vasilithegreek
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This new build has been almost 2 years in the making and it is finally here! Gone through buying a new house, new baby, different equipment changes, 3 different tanks (custom 40breeder,120 and now the 150g all with out getting any thing wet till now. This is my first time doing a thread for a tank build that I thought was worthy and that I really wanted to take my time to really document. My wife was the one who really convinced me to just go for it and do the biggest I felt comfortable and that would fit our space in our home.
The tank is going to be delivered this week and when it does Ill post some pics. In the mean time I have some pics of the custom stand I had made. I just picked up the stand from powder coating yesterday. Heres a before and after pic of the powder coating. The doors all come off and I had magnets counter sunk in the doors so they allow the doors to sit flush on the stand.
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Equipment List
Sc Aquarium 150G 3 sided starfire 14mm 5x2x2 drilled for herbie overflow
2x Aqua Illumination Hydra52 HD's and 1 AI Hydra26 HD
Ecotech Vectra M1 return pump
Apex Lab grade Ph, Salinity and temp probe
Super Reef Octopus 3000 Internal Protein Skimmer
Tunze ATO
2 Jebao rw12's going to eventually go with 2 Mp40WQD
Jebao doser to dose a 2 part
Sump im still deciding on upgrading or not but its a nanosea creation I think total volume leaving overflow room is around 75 gallons
Custom 64x24x34 powder coated stand
The Plan
My plan for this tank is to keep it pretty simple. I always find that when I come back to keeping things simple and not concerning myself with the cleanest of water and trying to introduce something new to fix something has gotten me in trouble. I think that's one major fault in this hobby, we think if we keep on throwing something at a problem instead of understanding the problem itself, we ourselves get our tanks into even more trouble and we waste time and money.
Since this tank is going to be of the size I'm going to get some fish I've always wanted and finally I don't have to say no to my wife when there is something she likes because of space constraints(Purple tang,Flame wrasse Pair,Copperband butterfly, undecided goby/shrimp pair, some type of schooling fish and more). Coral that I will be keeping is going to be a Mixed reef but probably going a little more heavy on the LPS. Main reason is I want to go a little heavy on the livestock since I have a soon to be 3 year old and 1 Year old who find the fish a little more fascinating and Ill beable to feed heavy and keep everyone in the tank happy. I think I should be fine with my over sized skimmer and what I have been reading lately,and from my past experience,on the type of tank I want to keep, feeding the tank heavy is going to be a key to my success I believe with the type of tank I'm going to be keeping and what I have found successful in previous tanks.
I cant wait to update my progress and share what to me is my little dream tank
Bill
The tank is going to be delivered this week and when it does Ill post some pics. In the mean time I have some pics of the custom stand I had made. I just picked up the stand from powder coating yesterday. Heres a before and after pic of the powder coating. The doors all come off and I had magnets counter sunk in the doors so they allow the doors to sit flush on the stand.
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Equipment List
Sc Aquarium 150G 3 sided starfire 14mm 5x2x2 drilled for herbie overflow
2x Aqua Illumination Hydra52 HD's and 1 AI Hydra26 HD
Ecotech Vectra M1 return pump
Apex Lab grade Ph, Salinity and temp probe
Super Reef Octopus 3000 Internal Protein Skimmer
Tunze ATO
2 Jebao rw12's going to eventually go with 2 Mp40WQD
Jebao doser to dose a 2 part
Sump im still deciding on upgrading or not but its a nanosea creation I think total volume leaving overflow room is around 75 gallons
Custom 64x24x34 powder coated stand
The Plan
My plan for this tank is to keep it pretty simple. I always find that when I come back to keeping things simple and not concerning myself with the cleanest of water and trying to introduce something new to fix something has gotten me in trouble. I think that's one major fault in this hobby, we think if we keep on throwing something at a problem instead of understanding the problem itself, we ourselves get our tanks into even more trouble and we waste time and money.
Since this tank is going to be of the size I'm going to get some fish I've always wanted and finally I don't have to say no to my wife when there is something she likes because of space constraints(Purple tang,Flame wrasse Pair,Copperband butterfly, undecided goby/shrimp pair, some type of schooling fish and more). Coral that I will be keeping is going to be a Mixed reef but probably going a little more heavy on the LPS. Main reason is I want to go a little heavy on the livestock since I have a soon to be 3 year old and 1 Year old who find the fish a little more fascinating and Ill beable to feed heavy and keep everyone in the tank happy. I think I should be fine with my over sized skimmer and what I have been reading lately,and from my past experience,on the type of tank I want to keep, feeding the tank heavy is going to be a key to my success I believe with the type of tank I'm going to be keeping and what I have found successful in previous tanks.
I cant wait to update my progress and share what to me is my little dream tank
Bill
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