x - 57 Watt - Aqua Ultraviolet

ATO: Optical Eye with Float Redundancy

Paramaters Testing: Apex System (TBD)

Auto-Dosing: Apex System (TBD)

RODI System: Barracuda RO System - AquaFX (with dual NHCL Blaster Carbon Filters, Sediment Filter, DI Filter & Dual TDS Meter)

Water-Change System: DOS QuietDrive - Apex System (TBD) - (Target: 10 Gallons per day)

Fresh Air System: Vent-Fan on a Lutron smart switch (to ensure oxygen circulation - and to vent out humidity)

Salt: Reef Crystals Salt Mix - Instant Ocean

Accessories:

PAR Meter: 1x - MQ-510 - Apogee

Algae Scraper: Mag Float 400 Large+ Glass Aquarium Cleaner - Mag-Float

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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