kingrl2
Active Member
Well, after months of talking to the misses about upgrading our 75 gallon tank, she finally caved :bigsmile:. I was planning on moving up to a 120 because I really like the deeper tanks, but she wanted a taller tank...so a 150 gallon tank it is. It took a month or so to find the tank I wanted, but I finally found it on craigslist. My wife thought I was crazy for driving almost 5 hours one way to get it, but I don't mind long drives by myself...it's kind of relaxing.
I've had a saltwater tank for about 4 years, but its always been mostly a FOWLR tank. We just purchased a RBTA last weekend, but that's about all I have so far, so I'm rather inexperienced at the reef hobby but I'm super excited to learn. The plans are for the new tank to be mostly SPS dominated. I've got a 40 gallon breeder tank that I picked up a few months back from Petco during the $1/gallon sale that I plan on using to make a sump and I have an SCA-302 protein skimmer to use.
I enjoy woodworking on the side, so I'm pretty stoked at the idea of building a new cabinet and canopy to house my tank, but that will probably have to wait till this winter as I already have several big projects on my plate.
Here's the tank, 48x24x31 150 gallon.
First up was to build the stand, so I can get the tank off my workbench in my garage.
I've bought a gallon of Killz 2 to prime it, then some white gloss oil based enamel paint that I will use to cover the entire stand. Later, when I do build the cabinet, I figure the white will make it much easier to see inside. I'll also silicone all the seams in the bottom to make it water tight, just for that added protection.
That's where I'm at right now. I've got a lot to plan out, there is going to be allot to do before I can think about getting this thing wet. I was hoping to put a ghost overflow in it, but those seem to be on the back burner and unavailable for now, so I'm thinking of purchasing a custom overflow box off ebay. It looks like it works off the same principle as the ghost overflow, but doesn't have the nice removable teeth for easy cleaning. I'm sure the quality isn't quite the same either, but I'm not interested in trying to build my own and I really want to plumb it beananimal style. I've never drilled a tank either, so this should be an experience lol.
I'm planning on all new sand, but possibly reusing my live rock. I plan on bleaching/cooking them first to get rid of the massive bubble algae outbreak that has built up over the past couple years.
My current tank has an old Odyssea light fixture with 2 250w MH and 4 56w pc bulbs. I will eventually go to leds before jumping into SPS, but for now I'll be moving these lights over to the new tank.
That's all I have time for now. Over the next few months, I'll update this thread to mainly document my progression into the reefing hobby. I really hope to get some feed back from you guys, since this is all pretty new to me. Any suggestions/recommendations or constructive criticism is welcome.
Thanks,
Randal
I've had a saltwater tank for about 4 years, but its always been mostly a FOWLR tank. We just purchased a RBTA last weekend, but that's about all I have so far, so I'm rather inexperienced at the reef hobby but I'm super excited to learn. The plans are for the new tank to be mostly SPS dominated. I've got a 40 gallon breeder tank that I picked up a few months back from Petco during the $1/gallon sale that I plan on using to make a sump and I have an SCA-302 protein skimmer to use.
I enjoy woodworking on the side, so I'm pretty stoked at the idea of building a new cabinet and canopy to house my tank, but that will probably have to wait till this winter as I already have several big projects on my plate.
Here's the tank, 48x24x31 150 gallon.
First up was to build the stand, so I can get the tank off my workbench in my garage.
I've bought a gallon of Killz 2 to prime it, then some white gloss oil based enamel paint that I will use to cover the entire stand. Later, when I do build the cabinet, I figure the white will make it much easier to see inside. I'll also silicone all the seams in the bottom to make it water tight, just for that added protection.
That's where I'm at right now. I've got a lot to plan out, there is going to be allot to do before I can think about getting this thing wet. I was hoping to put a ghost overflow in it, but those seem to be on the back burner and unavailable for now, so I'm thinking of purchasing a custom overflow box off ebay. It looks like it works off the same principle as the ghost overflow, but doesn't have the nice removable teeth for easy cleaning. I'm sure the quality isn't quite the same either, but I'm not interested in trying to build my own and I really want to plumb it beananimal style. I've never drilled a tank either, so this should be an experience lol.
I'm planning on all new sand, but possibly reusing my live rock. I plan on bleaching/cooking them first to get rid of the massive bubble algae outbreak that has built up over the past couple years.
My current tank has an old Odyssea light fixture with 2 250w MH and 4 56w pc bulbs. I will eventually go to leds before jumping into SPS, but for now I'll be moving these lights over to the new tank.
That's all I have time for now. Over the next few months, I'll update this thread to mainly document my progression into the reefing hobby. I really hope to get some feed back from you guys, since this is all pretty new to me. Any suggestions/recommendations or constructive criticism is welcome.
Thanks,
Randal
