Don’t know if it will come across in the videos. The system I built wasn’t intended to be the “standard” or ideal back room. I enjoy working back there. I built it for my own enjoyment. I built almost everything in the back room from scratch because I just enjoy building. There are obviously pumps, skimmers, etc that were purchased. But, I built every counter surface and shelf from scratch with cheapo Formica and particle board. Most of the acrylic work I picked up used and modified or built from scratch. I spent three months plumbing the system after work, on weekends, on vacation time. Three months building acrylic. Six months completing the woodwork on the front end of the display room. What might not come across in the videos is the amount of sweat equity that I invested in the system amounting to over a year before the tank saw water. Yes, the pumps, plumbing, and raw materials are a significant investment as some have noted. We all have to identify our own goals in the hobby. My goal isn’t just a nice display. I enjoy the back end as much if not more than the display. It’s my outlet for creativity on my own terms. I spend a majority of my time self-employed as a woodworker trying to make other people’s projects come together. This project is all on my own terms. It was mentioned that I don’t need “all that crap” in the back room. That’s true to a large extent. I’ve seen over-the-top systems that are complete failures. I’ve seen bare-bones systems that are outstanding. Fair point. Good thing I didn’t build the system for you. I would have failed miserably. I built it for me and I’m a happy customer. I never impose my own methodologies on others. There are a lot of successful approaches to this hobby and I’m constantly trying to improve my own. This was my blank canvas to experiment with custom electronics, plumbing, and various additional tanks like a display refugium with mangroves, sea grass, and pipe fish (currently coming together). I appreciate all of the positive comments and accept the negative. I wish you all the best in the hobby.
Amazing fish room. I love the idea of a "destination" fish room. Anything that improves the "chore" of taking care of equipment and fish is a good thing!
You should be proud of what you accomplished. Thank you for letting us have a tour of you amazing set up. It's clear that you love the hobby and that constructing this "back end" was an outlet for you and was what you needed to accomplish your end goal in the hobby. It's great when you possess the skills to make that happen. You not only get to enjoy your display tank but you can spend time in the back enjoying the fruit of your labor with your frag tanks, QT's, sumps, etc. Good for you man!
I watched this build really closely on RC so it's really cool to see it in the current stage. The attention to detail is outstanding! Really great work @Jacob Hall!
Thanks Mark for bringing this awesome set up to the channel. Is always good to see what best in practice looks like. This guys set up deserves an in depth look. Thanks again. Reefer Jacob you have an awesome set up. Well done you!
with the amount of contraptions in there, i mean i was gasping for air. OH MY GOSH!!! THAT IS JUST AWESOMEEEEEE!!!!! i wanna be friends with this guy!!!! FANTABULOUS!!!! He deserves an Oscar Award!!!!
I thought Mr SW tank was sick, this is like Willy Wonkas reef factory, what uou can do with sheckels, OCD and immagination, Apollo 11 went to the moon with less technology. I am really blown away.
Outstanding! Jacob, I am building a new home and designing a fish room. I am wondering what, if anything, you do for humidity control in your fish room? My tank (6' x 3' x 2.5') will be in the fish room with only the front panel visible from the family room. I am thinking about keeping the fish room ~78 deg f with a radiator run off of our hydronic heating system. My thought is if the room is a similar temp to the tank then the evaporation will be less, but I am worried about humidity. Any thoughts? .... and yes, the tank room video should be 1hr+!
😬😮🤣🤣shit that man controls the ocean from his house, Mr almost gives you a heart attack..That is how to be in the space of an ociando next to the moon👌😬🤣
Captain BP&J That is my refugium. It was massively redesigned a few weeks after filming. I cleaned up the algae and put in a deep sand bed. I planted more mangroves and sea grass. I will introduce pipe fish once the system normalizes again. Then it will really just be an additional display for some different fish. I want it to look like a coastal / tidal zone. In honesty, I’m not sure if pipe fish are endemic to coastal areas but I know they’ll enjoy the tank. If you’re not familiar with a refugium, many people use it to grow algae which uses excess nutrients in the water column to grow (from decaying food, fish poo, etc.). That algae can be removed. It also provides a space for copepods, amphipods, and other critters to proliferate which theoretically make their way back into the display where they become a part of the food chain.
For a reef junkie this is awesome. But it is a dream my wife will not allow to come true unless it was in a guest house and I was the guest in that house.
The insanity is thats its a bottomless pit on money going only one way- OUT. But,Jacob like all of us would say "Hey,its how I KEEP my sanity". Its an ugly world,but reefs and natural aquariums are beautiful things to ponder..in a comfy chair.
Money issues aside, who are all these reefers who seem to have all this plumbing/electrical expertise? And what about those of us who don't. Whose expertise can we draw upon to create our own fish rooms?
Stacey Gianoplos I have skimmed through endless build threads since 2000. I took note of ideas from rock structure to plumbing and organization. I also made a lot of mistakes in previous tanks that I tried to correct in this one. I was sketching drawings of this system in a notebook while in military briefings back in 2005 and didn’t break ground on this build until 2015. I had one tank after active duty in 2009 that was successful but I didn’t have the resources or space to dial it up to “11” as Spinal Tap says. That changed with the new house / new job. Some people like to point out how unnecessary the electronics are to build a reef aquarium. That’s a fair point. In reality, I have a sump, skimmer, and return pumps. I have a lot of internal water flow and appropriate lighting. I have a Ca reactor due to the high Calcium demands. It doesn’t have to be complicated. What doesn’t come through in the videos is that my system is actually simple. The complication comes from all of my contingency plans. The ability to isolate every tank in the system and run each tank stand-alone complicates the build and plumbing but also makes the system more modular and resilient. That’s something most aquarium systems don’t need. Maybe I don’t need it but I’ve rescued multiple tanks for other people because that option was in place. (Received an SOS late at night due to a house fire. “I’ll be there in the morning and grab what I can...). The generator panel, the additional electronics, etc could all fail tomorrow and I’d still be able to function at a normal level. I have reactors for carbon and GFO I rarely use. I planned for the future and can react as needed because the hard work was put in far in advance. There is a cost/benefit analysis that starts to happen once you scale up the volume of the system. My background besides engineering was the military. I don’t accept failure as an option. So, I built the system to reflect my personality. If someone wants to call that over-engineered that’s fine with me. I know I’m ready to face most challenges we all face in the hobby. Please don’t let the videos intimidate you. A successful reef doesn’t require an engineering degree and doesn’t require a computer (Apex). A simple monitor is good for monitoring parameters if nothing else. The rest is just nice to have. If possible, find a local hobbyist that can mentor you and/or build a relationship with a trusted local shop. I support a local shop as much as possible even when I can buy it cheeper from BRS. They are an invaluable source of good information and support through the good times and bad.
The video only shows the machine, but the tanks... Nothing! Only equipments, boring, the hobby is great for the people take care and have contact with this. A hobby automatic is good but boring, and expensive. I clicked ond the video to see the animals and the tanks.
Don’t know if it will come across in the videos.
The system I built wasn’t intended to be the “standard” or ideal back room. I enjoy working back there. I built it for my own enjoyment.
I built almost everything in the back room from scratch because I just enjoy building. There are obviously pumps, skimmers, etc that were purchased. But, I built every counter surface and shelf from scratch with cheapo Formica and particle board. Most of the acrylic work I picked up used and modified or built from scratch. I spent three months plumbing the system after work, on weekends, on vacation time. Three months building acrylic. Six months completing the woodwork on the front end of the display room. What might not come across in the videos is the amount of sweat equity that I invested in the system amounting to over a year before the tank saw water. Yes, the pumps, plumbing, and raw materials are a significant investment as some have noted.
We all have to identify our own goals in the hobby. My goal isn’t just a nice display. I enjoy the back end as much if not more than the display. It’s my outlet for creativity on my own terms. I spend a majority of my time self-employed as a woodworker trying to make other people’s projects come together. This project is all on my own terms.
It was mentioned that I don’t need “all that crap” in the back room. That’s true to a large extent. I’ve seen over-the-top systems that are complete failures. I’ve seen bare-bones systems that are outstanding. Fair point. Good thing I didn’t build the system for you. I would have failed miserably. I built it for me and I’m a happy customer. I never impose my own methodologies on others. There are a lot of successful approaches to this hobby and I’m constantly trying to improve my own.
This was my blank canvas to experiment with custom electronics, plumbing, and various additional tanks like a display refugium with mangroves, sea grass, and pipe fish (currently coming together).
I appreciate all of the positive comments and accept the negative. I wish you all the best in the hobby.
" I built it for me and I’m a happy customer"..... that's all that really matters. Great job and fantastic outlook!
Amazing fish room. I love the idea of a "destination" fish room. Anything that improves the "chore" of taking care of equipment and fish is a good thing!
You should be proud of what you accomplished. Thank you for letting us have a tour of you amazing set up.
It's clear that you love the hobby and that constructing this "back end" was an outlet for you and was what you needed to accomplish your end goal in the hobby. It's great when you possess the skills to make that happen. You not only get to enjoy your display tank but you can spend time in the back enjoying the fruit of your labor with your frag tanks, QT's, sumps, etc. Good for you man!
well said! Thanks for sharing your project, looks amazing, I always enjoy my favourite style, the commercial look in a house environment!!!
Jacob Hall awesome system, man. You’ve thought of everything imo. Very well done!
This guy has a lot of knowledge, time and money. This should be a 1 hour video.
I have the knowledge, No time , No money😢😭😫
Knowledge, money but doesn’t know if he has Dino or not lol
Excellent video so far. This could be the best tank/ tank room tour I have ever seen online.
Jacob, you are a ruler. love this room. for real love.
I watched this build really closely on RC so it's really cool to see it in the current stage. The attention to detail is outstanding! Really great work @Jacob Hall!
You can tell that is a labor of love. Amazing space and organization. Congrats Jacob. :)
I want his money! I can only dream of having a system that organized, and that complex! Absolutely fantastic!
RayR 0041 envy
That was amazing. Those are some life goals.
Thanks Mark for bringing this awesome set up to the channel. Is always good to see what best in practice looks like. This guys set up deserves an in depth look. Thanks again. Reefer Jacob you have an awesome set up. Well done you!
Absolutely amazing!
with the amount of contraptions in there, i mean i was gasping for air. OH MY GOSH!!! THAT IS JUST AWESOMEEEEEE!!!!! i wanna be friends with this guy!!!! FANTABULOUS!!!! He deserves an Oscar Award!!!!
Beautiful equipment room!
Thanks mark!
Ahhhhh I wanna see part 2 now! 😀 That is unreal!! 😳 Amazing
Coming soon!
Wow. Top of the hobby there! Love the system. Very well thought out.
You clearly mastered the art of the "Tease"...looking forward to part two!
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This vid needs to be all day
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Best in the hobby so far. Wowwww
Awesome! What passion!! Love it! wheres part 2???
Insane is right! This is awesome! 😲
Wow what a dream! I would love to have a fish room like this
Let me guess his display tank is a 10 gallon nano🤪
Just da Bubble tip 😂
nah... it's at least a RSR 250 :)
It is almost true 😂
Can’t wait to see the display.
Wow is all I can say...can’t wait for part 2
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Just insane. Love it!
I will be happy if he continue with the hobby for a long time.
You should do more of these, but also an update for this room
incredible system
Oohhhh ur good! 👍
Waiting for part 2
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NO!!! not a cliff hanger i want to see part two! and his display tank!
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Cool equipment. Over Engineered
I thought Mr SW tank was sick, this is like Willy Wonkas reef factory, what uou can do with sheckels, OCD and immagination, Apollo 11 went to the moon with less technology. I am really blown away.
This is like a big public aquariums
Merci pour ta vidéo !!! 👍👍👍
Outstanding! Jacob, I am building a new home and designing a fish room. I am wondering what, if anything, you do for humidity control in your fish room? My tank (6' x 3' x 2.5') will be in the fish room with only the front panel visible from the family room. I am thinking about keeping the fish room ~78 deg f with a radiator run off of our hydronic heating system. My thought is if the room is a similar temp to the tank then the evaporation will be less, but I am worried about humidity. Any thoughts? .... and yes, the tank room video should be 1hr+!
😬😮🤣🤣shit that man controls the ocean from his house, Mr almost gives you a heart attack..That is how to be in the space of an ociando next to the moon👌😬🤣
Mark you both could go into business. He must be some engineer if he built that himself.
Wow! Just wow!
if i buy redsea 3XL 900, will i need a seperate room for other stuff or will it be enough and good with the builtin they did
That mixing station alone looks more expensive/complex than my whole setup, and I have a 218G Reef Savvy!
Crazy . The only down point is I have to wait for part 2
I KNOW!
Show the display tank as well !
Agree!! Episode two, I assume...
or 5.
That's nuts.
Stunning
Just WOW!!!
That’s crazy!
Spectacular
Since his HOA wont let him add a whole house generator maybe it will allow solar panels and battery back up?
yes
Part 2 now !!!! Wow
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Awesome!
What was that tank with all those plants growing in it??
Captain BP&J That is my refugium. It was massively redesigned a few weeks after filming. I cleaned up the algae and put in a deep sand bed. I planted more mangroves and sea grass. I will introduce pipe fish once the system normalizes again. Then it will really just be an additional display for some different fish. I want it to look like a coastal / tidal zone. In honesty, I’m not sure if pipe fish are endemic to coastal areas but I know they’ll enjoy the tank.
If you’re not familiar with a refugium, many people use it to grow algae which uses excess nutrients in the water column to grow (from decaying food, fish poo, etc.). That algae can be removed. It also provides a space for copepods, amphipods, and other critters to proliferate which theoretically make their way back into the display where they become a part of the food chain.
Someone introduced dinos to his tank , yet he claimed the live rock is well seeded and cycled ... something doesn’t add up here lol
nice vid keep it up ;)
Wow wow wow 😮
Could’ve still had a transfer switch even with a plug in generator, that manual switching seems tedious
Holy crap this whole this is giving me Dharma Initiative vibes
For a reef junkie this is awesome. But it is a dream my wife will not allow to come true unless it was in a guest house and I was the guest in that house.
and she was not in said house.
The insanity is thats its a bottomless pit on money going only one way- OUT. But,Jacob like all of us would say "Hey,its how I KEEP my sanity". Its an ugly world,but reefs and natural aquariums are beautiful things to ponder..in a comfy chair.
So he lives in Golden Colorado?
Will you show the actual tank at some point?
yes
Just a million dollars I spent on an aquarium 😂😂😂
what was his experiment? he was trying to grow...??
bergia nubibranchs for aiptasia control
$$$$$$$$$$$$$ but definitely got all areas covered.
Money issues aside, who are all these reefers who seem to have all this plumbing/electrical expertise? And what about those of us who don't. Whose expertise can we draw upon to create our own fish rooms?
Stacey Gianoplos I have skimmed through endless build threads since 2000. I took note of ideas from rock structure to plumbing and organization. I also made a lot of mistakes in previous tanks that I tried to correct in this one.
I was sketching drawings of this system in a notebook while in military briefings back in 2005 and didn’t break ground on this build until 2015. I had one tank after active duty in 2009 that was successful but I didn’t have the resources or space to dial it up to “11” as Spinal Tap says. That changed with the new house / new job.
Some people like to point out how unnecessary the electronics are to build a reef aquarium. That’s a fair point. In reality, I have a sump, skimmer, and return pumps. I have a lot of internal water flow and appropriate lighting. I have a Ca reactor due to the high Calcium demands. It doesn’t have to be complicated.
What doesn’t come through in the videos is that my system is actually simple. The complication comes from all of my contingency plans. The ability to isolate every tank in the system and run each tank stand-alone complicates the build and plumbing but also makes the system more modular and resilient. That’s something most aquarium systems don’t need. Maybe I don’t need it but I’ve rescued multiple tanks for other people because that option was in place. (Received an SOS late at night due to a house fire. “I’ll be there in the morning and grab what I can...). The generator panel, the additional electronics, etc could all fail tomorrow and I’d still be able to function at a normal level. I have reactors for carbon and GFO I rarely use. I planned for the future and can react as needed because the hard work was put in far in advance.
There is a cost/benefit analysis that starts to happen once you scale up the volume of the system. My background besides engineering was the military. I don’t accept failure as an option. So, I built the system to reflect my personality. If someone wants to call that over-engineered that’s fine with me. I know I’m ready to face most challenges we all face in the hobby.
Please don’t let the videos intimidate you. A successful reef doesn’t require an engineering degree and doesn’t require a computer (Apex). A simple monitor is good for monitoring parameters if nothing else. The rest is just nice to have. If possible, find a local hobbyist that can mentor you and/or build a relationship with a trusted local shop. I support a local shop as much as possible even when I can buy it cheeper from BRS. They are an invaluable source of good information and support through the good times and bad.
Go MASC!
My god!, If only..Right??
What about his display tank?
That's probably part 3, too much to show.
@@Saltwateraquariumdotcom that's torture in lockdown. Why not make one long video:p
When is part 2!!!
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Imagine actually just declaring yourself as mr saltwater tank lmfao
Wait a minute........did he just say "standard"?
Hole. Lee. Mole. Lee 😳
Wow what a fish room. He better have a huge tank or else all that's a waste.
wow
😀
video too short more please mswt
Part 2 ??????
Working on it.
SaltwaterAquarium Awesome stuff 👌
wish firefighters actually made money :(
Turns out you don't even need all that junk. Just a simple filtration [Skimmer, Bio media and Filter socks] is all you need.
It seems he depends on the machine to do all the work ,whats the point on the hobby if you dont do it yourself?
It's so good to be rich 😩😩😩
I guess social distancing doesn't apply to you
Luckily in modern times we can record videos and edit and launch them at later dates!
The video only shows the machine, but the tanks... Nothing! Only equipments, boring, the hobby is great for the people take care and have contact with this.
A hobby automatic is good but boring, and expensive. I clicked ond the video to see the animals and the tanks.
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