[ynot65]

Well I finelly did it, I bought a brand new all glass 150gal. tank. It measures 72"x18"x28" and after much consideration I went with 2 corner overflows. It is due to be delivered on 7-3-13 and I can.t wait. My wife and I decided to put it in the wall between the livingroom and what is to become my study viewable from both sides. I will have to dust off my saws-all and tear my house apart, whoopee!!!!! I will be posting pics of this of this install as I go along. I will be calling on the masses for their input and suggestions. I plan to use the 48" Outer Orbit fixture I just bought to illuminate the center of the tank with the 2 250 halides and 4 T-5s. I am going to try to leave the ends darker for my suns and ect, keeping the main body for my nem and some new sps and poss. maxima clam gradually moving my low light corals off to the sides. I'll be back with pics on the 4th of July,I'm going to call it Independence. Also will have to look into sumps, pumps and all the other inerds. It's a good thing that I have a lot of sparetime to research my options. Thanks for reading and hope you follow along so I don't screw this up.:fireworks:

 

[Tandrews]

looking foreward to seeing it come together. good luck

 

[helenwheels]

Congratulations! I'm very excited for you.

 

[kodabs]

Good stuff man! Can't wait to see it!

-kodabs

 

[Salty Dog24]

Sounds awesome! Love the build threads!

 

[ynot65]

Well it's a week late but it's finally home, just thought I'd throw in a couple pics. It's a Marineland 120, 6'x18x24, and it is heavy. My granddaughter likes it!

 

[helenwheels]

You are going to need a bigger protein skimmer

 

[ynot65]

I'm looking at Coral Vue's HY2000SSS reef octopus it's rated at 180gal, but at this point I'm still looking. Any suggestions?

 

[helenwheels]

I was referring to that big beautiful girl fish in your tank. Gorgeous, but what a bioload!

 

[ynot65]

Thank you, that's pah pahs little mermaid. She likes to make faces at the fish in my 55 gal, it's hilarious .

 

[Jaypercula]

Can't wait to see to it congrats on a great new project and ill be following this thread

 

[ynot65]

Awesome, I'll need al the help I can get

 

[Quik Z06]

Rofl Helen. I can't wait to see how this tank comes along! As helpful as you've been to others I'm sure you'll get all the help you need!

 

[ynot65]

A sneak peek at my inspiration of my install idea, it's along these lines and you'll see the front 1/2 duplicated on whichever room you're in. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks

 

[wiredfish]

wow dats cool, looking forward to the build pics.

 

[Jaypercula]

That's going to look great I love the treasure chest look

 

[helenwheels]

You should put a treasure chest ornament in he treasure chest. So meta!

 

[Quik Z06]

Wow that's pretty cool looking! True.y a treasure of the sea.

 

[ynot65]

Well I finally got the "honey do" list done and my sons wedding is all set so I can get back to my tank build. I picked up a 55gal at Petco's $1 a gallon sale that I've planed to make into a sump/refugeium/setteling tank. Lately I have considered just buying one but it seems hard to justify $350-500 for one,am I missing something? They seem pretty straight foreward. Is there a formula or design that needs to be followed? I see a pair of filter socks,a bulkhead that is elevated an inch or so off the bottom,another bulkhead an inch or so away from the first closed off to the bottom and allowing a spill over to the center chamber a third bulkhead the same as the second one allowing placement of a skimmer, and a fourth one again about an inch off the bottom,and a final one allowing a spill over to the return chamber. Do they need a top on any of the chambers? I've seen some with and some without tops.
At this time I don't want a sandbed or macro algae but rather a settleing area that's easy to access and clean out but I would like to keep that option open.I have looked at the Aqueon Pro-Flex model 4 and read the reviews, which were all good in comparision shopping.
I do have a friend who owns a glass shop in town and was thinking of having him do it or at least cut the pieces. Thanks for your help!

 

[ynot65]

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