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Well let me start off by saying I've been in this hobby since 2004 a long time now that I think about it. My first ever tank was a 75 gallon with a hang on the back filter that I had moderate success with. It seems like every time we move we decide to upgrade our tanks, so as I moved around I also had, a 120g, 60 cube , my most recent 245 gallon. Well the time has come again as I have finally got the chance to move into my first house that I will own. So with that comes... "THE UPGRADE!"

I have plenty of space to house my new aquarium in my dining room is where I like to keep them and this fits well at the new place as I can see it from the kitchen, living room and throught the house. I chose to go through miracles for this tank as its so massive I couldn't get Steve at Great Lakes Aquariumsicon to build it, he just didn't have the room. He will be building my Sump however.

The new aquarium will be 10 feet long, 36 inches wide and 30" tall. I have dreamed about this tank for a long time and never had the space for it. Well I finally do. It will be Starfire front and left side, it will have an external overflow box with 4- 2" drains. There will be 5-1" returns along the back bottom, and 4 1" returns across the front. I had the back done in black vinyl as well as the right side and bottom. I will be going bare bottom in this setup.

As far as flow I plan to run my barracuda gold return wide open, currently I run it at half throttle on my current setup, all my equitment is house in the basement now, it will not be for the new setup. I will be putting a fish room behind the tank, unfortunatly it will be small so I will really have to think my setup out more on that later.

For flow I will run between 4-6 mp60s

Lighting will be 5-6 400 w radiums on lumatek ballasts , I may run 3, 400s and 2 250s for now as that's what I have. I will also be running t5 on icecap ballast

Skimming will be left up to my trusty bubble king 300 delux internal.

Of course I will be running the apex as well.... Loads more of things to come along the way, I'll be posting some pictures up shortly.....

The aquarium should be ready sometime in the next few weeks
 

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FOLLOWING!! :thumb:
 
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Definitly gonna be fun! I haven't posted pics to reef to reef yet, do u just copy the img link from photobucket or do u have to edit the link?
Couple things done today, I got my sump ordered from my local guy Steve at Great Lakes aquariums, it's gonna be 6' long 30" wide , 18" tall. It will have 4 sections I'll be putting in myself, I will be drilling the bottom so I can drain the whole sump with the turn of a valve for water changes and cleanings. Also got my 220 line in for my lights, I'll be running them on a separate controller hooked to the apex. Also had 2 20 amp dedicated circuits installed!
 
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Heres a test picture of the area the tank will go, this is the first day I got the house :


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In the first picture you can see I definitly need to do some remodeling! Good bones but really dated. As you can see the ceramic tiled dining room has to go, as well as move the heat run and doorway to the master bedroom. The closet will also have to be rebuilt . Here's a front view of the aquarium all taped off. I also taped the other dimensions of a 8' tank and my old 6' by 30" tank.

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Here's where the new entry door to the fish room will be at, have to move the thermostat,

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Here's some of the demo, and the cutout for the new entry:
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Wider view, new master bedroom entry will be to the far left....
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Brothers helping w demo....
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New wall framed in place
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I sound proofed the walls in between the fish room and master for obvious reasons.... More pics to come....
 

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Subscribed! Looks like a great build
 
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I appreciate all the interest and comments, any ideas from anyone is greatly appreciated as I go along this journey. I have most of it pretty well thought out, just a few little things I may need advice on.... More pics coming soon!
 
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Well in my quest to sound proof this room I found this noise proofing compound u put down before the sound board and some 5/8 drywall and some good insulation :

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Sound board going up on fish room side, it will be on both sides of the wall , along with 2 layers of drywall on each side...

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Tank side all soundboard up..
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Greenboard:
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Master closet got the same treatment, here it is all drywall end and framed:
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I love the chaos of a tank build. Looks like your of to a great start. I can't wait to sell my townhome so I can upgrade my house/tank. Lol. Keep up the good work.
 
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Thanks brother maybe I can finally get you over here when the tank arrives! :) with a nice house warming pack of those frags u have !
 

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