[see folder and reef tanks note]
budget: $40-50k - aquarium 60” wide × 36" deep × 42” high (392g) + stand: $15878 construction: $15.8k equipment: $14,410.43 (½ deposit sent on 7/25/25)
height from floor? alignment w/window/doors? total tank size/volume?
Tomek: This my ballpark price for aquarium and office project is $15,800.00 This number includes labor and materials. Barn doors, double French doors with solid panel (no glass), hardware, construction work at the office and basement new wall with pocket door. Any plumbing or electrical labor necessary with aquarium project is not included.
added height:
- much more expensive (¾” glass)
- maintenance nearer bottom becomes a problem
- light considerations for coral anchored low
office/family room wall = 6' 10" window-to-window 21”
Franklin aquarium: 96.5w x24.5d x30h 307G
reef tank volume calculator: https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/construction/tank.php
considerations:
moving/shrinking doorway?
- family room opening = 6’10” wide x 7’ high
- foyer opening = 4’ 6”- frag tank in wet lab?
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$40-50k budget
aquarium
- 5’ wide x 5’ tall x 30” deep = 467 gallons = 4,670 lbs
- 5’ wide x 4’ tall x 36” deep = 448 gallons = 4,480 lbs
office/family room wall = 6' 10"
window-to-window 21”
office opening = 6’10” wide x 7’ high
three-sided tank = peninsula aquarium
tank volume calculator: https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/construction/tank.php
only sustainably aqua-cultured fish and coral?
zoogeographically-correct biotope + specialty tanks
Caribbean (Mesoamerican Reef) + mangrove
Mediterranean (Southern Italy) (nano example)
Hawaii (volcanic substrate)
- Yellow Tang
- Flame Angelfish
- Vanderbilt's chromis (Pycnochromis vanderbilti)
cold water tank (New England or New Zealand)
non-reef safe tank
- angelfish
- triggerfish
nano tank
quarantine tank/acclimation box
fossil rock rather than live rock for new aquarium (fossil aragonite) “negative space aquascaping” → bonding w/ sand + cyanocrylate and epoxy resin = lightweight, branch-like structure, few points of contact with substrate removable coral connection system?
Tampa Bay Saltwater Tarpon Springs aquacultured live rock
updated kiosk (see examples)
Tillandsia reef “air” plant
aquaculture live rock: Tampa Bay Saltwater, Tarpon Springs
aquarium design in Fusion360
CT Area Reef Society: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1644387529236756/ CTARS on Reef2Reef: https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/connecticut-area-reef-society.497/